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Yahoo news photos

And just one more for the NYC visuals department:Yahoo news photos

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

Video of second plane (Windows Media)

Visuals from the US disaster:

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

USA attacked by terrorists

Tino has compilednews and linksabout today’s tragic events.

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

Terrorism fear after second plane crashes into Trade Centre

Another plane hascrashedinto the other tower. A terrorist attack is suspected.

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

BBC news stream (RealVideo)

News sites must be overloaded right now, I can’t even reach CNN. The BBC is streaminglive updatesright now.

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

WTC timelapse movie (quicktime)

Atimelapse movieof the towers burning and collapsing.

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Posted on 12th September 2001 Details

superhyperdemonchild.com mirror (original down due to bandwidth)

one of my coworker’s husband was at the base of the WTC when the first blast happened. he said there were burning bodies flying out of the sky. so he ran away very quickly.

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Posted on 12th September 2001 Details

Satellite image of Manhattan, New York collected at 11:43 a.m. EDT on September 12, 2001

Asatellite imageof devastated Manhattan

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Posted on 12th September 2001 Details

Donate via Amazon honor system

Sitting in a meeting room, waiting. The person I’m waiting for is American. Somehow, I don’t think he’ll turn up today, but I wait…

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Posted on 12th September 2001 Details

DHKY WTC visuals

More New York stills and video fromDHKY.

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Posted on 12th September 2001 Details

Wired: Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore

That didn’t take long. The FBI is installingcarnivore boxesall over the place.

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Posted on 13th September 2001 Details

The Guardian: They can't see why they are hated

AGuardian articleclearly and eloquently puts into words what I’ve been struggling to express about this ghastly crisis. This is so depressing. The term “vicious circle” perpetually springs to mind.

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Posted on 13th September 2001 Details

SPOT infrared satellite image of Manhattan - Sept 11, 2001 - 11:55 AM ET

Another satellite view of Manhattan, this time viainfra red.

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Posted on 13th September 2001 Details

Counterpunch: A Quick Reaction

A quick reaction byNoam Chomskyon recent events.

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Posted on 13th September 2001 Details

World Trade Center - pictures from inside

Picturestaken by a tourist inside the WTC towers during evacuation have been published.

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Posted on 15th September 2001 Details

Ann Coulter - This Is War

I think I’m hallucinating:We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.

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Posted on 15th September 2001 Details

Tamim Ansary on Afghanistan

Anessay by author Tamim Ansarythateveryoneshould read. Before somethingreallyhorrible happens.

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Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

Satellite photo of Pentagon

Another satellite view. This time of thedamaged pentagon.

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Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

Momus: Thought for the day - life during wartime

Spot-on thoughtsby Momus on recent events.

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Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

drawing by Latuff

Apictureis worth a thousand words, they say.

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Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

BBC News: America widens 'crusade' on terror

Things are reallystarting to look like World War IIInow. Some people never learn… They play policeman to the world, get the WTC tragedy in return. And what do they do? Go and triple their efforts at the same task.

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Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

The Telegraph: Bin Laden British cell planned gas attack on European Parliament

It appears Bin Laden had (and probably still does have) plans for Europe also. An attempt tokill all 625 MPs at the European parliamentin Strasbourg with sarin gas earlier this year was foiled by German police.

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Posted on 17th September 2001 Details

The Guardian: Religion's misguided missiles

Religion teaches the dangerous nonsense that death is not the end. (...) There is no doubt that the afterlife-obsessed suicidal brain really is a weapon of immense power and danger.

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Posted on 18th September 2001 Details

The Guardian: In the death zone.

An ex-SAS man who fought alongside the Afghans against the Soviet army,describes the conditions thereand how western forces stand absolutely no chance in a land not conquered since Alexander the Great

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Posted on 19th September 2001 Details

Oleada de atentados en EEUU

Avery clear and descriptive flash animationof last week’s events in New York and Washington from the El Pais website.(viaKottke.org)

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Posted on 19th September 2001 Details

Richard Sauder: The New War-ld Order (America's New War)

Here come the conspiracy theorists:The New War-ld Order.

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Posted on 20th September 2001 Details

Khilafah.com: Islamic peoples have been victims of US fundamentalism

Now imperialism is being rehabilitated. American forces currently operate with impunity from bases in 50 countries. "Full spectrum dominance" is Washington’s clearly stated aim. Read the documents of the US Space Command, which leaves us in no doubt.

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Posted on 20th September 2001 Details

Washington Post: To Attacks' Toll Add a Programmer's Grief

"Phil—I hope you can sleep at night with the blood of 5,000 people on your hands."says thehate mail directed at PGP author Phil Zimmerman. What next? An attack on box cutter manufacturers?

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Posted on 21st September 2001 Details

Maroc le jour: Ya-t-il des Marocains chez Ben Laden?

The assassins of commander Chah Messaoud seem to have been Moroccans living in Belgium who passed themselves off as journalists. Once again, Osama Bin Laden is suspected as the sleeping partner in this crime. Read thedetailed account of this story and how the international islamic organisations recruit and train.

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Posted on 21st September 2001 Details

La Libre: Un cocktail explosif dans un snack de Bruxelles

The police intervention Iwitnessed Thursdaywas, as I suspected, related to counter-terrorism.Two arrests were madeand enough bomb-making ingredients to blow up a large building were discovered.

