Outside the U.S. Links

ANALYSIS from OUTSIDE the U.S.: (Sept. 12-Oct. 31)

Terrorism in the U.S. News Analysis
"Al-Qaida is winning war, allies warned," by Tania Branigan, The Guardian (October 31, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,583789,00.html "Blind to the signals, US failed to grasp bin Laden,"by David Ottaway and Joe Stephens in Washington, Sydney Morning Herald (October 30, 2001) http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/30/world/world6.html "Analysis: Who is winning the war?," by Jonathan Marcus, BBC (October 29, 2001) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1625000/1625984.stm "Hidden Agenda Behind War on Terror," by John Pilger, The Mirror (October 29, 2001) http://mirror.icnetwork.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=11392430&method=full "War against Terrorism: Perspective on Protests," by Vaskar Nandy, Economic and Political weekly (October 27, 2001) http://www.epw.org.in/current/comm9.htm "New 'New War' and an Old Problem," by Arvind Rajagopal, Economic and Political Weekly (October 13, 2001) http://www.epw.org.in/previous/comm6.htm "Peace by precision," by Gary Younge, The Guardian (October 29, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,582444,00.html "Islam has become its own enemy," by Ziauddin Sardar, The Observer (October 21, 2001) http://www.observer.co.uk/islam/story/0,1442,577943,00.html "This war is not a moral enterprise," by Natasha Walter, The Independent (October 19, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/natasha_walter/ story.jsp?story=100258 "None of us like bombing but there really is no alternative," by David Aaronovitch, The Independent (October 19, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/david_aaronovitch/ story.jsp?story=100257 "Promises, promises," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (October 17, 2001) http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=99860 "Vigilance, not panic, is the way to defeat terrorism," Editorial, The Independent (October 17, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=99854 "No room for subtlety in US's new war," by Adekeye Adebajo, Business Day (October 16, 2001) http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,947744-6096-0,00.html "War against terrorism will fail says former MI-5 head," by Tahira Yaqoob, The Independent (October 16, 2001) http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=99722 "The piece movement," by Brendan O'Neill, Spiked Online (October 16, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D27A.htm "A war in the American tradition," by John Pilger, New Statesman (October 15, 2001) http://www.consider.net/forum_new.php3?newTemplate=OpenObject&newTop =200110150007&newDisplayURN=200110150007 "Slaughter of the innocent bolsters view that this is war against Islam," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (October 15, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=99519 "Yes, there is an effective alternative to the bombing of Afghanistan," by Tariq Ali, The Independent (October 15, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=99442 "September apocalypse: who, why and what next?" By Karen Armstrong, The Guardian (October 13, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,568512,00.html "United States: all-powerful but powerless," by Stephen C. Clemons, Le Monde Diplomatique (October 2001) http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/10/02usa "An enemy. At last," by Ignacio Ramonet, Le Monde Diplomatique (October 2001) http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/10/01leader "An enemy with no forwarding address," by Marwan Bishara, Le Monde Diplomatique (October 2001) http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/10/03asymmetry "My country, post Taliban," by Jawed Ludin, The Guardian (October 13, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,573220,00.html "When the force is with you: On what legal basis can states justify going to war?," by Clare Dyer and Peter Lennon, The Guardian (October 9, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,565882,00.html "A war can only be judged 'just' in retrospect," by Patrick Comerford, Irish Times (October 9, 2001) http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/2001/1009/opt3.htm "Say what you want, but this war is illegal," by Michael Mandel, Toronto Globe and Mail (October 9, 2001) http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/ FullStory.html&cf=tgam/common/FullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&vg= BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20011009&dateOffset=&hub=comment&title= Comment&cache_key=comment&current_row=3&start_row=3&num_rows=1 "Lost in the rhetorical fog