Monthly Archives: September 2001

What should be the response to violence?

Quotes from a rather long, but interesting article titled, The theory of power shows that weapons indicate weakness, not strength, by Michael Jennings: "Showing a lack of understanding of history, President Bush, in a speech to the nation on Sunday, September … Continue reading

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Perspective on air travel

A pre-flight speech from the captain of Flight 564

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Damage report from the city of New York

From: CNN.com In-Depth Specials

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Six options beyond war and peace

Quotes from What Happens Next? by Jesse Walker "1. The Gandhi Option: Wouldn't it make more sense just to stop these clumsy interventions into other people's battles? Why make ourselves a target for every tin-pot maniac in the Third World?" … Continue reading

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Bush quote

i'm not sure if this is funny or frightening: "I'm not gonna fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt." http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/bush.htm

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Rumors of War

this link has been passed around the weblogging community quite a bit, but i thought it valuable if you haven't already see in: "A collection of links to pages discussing the various rumors to come out of the September 11 … Continue reading

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Pro-bin Laden Pakistani vandal defaces World Trade site

from computer user: "The founder of a group called the Pakistan Hackerz Club defaced the Web site of World Trade Services, a California-based firm that facilitates international e-commerce." "In a message left at the defaced site, an individual calling himself … Continue reading

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Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view

"Israel's military intelligence service, Aman, suspects that Iraq is the state that sponsored the suicide attacks on the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington." From: Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view

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a letter from an afghani american

The following was found on craigslist and written by Tamim Ansary who is an Afghani-American writer. It's a very powerful letter in response to the events of the past week. Here are some quotes: "The Taliban are a cult of … Continue reading

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Help build a Web Archive of the Sept 11 Attack

FYI: "webArchivist.org is working with The Internet Archive in collaboration with the Library of Congress to identify and archive pages and sites related to the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. We want to be … Continue reading

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Will more violence heal us?

SharedVoice.org was launched on September 17 to promote that the people want justice, but an end to more violence … "We want to live in a world where we can live in harmony with other nations, and to feel safe … Continue reading

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Terrorism: Web Communities Offer Support

from Utne Reader: "If you ever doubted that online communities can legitimately be called "communities," the last couple of days should erase any uncertainty. In the wake of Tuesday's shocking terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, millions of people … Continue reading

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Hybrid E-Mail Worm Loose

FYI: "This worm, named W32/Nimda.A-mm, is dangerously different than virtually all e-mail borne viruses: It can infect a computer when a user simply clicks on the subject line in an attempt to open the innocent-looking e-mail, or visits a Web … Continue reading

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Shattered

From Time Magazine … collection of photographs by photojournalist James Nachtwey

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Fleeing from the 73rd floor

My sister's friend and colleague Osman Altan was interviewed by the Princeton Packet about his experience fleeing from 73rd floor of the north tower Tuesday morning … I think Osman's words become even more vivid and disturbing if you view these pictures … Continue reading

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