Sept. 11: News & opinion, sources, tools

• E-mail from the field: In search of Al Qaeda (Frontline)
• 9/11 Web community [NewsPlace 9/11 is ranked 216th of 6,257 sites]
• Bin Laden - Al Qaeda Government Files [11,400 pages of documents]
• The second World's Biggest Hug for Peace on 9/11 in Wollongong, Australia
• From trauma to tourism: Books on Sept. 11 abound
• After Sept. 11: conference on TV news and transnational audiences (Sept. 9-11)

  9/11 NEWS & OPINION: post-war issues, commentaries, difficulties, news reports
      To Archives: commentaries, difficulties, news, the attack, early reaction
  9/11 SOURCES: positions, rumors & hoaxes, anthrax, travel
      To Archives: terrorism, militant Islam, Bin Laden, Muslim views,
      Arab-Americans, Afghanistan, restricting music, the Flag, the Twin Towers
  9/11 TOOLS: Public reaction, humor, the news media
              "As the soot and dirt and ash rained down, We became one color"
      To Archives: prayers, how to cope, writing the president, contributions

 

9/11 NEWS & OPINION: post-war issues, commentaries, difficulties, news reports
    To Archives: commentaries, difficulties, news, the attack, early reaction

NEWS & OPINION: post-war issues
APRES-POST-9/11

• The War in Context [Alternative Perspectives]
• "Air turbulence up as fliers get cranky again," by Mary Schmich [anecdotal]
  THE WAR
  
• Strange Victory: A critical appraisal of the war (Project on Defense Alternatives)
• Why a Higher Rate of Civilian Bombing Casualties (Project on Defense Alternatives)
• "What if they fought a war with no name?" by Bob Greene [the 9/11 war?]
• Timeline (Albany [N.Y.] Times-Union) [stories sorted by days]
• War On Terrorism Special Coverage (Sid's NewScan) [good links]
• Should Clinton Be Blamed for pre-9/11 Intelligence Failures (vote.com)
• Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
• "Nation builders beware": Afghan parallels with Somalia [what went wrong]
• "Is this what we mean by victory?" [intra-Afghan rivalries]
• Afghanistan -- A Country Study (Library of Congress) [lengthy report]
  PRISONER STATUS
  
• "What defines a POW? It's not an easy call," By Douglass Cassel, Northwestern
• "Prisoners of a war of words," by Clarence Page ["POW or unlawful combatant?"]
• "Al Qaeda prisoners of war don't deserve POW status," by Charles Krauthammer
  EDITORIALS & EDITORIAL CARTOONS
  
• Editorials From Across the U.S. (API)
• The tragedy in editorial cartoons (Cagle)
• Editorial cartoon from Thadeus and Weez
• Editorial Cartoons from around the world (Cagle)
• "The Boondocks" [heavy-duty political comic strip]

  The Boondocks, Thanksgiving Day: Huey sits at the table with hands folded:
  "Ahem ... in this time of war against Osama bin Laden and the oppressive
  Taliban regime -- We are thankful that OUR leader isn't the spoiled son
  of a powerful politician from a wealthy oil family who is supported by religious
  fundamentalists, operates through clandestine organizations, has no respect
  for the democratic electoral process, bombs innocents, and uses war to deny
  people their civil liberties. Amen."
  Granddad says: "This is the last time you say grace, boy."

  THE HOMEFRONT
  
• "Keep Liberty's Torch Shining" (Working Assets) [flash video]
• Portraits of Grief (The New York Times) [alphabetized mini-biographies]
• Classified! George W. uses 9/11 to wall off presidential records
• U.S. officials want cell phone priority in emergencies
• Homeland Security & Defense (Business Week)
  THE NEWS MEDIA
  
• The press: Rededicated to purpose since Sept. 11 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
• The day Ashcroft censored Freedom of Information (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Sept. 11 photo books sell briskly as buyers seek historical record
• Thomas Friedman Comes Out Swinging In His Columns on The Middle East
• "The Foreign Policy Therapist," by Wallace Shawn (The Nation) [advice]