of war," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (October 9, 2001) http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=98407 "Bin Laden appeals to Arab frustration, not religious values," by David Hirst, Toronto Globe and Mail (October 9, 2001) http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/GIS.Servlets.HTMLTemplate?tf=tgam/common/ FullStory.html&cf=tgam/common/FullStory.cfg&configFileLoc=tgam/config&vg= BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20011009&dateOffset=&hub=comment&title= Comment&cache_key=comment&current_row=4&start_row=4&num_rows=1 "This is retaliation. There is no need to disguise it with the language of morality," Editorial, The Independent (October 9, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=98420 "Terror turns Bush's focus inside out," by Julian Borger, The Guardian (October 9, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,566182,00.html "Now it is war - but for what?," by Mick Hume, Spiked Online (October 8, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D262.htm "It will take more than bombs to defeat al-Qaeda," Editorial, The Daily Star (Lebanon) (October 8, 2001) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/opinion/08_10_01_a.htm "An 'assault on freedom' maybe, but Americans are not free to question it," by Gay Alcorn, Sydney Morning Herald (October 3, 2001) http://www.smh.com.au/news/0110/03/world/world10.html "Why it would pay the West to cultivate Saudi public opinion," by Jonathan Aitken, Daily Telegraph (October 1, 2001) http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk:80/dt?ac=006169846859153&rtmo=a55TXq6J& atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/01/10/1/do01.html "New War, New Justice," by David Held and Mary Kaldor, openDemocracy (September 28, 2001) http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp? CatID=95&DocID=690&DebateID=152 "Humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and on its borders," Oxfam-GB (September 28, 2001) http://www.oxfam.org.uk/atwork/emerg/afghanprogramme2.htm "General Powell is neither a hawk nor a dove -- he's an owl," Independent (September 28, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/david_aaronovitch/ story.jsp?story=96420 "Why has Bush not pushed the button?" by Mick Hume, Spiked Online (September 28, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D251.htm "A new kind of war means a new kind of discussion," by Hugo Young, The Guardian (September 27, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,558783,00.html "Mr Sharon's obduracy endangers Israel, as well as the fight against terrorism," The Independent (September 26, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=96031 "Why Root Causes Are Important," by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Toronto Globe and Mail (September 26, 2001) http://www.pugwash.org/september11/letter-homerdixon.htm "Talban has lost all support, they will loose power very soon: Interview with Afghani opponent of the Taliban," by Farooq Tariq, Labour Party Pakistan (September 25, 2001) http://www.labour.00server.com/art18.html "This is not a war on terror. It's a fight against America's enemies," by Robert Fisk, The Independent ( September 25, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=95825 "Let's not get too liberal," by Christopher Hitchens, The Guardian (September 21, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4261623,00.html "Collective passion," by Edward Said, Al-Ahram Weekly Online (September 20-26, 2001) http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/552/op2.htm "Understand the whispers," by Rajeev Bhargava, openDemocracy (September 19, 2001) http://www.opendemocracy.net/forum/document_details.asp?CatID=95&DocID=664 "Responding to the World Trade Centre and Pentagon Attacks," by Paul Rogers, University of Bradford posted on the British American Security Information Council site (September 17, 2001) http://www.basicint.org/wtc_pentagon_progers.htm "A Lesson From the Balkans," by Anthony Borden, TU No. 235 (September 10-15, 2001) http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/tri/tri_235_5_eng.txt "Following the money," BBC (September 19, 2001) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1553000/1553153.stm "Ground forces only real option," by Michael R. Gordon, Sydney Morning Herald (September 20, 2001) http://www.smh.com.au/news/0109/20/world/world9.html "Sharon feels US anger after Arafat seizes the diplomatic high ground," by Phil Reeves, The Independent (September 19, 2001) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94826 "Flawed coverage," by Anil Netto, Asia Times Online (September 19, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/se-asia/CI20Ae01.html "Bin Laden? Better Be Sure," by Boris Kagarlitsky, The Moscow Times (September 18, 2001) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/09/18/007.html "Only pawns in the game," by Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Online (September 19, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/c-asia/CI20Ag02.html "Force is not the answer," by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian (September 19, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,554283,00.html "The need for dissent," by George Monbiot, The Guardian (September 18, 2001) http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,9321,553743,00.html "If Bush wants an invasion, it could become more costly than Vietnam," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (September 18, 2001) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=94638 "Good guys and bad guys," The Guardian (September 18, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553601,00.html "A bully with a bloody nose is still a bully," by Charlotte Raven, The Guardian (September 18, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553693,00.html "Fear and loathing," by Martin Amis, The Guardian (September 18, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,553638,00.html "It is meaningless and dangerous to declare war against terrorism," The Independent (September 17, 2001) http://argument.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/story.jsp?story=94353 "Our poor, our weak, our hungry," by Ahdaf Soueif, The Guardian (September 15, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,552381,00.html "Who will dare damn Israel?" by Richard Ingram, The Guardian (September 16, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,552641,00.html "When intelligence fails," Editorial, Asia Times Online (September 15, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/editor/CI14Ba01.html "America's chickens come home to roost, " by Alan Ramsey, Sydney Morning Herald (September 15, 2001) "Taliban adds to Pakistan's dilemma," by Nadeem Malik, Asia Times Online (September 15, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI15Df04.html "Terrorism may be India's strategic chance," by Sultan Shahin, Asia Times Online (September 15, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI15Df01.html "It's war - but against whom?" by Mick Hume, Spiked (September 14, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D23A.htm "The lesson of history: Afghanistan always beats its invaders," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (September 14, 2001) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=93985 "Where are you, Mr Bush?" by Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian (September 14, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,551678,00.html "Unlike Vietnam, this is a war that the Americans are thirsting to fight," by Rupert Cornwell, The Independent (September 14, 2001) http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=94008 "So is this war?" by Christopher Hitchens, The Guardian (September 13, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550939,00.html "After the attack on America," by Mick Hume, Spiked (September 12, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D22F.htm "The wickedness and awesome cruelty of a crushed and humiliated people," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (U.K.) (September 12, 2001) http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=93623 "They can run and they can hide. Suicide bombers are here to stay," by Robert Fisk, The Independent (September 13, 2001) http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=93798 "Attacks Show That Political Courage Is the Only Real Defense," by William Pfaff, International Herald Tribune (September 13, 2001) http://www.iht.com/articles/32239.htm "Foul, Foul Weather Friends," by Pavel Felgenhauer, The Moscow Times (September 13, 2001) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/09/13/009.html "How Could They Cheer?" by Gary Younge, The Guardian (September 13, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,550977,00.html "Bin Laden's infrastructure of fanaticism," by Jason Burke, The Guardian (September 12, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,550665,00.html "They can't see why they are hated," By Seumas Milne, The Guardian (September 13, 2001) http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,551036,00.html "Only the Bold Will Bear a White Flag," By Boris Pankin, The Moscow Times (September 13, 2001) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2001/09/13/006.html "Who Is Ousmane Bin Laden?" by Michel Chossudovsky (September 12, 2001) http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html

