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SCOOP SPECIAL - U.S.A UNDER ATTACK

Scoop Images: Protests D.C., San Francisco, Athens

Guest Opinion: An Explanation For Pakistani Acquiescence Pakistan is under the military rule and yet President General Pervez Musharraf has not tried to curb the right of free speech and free press. His decision to co-operate with the international campaign against terrorism has been endorsed by the vast majority ... See... Guest Opinion: Pakistan Under Threat

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives On The Line - All necessary measures must be taken to ensure humanitarian aid is delivered to those that need it in Afghanistan. In light of reports that indicate that unless enough aid reaches the Afghan population before the onset of winter hundreds of thousands of lives could be at risk. See... Afghanistan: Position on humanitarian aid delivery. See also... Refugee camps in tribal areas - a risky strategy

A Sober Analysis Of Some Very Troubling Thoughts - “In this short book, I argue that there is strong evidence that the events of 11th September represent a terrorism of a kind not currently being discussed, and include the involvement of agents and agencies not publicly imagined as being associated with such acts. I believe that this suspicion, voiced by many others, must be taken seriously and its public disproof demanded by all concerned citizens and NGOs.” Author Michael Rowbotham writes. See... Michael Rowbotham: Written In Belief

George Bush And Dick Cheney Admit Telling Lies - The White House has been caught in a lie about the alleged terrorist threat against Air Force One [U.S. President's official airplane] which it had cited as the reason for President Bush's absence from Washington for most of September 11. See... Scoop Link: White House Lied About Air Force One

Poetry Concerning Motion - Two more poems from New York City, this time from Scoop Correspondent Miles Thompson. See... Scoop Poems: The Blood Banks Are Full

Scoop Images: Protests For Peace - Photos from www.indymedia.org of peace demonstrations in Washington D.C., San Francisco and Athens Greece. See... Scoop Images: Protests D.C., San Francisco, Athens

NZ Contributes To Afghanistan Refugee Aid Fund - Prime Minister Helen Clark and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs Matt Robson announced today that New Zealand will contribute $1 million to the United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Afghanistan. See... $1 million to humanitarian relief for Afghanistan

Noam Chomsky Answers 6 Questions On Terrorism War - There has been an immense movement of troops and extreme use of military rhetoric, up to comments about terminating governments, etc. Yet, to many people there appears to be considerable restraint...what happened? See... Six Questions Posed To Professor Noam Chomsky

Only United Coalition Will Defeat Terrorism – Annan - "Terrorism will be defeated if the international community summons the will to unite in a broad coalition, or it will not be defeated at all," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the General Assembly as it opened a weeklong meeting on measures to combat international terrorism. See... UN General Assembly Terror Session – UN News
MORE:
- Kofi Annan Address To UN General Assembly On Terrorism
- Letter Of Caution To All UN Member States

Wave Of Poverty To Follow Terrorist Attacks - The September 11 terrorist attacks in the US will hurt economic growth in developing countries worldwide in 2001 and 2002, condemning as many as 10 million more people to live in poverty next year, and hampering the fight against childhood diseases and malnutrition, the World Bank says in a preliminary economic assessment released today. See... Poverty To Rise in Wake Of Terrorist Attacks in US

NY Unions Say “No War” - September 11 has brought indescribable suffering to New York City's working people. We have lost friends, family members and co-workers of all colors, nationalities and religions -- a thousand of them union members. See... New York City Labor Statement on September 11

Between The Lines: Tragedy For Afghanistan - Sonali Kolhatkar: This is quite possibly the worst thing that could have happened for the Afghan people. Of course, it's also the worst thing that has happened to the American people. See... Bin Laden, Taliban Created During Cold War Era

David Miller: Reconnaissance The Weapon Of Choice - Over the past week, the Bush Administration appears to have backed off from the threat of launching immediate retaliatory air strikes against targets in Afghanistan. See... David Miller: Tactics for a New Type of War

Bin Laden’s Kin Evacuated For Own Safety - Patrick Tyler of the New York Times is reporting from Washington: "In the first days after the attacks on Sept. 11, the Saudi Arabian ambasador to Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan, supervised the urgent evacuation of 24 members of Osama bin Laden's extended family from ther United States fearing they might be subjected to violence." See... Bin Laden’s Relatives Evacuated From NYC

Scoop Poem: The Bones of Sepember: New York, 2001 - Two vast and trunkless legs of steel Like silent Pharaohs stood over Wall Street Scraping the vast canvas of immortality. See... Scoop Poem: The Bones of September, 2001

Stateside: The Buick of Unconditional Love - To hell with the twin towers, where's my laundromat?!! Just half a block down the street was the scummiest, not-workingest collection of washers and driers you ever did see, and now the building's been gutted. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Bizzaroland

Prayer For Peace - “ It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fluttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun…” See... The War Prayer by Mark Twain

Feedback: These People Ain’t No Good - How far we have come as a nation from the notorious “dawn raids” of the 70s aimed at finding and consequently sending home Samoan overstayers to welcome parades, packets of biscuits, cakes and cuddly toys for illegal Afghan immigrants. See... Feedback: Who The Hell Are We Welcoming In?

