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Democracy Now!’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the development of the "war on terror," Guantanamo Bay and the USA PATRIOT Act.

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"Merchants of Death": Weapons Industry Sees Rising Profits

As firefighters struggle to clear the wreckage of the World Trade Center and as people mourn the losses of lovedones, new weapons industries are gearing up for wartime level profits.
Oct 01, 2001 | Story
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.
Oct 02, 2001 | Story
U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan Look for Targets to Bomb - Not Bin Laden

NATO yesterday claimed that the U.S. had provided "clear and compelling proof" that Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network were linked to the September 11 attacks. In response, the alliance announced that it was ready to fight with the U.S. in an attack on Afghanistan.
Oct 03, 2001 | Story
Arab, Asian Taxi Drivers Beaten and Harassed in New York and Around the World

One young Afghan man was beaten so severely in London, he is paralyzed from the neck down. An Asian man wasassaulted and had blue paint poured over him and his car.
Oct 03, 2001 | Story
A Grieving Activist Who Lost Her Stepmother Walks Door to Door for Peace

As the Bush Administration continues its military buildup in Central Asia, peace activists around the countrycontinue to mobilize against impending war, holding hundreds of demonstrations in the last several weeks. Thisweekend more than ten thousand people converged in Washington DC for the first major antiwar demonstration. Anothermajor protest is planned this weekend in New York.
Oct 03, 2001 | Story
Arab and Muslim Students Have Their Records Pulled By the FBI and Face Widespreaddiscrimination at College

Federal agents are targeting Arab students on college campuses as part of their investigation into the Sept. 11terrorist attacks, gathering lists of foreign nationals and combing through files. Investigators began looking atcollege campuses after learning some of the alleged hijackers or their accomplices were in the country on studentvisas. Officials at universities across the country say they have received requests from the FBI.
Oct 03, 2001 | Story
"Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security"- a Forum

The detention of some 500 people as part of the FBI investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks, and new legislation thatwould give law enforcement expanded powers, have raised serious concerns for civil rights groups. Their concerns havebeen exacerbated by reports of hundreds of alleged hate crimes against Muslims or those of Middle Eastern descent.
Oct 03, 2001 | Story
Congress Nears Dramatic Expansion of Police and Surveillance Powers

By a vote of 36-0 the House Judiciary Committee approved the Bush Administration’s anti-terrorism bill last night,giving law enforcement officials broad new surveillance powers.
Oct 04, 2001 | Story
Family Members of Undocumented Immigrants Who Were Killed in the World Trade Center Attackare Afraid to Ask for Help

No company will report them missing. No family members will tape their photographs on buildings, in subways, or inhospital entrances in the desperate hope that someone will find them. They will likely not be counted in the finaltally of those who were killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Oct 04, 2001 | Story
As Washington Tries to Build a Coalition to Support An Attack On Afghanistan, It Tries To Censor the Largest Cable Network in the Arab World: A Roundtable On Media Coverage

The British newspaper, The Guardian, is reporting that the U.S. has delayed airstrikes on Afghanistan, after key countries in the Middle East expressed doubts about allowing their territory to serve as a base for military operations.
Oct 05, 2001 | Story

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9/11 Topics

"Merchants of Death": Weapons Industry Sees Rising Profits

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

U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan Look for Targets to Bomb - Not Bin Laden

Arab, Asian Taxi Drivers Beaten and Harassed in New York and Around the World

A Grieving Activist Who Lost Her Stepmother Walks Door to Door for Peace

Arab and Muslim Students Have Their Records Pulled By the FBI and Face Widespreaddiscrimination at College

"Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security"- a Forum

Congress Nears Dramatic Expansion of Police and Surveillance Powers

Family Members of Undocumented Immigrants Who Were Killed in the World Trade Center Attackare Afraid to Ask for Help

As Washington Tries to Build a Coalition to Support An Attack On Afghanistan, It Tries To Censor the Largest Cable Network in the Arab World: A Roundtable On Media Coverage

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