Update News from Afghanistan

Radio Reports (Require Real Player):
Critics Say GOP Economic Stimulus Plan is Nothing Less than Profiteering in the Name of Patriotism (Between the Lines, by Scott Harris): http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/borosage111601.ram
Groups Demand Information on Over 1,000 Detained Immigrants Held in Secret Since Sept. 11 Terror Attacks (Between the Lines, by Scott Harris): http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/gude111601.ram
POLICE SHOOT AND KILL A UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN COLOMBIA DURING A PROTEST AGAINST THE U.S. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN; WTO PROTEST (DN! in Exile): http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011109.ra&start="41:17.9"
WHAT DOESN'T THE MEDIA TELL US IN WARTIME? (DN! in Exile): http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011109.ra&start=""
DoD News Briefing: ASD/PA Torie Clark Rear Adm. John D. Stufflebeem, Joint Staff (DOD):
http://www.defenselink.mil/cgi-bin/real_audio.pl?Nov2001/DoD110901&1005327000
General Franks says military campaign in Afganistan on target (DOD): http://www.defenselink.mil/afis/afrts/video/Nov2001/20011109.ram
18 Arrested After Police Break Up Oct. 25 Hartford, Conn. Peace Protest (Between the Lines, by Melinda Tuhus): http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/hartford111601.ram

DoD News Briefing - ASD PA Clarke and Rear Adm. Stufflebeem (DOD): http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/t11092001_t1109asd.html

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZES (Federation of American Scientists):
Declaring that "The fight against terrorism is now the first and overriding priority of the Department of Justice," Attorney General Ashcroft yesterday announced a reorganization of the Justice Department that will redirect funding and personnel to the counterterrorism mission. In a November 8 memo, he identified ten goals that will guide the reorganization. See: http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/11/ag-reorg-110801.html
In a related November 8 memo on "Prevention of Acts Threatening Public Safety and National Security," the Attorney General identified new
initiatives in information sharing, analysis, and interagency coordination. See: http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2001/11/ag-memo-110801.html

SENATE APPROVES INTEL SPENDING (Federation of American Scientists):
The Senate yesterday unanimously approved the intelligence authorization act for FY 2002, including a "substantial increase" in funding reported
at around 7% over the current year. The floor debate from the Congressional Record may be viewed here: http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2001_cr/s110801.html

Tuesday, November 6

Nights of Death in Kandahar, Afghanistan (By: Suleman Ahmer)

Nov 5: Update News from Pakistan/Afgahanistan (By: Shahzad Ahmad, Pakistan)

Winter may kill 100,000 Afghan children: UNICEF
Afghan War and Wildlife

November 4: Map of US Bombing in Afghanistan

News

Saudis Seethe Over Media Reports on Anti-Terror Effort (Washington Post)
Muslims in Pakistan's Tribal North Ready to Fight Alongside Taliban (Washington Post)
Count of Released Detainees Is Hard to Pin Down (Washington Post)
$100 million Donated in NYC , but nothing had paid out (Wall Street Journal)
Rights Groups Find Atmosphere Difficult (Boston Globe)
ADC Meets with the INS Commissioner (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee)

Analysis

How Afghanistan Went Unlisted as Terrorist Sponsor (Washington Post)

Military

US May Gain Use of Air Bases in Tajikistan (Xinhua, China)
Some U.S. Allies Have Taliban Links (Associated Press)

Media

Al-Jazeera TV faces ban in UK (Telegraph, UK)

Nov 5 DOD Enduring Freedom Operational Update - Rear Adm. Stufflebeem (DOD): http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/t11052001_t1105st1.html
Slide Show: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/011105-D-6570C-001.pdf

FBI DETAINS MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS, MUSLIMS, AND PEOPLE OF MIDDLE EASTERN DESCENT IN LARGEST DRAGNET SINCE WWII (Democracy Now! in Exile): http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011105.ra&start="32:57.4"

