Bush Was Allied With Taliban Until August, Book Says
FBI deputy director resigned because Bush blocked FBI investigations into terrorism, say French intelligence analysts
U.S.-Backed Rebels Accused of Wholesale Slaughter
Northern Alliance charged with massacres
U.S. Food Drops "Tragic Mistake" Says Senior UN Official
Children confusing yellow food packets with yellow "bomblets"
UN Rejects Normal Peacekeeping Role For Afghanistan
Lack of any peace agreement keeps away "blue helmet" UN peacekeepers
The War at 30 Days: Little Progress, Weak Coalition
Even minimal U.S. military or political goals not in sight
Pakistan Religious Militants Close Off Crucial Route
Thousands of angry protesters blockade passage to N Pakistan, China
Quick Taliban Retreat Makes Pakistan Situation More Volatile
Pakistan dismayed by unexpected and swift change of power
Key Afghan Ethnic Group Remains Wildcard
2 in 5 Afghanis are Pashtun, and more sympathetic to Taliban than Alliance
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Media spread report that a nuclear bomb research were found among papers in abandoned Taliban buildings. But at least one of the documents was an infamous parody
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Taliban Apparently Fell For Joke Nuclear Bomb Recipe
Press uses document as evidence of serious bin Laden weapon research
U.S. Bomb "Mistake" Hits Independent Arab TV
Al-Jazeera, the "Arab CNN," office destroyed in Kabul
Why Bush Needs to Spin the War
Bush has only himself to blame for problems building anti-terror coalition
THE POLITICS OF OIL
What bin Laden and Bush don't talk about
Women Exiles Await Overthrow of Taliban
Not impressed with U.S. solution of coalition government
Taliban Retreat Dampens Islamic Extremist Movement
Rght-wing religious parties quiet violent rhetoric
Al Qaeda a Cult, Not Religious Group
British police found manual last year that reaveals charismatic cult
Could Irradiated Mail Cause Super-Anthrax?
Too little radiation could cause anthrax mutation, but little research into risks
Afghan Children a Lost Generation
An entire generation defined by violence, despair, and no education
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PROFITEERING FROM SEPT. 11 AND THE WAR
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"Who would have thought that a national emergency would set off a feeding frenzy by corporations and the wealthy?" asks Robert McIntyre, director of Citizens for Tax Justice. But conservatives, lobbyists and the Bush administration itself are rushing to push forward special interests in the name of
national security.
Rev. Jerry Falwell, reproached for insensitive remarks after Sept. 11, now is fund-raising by claiming that he is being perseuted by his critics (MORE on profiteering)
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MOLLY IVINS