  NEWS & OPINION: recent commentary
  

• "Walk the Walk" [critique of "the crawl" on the botttom of the TV screen]
• More on the news media and 9/11
• How? What made New York's twin towers collape? [federal inquiry]
• 1. U.S. ties to Saudi elite may be hurting war on terrorism (Boston Herald)
• 2. Bush advisers cashed in on Saudi gravy train (Boston Herald)
• 3. The White House connection: Saudi `agents' close Bush friends (Boston Herald)
• "Why is there a War in Afghanistan?" [a Canadian perspective]
• "Too much feeling, not enough fact?" [emotional news coverage]
• Praise for President George W. Bush (WhiteHouse '04)
• "disparate battlefield behaviors of foreign fighters and Afghans" (Boston Globe)
• "Next Stop Baghdad? Anti-War Warriors Say 'Whoa'" (AlterNet) [next phase?]
• "Latte Liberals Dropping Their SUVs After 9/11" (AlterNet) [U.S. reaction]
• "Bin Laden Met with the CIA in July and Walked Away" [alternative viewpoint]
• 1. Spider-Man comic places superhero at ground zero [American youth culture]
• 2. Superheroes to the rescue ["Comic books draw conclusions"]
• "Waging the public relations war" [a collection of suggestions]
• "While Clinton Slept," by Dick Morris [in 1993 WTC attack, "he remained aloof"]
• Ground Zero, late October, helicopter at WTC 90th floor [photograph]
• Bin Laden: Yes, I did it (Telegraph, London) [interview]
• The Historic Present: Publishers Rush to Keep Textbooks Up-to-Date
• "What airport screeners need is a bonus plan" ["extra pay for finding weapons"]
• 1."Taliban hath no fury like female angst" [about "Take all American women" e-mail]
• 2. "E-mail author of war `tactic' gets her due" [meet the author]
• "Yes, This Is About Islam," by Salman Rushdie
• "Fighting terrorism is like fighting the slave traders in the 1800s"
• The Baghdad Connection (The Times, London) [print graphic in landscape]
• "Confused? It's part of the plan" [on giving out information]
• Girl Power: Do Fundamentalists Fear Our Women? (The New Republic)
• Essays against war (USA for Peace) [a collection]
• "Saudi Arabia is an unsteady ally of the U.S." [news analysis]
• Five myths about fighting a war in Afghanistan ["we will be defeated"]
• "They hate us for a reason," by Patrick J. Buchanan [commentary]
• A New World-View (World Press Review) [collection of editorials]
• September 11 Resources [a collection of links]
• Commentary on the news media at TOOLS

  NEWS & OPINION: recent difficulties

• Websites Shut Down in Response to September 11 (EFF) [a list]
• Agencies call on U.S. to end food drops ["Humanitarian workers in danger"]
    [Oxfam, the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders]
• Moline man faces federal charge for phony anthrax threat
    [from two to five years in prison and a fine of $3,000 to $10,000"]
• "New Anti-Terrorism Law Continues Dangerous Trend" (ACLU) [reaction]

  NEWS & OPINION: recent news reports

• U.S. coverage and international coverage (NewsPlace)
• Search today's news [special search engines]
• 80 nations' dead mourned [memorial wall near Ground Zero]
• Terror Attack Roundup (Slate)
• Situation Reports (Strategic Forecasting) [news briefs]
• DebkaFile [tough-minded political analysis] [scroll down for Afghanistan]
• Today at the White House [ Attack Response overview ]
• Buzz Words and Catch Phrases [a glossary of new words]
• For British, ties to U.S. unwavering ["high level of support"]
• NYC reels from the fallout [economic outlook]
• U.S. media forget about dimpled chads (The Globe and Mail) [analysis]
    [Media recount of Florida vote is suppressed in Sept. 11 aftermath]
  9/11 Special: News, Sources, Tools

  9/11 SOURCES: positions, rumors & hoaxes, anthrax, travel
      To Archives: terrorism, militant Islam, Bin Laden, Muslim views,
      Arab-Americans, Afghanistan, restricting music, the Flag, the Twin Towers

  SOURCES: positions

• Activist Resources (The Nation) [groups and organizations]
• Bin Laden's mother tried to stop him, Syrian kin say [her only child]
• Prior U.S. involvement in Afghanistan (globalresearch.ca)
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan [anti-fundamentalist]
• War against terror: A Saudi perspective, by Jamal Khashoggi [commentary]
• Swans [thoughtful commentaries]
      [Mind Control, Softening Public Opinion, bin Laden: a Scapegoat?]
• Terrorist Attacks (globalissues.org) [facts and stats]
• Alternative Resources on the War (University of Pittsburgh) [annotated links]
• Perspectives on September 11 (UCLA honors course) [annotated links]
• Cato Institute on Terrorism [articles from a think tank]
• The War on Terrorism (CIA) [official CIA response]
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press [opinion research]
• Crisis Communication Plan: A Blue Print [a generic plan]
• Campus Peace Page: Against War, Against Racism [calendar]
• Burst: War is now made by civilians (The New Republic)
• Corporate response: Boeing, United Airlines. American Airlines
• Crisis Communication Plan: A Blue Print [a generic plan]
• U.S. Government Resources in Response To September 11th Events
• Pentagon News and status reports (U.S. Department of Defense)

  SOURCES: rumors & hoaxes

• Rumors (Snopes) [a fresh 9/11 collection]
• eRumor Alert! (TruthOrFiction) [check 'em out]
• "The WTC Tourist" Hoax [photo-manipulation]
• Nostradamus quotations are hoaxes [full quotes]
• Images of the World Trade Center fire reveal the face of Satan