Scoop Negative Feedback - “..it only stands to reason that New Zealand must declare itself a terrorist free zone so as to make sure that the terrorists of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein exempt New Zealanders should there be any future terrorist activity.” See... Feedback: Three Disgruntled Readers


Auckland Candle For Peace...

Auckland March For Peace - Around 500 people marched up Queen Street in Auckland to protest against any US military response to the World Trade Centre attacks on September 11. They also called for the New Zealand government to not lend support to any US actions and called for racist attacks against members of the Arab and Muslim community to end. See... Scoop Images: March Against US War And Peace Vigil

Howard’s End: Osama bin Laden’s Next Target, Saudi Arabia - The overwhelming consensus at a dinner party I attended last night was that in the confusion in the West, Osama bin Laden will strike at the corrupt rulers of his home-land and try to recapture the sacred soil of his country which will economically destabilise the West without him firing a shot. Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: USA's Achilles Heel – Saudi Arabia

Hard News Is Here! - GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, she did it: a blunder, an out-and-out foot-in-mouth verbal howler. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, she did it to herself, rather than being lured into it by a political opponent. Air New Zealand shares fell and rose, it seemed, with the Prime Minister's every utterance. See... HARD NEWS 28/9/01 - A Wing and a Prayer

Howard’s End: What Is George W. Bush Doing? Does He Know? - The U.S. administration is in a real quandary over the form of military action to take following the terrorist attacks in America on September 11. Is it war, a police action, an incursion, or what? Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: Confusion In The White House
RELATED:
- America Not Yet Ready to Pounce
- Opinion: Can Bush Build His Global Coalition?
- Sludge Report #108 - War and Delusion

The Inside Scoop on Rising Mddle Eastern Tensions - Scoop does not wish to be alarmist but the following report was received yesterday from Scoop intelligence sources ; See... NEWSFLASH: Intelligence Reports From Middle East

Scoop Images: Afghan Refugees Welcomed - People from many different community and political groups came together at the Mangere Immigration Centre to welcome the Afghan Refugees who have arrived in Auckland. See... Scoop Images: Aucklanders Welcome Afghan Refugees. See also… Security risks of asylum seekers already apparent

Images: The Gentle Art Of Peacekeeping - Popular East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao greeted families returning to East Timor from the West last Wednesday along with members of the New Zealand Battalion group based at Suai. See... Images: West To East Timor Border Crossings and Images: Kiwi Soldiers Assist Border Crossings

Lindsay Perigo: Eternal Vigilance, The Price Of Freedom - President Bush's speech to both Houses of Congress, his countrymen & the world, was remarkable for its steely delivery, its uncompromising message, its liberal use of the term "freedom." It was a moment to be thankful that he, not Al Gore, is in the White House. See... Lindsay Perigo: Two of the Best

Chomsky On Nat Radio Saturday Morning - “The U.S. has already demanded that Pakistan terminate the food and other supplies that are keeping at least some of the starving and suffering people of Afghanistan alive. If that demand is implemented, unknown numbers of people who have not the remotest connection to terrorism will die, possibly millions. Let me repeat: the U.S. has demanded that Pakistan kill possibly millions of people who are themselves victims of the Taliban.” See... Noam Chomsky's IV On Radio B92 Belgrade


Afghan Refugees Welcomed In Auckland

How Dangerous Can Terrorists Be? - The terrorist network around Osama Bin Laden has been trying to acquire nuclear weapons and nuclear materials since about 1993. There are various reports that he has succeeded in obtaining nuclear weapons and material. See... Terrorism With Weapons Of Mass Destruction. See also Maree’ Howard’s latest on E-Bomb’s… Howard's End: Melting On A Desk Near You Soon?, and the World Medical Association Proposed WMA Declaration On Biological Weapons

SCOOP HOT LINK: Postcard From The Edge Was A Hoax - This item was been sent in by a reader to clarify any reader confusion around the following picture published on Scoop (See... Scoop Oddity #5: A Postcard From The Edge ) on Monday. See... Scoop Image: Postcard From The Edge A Hoax - See also: HOT LINK: Snopes Terrorist Rumours Page

Keith Rankin: It’s The Putting Right That Counts - Now that the New York dust is settling, it is time to reflect not just on the tragedy but on the opportunities for healing - for putting things right - that the attacks on New York and Washington have given us. See... Keith Rankin: A Safer More Tolerant World?

