September 21, 2001

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

September 21, 2001

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 terrorist attack on the United States of America.” http://www.snopes2.com/info/rumors.htm

September 20, 2001

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 “Doctor Nuker” suggested the U.S. government may have orchestrated the terrorist attacks on America to justify widening its manhunt for Osama bin Laden."

September 20, 2001

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

September 20, 2001

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 ignorant psychotics who took over Afghanistan in 1997. Bin Laden is a political criminal with a plan. When you think Taliban, think Nazis. When you think Bin Laden, think Hitler. And when you think ’the people of Afghanistan’ think ’the Jews in the concentration camps.’ It’s not only that the Afghan people had nothing to do with this atrocity. They were the first victims of the perpetrators. They would exult if someone would come in there, take out the Taliban and clear out the rats nest of international thugs holed up in their country.”

September 20, 2001

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 sure that there is a solid historical record of this time.”

“We are asking for volunteers to help us identify any web sites or pages that have information or content about the Sep11 Attack. We are especially interested in finding sites by individuals — that record their feelings, experiences or opinions. We are also especially interested in finding non-American sites.”

September 18, 2001

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 from a sense of escalation that we as individuals feel little control over.”

“What is missing from the landscape of images and words is an expression of agreement among people who feel that as leaders in the world, the United States ought to uphold the values we so strongly affirm – freedom and justice. Is justice served in the taking of innocent lives, anywhere?”

September 18, 2001

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 around the globe have turned to the Web to reach out to others, share their analysis, their anger, and their anguish."

September 18, 2001

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 page housed on an infected server.” “the only workaround is to “Disable Active Scripting” in the Tools/Options/Security menu, which can be accessed from within Outlook or Explorer.” http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46944,00.html

September 17, 2001

Shattered

From Time Magazine … collection of photographs by photojournalist James Nachtwey