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Posted on 21st September 2001 Details

Jane's: Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view

Everybody’s been linking to this, but I’ll do it too as it’s worth the read: Who did it? Foreign Report presents analternative view.

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Posted on 21st September 2001 Details

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: We can't fight against something we can't understand

You cannot fight what you can’t understand

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Posted on 23rd September 2001 Details

BBC News: Belgium swoops on 'bomb factory'

The BBC has posted anews itemon the police raid I witnessed on Thursday.

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Posted on 23rd September 2001 Details

WSJ Opinion Journal: Whooping It Up.

A view on the other side, away from the TV cameras:In Beirut, even Christians celebrated the atrocity.

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Posted on 25th September 2001 Details

SecurityFocus: Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act

U.S. hackers couldface life imprisonmentif a new anti-terrorism act sees the light of day.

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Posted on 25th September 2001 Details

The Guardian: Mullah Omar - in his own words

Aninterview with Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban. This interview was conducted for the radio station Voice of America but wascensored by the U.S. State Department.

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Posted on 26th September 2001 Details

LA Daily News: When the FBI guys come knocking, it's the worst of times

The FBI’s recent actions appear to beanything but commendable.

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Posted on 26th September 2001 Details

BBC News: Infinite Justice, out - Enduring Freedom, in

Infinite Justice morphs intoEnduring Freedom. The Pentagon has quite a taste for cheese.

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Posted on 26th September 2001 Details

Phil Zimmermann: 'No regrets' about developing PGP

Contrary to what was printed in aWashington Post article, Phil Zimmermandoes not regretdeveloping PGP.

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Posted on 28th September 2001 Details

New York Defender

It had to happen: theNew York Defendergame. Playing it felt incredibly strange and frightening. I’m not sure I want to try again.(thanks, Dominique)

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Posted on 28th September 2001 Details

The independent: Police to get powers to hold terror suspects 'indefinitely'

Oh great!Give the police more powerwhy don’t you? The current atmosphere of paranoia is going to get many nasty laws voted in. I can remember being held at the London Eurostar terminal under the "prevention of terrorism act" just because I had an Irish passport, it was not an enjoyable experience, believe-me.

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Posted on 1st October 2001 Details

Sidney Morning Herald: Terrorists find unlikely allies in neo-Nazis

American neo-nazi vermin have come crawling out of their holes tovoice support for the WTC plane attacks. How about this for double standards:The enemy of our enemy is, for now at least, our friend.Please crawl back into your holes.

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Posted on 1st October 2001 Details

The news international, Pakistan: Osama digs himself in Pamir

It sounds more like a Jean-Claude Vandamme movie than reality to me, but you be the judges:Osama digs himself in Pamir.

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Posted on 2nd October 2001 Details

INQ7: Text joke gets Filipino

Filipinoreceives text messageon his mobile phone purportedly from Osama Bin Laden asking for a place to stay , gets detained by Belgian police for 12 hours.

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Posted on 3rd October 2001 Details

IHT: Taboos Are Put to Test in West's View of Islam

Here’s avery interesting articleabout the taboo currently surrounding any discussion of islam, as well as the cultural differences and inferiority complexes all "sides" live with.

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Posted on 9th October 2001 Details

Wired: Osama Has a New Friend

Osama Bin Laden shares space on a protest banner in Pakistan withBert from Sesame Street. You gotta love the net.

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Posted on 11th October 2001 Details

Oregon LIve: Rotten fish at Vancouver airport spark hazardous materials scare

Not biological warfare,just rotting fish. No need to worry!

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Posted on 12th October 2001 Details

Tehelka: The Algebra of Infinite Justice

To those of us familiar with Afghanistan’s recent history, American television coverage and the rhetoric of the ‘International Coalition Against Terror’ is just plain insulting. America’s ‘free press’, writes Arundhati Roy, like its ‘free market’ has a lot to account for.

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Posted on 13th October 2001 Details

La Libre: Des enveloppes suspectes en Belgique

Suspicious envelopes containing powder have beendiscovered in Brusselstoo, none of them tested positive for anthrax. What I’d like to know is if any of them, here and in the US, tested positive as a recreational drug. I’m amazed nothing’s been said about it, I’m sure the good old white rabbit is involved here.

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Posted on 13th October 2001 Details

Washington Post: Questions Swirl Around Men Held in Terror Probe

Watch as liberties slowly decline.This articleis truly frightening:

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Posted on 15th October 2001 Details

Chicago Tribune: Belgian authorities reluctant to help with probe of bomb plot

Belgian police arereluctant to share info with the FBI. Yes, well that’s not a surprise, they’re usually reluctant to even share it among themselves, which has resulted in some pretty awful situations in the past.

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Posted on 15th October 2001 Details

The Guardian: Gagging the sceptics

Remember Bush sayingif you’re not with us, you’re against us, it’s turning out to beway too real. The article is really worth reading, and raises some very valid points, if a little paranoia-tainted at times.(via the null device)

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Posted on 16th October 2001 Details

New Yorker: King's ransom

Saudi Arabia is the weak link in current events, much more than many would like to think.The New Yorkertakes a look at the faltering Saudi Royals.

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Posted on 16th October 2001 Details

C4 News: Blair delivers evidence

Here’s Tony Blair’s "evidence" against Bin Laden.