Sludge: We The People Of NZ Are Not All In Agreement - More Sludge reader’s contributions. This time reaction to the assertive Kiwi who posted a message on behalf of all NZers concerning the US’s War on Terrorism republished in the last edition of the Sludge Report… Finally there is another version of the “Bomb Them With Butter Thesis” – again anonymous, and a link to a story demystifying the Q33NY wingdings prophecies…Sludge Report #110 - Kiwis, Proud of the USA and Sludge Report #109 – Bomb Them With Butter

CNN Have Got It Wrong – No War Imminent - Academic - Constant claims that the United States has already deployed massive military forces to the region around Afghanistan in readiness for a large retaliatory strike are misguided, according to a Massey University senior lecturer in Defence Studies. America Not Yet Ready to Pounce.
EARLIER:
- Opinion: Can Bush Build His Global Coalition?
- Sludge Report #108 - War and Delusion

Survey: Business Seeking Positivity After Attacks - A more positive, pro-active response from Government to motivate New Zealanders to believe in themselves and the nation’s future. This is the overwhelming call in a snap Auckland Chamber of Commerce survey conducted yesterday into the impact on business of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. See..A Nation Hurting For Leadership…..
Related:
- National - "A TIME FOR LEADERSHIP" - Shipley Speech
- NZ First – When The Going Gets Tough The PM Folds

Goff Talks To The Americans - Foreign Minister Phil Goff met in Washington this morning with US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Also present for the meeting was Assistant Secretary of State Jim Kelly. See... Goff Meets Armitage in Washington




Aucklanders Called To Their Streets Again - A rally, march and vigil to show New Zealand's opposition to the United States government's preparation for war against Afghanistan has been organised for Sat 29 September starting at 4pm in QE2 square, Auckland. See... Scoop BIG Image: Auckland S29 Peace Protest Poster and the convening press release.. Auckland March To Stop The US War! – Sept 29th. See also... Scoop Images: Rally For Peace


CLICK IMAGE FOR BIG VERSION... THE FIFTH HORSEMAN
Cartoon by Paul McDonald

A Muslim Writes To Osama - “Gradually we are beginning to see the "Islam" and "Jihad" propagated by you. Your 'hosts', just today, claimed that you are 'missing.' Then out of nowhere a letter shows up where you, like any traitor to the Muslim people, ask people of Pakistan to stand up against their government.” Writes Shahid Mahmud. See... Dear Mr. Laden,

A Compendium Of Chomsky - summary: Composite interview with Noam Chomsky compiled from various phone and other interviews, including with the Greek, Spanish and French Press, concerning the events of September 11, 2001. See... Noam Chomsky Composite Interview 22 Sep 2001

Opinion: An Open Letter To Nightline - “Dear Nightline, It is commendable that you seek to explore the causes of the hatred against us. Please do your best to turn this into a history lesson. I implore you to avoid trivialities. Nobody wants to destroy America because it produces porn, or because it does not cover its women. Much less because it supposedly promotes individual liberties. See... Opinion: Why Is America Hated In The Middle East?

George W’s Big Ask - Finding Someone Else Who Wants To Bomb - “The kind of alliance needed to fight the global war against invisible enemies that the US plans, needs close and sustained cooperation from several key players. Can the US build and sustain such an alliance?” Writes Dr. Muqtedar Khan. See... Opinion: Can Bush Build His Global Coalition?. See also... Sludge Report #108 - War and Delusion

David Miller: Bombing - The Answer Or Another Problem? It is not surprising that there have been calls for retaliation within the United States following the terrorist strikes on New York and Washington. It was inevitable that as shock gave way to anger there would be many people who wished to see ... See... David Miller: Will Bombing Solve the Problem?

US Media Watch – Theologians Unite For Peace - "This is a short window of time to raise a voice to our political leaders and say 'Let us not become like those who have done this to us. Let us respond in a different kind of way.'" Between The Lines reports from D.C. See... Religious Leaders Call For Faith-based Response

Overseas news 25th September - from Scoop-Auckland's Selwyn Manning - Islam warns of anti-terrorism offensive: As battles rage between Taliban and opposition forces, Islamic countries warn of major retaliation if the United States military initiates an anti-terrorism offensive upon Afghanistan. See... Islam warns of retaliation...
New Zealand SAS Await Call - As British SAS and United States special military units become operative in and around Afghanistan, Scoop reports New Zealand forces are awaiting a call to duty. See... NZ's SAS Await Call...
Also, US Forces Positioning Throughout The Globe - United States military forces are positioning in strategic zones around the world so that when US President George W Bush decides on action the military is in a position to “carry those things out”.-US Forces Positioning Throughout The Globe...
And, Middle East Peace Talks Called Off By Israel - Israel and Palestinian peace-talks have again been called of by right-wing Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. Sharon cited continued violence against Israelis by Palestinians as the reason for calling the talks off once again. See... Sharon Calls Off Peace-talks - Again...

