Word: warã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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Under sanctions, the Taliban could not get the supplies it needed to maintain control over Afghanistan. So it turned to its old friend who had been such a faithful ally during the Cold War??Osama bin Laden. U.N. sanctions made bin Laden the second biggest benefactor of the Taliban (second only to Pakistan). Not only does he provide substantial financial support to the Taliban, but he also provides thousands of loyal war veterans—both of which have been essential as the Taliban continues to battle Afghan rebels in the northern part of the country...
...military intervention in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden gathers steam, it’s hard to find a single cautionary voice in the mainstream media. Not surprisingly, the nascent movement against “America’s new war?? is being told not to challenge the wisdom of its elders. In our democracy, condescension and ridicule are often more effective weapons for stifling dissent than force and intimidation...
...justice, and we want action,” said Michelle Oliveros-Larsen of Amherst College in the Chronicle of Higher Education. “We just don’t want violent action.” You probably won’t hear about this highly sensible alternative to war??that the U.S. treat the Sept. 11 attacks as crimes and pursue the perpetrators through the mechanisms of international law—unless you’re close to a college campus...
...then, a man ran up from out of nowhere and kicked her in the head. He screamed, “Fucking Russians. What are they doing here? They shouldn’t be here.” On the grassy field, a couple “Make Love, Not War?? signs flapped in the breeze. There is a red welt where the angry man’s shin struck my friend’s neck...
...will direct every resource at our command—every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war??to the disruption and defeat of the global terror network,” he said...