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Posted on 16th October 2001 Details

Coded images show plans for massive germ attack on U.S.

The image of Bert symbolizes biological attack. Here come the crackpots again.

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Posted on 19th October 2001 Details

United States Response to CBW Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness

Americans feel safe from bioterrorism as avery efficient organisationprotects them.

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Posted on 22nd October 2001 Details

Sierra Times: Words of Wisdom About Gas, Germs, and Nukes

A retired military weapons, munitions, and training expertcounters the hysteriathat has been generated around biological warfare.

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Posted on 22nd October 2001 Details

Washington Post: Entrepreneurs Respond to Fearful Times

In the post-WTC climate of fear, entrepreneurs have found new ways to suck people’s wallets dry bypitching terrorist-protection gear to them.(viathe null device)

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Posted on 26th October 2001 Details

SNR: Homeland Insecurity

The erosion of liberties in the US has well and truly started. At LAX, a journalist istaken into custody by police and forced to destroy photos taken of a guardsman.

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Posted on 26th October 2001 Details

NYT: how to lose a war

A pretty harsh op-ed from the New York Times on the return to pre-WTC political back-scratching.

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Posted on 27th October 2001 Details

LA Times: Once-Insular Americans Studying Up on the World

Long renowned both for collective indifference and relative ignorance about the rest of the world, Americans have been shocked out of their insularity by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Posted on 27th October 2001 Details

FBI - Anthrax letters

The FBI site has publishedpictures of the anthrax letters and their content.

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Posted on 27th October 2001 Details

Boston Globe: Ask clinics about fear

That New York Times piece prompted me to do a little searching on the planned parenthood angle. And, indeed, abortion clinic employees have beenhandling suspicious mailsince long before Osama Bin Laden was on all the front pages:

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Posted on 27th October 2001 Details

The Guardian: Backyard terrorism

George Monbiot: The US has been training terrorists at a camp in Georgia for years - andit’s still at it.SOA Watchis the independent organization that seeks to close this camp.

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Posted on 30th October 2001 Details

The Times: Apocalypse Now?

Dozens of Russia’s nuclear weapons are missing. There is clear evidence that Osama bin Laden’s agents have been scouring the world to buy or steal such devices in order to attack the West.

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Posted on 31st October 2001 Details

Aerial WTC photo (warning 3.5 mb)

One hell of an aerial view of theWTC site.(thanks Dimitri)

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Posted on 3rd November 2001 Details

CNN: I'll trade you a B-2 and a Rudy for a Bush

I think I’m going to be sick: Operation Enduring FreedomTrading Cards.(thanks, Eric)

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Posted on 9th November 2001 Details

NY Times: Dissapearing in America

While the New York Timesattacks the erosion of civil libertiesfollowing the September 11th events, the UK plans toplace itself under a state of public emergency, allowing the government to detain suspected terrorists without trial, by opting out of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Welcome to the future.

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Posted on 11th November 2001 Details

Helsingin Sanomat: Death notice for suspected WTC terrorist placed in Helsingin Sanomat by Finnish-b

Adeath noticefor suspected WTC terrorist Mohamed Atta was placed in a Finnish newspaper by a local woman who befriended him in an Internet chat room.

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Posted on 13th November 2001 Details

Excite: Larry Hagman Has Visions Good, Bad

Larry "J.R." Hagman talks about hisacid experiences.(via the always excellentpopbitch)

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Posted on 15th November 2001 Details

Daily Rotten: Taliban Thwarted by Irreproducible Result

Beautiful! Thethermonuclear device plansleft behind by the Taliban were in fact extracted from a late seventies humour newsletter called The Journal of Irreproducible Results.(viathe null device)

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Posted on 16th November 2001 Details

Sacramento Bee - Editorial: This too is terrorism

Send a fake anthrax letter to a co-worker and you face 5 years in jail, send one to a planned parenthood clinic andyou’re ignored. At least where hypocrit Attorney General John Ashcroft is concerned anyway.

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Posted on 17th November 2001 Details

BBC Newsnight: Has someone been sitting on the FBI?

I seem to have missed this one when it was first published: ABBC reporton how after Bush became president, the FBI was instructed to ignore the Bin Laden family in spite of data linking them to the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, a suspected terrorist organisation.

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Posted on 18th November 2001 Details

Washington Post: Secret CIA Units Playing A Central Combat Role

The Washington Post sounds like it has just been fed anice big propaganda morsel.

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Posted on 19th November 2001 Details

AZ Central: Heineken turns green at suggestion it was bin Laden's lager

Heineken regrets the association made between its brand and bin Laden, and let it be clear that Heineken as a company dissociates itself, as (does) the rest of the Western world, from terrorism.

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Posted on 20th November 2001 Details

The Telegraph: His grasp of spin is chilling . . .

Osama Bin Laden,master of propaganda, hijacks MTV tactics to recruit for his cause.

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Posted on 21st November 2001 Details

Indymedia: Reason to be Paranoid; a Personal Experience

Recently, a foreign poster to the indymedia site was stopped upon entering the USA andinterrogated by government agentswho accused him of involvement in terrorist groups.

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Posted on 22nd November 2001 Details

The Village Voice: Saddam in the Crosshairs

More on the folly of going after Baghdad et al, this time from theVillage Voice.