Stateside: In Which Rosalea Attends The Funeral Of A Rugby Mad "Flight 93" Hero - In two parts Rosalea Barker surveys the US reaction to the World Trade Center attacks. See... Stateside With Rosalea: Think Big. Move Fast. and... Stateside With Rosalea: Rugby Kicks Ass! - "So wrote Mark Bingham on the rugby page in the staff copy of his Los Gatos High School yearbook. Yearbook editor and the only student in the school's history to have captained the rugby team twice."

Howard’s End: Islamic World’s Concerns Justifiable - As the Western world prepares for strikes against Afghanistan we can take little comfort from the U.S. Government's assertion that "this is not a war against Islam." For more than 1,000 years the Christian West and the Muslim world have been entangled in a long series of wars. Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: The History Of Christianity Vs Islam

Sludge Report: Bush’s Alliance Against Terrorism Fails To Form - When US President George W. Bush, the Commander in Chief, returned from his weekend war retreat at the beginning of last week the talk was tough. But as yet the President’s Global Alliance Against Terrorism has failed to materialise. See... Sludge Report #108 - War and Delusion

Hard News Is Here! (Plus new mailbag) - The saddest and most beautiful things I've read have come from New York residents. My heart really goes out to them. It's all very well to say the citadels of capitalism were stormed, but you're talking about people who feel like a part of them has been ripped out. See... HARD NEWS 21/09/01 - Making Sense of It IV and HARD NEWS: Making Sense of it V: The Last Emails

Howard’s End: Raising Bread For NY Families - Insurance and death benefits don't kick in until a death certificate is issued, so millions of dollars is being raised by real estate agents and mortgage bankers to save the homes of those who died or are missing following last week's terrorist attacks in the United States. See... Howard's End: Breadwinners Taken From Families


Sludge On Love Vs Fear & Who Is That Guy!

Sludge Report: Love Vs Fear - Inside This Edition: New York Cover Up Part II...the Story continues... LOVE VS FEAR - The State Of The World And What To Do About It – New York Cover Up Part I Feedback See... Sludge Report #107 – Love Vs Fear. See also...Earlier Sludge #107 - New York Cover-up

ZNet Commentary On US Terror - September 11 And Its Aftermath - Lengthy and thoughtful reflection on the WTC attacks, their implications, and future courses. From ZNet, whose Internet servers have crashed in a wave of virus attacks in the US. By Michael Albert and Stephen R. Shalom. See... 0911 and Aftermath -- In Depth ZNet


Wellington Marches For Peace

Scoop Images: Wellington Marches For Peace - Hundreds of Wellingtonians turned out for a rally today to protest against a military response to last week’s terrorist attacks on the United States. Labour MP Annette King received a letter and flowers from the protest group on behalf of the Government. See... Scoop Images: Rally For Peace

Latest Terror In The USA News Roundup – From Scoop Auckland’s Selwyn Manning
- Taliban Clerics Ask Bin Laden To Leave Afghanistan
- Israel Suspects Iraq Involved in Terrorist Attacks
- Arafat Outsmarts Israel In Peace Talk Diplomacy
- Drain the Swamp They Live In - US Defence Sec
- Unease as Yemen/Syria Insist Sanctions be Lifted
- Saddam - Religious War Looms: Islamic v Zionist
- United Nations Orders Taliban: Hand Over Bin Laden
- Israel/Palestinian Peace Talks on Knife-Edge

Youth Looking For Peace - Plan To Go Get It - “Suddenly, peace is a national, and indeed international, issue again, “said Julie Fairey, National Spokesperson for Staunch Alliance. “ But did it ever really go away?” See... Staunch Gives Peace a Chance: Matt Robson to Tour! and the latest edition of Young Labour’s weekly newsletter... Future Lefts - This is not a Eulogy

Upton Online Diaspora Edition - In this issue: Upton-on-line reports on some of the ripples the terrorist attacks in the US have created on his side of the Atlantic. See... Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition

Drain the Swamp They Live In - US Defence Sec - As the United States deploys a further 100 strike aircraft to the Persian Gulf area, its Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned to stamp out terrorists you must drain the swamp they live in. See... Drain the Swamp They Live In - US Defence Sec

