Tuesday, October 2, 2001

• NATO Declares There Is Clear Evidence That Bin Laden Is Guilty — a Look at the Fbi Investigation Into the September 11 Attacks

  
  

  NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson announced today that the United States had presented "clear and compelling evidence" that points "conclusively" to involvement of Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaida network in last month’s attack in New York and Washington.

• The Justice Department Jails Hundreds On Minor Immigration Violations and Arrests More Than a Dozen On No Charges at All

  
  

  In its vast investigation, the Justice Department is jailing hundreds of people on minor traffic and immigrationviolations, and has even arresting more than a dozen "material witnesses" on no charges at all. The JusticeDepartment said last week that at least 480 people have been detained by local and state authorities. Littleinformation has been released about them.

• Northern Ireland Struggles to Distance Itself From Terrorism Even As a Belfast Reporter Isgunned Down By Paramilitary Loyalists

  
  

  As the world focuses on global terror attacks, Northern Irish leaders are struggling to distance the region fromterror movements. During a Sinn Fein conference this weekend in Dublin, Gerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, thepolitical party allied with the Irish Republican Army, made a point of calling terrorism "ethically indefensible".And yesterday, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble called on the government to match its freezing of alleged Talibanassets in the UK with a crackdown on the profits made by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.

• Gandhi’s Bithday, Part I: On Gandhi’s Birthday, India- Administered Kashmir Reels From The Car Bomb That Killed More Than 30 People

  
  

  Today is Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. Hundreds gathered in Dehli for a major peace vigil to mark the occasion. The vigil comes one day after a car bomb exploded outside the state legislature in Kashmir, leaving 31 people were killed and 75 wounded. A Pakistan-based Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.

• Gandhi’s Birthday, Part II: A Choice Between "Civilization and the Terrorists"? The United Nations Adopts Tough Anti-Terrorism Resolution

  
  

  Echoing the words of President Bush, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made use of a world stage at the United Nations yesterday to urge all nations to make a choice between "civilization and the terrorists" in the wake of the terror attacks three weeks ago. He was addressing all 189 delegates of the UN General Assembly. The last time any mayor was invited to the famous podium was in 1952.

• Sounds of Anti War Protest in Washington, DC

  
  

  More 10,000 anti-war demonstrators converged in Washington, DC this weekend, to denounce the Bush administration’s plans for military intervention in Afghanistan. Yesterday on the program we went to the sounds of protest on the streets. Today we return to Washington with these interviews.