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Posted on 24th November 2001 Details

The Telegraph: Bush ready to widen war against terrorism

That joke map of the USA surrounded by nothing is starting to look like a real possibility. Bush seems intent onbombing awayat any country suspected of harbouring terrorists. Finishing dad’s work in Iraq is next on the list. Logically, when he gets to the bottom of said list, he can end his "war on terrorism" by bombing himself.

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Posted on 24th November 2001 Details

The Observer: Hidden letters reveal dark secrets of school for terror

Journalists from the Observertake a tourof a former terrorist training center in Afganistan, finding documents that link al-Qaeda to many attacks.

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Posted on 25th November 2001 Details

NY Times: Spain Sets Hurdle for Extraditions

Spain willrefuse to extraditethe 8 men it has charged with complicity in the September 11th attacks unless they are tried by a civilian court and not by Bush’s special military tribunals.

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Posted on 25th November 2001 Details

Paknews: Dog breed targeted for' Afghan' name

This is it, the world has officially gone crazy. Afghan Hound owners and their dogs arebeing targetedbecause of the breed’s name.

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

BBC News: Conductor held over 'terrorism' comment

Yes, it gets stranger. Previous IRCAM director and world-renown conductor Pierre Boulez wasdetained by Swiss policeon suspicion of terrorist links.(thanks, John)

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

A recruiting tape of Osama Bin Laden (warning: evil realvideo technology)

Remember that story about Osama Bin Laden’s MTV-style recruitment video Iposted previously? That video is nowviewable online. After seeing parts of it, the MTV comparison seems somewhat exaggerated though.

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

Wired: Who EU Calling a Terrorist?

The European Union is using the September 11th events as a cover toestablish a definition of terrorismso wide it would include trade union activity and anti-globalization protests.

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Posted on 6th December 2001 Details

Washington Post: U.S.: New Tape Points to Bin Laden

The US may have obtained definite proof that bin Laden was behind the September 11th attacks. Avideo tapehas been found where he describes the attacks and indicates prior knowledge.

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Posted on 10th December 2001 Details

The Mirror: bin Laden's son will kill him on TV

And, talking of video, bin Laden may be planning aTV suicidethat would trigger attacks on landmarks in London, Paris and the USA. Very postmodern.

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Posted on 10th December 2001 Details

NY Times: Jewish Militant Arrested in L.A. Bomb Plot

What is it with religion and bombs? A couple of Jewish militants havebeen arrestedin an alleged plot to bomb, among others, a major Los Angeles mosque and the office of a Californian congressman.

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Posted on 12th December 2001 Details

morons.org: who said it?

Red scare or terrorist threat?Take the quizand try to attribute the quotes to either Attorney General John Ashcroft or former Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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Posted on 12th December 2001 Details

Newsbytes: Suspect Claims Al Qaeda Hacked Microsoft - Expert

A suspected member of Al Qaeda is claiming that Islamic militants/hackersinfiltrated Microsoft and sabotaged Windows XP. All this rumour mongering is just getting ridiculous. In any case, who needs to sabotage Windows? Microsoft does a pretty good job on its own.

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Posted on 17th December 2001 Details

Mercury Center: Lynne Cheney-Joe Lieberman group puts out a blacklist

Moreaccusations of anti-Americanism, this time thrown at universities where the reasons behind the hatred against the US are being openly discussed.(thanks,Aimee)

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Posted on 17th December 2001 Details

Washington Post: Broad Effort Launched After '98 Attacks

Details have emerged about how the Clinton administration was already quite busycovertly hunting bin Laden.

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Posted on 19th December 2001 Details

Salon: New on DVD: OBL

After the video, thebin Laden DVDwith extra footage. It’s a shame there are no multiple angle shots though.(viathe null device)

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Posted on 19th December 2001 Details

Common Dreams: Bin Laden Translation Omitted Sections

The US government "forgot" to translate afew key passagesin the bin Laden video tape.

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Posted on 22nd December 2001 Details

Yahoo: SURRENDERED NATION I.S.0. IMPERIALIST VICTOR

After suggesting the conversion of the Muslim world to Christianity, Ann Coulter wants to attack ‘pip-squeak nation’ France now. Let’s just all have a big fray and attack each other until there’s no one left.(viaMeFi)

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Posted on 23rd December 2001 Details

MSNBC: How al Qaeda took over Afghanistan

A detailed look at how Al Quaeda practicallyhijacked Afghanistanfor their own use.

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Posted on 23rd December 2001 Details

Did Kohl Around Bin Laden's Eyes Poison His Brain?

Did Kohl around bin Laden’s eyespoison his brain? Yeah, blame it on cosmetics, why don’t you?

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Posted on 23rd December 2001 Details

The Times: US warns Sinn Fein to cut its terror link

The US is warning Sinn Fein tocut ties with the IRA, maybe someone should warn the US to stop financing them first.

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Posted on 24th December 2001 Details

The Guardian: Shoe Bomb

The explosive-containing shoe used on the suicide-bombing attempt lookedlike thisand here is arecipe for making C4. Don’t try this at home kids.

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Posted on 25th December 2001 Details

The Times: The bomber from Bromley

The man who attempted to ignite explosives concealed in his shoes is asmall-time British criminalwho converted to Islam behind bars and was most probably on a test mission for a new terrorist technique.