Latest Terror In The USA News Roundup – From Scoop Auckland’s Selwyn Manning
- Unease as Yemen/Syria Insist Sanctions be Lifted
- Saddam - Religious War Looms: Islamic v Zionist
- United Nations Orders Taliban: Hand Over Bin Laden
- Israel/Palestinian Peace Talks on Knife-Edge

Keith Rankin: Trans-Tasman Unease - The demise of Air New Zealand Ansett last week has brought home to New Zealanders just how one-sided the relationship between Australia and New Zealand is, and probably has always been. See... Keith Rankin: An Ansettling Experience

Lindsay Perigo: Damn The Apologists - I have long since gotten used to the fact that no matter how despicable the overtly disreputable enemies of reason & freedom become, their more respectable apologists will still make excuses for them. See... Lindsay Perigo: The Apologists for Evil



Sludge Report - New York Cover-Up

Protests For Peace – In Midland Park And Around The Country - On Thursday 20th September 2001, from 12 - 1pm, a group of concerned Wellington citizens will hold a peaceful, apolitical demonstration to support the victims of the terrorism against the US and celebrate peace, and the tolerance and understanding that sustains peace in times of tragedy. We want to support positive alternatives to military retaliation. Retaliation would inevitably hurt innocent people while doing nothing to avoid a repetition of last week's events. See... Wellington Peace Rally Thursday Midland Park 12pm
- See Also PEACE MOVEMENT AOTEAROA…PMA National - What’s On and For Peace: Weds & Thurs

Stateside: Power Is A Powerful Hypnotic - To turn an intrinsic value that we take for granted every day into the excuse to devalue some other individual life is to participate in giving up your agency as an individual. See... Stateside with Rosalea: To Whom It Does Concern



New York Coming Back! - Defiant Reconstructionism


Latest Terror In The USA News Roundup – From Scoop Auckland’s Selwyn Manning
- Shroud of Secrecy Decends on US War-plans
- Israeli-Palestinian Violence Rages in West Bank
- Islamic Council To Decide Bin Ladens Fate: Taliban
- Indonesian Authorities Prevent Two Planned Attacks
- Japan ID's 12 Bin Laden Followers Inside Japan
- Iran Asks UN for Global Summit Against Terrorism
- United Nations Issues Afghan Humanitarian Update
- FBI Issues List of 19
- Israeli News Reports Of the Previous 48 Hours
- Censored Middle Eastern Times Report - Anti-US Cry
- Bin Laden Linked To Two Egyptian Islamic Groups
- Palestinians Report Israeli Aggression Continues
- Pakistan Demands Bin Laden Be Released To West

Howard’s End: Ignored Warnings - Historians of the future will record the recent terrorist attacks on the United States as an intelligence disaster comparable not only to Pearl Harbour but also Hitler's attacks on the Soviet Union in 1941 that cost millions of Russian casualties. See... Howard's End: Alarm Bells Unheeded

Global Economic Meltdown? – American Markets have opened following the World Trade Center bombing with large falls, huge volumes and interest rate cuts. While there are some optimists out there, other market watchers are picking a full scale recession.
FULL COVERAGE
- Scoop - NEWSFLASH: Global Financial Meltdown Imminent?
- A Hippie View - Every time the stock market goes into a sustained decline, we come up with an excuse to go to war. If the recent terrorists attacks had not occurred, we would have come up with some other excuse. If getting the stock market back on an even keel requires ... See... Feedback: Notes From An Aging Hippie
- An Optimist’s View - When the rubble is finally 'dozered, the bodies buried, and network television reluctantly returns to normal ad-packed programming, the American economy will count the cost - as a plus! This mortician logic is firmly rooted in the measurement of the national ... See... Guest Opinion: Do you feel fine?
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David Miller: Osama bin Laden – Who Is He? - Since last Wednesday’s terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, the name Osama bin Laden has been spoken with increased frequency. In the days that have followed the terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration has indicated that it ... See... David Miller: Who is Osama bin Laden?

Odd Images Of NYC Deconstruction And Reconstruction - No sooner had US papers printed this picture than they received calls, asking if the photo had been faked to appear to show a face with horns. The answer from Associated Press was no. See... Scoop Oddity: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke Face. A defiant reconstructionist view of the World Trade Center bombing. Submitted by a reader. See also... Scoop Oddity #1: Eerie Elevens And Spooky Smoke Face . See... Scoop Oddity #2: World Trade Center With Attitude!

