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Stories from 2002-08-20

Colombians Oppose US Request for Immunity From ICC

STAFF | Agence France-Presse | August 20, 2002

"It is absurd for the United States to demand democracy and respect for human rights only when it applies to others," Bernal said. [more]

Elite Guard Unit Told to Get Ready

Sam Stanton | Sacramento Bee | August 20, 2002

"'We have approximately 80 members of Team Alpha, Fifth Company, 19th Special Forces who have been activated to support Operation Enduring Freedom,' said Capt. Denise Varner, a California National Guard spokeswoman. 'They will be deploying soon for a classified destination.'" [more]

Iraqi Official Escorts Journalists to Suspected Biological Weapons Plant

Sameer N. Yacoub | Associated Press | August 20, 2002

"Inside, piles of 110-pound sacks of sugar and rice and boxes of milk covered the floor. Writing on the sacks indicated they were imported under the oil-for-food program that allows Iraq to sell unlimited quantities of oil provided the proceeds go for food, medicine and other supplies." [more]

Losing Our Best Allies in the War on Terror

Jeffrey C. Goldfarb | New York Times | August 20, 2002

"Anti-Americanism is not just a hysterical judgment popular on the political fringe. It has become a principle of some committed democrats and this, unfortunately, makes a great deal of sense when it comes to the war on terrorism." [more]

Rocket Hits Near U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan

STAFF | Reuters | August 20, 2002

"A rocket fired by unidentified attackers landed close to a U.S. special forces base in eastern Afghanistan( news - web sites) early on Monday but caused no casualties, the U.S. military said." [more]

Simplistic Hunt for Evil in a Complex World

Robert Scheer | Los Angeles Times | August 20, 2002

"Doomed by the incoherence of a foreign policy defined largely by biblical notions of the struggle between good and evil, the Bush administration thrashes about in its hunt for the devil. Sadly, all that has produced are shopworn enemies that were once our surrogates in battles we would rather forget." [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.