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Stories from 2002-08-04

Analysis: A Legal Battle Over Limits of Civil Liberty

Adam Liptak, Neil A. Lewis and Benjamin Weiser | New York Times | August 4, 2002

"The government's effort has produced few if any law enforcement coups. Most of the detainees have since been released or deported, with fewer than 200 still being held. But it has provoked a sprawling legal battle, now being waged in federal courthouses around the country, that experts say has begun to redefine the delicate balance between individual liberties and national security." [more]

Could Sept. 11 Have Been Prevented?

Michael Elliott | Time Magazine | August 4, 2002

"Long before the tragic events of September 11th, the White House debated taking the fight to al-Qaeda. It didn't happen and soon it was too late. The saga of a lost chance." [more]

George Bush's New Imperialism

Eric Margolis | Toronto Sun | August 4, 2002

"If [Bush] administration hawks studied Iraq's gory history, they would learn it ranks among the most disastrous and tragic creations of Britain's colonial policy, and offers a grim reminder of what George Bush's planned 'regime change' in Baghdad may bring." [more]

This Unspeakable Act Made Us War Criminals

Steve Benson | Arizona Republic | August 4, 2002

"[A]t Hiroshima and Nagasaki ó Japanese versions of New York City's Ground Zero, only much bigger ó the atomic cauldron bubbled and churned. There, just like in lower Manhattan, it was not easy picking up the pieces when there were so few pieces to pick up." [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.