Muslims’ Cause Set Back By Decades - If the perpetrators of this extremely horrible, senseless and inhuman act are Muslims; then it can be safely assumed that decades of hard work to improve relations between the US and the Muslim World and dispel the negative images of Islam in the West, will be severely reversed. See... US Under Attack: Implications For Muslims

Lindsay Perigo Is Back, In A Relativistic Post-structuralist Kind Of Way - My enemies keep telling me everything is relative & reality is subjective; there are no absolutes, no right & wrong; reality is not real, simply a construct in the mind of the beholder. See... Lindsay Perigo: Rallying Around A Phoenix

Hard News Mailbag - Well, this thing has a life of its own and the logical option seems to be to go with it. Below is a digest of some of the many emails I've received since Friday's Hard News and the subsequent follow-up yesterday. See... HARD NEWS 17/09/01 - Making Sense of It III
EARLIER:
- HARD NEWS 14/9/01 - Making Sense of It
- HARD NEWS 16/09/01 - Making Sense of It II

Scoop Images: New York Mourns - Miles Thompson captures images of New Yorkers coming to terms with their loss. See... Scoop Images: New York Mourning and Scoop Images: Love One Another – God - NYC

Stateside: Peace And Love District No. 9 - There's these three guys out goat-hunting, right, and they come to a stream that has been turned into a raging torrent by heavy rain up in the headwaters. They have to cross the stream and can't think of any way to do it as a team so it's every man for himself. See... Stateside: Peace And Love District No. 9

Big News: Shocked Out Of Security - Asylum seekers, Ansett, and the NZ Aussie tri-nations test performance all faded into insignificance the very second that the first plane smacked into the twin towers, changing the world as we knew it. See... Big News: The Hunt For Bin Laden Is On


God Is In The House - Union Square New York

Sludge Report: Who Was The Target, Bush Or America? - In the circumstances one might imagine that Bin Ladin, former employee of the CIA turned public enemy number one, may see all the justification he needs for his terror campaign against the USA in the fact that the USA is now headed by a man who was once the beneficiary of bribes paid by his father. It would seem grossly wrong for a war between millions of people to be started partly as a consequence of the personal enmity and bad blood that exists between two severely corrupt families. Is this the justice that George Bush and others say America's people are entitled to? See... Sludge Report #106 – Who Was The Target? and The GW Bush - Osama Bin Ladin Connection


Scoop Images: Indymedia Pictures Of N.Y.C. and D.C

Guest Columns On The NYC Tragedy
- By Leo Koziol In San Francisco - Its been intriguing, America makes so much of tragedy to its own. Living in San Francisco, which was razed to the ground almost a century ago, you carry an almost pregnant expectation of something terrible happening. See... Reflections: One Day In America: 9.11.01
- By Kate Monahan In New York - On Tuesday morning the world as we knew it came crashing down. I had just arrived at work in Rockefeller Center in mid-town Manhattan. It was just after 9am. See... NYC Eyewitness Report: From Shock to Hope
- By Helena McMullin in Wellington -
Whatever happens next, the attack on the US will be with us forever. It will be this time’s equivalent to the shooting of JFK – we will all always remember where we were when we heard about it – and it will eventually become a movie epic like the disaster ... See... Opinion: This Is A Time For Peace

Afghani Civilians Fear Hammer Of Vengeance - The Afghan News Channel is reporting widespread fear among Afghanistan's civilians as they prepare for likely retaliatory strikes on their country for the terrorist attacks against the USA this week. See... Afghanistan Citizens Fear US/Nato Strikes

Opinion: Human Spirit Emerges Unscathed - In the midst of the tragedy facing the United States, the world must take heed of the remarkable courage and hope that is surfacing out of the rubble. See... Opinion: Hope Amongst The Rubble

Hussein’s Message To America - Iraq president Saddam Hussein met last night [New Zealand time] with his Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Military and issued a disturbing statement against the USA accusing it of drawing the rage of God. See... Saddam Blames USA of Drawing the Rage of God

Aussie Kids Disturbed By Terrorist Report - State Government's in Australia are sending circulars to all schools to help staff deal with children distressed over the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Maree Howard reports. See... Trauma Counselling In Australia After Terrorism

TERRORIST ATTACKS - FULL COVERAGE DAY TWO

USA UNDER ATTACK: US-trained Pilots Identified - USA investigators have determined at least a dozen terrorists took part in the assault on America, including pilots who were trained in the United States, US Attorney General John Ashcroft told journalists a short time ago. See... FBI Believes Terrorists ID-ed

NATO Prepares To Join Middle East Offensive - NATO has invoked Article Five of its charter that paves the way for a retaliatory response by the USA against those responsible for yesterdays terrorist attacks. See... NATO Clears Way For War