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Posted on 26th December 2001 Details

Independent: Robert Fisk: Brace yourself for Part Two of the War for Civilisation

Part twoof the war for civilisation: the US air strikes have now killed more Afghans than the hijackers killed westerners and others.

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Posted on 26th December 2001 Details

Word Socialist Web Site: The New York Times and the case of John Walker

An attackon the New York Times and other media over the demonisation of John Walker.(cheers Flow)

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Posted on 27th December 2001 Details

Le Soir: Al-Qaida traque par la... Stib ?

Belgium shows the world how you should track terrorists: useticket inspectors from Brussels public transportletting them believe the targets are common pickpockets.

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Posted on 27th December 2001 Details

New Zealand Herald: Clerics say Britain a hotbed of Islamic extremism

Muslim clerics in Britain have beenwarning police for yearsabout the UK being a hotbed of Islamic extremism, to little or no avail.

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Posted on 28th December 2001 Details

NY Times: Terror Cells Slip Through Europe's Grasp

The world of Muslim militancy in Europe is difficult to track, lettingterrorist cells easily slip through authorities’ grasp.

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Posted on 29th December 2001 Details

Newsmax: What Are They Hiding About Flight 93?

What are they hiding aboutFlight 93that went down in a field in Pennsylvania on September 11th?

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Posted on 29th December 2001 Details

National Post: Bush mocks bin Laden as loser of rout

Could someone please go and give thatlittle kidU.S. President a slap on the backside andshut him up?

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Posted on 29th December 2001 Details

MSNBC: Did 'Jihad' arms course visit U.S.?

Could radical Muslims from Britain be honing their weapons skills intraining camps on American soilbefore going off to fight for Islamic causes around the world?

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Posted on 29th December 2001 Details

WorldNetDaily; U.S. efforts 'barely scratched' al-Qaida?

"Al-Qaida is still intact," and American bombing "barely scratched" the terrorist network, according to one student attending a Pakistani religious school [...] "It is not enough to believe American propaganda," the young Islamic militant stated.

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Posted on 1st January 2002 Details

The Times: Work is just the same at terror international

Computers used by al Quaedarecently discovered in Kabul suggest the running of a worldwide terrorist organisation being not too different than that of a corporation, with the usual backstabbing and organisational difficulties.

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Posted on 1st January 2002 Details

Slate: The Mosque to Commerce

The World Trade Center’s architect, Minoru Yamasaki, was one of theSaudi royal family’s favourite architects, responsible for several major projects in their country. He practiced an architectural style that merged modernism with Islamic influences, a factor that may also have pushed Osama bin Laden to target the twin towers.

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Posted on 3rd January 2002 Details

St Petersburg Times: Trumped up terrorism numbers

Is a drunk, rowdy passenger on an airplane a terrorist? Is a man who pushes a judge? They are according toannual reports from the US Department of Justice.

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Posted on 5th January 2002 Details

SunSpot.net: Everyone has an anthrax theory

The bounty-hunters are loose. Everyone has a theory about who the culprit in the anthrax attacks is, and many of them are out in the netinvestigating or publishing them.

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Posted on 6th January 2002 Details

Ground Zero - Frank Morales

Amoving accountof the horror of ground zero by a priest sent in there to do the last rites. You must read this!

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Posted on 6th January 2002 Details

Popular Mechanics: E-Bomb

The next Pearl Harbor will not announce itself with a searing flash of nuclear light or with the plaintive wails of those dying of Ebola or its genetically engineered twin. You will hear a sharp crack in the distance. By the time you mistakenly identify this sound as an innocent clap of thunder, the civilized world will have become unhinged. Fluorescent lights and television sets will glow eerily bright, despite being turned off. The aroma of ozone mixed with smoldering plastic will seep from outlet covers as electric wires arc and telephone lines melt.

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Posted on 9th January 2002 Details

NY Post: Osama Picks a Honey of a Successor

Osama bin Laden has picked his successor, he will be aone-eyed Palestinian honey salesman, and not mini-osama as you might think.

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Posted on 11th January 2002 Details

WSWS: The strange case of Zacarias Moussaoui: FBI refused to investigate man charged in September 11

Morebackground infoon the authorities’ lack of action when confronted with evidence of a terrorist threat in the period leading up to September 11th.(thanks Flow)

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Posted on 12th January 2002 Details

NY Post: 'WTC' Drug Logo Smacks of Evil: Cops

WTC-branded heroin, now available from your local dealer.

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Posted on 12th January 2002 Details

The Observer: I remain, sir, Haggard of the Hindu Kush

A couple of links stolen from the null device: Monty Python’s Terry Jones with anexcellent acid critiqueof the "war on terrorism", and an interview with Richard Dawkins in which he puts forth the notion that thetendency towards group affiliationis to blame for wars and related things. People certainly have a fixation with labels, I can’t even count how many times I’ve been asked:But what are you?, how the hell do I know? Labels are for cans.

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Posted on 14th January 2002 Details

ABCNEWS.com : CIA Believes Bin Laden Escaped

The CIA has concluded thatbin Laden escaped from Afghanistan around the first week of December, leaving behind a recording that was broadcast weeks later in order to fool U.S. troops. Quote of the day:Secretary of State Colin Powell told ABCNEWS he did not know where bin Laden was but said U.S. forces were in "hot pursuit" of him.No comment…

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Posted on 15th January 2002 Details

L'Express: Les nouvelles methodes du terrorisme

Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, seemed to havemany connections, travelled to Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and also resided in Belgium (yet another one) for a while. The networks are still strong.

