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How to defeat bin Laden
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Michael Klare's suggestions about how to bring the terrorist leader to justice.
South Asia is like the Middle East, except everyone has nuclear weapons
Anthony York, Max Garrone
The U.S. wants Pakistan to use its influence with the Taliban to hunt Osama bin Laden and his allies, but regional geopolitics will make that tricky.
The enemy with a thousand faces
Gary Kamiya
In Osama bin Laden, the U.S. is confronting one of the most stealthy and formidable foes in its history.
How to defeat bin Laden
Michael T. Klare
The U.S. should drop its war rhetoric and convince the Islamic world that he is a dangerous fugitive from justice.
Among experts, bin Laden a mystery
Joshua Micah Marshall
Is he really a criminal mastermind coordinating and controlling these atrocities, experts wonder, or simply the most prominent of a larger band of terrorists?
Search for survivors continues
Salon Staff
Bomb scare empties Congress. Cheney moved to Camp David. New York airports close as arrests reported. Bush says fighting terrorism is now his main task. Death toll could hit 5,000.
A venture capitalist for terrorists
Max Garrone
Stephen Cohen explains how Osama bin Laden's organization functions and what the U.S. has to look forward to if it really wants to fight terrorism.
Diminished intelligence
Jeff Stein
Ex-spies say the CIA isn't up to the task of out-smarting Osama bin Laden -- despite billions of new spending in the wake of his embassy bombings.
Letters on the New York attack
Salon Staff
Readers share thoughts about the World Trade Center disaster and David Horowitz and Bruce Shapiro's takes on it.
Terrorists are made, not born
Bruce Shapiro
Indiscriminate bombing? Dirty tricks? They're part of the problem, not the solution.
America’s crumbling sense of immunity
David Beers
There is no magic shield to protect us from the reality that global power carries global consequences.
FBI: We know who they were
Salon Staff
Mueller says no arrests have been made; passengers tried to stop hijackers aboard the fourth plane which may have been headed for another target in the Washington area.
Bush, challenged
Jake Tapper
Bush's reaction is literally up in the air, as the world tunes in for an official -- and unofficial -- response from the government.
A new breed of terrorism
Laura Miller
A security expert says it's time for the U.S. to declare war on those who are waging war on America.
“Purge our society,” online bigots shout
Janelle Brown
Post-disaster threats and expressions of racism bubble up on the Web.
What does it all mean?
Salon Staff
Horowitz: "America is soft." Vincent: "Proud to be a New Yorker." Military expert: Signs point to "the Afghan group." And more reactions.
U.S. attacked
Salon Staff
World Trade Center towers destroyed by crashing planes. Pentagon also hit. Thousands feared dead. U.S. says those responsible may have ties to bin Laden, but denies involvement in explosions in Afghanistan.
U.S. plays the India card
Ben Barber
Our warming relationship with the emerging Asian power is another sign of a growing cold war with China.
“A dangerous step backwards”
Fiona Morgan
Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back?
Bushed!
Salon Staff
Kamiya: Why Bush's Star Wars plan may make America a more dangerous place. Plus: Introducing Bush League: Meet the commissioners who'll save Social Security. And who's sucking up, Fleischer or Bruni?
“Buddha” by Karen Armstrong
Laura Miller
A former Catholic nun's short biography of the Buddha explains the elusive Eastern sage in terms that even drama-hungry Westerners can understand.
Robert Kaplan
Laura Rozen
The controversial "Balkan Ghosts" put him on the map. His opinionated, darkly seductive reports of an unraveling world have kept him there.
Our unimpressive president
Camille Paglia
The China crisis showed that
presidential eloquence does matter. Plus: Is
goofy, stork-legged Julia Roberts really what
passes for Hollywood elegance?
Oscarspeak 2001
Amy Reiter
They won, they lost, they opened their mouths and spoke. And Steve Martin was f-u-n-n-y: Funny!
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