Search On For Terrorists – A News Survey And Feature - USA investigators have made headway into who they believe is responsible for yesterday's terrorist attacks on the United States, on New York's World Trade Centre and the US Military's Pentagon. See... US Under Attack - Search On For Terrorists

Washington Search And Rescue Continues - Search and rescue operations at the Pentagon, led by as many as 200 Arlington County firefighters and police assisted by a number of other jurisdictions, continue today. See... Pentagon Recovery Ops Continue

More Destruction In NYC - One Liberty Plaza in World Trade Center complex has collapsed, the fourth building to be destroyed following yesterday's terrorist attacks on the USA. See... New York's One Liberty Plaza Collapses

NZ Parliament Reaction:
- PM condemns cold-blooded terrorist attacks
- Call to avoid linking NZ communities to terrorists
- Condolence books for NZers to express grief
- Maharey backs UN decision to postpone summit
- Challenges for Defence and Foreign Affairs Policy – Max Bradford
- Jeanette Fitzsimons on the US tragedy
Scroll down for earlier reaction from New Zealand


George Bush – What He Said And What He Didn’t Say - My fellow Americans. I would like to deeply and sincerely apologize to you all, and particularly to those injured and to the loved ones of those lost. You see, largely away from the public eye, my administration and its predecessors have intervened ... See... The Speech George Bush Should Have Delivered... and President Bush in His Address to the Nation . See also... Statement to Media - George W Bush

State Department And Colin Powell Speak To America - The Secretary of State and officials have been busy talking to the media and the people of America.
Colin Powell IVs – ABC, CBS, Fox, CNN and NBC
- Interim State Dept. Briefing by Richard Boucher
- Powell Briefing on Plane En Route To Washington
- USA Department of Defence Briefing on Attacks
-. On-The-Record Briefing By Colin Powell

…Meanwhile In Israel… - Yesterday - exactly when it happened - we were preparing a message to our list about more house demolitions by the Jerusalem municipality, and the invasion of the West Bank town Jenin by the Israeli army. See... The Day After and Another Face Of The Palestinian Community


Fire Over The Mahattan Skyline
BBC TV Images - USA Under Attack

COMMENTARY FROM SCOOP'S COLUMNISTS
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NEXT?

Howard’s End: The Tentacles Of bin Laden - Bin Laden has been likened to a Mafia don, but his organisation has no resemblance to the Mafia. The organised structure he belongs to could best be described as consisting of small groups of like-minded individuals around the world whom he finances. Some groups he chooses to finance, while others he ignores. There is no central chain of command. See... Howard's End: bin Laden’s Net Spreads Wide

USA UNDER ATTACK: Howard's End - An Eye For An Eye Leaves Everybody Blind - Check! Check! Check! That's my advice to world leaders as the global drums of war start beating over the terrorist attack on the heartland of the United States. The answer is as plain as the nose of your face. Ask not who did it but, rather, ask why? Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: Check! Check! Check!

USA UNDER ATTACK: Rankin - A Peaceful Prosperous World - A peaceful world is a world in which everyone has an economic stake. A peaceful world will have no Gaza, and no Afghan refugees, without voice or hope, in Pakistan, Iran or the high seas. The United States can do more to help the poor and aggrieved peoples of the world, to build a more inclusive world. If they do, they will enhance their own security. See... Keith Rankin: Reflections On Today’s Only Story. See also... Scoop Feedback: Sick Suggestions, White Hot Anger

USA UNDER ATTACK: Sludge - Do We Have Time To Mourn? - Last Night on TV1’s Holmes Show Special, a security expert spoke of the need to act decisively and within 72 hours in order to show the world that “America will not be cowered”. Unfortunately, when expressions like “Rooting Out Terrorism” are used in this context, they are code “Bombing Middle Eastern People”. And as we are dealing with the same military organisation who claims that it does not know the address of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, no matter how well guided their laser bombs are, innocents will die. See... Sludge Report #105 – The Fall Of Babylon . See also... Scoop Feedback: Sick Suggestions, White Hot Anger

USA UNDER ATTACK: Escape From Manhattan - We met people on the bridge that had come out of the World Trade centre from the 55th floor and they were just fine. This gives me some hope. In fact there was a good hour between 8:48 am (when the first plane hit) and 10:05 (when the first building collapsed). See... Eyewitness Report - Escape From Manhattan and Eyewitness Report – Escape From Manhattan (Part 2)
IMAGES:
- Scoop Images: Escape From Manhattan
- Scoop Images: Manhattan Burning
MORE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS:
- Street Scenes Described Across USA
- Eyewitness Report From A Kiwi In Downtown NYC
- Eyewitness Report: WTC Crashes And Burns On IRC