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Posted on 17th January 2002 Details

Was Richard Reid 'Shoe Bomber No. 2'?

Was Richard ReidShoe Bomber No. 2? No 1 being aboard flight 587 downed over New York.

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Posted on 18th January 2002 Details

ABCNEWS.com : Musharraf Believes bin Laden Dead

Could bin Laden havedied of kidney failure? He didn’t choke on a pretzel anyway.

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Posted on 19th January 2002 Details

SMH: Brutal conditions inside Cuban cage

This articlecontains impressive photos of the U.S. detention center in Cuba.

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Posted on 20th January 2002 Details

The Guardian: The strange affair of Karine A

Another appearance by Imad Mughniyeh, this time as themastermind behind the Karine A arms smuggling operation, recently intercepted by the Israelis. Busy guy.

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Posted on 22nd January 2002 Details

Iran Press Service: Iran helped bin Laden escape American hunters.

German newspaper Die Welt is claiming that, in a twist seemingly straight out of a James Bond movie, bin Ladenescaped Afghanistan, using support from Imad Mughnyeh, the head of the intelligence services of the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah. Mughnyeh, unrecognizable due to having undergone plastic surgery, has also taken over command of Al-Qaeda.

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Posted on 22nd January 2002 Details

NY Times: The 2 Domes of Belgium

An article where the writer argues that what radicalised the September 11 terrorists was the low standing in which they were held where they were living in Europe, making them easy pickings for militant preachers. I agree, but he seems to ignore the fact that the percentage of Muslim immigrants in Europe is much higher than the US, and some of his facts are off. Nato HQ is in Brussels, not Mons, which is home to SHAPE (Supreme headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe).

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Posted on 28th January 2002 Details

CBS News: Hospital Worker: I Saw Osama

Could bin Laden have beensneaked into Pakistanthe night just before September 11th, in order to get kidney dialysis treatment? All this with the support of the very military that days later pledged its backing for the U.S. war on terror.

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Posted on 29th January 2002 Details

The Standard: Guantanamo's Unhappy Campers

A journalistvisits Guantanamo baywhere al-Quaeda prisoners are being held, and returns with tales of well-treated prisoners that masturbate and stick toothpaste up their backside.

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Posted on 3rd February 2002 Details

UPI: Al Qaida may have tried to kill Clinton

al-Quaeda may have attempted tokill Clinton.

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Posted on 4th February 2002 Details

America's Most Wanted - bin Laden composites

Osama bin Laden may be hiding next door to you, checkthese compositesjust in case. My favourite is the rasta one.

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Posted on 5th February 2002 Details

The Smoking Gun: suicide note

Here’s the plane-crashing Florida teenager’ssuicide note.

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Posted on 7th February 2002 Details

LA Times: Al Qaeda Linked to Russian Arms Broker

A man in Belgian custody has told U.S. authorities about business ties between the Al Qaeda terrorist network and a Russian arms broker, delivering a breakthrough in long-frustrated efforts to dismantle one of the world’s largest weapons-trafficking operations

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Posted on 17th February 2002 Details

Indymedia: September 11th events - evidence of U.S. Collusion

This conspiracy theory about theSeptember 11th eventsis the most documented I’ve ever seen.

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Posted on 17th February 2002 Details

Fox: Jihad for Kids

Palestinian children’s TV program,The Children’s Club, encourages kids to become suicide bombers via a puppet show, songs and more.

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Posted on 17th February 2002 Details

Observer: OK, George, make with the friendly bombs

OK, George,make with the friendly bombs.

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Posted on 18th February 2002 Details

Democrats.com: To Protect Top Bureaucrats, NY Times SCRUBS Its OWN Osama bin Laden article

On 9-9-01 - just two days before Osama Bin Laden’s attack on the US - the NY Times published a lengthy and chilling article about Osama Bin Laden by reporter John Burns. Some time after 9-11, the Times SCRUBBED this article, replacing it with a completely different article that Burns wrote on 9-12.

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Posted on 20th February 2002 Details

Vancouver Sun: The truth is out there ... right?

September 11th conspiracy theorieshit the mainstream press.

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Posted on 25th February 2002 Details

Washington Times: Jews bury bombers in pigskin deterrent

A novel move: Jewish settlers have devised a new trick for deterring Palestinian suicide bombers, theywrap their corpses in pigskinin order to deprive them of the fruits of paradise.

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Posted on 26th February 2002 Details

Chicago Tribune: Terror puts Doomsday Clock back in motion

Recent events have moved thedoomsday clockcloser to midnight.

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Posted on 27th February 2002 Details

WorldNetDaily: Hijacker shot passenger on Flight 11: FAA memo

Another coverup or just a mistake? Aninternal FAA memosays a passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 11 was shot to death by a single bullet.  The FAA now says it was an error.

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Posted on 28th February 2002 Details

Online Journal: Venice, Florida, flight school linked to CIA

New evidencehas surfaced linking the owner of the Venice, Florida, flight school that trained Mohamed Atta to the CIA.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 3rd March 2002 Details

PR Watch: Terrorism as Pretext

Anintelligent pieceon how the terrorist threat was massively used for PR purposes.

