September 26, 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 16, 2001, used the term “crusade” to refer to what he wants for the United States. During the Crusades [rhodes.edu], from 1095 to 1291 A.D., Europeans traveled to Arab countries to kill Arabs.”

September 24, 2001

Perspective on air travel

A pre-flight speech from the captain of Flight 564

September 24, 2001

Damage report from the city of New York

From: CNN.com In-Depth Specials

September 24, 2001

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?"

“2. The Kojak Option: A terrible crime has been committed. … So it’s time for some expert policework, to track down and capture the people who did this."

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.”