Commentary
Latinoamérica y el huracán de la venganza	Leo Gabriel - 23 October 2001
¿Y el pueblo?	Octavio Rodríguez Araujo - October 16 2001
Geopolítica de la venganza	César Benjamín - October 2001

Balkans News Analysis
"Third time wrong," by David Chandler, Spiked (August 30, 2001) http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/00000002D213.htm Interview with Dr. Biljana Vankovska of the University of Skopje for the Belgrade newspaper "POLITIKA" http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2001/Vankovska_Makedonia.html

Commentary
The Military Occupation of Macedonia	Michel Chossudovsky - August 2001

China News Analysis

"Wanted: A global balance of power," by Francesco Sisci, Asia Times Online (September 11, 2001)
http://www.atimes.com/china/CI11Ad01.html

Drug Wars in the Americas News Analysis

"Drug Crops and Peace process in Colombia," a proposal from Accio'n Andina and the Transnational Institute
Executive Summary (English)
http://www.tni.org/drugs/research/proposal.htm
Complete proposal (Spanish)
http://www.tni.org/drugs/research/propuesta.htm

Israel-Palestine News Analysis
"US foreign policy in the Middle East — a barrier to democracy," by Muqtedar Khan, The Jordan Times (November 6, 2001) http://www.jordantimes.com/Tue/opinion/opinion3.htm "The Tears of Zion," by Yitzhak Laor, New Left Review (Sept/Oct 2001) http://www.newleftreview.net/NLR24403.shtml "The Desertion of Arafat," by Edward Said, New Left Review (September/October 2001) http://www.newleftreview.net/NLR24502.shtml "The Palestinian people, as a whole, portrayed as supportive of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, " by Nigel Parry, Electronic Intifada (September 12, 2001) http://electronicIntifada.net/coveragetrends/rejoicing.html "Horror, horror," by Graham Usher, Al-Ahram Weekly Online (September 13-19, 2001) http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2001/551/fr1.htm "The Middle East: how the peace was lost," by Alain Gresh, Le Monde Diplomatique (September 2001) http://www.en.monde-diplomatique.fr/2001/09/01middleeastlea

Commentary
Occupation is Occupation is Occupation!	Sam Bahour - October 27, 2001
Rising Above the Daily Killings	Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan - October 18, 2001
Israel: A Failing Experiment	Sam Bahour - September 2001
Bush Discovers a New Middle East	CHALLENGE - August 2001
The New Lexicon	Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan - June 2001
Has Israeli Occupation Become Legal in the 21st Century?	Sam Bahour - June 2001
Thank You Mr. Sharon	Sam Bahour - May 2001
Israel’s Jordan is Palestine Option	Sam Bahour - May 2001

AIDS News Analysis

"Health for who?" Interview with Zimbabwe's Minister of Health Timothy Stamps, New Scientist (October 20, 2001)
http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp?id=ns23136

"Patents and profits: The fight for affordable medicines," Third World Network (September 2001)
http://www.twnside.org.sg/focus.htm

"From Declarations to Action: Improving Access to Medicines," MSF Briefing note for G8, Genoa, Italy (July 2001)
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/msf/accessmed/accessmed.nsf/html/4DTSR2?OpenDocument

Climate Change News Analysis
"The Kyoto Protocol: Verification Tops the Agenda," by Molly Anderson, VERTIC Briefing Paper 01/05 (November 2001) http://www.vertic.org/briefing/no0105.html "Evaluating the Bonn agreement and some key issues," by M.G.J. den Elzen and A.P.G. de Moor, RIVM (National Institute of Public Health and the Environment), (October 30, 2001) http://www.rivm.nl/ieweb/ieweb/Reports/Rap728001016.pdf "Comprehensive emissions per capita for industrialised countries," by Hal Turton and Clive Hamilton, The Australia Institute (September 2001) http://www.tai.org.au/latest1_files/Percapita.shtml "The environmental Litany and data," by Bjorn Lomborg, The Guardian http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2001/08/14/intro.pdf "Global environment problems and local poverty," Siri Eriksen, CICERO http://www.cicero.uio.no/media/1266.pdf

Commentary
The Inclusion of Sinks Has Sunk the Kyoto Protocol	World Rainforest Movement - August 2001

WCAR News Analysis
"Practice casteism, don't talk about it," by Sultan Shahin, Asia Times Online (September 11, 2001) http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI11Df01.html "Deep divisions remain as racism conference ends," by Mark MacKinnon, Globe and Mail (September 10, 2001) http://www.globeandmail.ca/generated/hubs/20010910/international.html

Commentary
En la recta final hacia la Conferencia Mundial	Irene León - August 2001

World Summit on Sustainable Development News Analysis

"WSSD Briefing Papers," International Institute for Environment and Development
http://www.iied.org/wssd/pubs.html

"RIO+10 AND THE CORPORATE GREENWASH OF GLOBALISATION," Corporate Europe Observer, Issue 9
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/observer9/greenwash.html