FW: Background Reader on Tuesday's Tragedy

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> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:00 PM
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> Subject: Background Reader on Tuesday's Tragedy
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> AlterNet's Continuing 9-11 Coverage: Background Reader
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> A compilation of important background information
> about Tuesday's terrorist attacks that the mainstream
> media has either ignored or glossed over.
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> 
> DANGEROUS TIMES FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
> Stephen Zunes, AlterNet
> Instead of focusing on further militarization, the U.S. 
> should improve intelligence and reexamine its Middle 
> East policy, which has been based upon alliances with 
> repressive governments.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11508
> 
> WHY ANTI-AMERICANISM?
> Daoud Kuttab, AlterNet
> Those who have suffered from some distorted U.S.
> foreign policies have little appreciation for the
> values that America stands for.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11512
> 
> WAR ON WHOM?
> Michael Moore, AlterNet
> I am an American citizen, and my leaders have taken my 
> money to fund mass murder. And now my friends have 
> paid the price with their lives.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11507
> 
> SOLOMON: A UNANIMOUS TRIUMPH FOR MASTER OF WAR
> Norman Solomon, AlterNet
> On Friday, the Senate voted 98-0 for a war resolution.
> Written as a blank check, it is only payable with vast
> quantities of human corpses.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11511
> 
> SACRIFICING FREEDOMS IN THE NAME OF SAVING THEM
> Neil Skene, Creative Loafing Atlanta
> If history is any indicator, we can all expect our civil 
> liberties to take a back seat to the war on terrorism.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11509
> 
> MAKE NO MISTAKE: PEACE TAKES MORE COURAGE
> Beatrice Motamedi, Pacific News Service
> The terrorist attack on America is a chance for the Bush 
> administration to do the right thing. Instead of waging 
> war it could broker a real peace to avert future terrorism.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11510
> 
> CORN: GOING TO EXTREMES
> David Corn, AlterNet
> Extremism reigns in post-WTC America as calls for action
> emanate from television sets and op-ed pages denying all a full 
> understanding of the event and what led to it.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11505
> 
> WHY I CANNOT HOLD A CANDLE
> Elijah Wald, AlterNet
> People running the country are long-time supporters of 
> terrorism, and they are among those shouting loudest for a
> strong and united response to the current crisis.
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11506
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