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Stories from 2003-01-08

Pakistanis Seeking Haven in Canada

Brian Donohue | New Jersey Star-Ledger | January 8, 2003

"A growing number of Pakistanis who had been living in the United States are crossing the border and seeking asylum in Canada out of fear they will be jailed or deported if they register with a new U.S. Justice Department tracking program, according to Canadian officials." [more]

Sponsors Outline Anti-War Protest Plan

Heather Greenfield | Associated Press | January 8, 2003

"Calling King a 'drum major for peace and justice,' Mahdi Bray, the executive director of the Muslim American Society, noted that King spoke out against the Vietnam War." [more]

US Can Hold Citizens As Combatants

Curt Anderson | Associated Press | January 8, 2003

"A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the government can hold U.S. citizens as enemy combatants during wartime without the constitutional protections afforded Americans in criminal prosecutions." [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.