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Posted on 4th March 2002 Details

Washington Post: Neighborhood Watch Enlisted In Terror War

Here’s potential for a US nation-wide witch hunt: local neighbourhood watch programs havebeen extendedto detecting signs of terrorism.

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Posted on 7th March 2002 Details

IMDB: Wag the Dog

Ok, is it me or is this ‘war on terrorism’ starting to look suspiciously likeWag the Dog?

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Posted on 12th March 2002 Details

BBC News: Hijackers' visas sent to flight school

The US flight school where two of the September 11th hijackers trained has justreceived approval lettersfor their visa applications.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 13th March 2002 Details

WSWS: US oversees abduction, torture, execution of alleged terrorists

We can’t capture them legally and torture them at home? No big deal, let’s just abduct them andget someone else to torture them.

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Posted on 20th March 2002 Details

Alternet - CORN: We Make War; Keeping Peace is for Others

Future historians might gaze back at mid-March 2002 and determine this was when the Bush Administration decided towrite off Afghanistan.

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Posted on 24th March 2002 Details

This is London: Bomb victim's kidney saves Arab

There’s still hope. A suicide bomber victim’s kidneysaves a Palestinian woman.

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Posted on 5th April 2002 Details

GNN: S-11 Redux

You have to watchS-11 Redux- (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse.

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Posted on 9th April 2002 Details

LA Times: Inquiry of Intelligence Failures Hits Obstacles

Investigators of intelligence agencies’ failures in the September 11th events are concerned that the CIA and the Justice Department aredeliberately impeding their work.

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Posted on 6th May 2002 Details

MSNBC: Unheeded Warnings

Moreevidencepointing to the fact that the FBI had advance warning of the possibility of the September 11th events.

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Posted on 13th May 2002 Details

CNN: Agent: Moussaoui 'could fly ... into the WTC'

It’s difficult to get more obvious than:mentioned the possibility of Moussaoui being that type of person that could fly something into the World Trade CenterHere’sthe article.

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Posted on 16th May 2002 Details

CBS News: Ashcroft Flying High

This storyfrom July 2001 does seem to point towards previous knowledge of a threat.

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Posted on 16th May 2002 Details

Star Tribune: FBI memo's text tells frustration of Minnesota agents

More suspicious acts: The FBI supervisor who ordered FBI agents not to do anything about Zacarias Moussaoui was thenpromoted.

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Posted on 28th May 2002 Details

Truthout: The Bush 9/11 Scandal for Dummies

Now available for your reading pleasure:The Bush 9/11 Scandal for Dummies.

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Posted on 4th June 2002 Details

Washington Post: Teen Arrested for Lighting Shoe

Since the Richard Reid episode, it’s recommended youkeep lighters away from your shoes.

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Posted on 5th August 2002 Details

NY Post: Sour Experience

Passengers must feel safe from terrorist threats withnew security measures like these.

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Posted on 8th August 2002 Details

CNN: Pornographer says he hacked al Qaeda

US Deploysnew secret weaponin the hunt for al Qaeda.(thanks Eric)

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Posted on 9th August 2002 Details

Time: Did al-Qaeda Do This?

A tape recovered from a house formerly used by senior al-Qaeda leaders, showspuppies dying in an experimentwhere they’re exposed to some type of nerve gas.

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Posted on 19th August 2002 Details

Reuters: London or Berlin Could Be Next Targets - Rice

London or Berlin could well become the next targets for terror attacks- oh stop it with thefear mongeringnow! Please!

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Posted on 7th September 2002 Details

The Star: Restroom follies force U.S. plane to land

An airliner was diverted to Fort Smith because four passengers behaved strangely on the flight, including at least three who locked themselves in a restroom, possibly shaving their body hair.

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Posted on 12th September 2002 Details

Salon: Forbidden thoughts about 9/11

Salon’sForbidden thoughts about 9/11has been causingquite a stiron the net.

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Posted on 13th September 2002 Details

NY Times: High-Altitude Rambos

al Quaeda doesn’t need to strike the USA anymore, I think the paranoia is doing a pretty good job by itself. Witness theAirline Rambosincident.

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Posted on 24th September 2002 Details

Independent: What the US President wants us to forget

What the US President wants usto forget.

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Posted on 10th October 2002 Details

Safer America

Here’s a store thatsells paranoia. I’m especially fond of thehigh rise kit.(thanks Gunter)

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Posted on 18th October 2002 Details

Art Bell - POWs On Board

Photos takeninside a military C-130transporting POWs? They look like the real thing.

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Posted on 8th November 2002 Details

Scoop: Washington Sniper - Terrorist Or Informer?

The Washington sniper,terrorist or informer?

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Posted on 20th November 2002 Details

BBC News: Bin Laden tape 'not genuine'

Bin Laden ornot Bin Laden?

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Posted on 29th November 2002 Details

Yahoo: World Photos - A Philippine police mascot

Police in the Philippines havean unusual approachto terrorism prevention in public places.(thanks John)

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Posted on 7th January 2003 Details

Times: Suicide bombers are mentally fit

A new study says suicide bombers arenot mentally illand tend to be better off and better educated than their peers. I guess they won’t be going into politics then.

