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Stories from 2002-09-07

Allied Aircraft Attack Iraqi Air Base

Mike Mount | Cable News Network | September 7, 2002

"This is the first time in more than a year that U.S. Navy fighters have been used in an air strike in Operation Southern Watch, Navy officials said." [more]

Terror Ties Refuted in German Arrests

Melissa Eddy | Washington Post | September 7, 2002

"German authorities have found no al Qaeda terror links to a Turkish man and his American fiancee arrested for plotting an attack on U.S. military bases in Germany on the Sept. 11 anniversary, the Interior Ministry said Saturday." [more]

The Taliban Minister, the US Envoy, the Warning Ignored

Kate Clark | Independent | September 7, 2002

"Mr Muttawakil, now in American custody, believed the Taliban's protection of Mr bin Laden and the other al-Qa'ida militants would lead to nothing less than the destruction of Afghanistan by the US military. He told his aide: 'The guests are going to destroy the guesthouse.' " [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.