TERRORIST ATTACKS - FULL COVERAGE DAY ONE

Intelligence Links Bin Laden To Attacks - USA Intelligence reportedly intercepted communications that link Osama bin Laden to the worst terrorist attack in United States history. See... USA Senator Claims Coms-link Bin Laden and Attack

Guest Opinion: The Price Of Hegemony - Crashing down along with this symbol of capitalism, modernity, and civilization is the overweening hubris of a government – and a people – who thought themselves immune. See... Guest Opinion: Terror - The Price Of Hegemony

Armed Forces Ready Towards Gulf - The US Armed Forces is readying itself for retaliation against those responsible for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in NY and the Pentagon in Washington DC. See... US Armed Forces Readying Toward the Gulf

Bin Laden Blamed - Opposing Afghanistan news agencies are pointing to various groups as responsible for the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York this morning. See... Afghan News Network Claims bin Laden Responsible

President Bush Responds - I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts. See... Whitehouse issues US President's Statement

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Responds - Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned the terrorist attacks on key targets in the United States, and stressed that no just cause could be advanced by terror. See... UN Annan Issues Statement on Attack

Bill English Statement - On behalf of the Hon Jenny Shipley and the National Opposition I wish to join with the Deputy Prime Minister in condemning the terrorist attacks which occurred in the United States today, and in offering our deepest condolences to the American people. See... Bill English: Response To Terrorist Attacks

Jim Anderton Statement - New Zealand Government offices in Washington and New York are making every effort in their dealings with United States authorities to get the earliest possible definitive advice about New Zealanders who may have been caught up in this tragedy. See... Ministerial Statement: Terrorist Attacks In US
MORE:
- New Zealand Response To US Attacks
- Message to the President of the United States

NZ Green Party Statement - The Green Party joins with other parties in this House in expressing our horror and outrage at the terrorist acts which occurred in the United States a few hours ago. See... Green Party Response To Terrorist Attacks

The Jackal Foreshadows Tragedy - Less than two weeks ago Carlos the Jackal called from his French prison cell for worldwide attacks on Israel and the United States. This was perhaps a warning tragically overlooked. See... Carlos The Jackal Called for Attacks on USA

Japanese Red Army Blamed - Middle East News Online, that earlier reported the Taliban Ambassador in Pakistan as denouncing the terrorist attacks on the USA, is now publishing unconfirmed reports that the Japanese Red Army is responsible for attacks on the USA. See... Middle East News - Japanese Red Army Responsible

Winston Peters Statement - Statement from New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. See... Day Of Shame

War Resisters League Statement - As we write, Manhattan feels under siege, with all bridges, tunnels, and subways closed, and tens of thousands of people walking slowly north from Lower Manhattan. See... Statement on September 11 Attack

State Of Emergency - A student journalist based in Seattle reports on the State of Emergency in Western USA. See… All of USA on State of Emergency

Battleships Deployed - The Pentagon says five battleships and two aircraft carriers will leave the U.S. Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia, and head to positions in the New York area and along the East Coast. See… Pentagon Sends Battleships and Carriers to NYC

Twin Towers Hit - The USA has come under terrorist attack with aircraft crashing into each of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan New York soon after 9am USEST. See... United States Under Terrorist Attack

Passengers Victims - CNN has reported American Airlines has lost two planes: Flight 11 from Boston with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard and Flight 77 from Washington Dulles airport with 58 passengers and six crew aboard. Both planes were en route to Los Angeles. See... Passenger Numbers Issued - USA Terrorist Attack

Arafat Condemns Attack - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat condemned the aircraft attacks, shortly after an anonymous caller told Abu Dhabi television that a radical Palestinian group was responsible for the attacks. The group later denied any involvement. See... Arafat Condems Terrorist Attack on USA

American Airlines Statement - American Airlines confirmed today that it lost two aircraft in tragic incidents this morning. See... USA Attacks - American Airlines Issue Statement

Taleban Condemns Attack - Afghanistan's Taliban ambassador to Pakistan has condemned this morning's terrorist attacks on the United States. See... Afghanistan's Taliban Condemns Attacks on US

Images: Twin Tower Explosions - A series of stills taken from this morning's BBC TV News coverage of the terrorist attacks in the USA. See... Scoop Images: BBC TV Images Of US Terrorist Attack

Financial Markets Reel - Already struggling financial markets around the world have taken a battering in the wake of two massive suspected terrorist attacks in the USA. See... Financial Markets Reel In Wake Of US Attacks

Stateside: Surreal Morning In San Francisco Waking to the news that the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York had been hit by hijacked airliners was nothing short of surreal. See... Stateside With Rosalea: Not A Good Morning