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Stories from 2002-02-19

Afghanistan War 'Just Beginning'

Ben Fenton | Daily Telegraph | February 19, 2002

"America has reached 'just the beginning' of the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's senior soldier said yesterday." [more]

Foreign Nationals Held in Cuba Sue

Laurie Kellman | Associated Press | February 19, 2002

"Foreign nationals captured in Afghanistan and held in Cuba sued members of the Bush administration and the military Tuesday, saying they are entitled to the same legal rights as American Taliban John Walker Lindh." [more]

Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad

James Dao and Eric Schmitt | New York Times | February 19, 2002

"The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment and policy makers in both friendly and unfriendly countries, military officials said." [more]

Pentagon: Strikes Against Iraq Could Be Coming

Matt Kelley | Associated Press | February 19, 2002

"Pre-emptive strikes by the United States could be on the horizon as the United States fights terrorism, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Tuesday. " 'We've already lost enough Americans. We're not going to lose any more by hesitating,' Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a group of defense contractors." [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.