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Stories from 2003-08-06

Federal Information Collecting May Be Surpassed by States

Robert O'Harrow Jr. | Washington Post | August 6, 2003

"The system enables investigators to find patterns and links among people and events faster than ever before, combining police records with commercially available collections of personal information about most American adults. It would let authorities, for instance, instantly find the name and address of every brown-haired owner of a red Ford pickup truck in a 20-mile radius of a suspicious event." [more]

First 7 US Soldiers Land Amid Uneasy Liberian Peace

Glenn McKenzie | Associated Press | August 6, 2003

"President Bush said Wednesday he sent the contingent to help clear the way for humanitarian relief, adding that he still expects Liberian President Charles Taylor to leave the country. Washington has said repeatedly it will play only a limited role." [more]

Islamic Group Tied to Al Qaeda Linked to Jakarta Attack

Jane Perlez | New York Times | August 6, 2003

"The blast at the Marriott illustrated what had been known for months: that Jemaah Islamiyah, a group intent on achieving an Islamic state in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, consisted of many independent cells, each with the capacity to mount attacks." [more]

Patriot Act Faces New Challenge In Court

Dan Eggen | Washington Post | August 6, 2003

"A legal advocacy group filed papers yesterday in federal court in Los Angeles challenging the constitutionality of the USA Patriot Act, the broad antiterrorism law that has come under increasing attacks in recent weeks in the courts and Congress. " [more]

Radical Webmaster Sentenced to Year in Federal Prison

Sherman Austin | Why War? | August 6, 2003

"Remember, fascism and a police state doesn't come all at once, it comes piece by piece. How far will we allow it go until we are all locked up in concentration camps? If we don't take matters into our own hands and do something about this now, then we are already prisoners of war." [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.