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Informant Who Lived With The Hijackers (News Week)  - One of the bureau’s informants had a close relationship with two of the hijackers.

The West is Walking Away From Afghanistan - Again   (Common Dreams) - The fundamentalists are reasserting their authoritarian rule. In spite of its loud promises the west has begun to "walk away".

Terrorism.com  (Guardian) - How does al-Qaida stay organised when its members are in hiding and scattered across the world?

How the FBI Blew the Case (Time) - The inside story of the FBI whistle-blower who accuses her bosses of ignoring warnings of 9/11.

Al Qaeda: Resilient and Organized (CSMonitor)- Operation Anaconda is revealing the troubling tenacity and cohesion of a die-hard enemy.

War On Terrorism Grows Longer (CSMonitor) - A war grows longer, ever more complex.

Nuclear Nightmare (Wash Times) - Two Afghan nuclear physicists have revealed that al Qaeda attempted to recruit them to build a nuclear bomb.

The Saddam/Al Qaeda Connection (CSMonitor) - Iraqi funds, training fuel Islamic terror group.

How bin Laden got away (CSMonitor)- A day-by-day account of how Osama bin Laden eluded the world's most powerful military machine.

The Valley of Death (TIME)- Inside the battle of Shah-i-Kot, where the enemy had nothing to lose and U.S. soldiers had to fight for their lives.

Teaching Kabul's Orphans (BBC) - children are no longer being taught with war-like phrases.

My face to face encounter with three bin Laden desperados (UK Telegraph) - A British journalist's report from eastern Afghanistan.

The making of a human time bomb (Guardian) - 'These people are dedicated. It is not just 10 people, or 20. It is hundreds or thousands, and they are in the pipeline.'

Inside Al Qaeda's Secret World (Washington Post) - Bin Laden bought precious autonomy. 

Voices from behind the Veil (CSMonitor) - Women in conservative Islamic societies talk about their lives, and how the West perceives them.

To Afghanistan with love (Washington Post)  - Exiles leave comfortable lives here to help rebuild homeland.

Rural Villager's Quiet Resistance (Washington Post) - Taliban abuses were fought with humor, stubbornness. 

Beyond a Eye for an Eye (Washington Post) - "What they did had nothing to do with the Koran – they worked against the Koran."

A Mission of Remembrance (Washington Post) - Relatives of Sept. 11 victims turn grief into political action on array of issues.

Everyday life in Afghanistan - When you spend just a few weeks living the same toxic lifestyles as these poor and unlucky souls, you find it's amazing that they live as long as they do. 

Post 911, Americans moving on - The drift toward "normal" doesn't mean people have forgotten. But it does speak to a certain pragmatic, get-on-with-it-facet of the American character – and to the success of the war effort itself.

A Generation Lost - Afghanistan's children grew up amid war and Taliban rule. With peace, they dream of better lives. 

A terrorist's guide to infiltrate the west - Handwritten notes found today in a house abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization amount to a detailed handbook for operating undercover in the West.

Better the Arafat you know... - Despite their exasperation with the Palestinian leader, Israel and the U.S. are not ready to see him ousted.

After September 11, myth and truth collide - For those whose lives were changed September 11, the contrast between the mythology surrounding that day and their own reality keeps growing.  

A Mystery of Misogyny - Why do Muslim fundamentalists hate women? Perhaps because of the particular threat to men posed by globalization.

Change of Heart - Now that the Taliban has collapsed and Osama's Al Qaeda is on the run in Afghanistan, once-sympathetic regional news organizations are changing their tune.

America's new charity of choice: Afghanistan - "...we're beginning to realize that no matter what our life conditions here, we can't ignore pockets of isolation all over the world."

Made in Hollywood - How movies foretold the new reality.  

Listening to Islam's silent majority - As Osama bin Laden calls for a jihad, and militants rally, where are the moderate Muslims? 

A tale of a American Talib -  A convert to Islam who came to Afghanistan six months ago to help the Taliban build a “true Islamic state.” 

His grasp of spin is chilling... - The Third Reich may have honed a formidable propaganda machine, but even Hitler might have drawn the line at flashy music videos. In that respect, at least, Osama bin Laden has topped the Fuhrer.  

Al Qaeda reaching out to Non-Islamic groups (Resurgence) -  Practicing self-restraint and accepting our own mortality.

Two months on, the battles at ground zero - Wake up anywhere south of Canal Street, and there's that sickening smell coming through the window, now a routine part of daily life.     

Britney Spears vs. bin Laden - What really makes Osama’s blood boil.

Al Qaeda: Call it a cult - How could terrorists on a suicide mission retain their resolve for so long, while living in the United States?

In Kabul, mercy amid mayhem - Northern Alliance rebels, in about-face, rescue fleeing Taliban and provide them with medical attention

For many Afghan women, life returns to normal - "The five years of the Taliban regime is the darkest period in the history of Afghanistan, especially for its women,"

Secrecy, trust in time of war - Do America's enemies take advantage of open U.S. society? 

Veiled Threat - To fully grasp the dangers of the post-Sept. 11 world, we have to examine the Taliban's hatred of women.

The Crusader's Giant Footprints - After a millennium, their mark remains.

Optional burqas and mandatory malnutrition -  ...life under the Taliban is more brutal -- and more complicated -- than we suspected.

Living beyond hope in hell on earth - "Jihad, jihad, this is all we hear now. What good is jihad if my grandchildren are crying because they have no food tonight..."

The Tenants of Terror - A special report on the ideology of jihad and the rise of Islamic militancy. 

Jihad vs. McWorld - The two axial principles of our age -- tribalism and globalism -- clash at every point except one: they may both be threatening to democracy.     

The Taliban's bravest opponents - An underground resistance of Afghan women risks torture and execution to alert the world to the regime's atrocities. One freedom fighter tells her story.   

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