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Posted on 10th March 2003 Details

A DIY Cruise Missile

This goes to show all those security measures are not going to do much good against a determined terrorist:build your own cruise missilefor under $5000.

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Posted on 8th May 2003 Details

Oregon Live: David Nelson, could you step aside for a few moments?

If your name isDavid Nelson, forget about flying.

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Posted on 16th May 2003 Details

Boston Globe: Teen arrested at Logan for alleged bomb threat in his bag

Do notleave notes to airport screenersin your luggage kids. The comment by a neighbour at the end of the article is priceless.

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Posted on 8th August 2003 Details

Salon: Forbidden thoughts about 9/11

Forbidden thoughtsabout 9/11

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Posted on 12th September 2003 Details

SunSpot: Internet research snags boy in FBI web

FBI gets nervous atschool boy homework.

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Posted on 22nd October 2003 Details

Post Gazette: The fish that threatened national security

Flying fish are ano-goin post 9/11 America.

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Posted on 29th December 2003 Details

Tom Paine: Two Loud Words

Two words:Bush Knew.

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Posted on 6th January 2004 Details

SF Chronicle: Torture by proxy/ How immigration threw a traveler to the wolves

This story should send a chill down any spine:torture by proxy.

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Posted on 6th January 2004 Details

New Scientist: Fake fog could defend nuclear plants

If I hadn’t read this in New Scientist I would have thought it was a joke: the Germans are thinking of hiding their nuclear power plantsbehind a screen of artificial fogin case of an airborne terrorist attack. They could also blow giant soap bubbles at them I suppose.

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Posted on 15th January 2004 Details

ITV: Pastry blamed for station evacuation

I guess they’ll bebanning pastryfrom airports now.

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Posted on 18th February 2004 Details

The New Yorker - The Gray Zone

A very ugly story:How a secret Pentagon program came to Abu Ghraib prison.

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Posted on 16th May 2004 Details

Report from the South Waziristan Institute of Strategic Hermeneutics (SWISH)

What if al-Qaeda commissioned an independent report on the advancement of their long-term strategy? Would it besimilar to this?

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Posted on 18th July 2004 Details

ABC News: Ambulances on Alert

Fox Mulder’s motto of “trust no one” is fast becoming the mantra of the American authorities. If itkeeps up like this, the whole country is going to collapse into a permanent state of paranoia. If it hasn’t already, that is.

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Posted on 18th August 2004 Details

The Independent: Russians admit airliner bombing blunder

How long before music (hey, add P2P while you’re at it) gets blamed for terrorism. Froman articleabout the Beslan hostage situation:Law enforcement sources said some of the hostage-takers had been listening to a hard-rock group called Rammstein during the 10-hour gun battle and had been observing their attackers’ movements on eight CCTV cameras they had rigged up.

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Posted on 17th September 2004 Details

The Power of Nightmares - Part I (crappy Realvideo)

If you missed the BBC’s excellent documentary about politically-driven fear of terror, The Power of Nightmares, or if you just live in an area not covered by their broadcasts,catch it onlinein its entirety (or you could always grab a better-quality copy from BitTorrent).

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Posted on 20th December 2004 Details

“Statistics show that you are far more likely to d...

“Statistics show that you are far more likely to die in a car accident or by a heart-attack. But we have no idea what the probability of a terrorist attack is, and that frightens us”

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Posted on 14th August 2006 Details

If these guys had been muslims there would be spec...

If these guys had been muslims there would be special editions running all over the world’s media right now.

Linked on 7th September 2006 Details

Terrorist organisation logos...

Terrorist organisation logos

Linked on 9th July 2007 Details

Pirates of the Mediterranean, a fascinating op-ed ...

Pirates of the Mediterranean, a fascinating op-ed piece from the New York Times recounting the attack by a loosely connected group of people on the Roman port at Ostia, followed by a massive deployment of forces, a near-draining of Roman coffers, a loss of personal freedoms and accusations of traitorship for those who didn’t toe the party line. Sounds familiar?

Linked on 30th September 2007 Details

How the U.S. government got taken for a ride by a developer

How the U.S. government got taken for a ride by the developer of dubious anti-terrorist software.

Linked on 23rd February 2011 Details

Skating through the lockdown

Two weeks after the Paris attacks, Brussels is in lockdown. But at Ursulines skatepark, a multicultural community is thriving.

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Posted on 11th December 2015 Details

A long range forecast of our dark future

Charles Stross pulls together a rather apocalyptic, but all too believable, forecast for the next decade. An explosive cocktail of climate change, mass-migration, growing xenophobia and financial crazyness.

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Posted on 10th January 2016 Details

Terrorism is not new

From the NY Times: The First Global Terrorists Were Anarchists in the 1890s

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Posted on 4th May 2016 Details

Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ’suggested friends’ feature

Not The Onion.

Linked on 7th May 2018 Details

The Nord Stream attack points to Kyiv.

I just got round to reading this exhaustive investigation of the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage. It's quite a story and also a political powder keg.

Behind the scenes, though, you get clearer statements. Investigators from the BKA, the Federal Police and the Office of the Federal Prosecutor have few remaining doubts that a Ukrainian commando was responsible for blowing up the pipelines. A striking number of clues point to Ukraine, they say.

Linked on 16th September 2023 Details