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Stories from 2001-12-19

Al Qaeda Captives Revolt

Edward Cody and Kamran Khan | Washington Post | December 19, 2001

"Several dozen Arab fighters captured by Pakistani forces after fleeing across the border from Afghanistan overpowered their guards today and set off a gun battle in which 13 people were killed and some of the Arabs escaped, Pakistani authorities said." [more]

Clinton Launched Broad Effort on Terrorism

Barton Gellman | Washington Post | December 19, 2001

A series of "long shots and near misses" characterized a covert war on terrorism "that most Americans did not yet know their country was fighting. Clinton's war was marked by caution against an enemy that the president and his advisers knew to be ruthless and bold." [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.
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