  SOURCES: Anthrax and other bioweapons

• "Bioterror" (Nova on PBS) [history, bioweapons, defenses, biowarriors]
• Worker Health and Safety for Anthrax Exposure (OSHA) [rules]
• World Anthrax Data Site (World Health Organization) [country by country]
• Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals (WHO)
• From Bible to battlefield, anthrax has widespread past [the fifth plague]
• Educate yourself about Anthrax and bioterrorism [things to know]
• Anthrax Central: Iowa State U. experts see a bigger threat on the horizon
• Anthrax (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [advisories]
• Frequently Asked Questions on Anthrax (CDC) [basic information]
• Anthrax as Bio-War Agent (Haz-mat archives)
• Doctors caution about Anthrax drugs [penicillin and doxycycline may get OK]
• Profits of Fear ["the Cipro manufacturer is playing into public hysteria"]
• Cipro antibiotic -- Ciprofloxin -- for Treating Anthrax Exposure
• Medical groups warning of Web sites pushing Cipro antibiotic
• "Can TV's talking heads show restraint?" ["not provide details for copycats"]
• Chemical and Biological Terrorism (Stimson Center) [personal protection Q&A]

  SOURCES: Changes in travel

• Airline Security: Items prohibited from aircraft cabins (FAA)
• Traveler Briefing: Travel and Safety Tips (FAA)
• Unlike U.S., vigilance is old hat at European airports
• Preparing to fly and coping with delays (Expedia)
• Travel Disruptions: Resource Center (Expedia)
• Trains and buses find sudden popularity
• Tips for Travel Under Increased Security Initiatives (Northwest)
• Officials confiscating tweezers, corkscrews at U.S. airports
  9/11 Special: News, Sources, Tools

  9/11 TOOLS: Public reaction, humor, the news media
      To Archives: prayers, how to cope, writing the president, contributions

  TOOLS: public reaction
• Christian Clerics are Praying for bin Laden [an explanation]
• "One," by Dr. Cheryl Sawyer, University of Houston at Clear Lake
      ["As the soot and dirt and ash rained down, We became one color"]
• DeskFlag [places an animated U.S. flag on your computer screen]
• Peace Flags ["support for America, and for World Peace"]
• Musicians for Peace [ "Some suggested listening" ]

  TOOLS: humor

• "Hello Mullah, Hello Fatah (Camp Osama)" [Song Parody]
• "50 Ways to Get bin Laden" [Song Parody]
• Hunting License for 2001 terrorist season [signed by George W.]
• Bush, the Turbanator [movie ad parody]
• Chasing bin Laden across the sky [graphic]
• "Taliban Teletubbies" [illustrated humor from Israel]
• "Bombing Bin Laden" [animated movie, with music]
• George W.: "Don't worry, everything is under control" [graphic]
• "5 Terrorists are at your company" [a "security alert"]
• "The Terrorists have won the toss and have elected ..." [an illustration]
• "Catching yourself on fire because you are a terrorist ..." [photographs]
• Editorial cartoons at NEWS & OPINION: commentary
• "The Healing Power of Humor" (About: Political Humor) [overview]
• "Onion brings us a laugh in national time of tears"
• "U.S. vows to defeat whoever it is we're at war with" (The Onion) (satire)
• "God angrily clarifies 'Don't Kill' rule" (The Onion) (satire)
• "Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell" (The Onion) (satire)
• Bush photo gallery (Bush for Dummies) [doctored photos] (humor)
• 9/11 Political Humor (About)
• SOURCES: rumors and hoaxes

  TOOLS: the news media

• "Afghanistanism": A journalism word now useless
• "Unwitting Accomplices," by Robert Samuelson ["the news media"]
• Organization Formed To Help News People Who Experience Trauma
    ["seeking volunteers to help colleagues in the New York City region"]
• TV carries the American dream around the world ["forments conflict"]
• "Now that the tabloids have become the news, where do they go from here?"
• Internet moves to the front line [international Web sites]
• Media news about the conflict (Media Channel) [analyses]
• "Media coverage on target for Sept. 11" (University of Michigan)
• Gallery of EXTRA! Newspaper Front Pages
• Gallery of Day-After Front Pages (Poynter)
• Worldwide front pages (Society for News Design)
• Islam-Infonet (Council on American-Islamic Relations) [e-mail for journalists]
• The war's first media star: the videophone
• How to cope [for journalists too]
• Timing is everything: problems for monthly magazines
• Covering the attack on the U.S. (High School Journalism) [links]
• Terrorist Attacks page (The Journalist's Toolbox) [see first graph]
• Managing And Reporting A News Crisis (American Press Institute)
• Ideas for News Coverage (Poynter)
      A Preliminary Checklist, Links You Can Use, Ethical Guidelines
      for Coverage of Terrorism, Helping People Tell Their Stories
• Resources for Breaking News (IRE)
      Tipsheets, Web links, Databases
• Media-Agenda-Setting [basic concept]
  9/11 Special: News, Sources, Tools

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