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Stories from 2002-11-06

Bush Authorized 'Targeted Killings'

David Johnston and David E. Sanger | New York Times | November 6, 2002

"The lethal missile strike that killed a suspected leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen was carried out under broad authority that President Bush has given the C.I.A. over the past year to pursue the terror network well beyond the borders of Afghanistan, senior government officials said today." [more]

Analysis: Islamists Gain Votes as U.S. Acts

Neil MacFarquhar | New York Times | November 6, 2002

"The perception that Washington remains hostile toward Islam is helping drive the victories of some religiously oriented parties across the Islamic and Arab world, experts in the" [more]

Transcript: US Draft Resolution on Iraq

STAFF | US State Department | November 6, 2002

The third, and probably last official US draft of the resolution on Iraq. [more]

US Drones Take Combat Role

Keith Somerville | British Broadcasting Corporation | November 6, 2002

"Afghanistan was the first conflict in which drones are known to have been used as weapons platforms. Now they are being used against al-Qaeda and their use is likely to expand in the future because of their flexibility and because they do not directly put US personnel at risk in attacks on targets." [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.