Saturday, November 3

· Up to 130,000 refugees enter Pakistan
· Major demonstrations in Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh protest bombing
· US bombs are boosting the Taliban
· Allies set for ferocious escalation of ground war
· Bin Laden Denounces Arab 'Infidels'
· Iranian officials in secret Taliban talks
· GREEN PARTY USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT
· Bill Could Boost Recruiting at Schools
· US teen vows court battle over anti-war stance

Oct 30-Nov 2: Updates from Afghanistan (By: Shahzad Ahmad, Pakistan)

Pakistan: Peace rally condemns killing of Afghan civilians (October 30)
Wounded Civilians and Pics (October 31)
Women rally decries US (October 31)
Hameed Ullah (October 31)
Further Civilian Killings (November 1)
Merciless US bombing obliterates village: 60 killed (November 1)
Celebrating Shab-e-Barat (November 2)


Two-year-old Afghan girl Sameera Banyallah is shown with her father in a Jalalabad hospital October 28, 2001.	Two Afghan men sit on the debris of a destroyed house five kilometers from Kandahar, October 31, 2001. The house was hit by U.S warplanes last week.	An afghan man walks amidst the rubble of a house in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2001, which Taliban claim was destroyed during U.S. bombing raids on the city.	Injured Afghan 18-year-old Hizbullah is examined by a doctor at Mir Wise Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 2, 2001.

For more up-to-date photos from Afghanistan, please visit: http://www.dqc.org/~ben/index.htm

Map: November 1 US Bombing Across Afghanistan (DOD)

News

Up to 130,000 refugees enter Pakistan (AFP)
Demonstrators in Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh protest bombing
(Air Drop) Food Packets Won't Be Blue or Yellow (AP)
Bill Could Boost Recruiting at Schools (LAT)
Bin Laden Denounces Arab 'Infidels' (BBC)
Rumsfeld Visiting Russia, War Region (AP)
Army set for cold war (for winter) (Telegraph, UK)
Allies set for ferocious escalation of ground war (Telegraph, UK)

Immigrants

The Struggle For Relief Among The Undocumented (James Wong)

US Oil Connections

Oil rush (Channel 4, UK)

Analysis

Deadly Blind Spot in Bio-terror War (Earl Ofari Hutchinson)
US bombs are boosting the Taliban (Guardian)
Embattled on all fronts, the US badly needs a victory somewhere, anywhere (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Activism/Oppressions

Peace signs forced down at school (Tucson Weekly)
GREEN PARTY USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT (Press Release)
US teen vows court battle over anti-war stance (Reuters)

Military/Intelligence

Secret CIA Site in New York Was Destroyed on Sept 11 (NYT)
US special forces injured in night raid on Kandahar (Independent, UK)
Iranian officials in secret Taliban talks (Telegraph, UK)

Enduring Freedom Operational Update - Rear Adm. Stufflebeem (DOD): http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/t11022001_t102stuf.html
DOD Press Conference Slides Show: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2001/g011102-D-6570C.html

Nov 2: Democracy NOW! in Exile
AS THE U.S. CARPET BOMBS AFGHANISTAN, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DEEPENS (Require Real Audio)
http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011102.ra&start="33:26.9"
SAUDI OIL, U.S. TROOPS, AND THE MURKY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY, THE BIN LADEN FAMILY, AND THE BUSH FAMILY (Require Real Audio)
http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011102.ra&start="1:06:58.7"
GEORGE BUSH SENIOR FURTHERS THE BUSINESS INTERESTS OF A LUCRATIVE $12 BILLION PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE BIN LADEN FAMILY (Require Real Audio)
http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl.ram?file=webactive/exile/dn20011102.ra&start="1:22:19.7"

PUBLIC INTEREST TAKES BACK SEAT TO PROFITEERING IN AVIATION SECURITY DEBATE (COMMON CAUSE): http://www.commoncause.org/publications/oct01/103101.htm#chart

Torture, treachery and spies - covert war in Afghanistan (Observer, UK): http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4291675,00.html

Thursday, November 1

Map: Oct 31 US Bombing of Afghanistan (DOD)