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Stories from 2002-03-14

Chasing Shadows

Howard Altman | Philadelphia Citypaper | March 14, 2002

"How our search for the 'shadow government' turned into an espionage investigation." [more]

Congress Warns Bush: No Facts, No Money

STAFF | Cable News Network | March 14, 2002

" 'There is no justification for the Congress not to be kept fully aware, on behalf of the American people, with respect to the programs, the plans, the priorities of the Office of Homeland Security,' " Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., said. [more]

Detainees in US Denied Basic Rights

STAFF | Cable News Network | March 14, 2002

Amnesty International "accused the U.S. government of arbitrarily imprisoning the detainees and denying them 'the right to humane treatment, to be informed of reasons for detention, to have prompt access to a lawyer, to be able to challenge the lawfulness of the detention and to be presumed innocent until proven otherwise.' " [more]

Marooned Taliban Tick Off Grim Hours in an Afghan Jail

Dexter Filkins | New York Times | March 14, 2002

"In January, a team from Physicians for Human Rights, which is based in Boston, found an epidemic of dysentery and jaundice, the latter indicative, the group said, of hepatitis A. The group said the conditions at Jowzjan were in "grave violation of international standards for the treatment of prisoners" and called on the United States to ensure that conditions improve." [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.