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Stories from 2002-11-17

Agencies Monitor Iraqis in US for Terror Threat

David Johnston and Don Van Natta Jr. | New York Times | November 17, 2002

"The previously undisclosed intelligence program involves tracking thousands of Iraqi citizens and Iraqi-Americans with dual citizenship who are attending American universities or working at private corporations, and who might pose a risk in the event of a United States-led war against Iraq, officials said." [more]

Fewer College Activists at Forefront

Carrie Sturrock | Contra Costa Times | November 17, 2002

"Although students are marching, they probably won't play the crucial role they did 30 years ago, observers say. So much has changed — students' perspective on college as a means to a job rather than an education; the nation's tendency to be more critical of government; a greater number of activist groups. And there isn't a draft." [more]

Nuclear Study, Given Go-Ahead, Rouses Fears About a New 'Bunker Buster' Weapon

James Dao | New York Times | November 17, 2002

"Buried in the $393 billion defense authorization bill that Congress approved this week was an obscure item that has raised concerns that the administration is gradually moving toward creating new kinds of nuclear weapons." [more]

Transcript: The Media and War with Iraq

Robert Fisk, Transcribed by Ken Hechtman | Montreal Muslim News Network | November 17, 2002

"Far from doing their jobs alerting readers and viewers to this astonishing transition in US foreign policy ... the New York Times, the Washington Post, suddenly began to run a lot of stories on the supposed intelligence links between Iraq and Bin Laden. Eight stories in one week, I recall. Each sourced to administration officials, intelligence officials, diplomats — all of them, of course, anonymous." [more]

Why Can't We Find bin Laden?

Johanna McGeary and Douglas Waller | Time Magazine | November 17, 2002

"Bin Laden broke cover at a particularly awkward time for President Bush, raising doubts about the success of phase one of Bush's antiterrorism war just when he's pushing to launch phase two against Saddam Hussein." [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.