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Stories from 2002-12-17

Foreign Visitors Tripped by Deadline

Marisa Taylor | San Diego Union-Tribune | December 17, 2002

"The move shocked many foreigners and their lawyers, who said the INS had changed its established practice of not detaining people until their green card applications were processed." [more]

Qaeda Network Still Poses Danger

STAFF | United Nations | December 17, 2002

"Asked how the Monitoring Group felt about the appearance of new Al Qaeda training camps in eastern Afghanistan, he replied that they were of great concern, since their emergence signified that people were still disillusioned enough to side with Al Qaeda. Indeed, sympathy for the organization was widespread in some countries, he added." [more]

US to Deploy Anti-Missile System by 2004

Bill Gertz | Washington Times | December 17, 2002

"It marks the first time since the 1960s that the U.S. government will field an anti-missile system. President Reagan first announced the major shift toward strategic defenses and away from offensive nuclear missiles in 1983." [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.