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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
In the 12 days since the terrorist attacks of 11 September, approximately 13,000 Americans have died from cigarettes. We have yet to declare a War on Tobacco. Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 8 July 1994: abstract, Google's cache of full article

Who's Who in the Terror War: Country-by-country analysis of the Middle East and Southwest Asia (David Plotz, Slate.com).
Secret Memo Reveals US Plan to Overthrow Taliban Regime: The United States is pressing its European allies to agree to topple the Taliban regime in Afghanistan (Ian Traynor and Gary Younge, The Guardian).
September 11, 2001 — Why?: The issues underlying what is going on represent the crisis in our world-system and the battle about its successor (Immanuel Wallerstein).
The Middle East: How the Peace Was Lost: The Israeli government under Ehud Barak missed a chance for an historic peace in early 2001 (Alain Gresh, Le Monde-Diplomatique).
Welcome to the Death Zone: The U.S. can't win a ground war in Afghanistan, says an officer who trained the mujaheddin (Tom Carew, Salon.com).
USA is Playing into bin Laden's Hands: Ironically, the Bush administration is set to give Osama bin Laden exactly what he wants. (Thomas Greene, The Register).
Three Things We Learned: The working class and public institutions are the bedrock of American society (Jeff Faux, The American Prospect).
A Sense of Proportion: Escalation must be avoided at all cost (Jonathan Schell, The Nation).

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