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Stories from 2002-03-02

Britain 'May Back US Attack on Iraq'

Andrew Sparrow | Daily Telegraph | March 2, 2002

"Britain would be prepared to back the United States in military action against Iraq under "the right conditions", Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, said yesterday." [more]

Hundreds Of Sept. 11 Detainees Still In NJ Jails

STAFF | Associated Press | March 2, 2002

The Justice Department admits that about 326 Middle Eastern men detained in the post-attack hysteria remain in custody, most of them in New Jersey jails. Little or no evidence links the detainees to any serious crimes. [more]

Analysis: Mugabe's 'Taliban' Torture Opponents in Terror Camps

STAFF | Guardian | March 2, 2002

"Torture camps where suspected opponents are being murdered and mutilated have been set up in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe unleashes a reign of terror ahead of elections this week. Faced with defeat for the first time since his party came to power in 1980 after overthrowing white minority rule, the 78-year-old President is turning on his own people in an orchestrated campaign of violence and intimidation." [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.