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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
Among the main weapons in the hands of the Taliban are Stinger antiaircraft missiles. The United States gave 1000 of these missiles to Afghan rebels in 1986 and 1987 in their war against Soviet troops. Now, hundreds of these missiles are in the hands of groups throughout Asia, including the Taliban. Sources: Slate.com, 2 October 2001; Center for Defense Information

Evidence Presented to Parliament: What Tony Blair presented to Parliament to support British actions in Afghanistan.
Missionary Tony and His Holy British Empire: For now, Tony Blair orbits the globe, but he will have to return to earth (Andrew Rawnsley, London Observer).
Our friends are killers, crooks and torturers: America and Britain are allying to some of the nastiest butchers around (Robert Fisk, The Independent).
America's Frankenstein: The United States reinvented jihad as an instrument of foreign policy, but now faces its creation anew (Praveen Swami, Frontline [Delhi]).
Building Up the U.N. Helps Build Our Case: Global international organizations, especially the United Nations, are valuable resources in crises. (Robert Keohane, Raleigh News and Observer via CommonDreams.org).
Media Spin Revolves Around the Word "Terrorist": News outlets should call the hijackers "terrorists"—if they will use the label with integrity and consistency (Norman Salomon, FAIR).
U.S. Pressures Qatar to Restrain TV Outlet: One of the only independent voices in the Middle East is the target of our freedom-loving government (Andrea Koppel and Elise Tablot, CNN, via CommonDreams.com).
The Wrong Man for the Job: John Dean recalls and regrets his role in the nomination of William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court (Laura Miller, Salon.com).

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