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Stories from 2002-03-05

Afghan Recruits Paid $200 a Month by US Troops

Rory McCarthy | Guardian | March 5, 2002

"After the first three weeks the men were given four days' intensive weapons training. Each man was offered lessons in one weapon: Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades or machine guns. Following the weapons training they began a four-day exercise to prepare for the attack on Shah-e-Kot. On the fifth day, Saturday, the attack began." [more]

Ghosts of Vietnam Era Haunt US in Endgame

Rupert Cornwell | Independent | March 5, 2002

"For all the Pentagon's efforts to present the loss of the lives of at least nine US servicemen in a weekend as a small hiccup on the road to certain victory, the episode has come as a rude awakening to America." [more]

Journalist and Commentator Farai Chideya Speaks

Lakshmi Gandhi and Erin Fulchiero | Bi-College News | March 5, 2002

"Chideya stressed the dire need for Americans to escape its isolationist tendencies so that they may become more fully conscious of current events, not only within the country, but also throughout the globe. 'Nine-eleven made us realize that if we donít pay attention, they will make us pay attention,' she said." [more]

Analysis: No Easy Victory Is Seen in Fierce Battle

Michael R. Gordon | New York Times | March 5, 2002

"It seems likely that the American victory will not come easily and that the bitter mountain battle will not mark the end of the war." [more]

No Letup in Mideast Violence

Serge Schmemann | New York Times | March 5, 2002

" 'If the Palestinians are not being beaten, there will be no negotiations,' Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told reporters at Parliament. 'The aim is to increase the number of losses on the other side. Only after they've been battered will we be able to conduct talks.' " [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.