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The terrifying skies, continued
Bruce Shapiro
The same day Attorney General John Ashcroft blasts a leading airport security firm for hiring unqualified workers, the GOP insists on the private enterprise status quo.
Brits love wars — but …
Andrew Brown
Support remains high for the war in a nation with a deep militarist strain. But attitudes toward Israel, Muslims and "terrorism" show some key differences with America.
Nader attacks U.S. bombing campaign
Damien Cave
"When are we going to learn from history?" he asks a cheering San Francisco audience. "When are we going to learn that we can't bomb our way to justice?"
Bin Laden’s creepy charisma
Joan Walsh
The Bush team doesn't want you to see his video. Instead of censoring him, why isn't the administration trying to combat his appeal around the world?
A thousand and one e-mails
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Taliban has declared the Internet un-Islamic, but elsewhere in the Muslim world, going online is one way to avoid the censors.
Why the U.S. is losing the propaganda war
Eric Boehlert
Foolish decisions, nervous allies and not enough Arabic speakers mean Muslims around the world aren't getting America's side of the story.
Rumi: No. 1 in Afghanistan and the USA
Amy Standen
Translator Coleman Barks discusses the bestselling poet who's loved equally among Yanks and Afghans.
Islam: Religion of the sword?
Richard D. Connerney
Unlike Christianity or Judaism, Islam's religious history is inseparable from its conquests -- which is why the concept of holy war lives on today.
Dread comes to Pottery Barn
Andrew Nelson
As officials tell us to expect more terrorism, the nation's yuppies prepare.
Can we rebuild Afghanistan?
Damien Cave
There is no Marshall Plan for this tattered nation, and the lessons of trying to fix Cambodia, Bosnia and Somalia aren't inspiring.
At home with the Taliban
Asra Q. Nomani
While U.S. bombs dropped on his country, a Taliban official and his two wives welcomed me into their living room and talked of marriage, music and his memories of dining in the World Trade Center's starry restaurant.
Couples in crisis
Cole Kazdin
With their last breath people wanted to reach out and say, "I love you."
Behind Musharraf’s military shuffle
Nadeem Iqbal
When Pakistan's leader shoved aside some longtime allies, it signaled a tough new approach to the Taliban and Islamic militants at home.
A double standard on terror?
Robert Scheer
While chasing bin Laden, the U.S. is ignoring Pakistan's nukes, Saudi Arabia's Muslim extremism and its own attacks on civilians in Iraq.
Bush scolds Congress
Jake Tapper
The president limits access to classified information in an attempt to plug leaks on Capitol Hill.
Suspicious minds
Eric Boehlert
Many Arab rulers would like to support the Western war on Osama bin Laden. But their subjects disagree, and have a laundry list of reasons why.
Movies of the Middle East
Janelle Brown
Middle Eastern cinema provides a rich and complex look at a region that has suddenly moved to center stage.
The first casualties
Sean Kenny
A 16-year-old Afghan food vendor whose foot was blown off by a U.S. bomb lies in a decrepit hospital in Pakistan.
“Now, jihad has begun”
Asra Q. Nomani
From the living room of a close friend and advisor to Osama bin Laden, Sunday's attack seems like just the beginning of a much greater battle.
Watching the explosions from “Afghan Town”
David Talbot
Afghan-American intellectuals and journalists hope the U.S. is a rescuer, not a destroyer.
What cost air safety?
Jake Tapper
Flight attendants demand that flying be made safer, through measures like screening all bags -- but the airlines are resisting.
Taking to the streets
Sean Kenny
Protests in the capital of Islamabad are child's play, but it's markedly more violent near the Afghanistan border.
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