Political Science > Terrorism Studies > September 11 > Military Response
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Afghanistan Studies > U.S.-Led War Against the Taliban
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Military Response in Afghanistan
White House
- The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days
By President George W. Bush - President Discusses War, Humanitarian Efforts (11/19/01)
- Joint Statement on Afghanistan (11/13/01)
- President Bush Speaks to United Nations (11/10/01)
- Radio Address of the President to the Nation (10/27/01)
- President Outlines War Effort (10/17/01)
- Radio Address of President Bush to the Nation - (dead link) (10/13/01)
- Presidential Address to the Nation (10/07/01)
- Bush Appraises Congress of Combat Operations in Afghanistan - (dead link) (10/10/01)
- Office of Homeland Security
- The National Strategy For Homeland Security
Sections include: Letter from the President ; Executive Summary ; Introduction ; Threat and Vulnerability ; Organizing for a Secure Homeland ; Appendix: September 11 and America's Response.
- The National Strategy For Homeland Security
- Central Command - (dead link)
- Leaflets Dropped over Afghanistan - (dead link)
- Photo Gallery - (dead link) / Video Gallery - (dead link)
- Photos / Transcripts - (dead link)
- Imagery: Operation Enduring Freedom (highly sanitized photos)
- Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with the Washington Post - (dead link) (12/09/01)
- American Taliban Fighter Under U.S. Control in Afghanistan (12/03/01)
- Wolfowitz- Bin Laden Is 'A Man On The Run' (11/21/01)
- Wolfowitz Shares Special Forces' Afghanistan Dispatches (11/15/01)
- Ramadan and War (11/05/01)
- Rumsfeld: Don't Expect 'Instant Victory' In Anti-Terror War (11/01/01)
- Anti-Terrorist Military Campaign On Course, Says Clarke (11/01/01)
- War Will Continue Until Americans Live Without Fear (10/29/01)
- U.S. Commando Solo II Takes Over Afghan Airwaves (10/29/01)
- Rumsfeld Interview with CNN Late Edition - (dead link) (10/28/01)
- Enduring Freedom Operational Update - (dead link) (10/26/01)
- U.S. Pounds Taliban Front-Line Positions (10/26/01)
- DoD Briefing on U.S. Special Forces Attack in Afghanistan - (dead link) (10/20/01)
- Humanitarian Airdrop Media Products Now Available - (dead link) (10/19/01)
- Rumsfeld Interview with Al Jezeera - (dead link) (10/16/01)
- U.S. Inadvertently Strikes ICRC Warehouses - (dead link) (10/16/01)
- Aerial Strikes Weaken Taliban, Terrorists, Says Rumsfeld (10/12/01)
- Background Briefing on Afghanistan - (dead link) (10/12/01)
- DoD News Briefing with Rumsfeld, Myers - (dead link) (10/12/01)
- DoD News Briefing with Clarke, Osman - (dead link) (10/11/01)
- Media Availability with Rumsfeld, White - (dead link) (10/11/01)
- Operation Enduring Freedom Update - Oct. 10 - (dead link) (10/10/01)
- News Briefing with Rumsfeld, Myers - (dead link) (10/09/01)
- Rumsfeld Interview with CBS Evening News - (dead link) (10/09/01)
- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Interview with CNN - (dead link) (10/08/01)
- DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers - (dead link) (10/08/01)
- Myers Says Campaign Will Be Relentless, Sustained - (dead link) (10/08/01)
- U.S. Humanitarian Airdrops Begin in Afghanistan - (dead link) (10/07/01)
- Rumsfeld Issues Statement on Enduring Freedom - (dead link) (10/07/01)
Beginning of military action
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Copy of 4-Page Letter Linked to Hijackers - (dead link) (09/28/01)
- 19 Photographs of Believed Hijackers (09/27/01)
European Union
- Military operations in Afghanistan - declaration by the EU Presidency (07.10.01)
- Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the CFSP, reacts to the military action undertaken in Afghanistan (07.10.01)
- Statement by European Commission President Romano Prodi on the military action against terrorism (07.10.01)
U.K.
- U.K. Prime Minister Blair Speech to the Welsh Assembly - (dead link) (30 October 2001)
- UK Defense Ministry Press Conference - (dead link) (08 October 2001)
- PM Tony Blair Statement Concerning Military Action - (dead link) (07 October 2001)
- Afghanistan: War and Transition
Sections include: Before The 'War On Terror' ; U.S.-Led Military Campaign ; Revolution & Rebuilding ; The Future. - CNN.com In-Depth - War Against Terror
Sections include: Front Lines ; America at Home ; Victims ; Battlefield ; Interactives ; Video ; Other Sections. - Bush announces opening of attacks (transcript) (10/07/01)
- Taliban calls assault 'terrorist attack' - (dead link) (10/07/01)
Action for Justice, Not War
911Peace Network
Alternative Response to the 9/11 Tragedy
Al-Jazeera Network (Arabic)
Al-Jazeera Link (English)
From Cursor
- War images from Al-Jazeera - (dead link)
- New Osama Bin Laden Video Released (10/07/01)
- Attack Includes Missiles, Jets, Bombers - (dead link) (10/07/01)
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Military Action - (dead link) (10/07/01)
Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
Sections include: Alternative News ; Petitions ; Demonstrations ; Additional Links.
American Library Association - Social Responsibilities Round Table
Canadian Forces College - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Publications
- America's Anti-Terrorist Campaign and Russia's Choice
By Dmitri Trenin, September 19, 2001.
- America's Anti-Terrorist Campaign and Russia's Choice
CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] News - Target Terrorism - (dead link)
Sections include: Attack on Afghanistan ; Canada's Military Contribution ; The U.S. Homefront ; The Canadian Homefront ; Bio-Terrorism ; People.
Christian Peacemaker Teams - (dead link)
Committed to Reducing Violence by "Getting in the Way."
"As followers of Jesus Christ, we believe that we must choose the nonviolent way of the cross in these dangerous times. If we or our loved ones are attacked, injured or killed by acts of terror, we forbid our governments to retaliate in our names."
Commonwealth Institute - Project on Defense Alternatives (PDA)
- War Report - Iraq War and Afghan Aftermath
"Select articles, key documents, and analyses compiled and frequently updated..."
Friends General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends (FGC)
[The Quakers]
- Joint Statement in Response to World Trade Center/Pentagon/Western PA Tregedies - (dead link) (09/11/01)
- After the Shock has Passed: Quaker Commitments to Work for Healing, Justice and Peace - (dead link) (09/20/01)
- Quaker Organizations Respond Jointly to Military Attacks on Afghanistan - (dead link) (10/10/01)
George Washington University - The National Security Archive
- The September 11th Sourcebooks
National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War- Volume VI: The Hunt for Bin Laden
Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Military Strategy
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 63
December 21, 2001
- Volume VI: The Hunt for Bin Laden
- Human Rights in the U.S.: Guantanamo Detainees
- U.S.: Guantanamo Kids at Risk (April 24, 2003)
"The detention of children at Guantanamo poses grave risks to their well-being, Human Rights Watch said today, in response to the U.S. military's acknowledgement that at least three children, ages 13 to 15, are among the detainees at Guantanamo."
- U.S.: Guantanamo Kids at Risk (April 24, 2003)
- Pakistani groups condemn strike - (dead link) (10/07/01)
PBS - Frontline - Campaign Against Terror (September 2002)
"One Year Later, The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How the U.S. and World Responded to the Sept. 11th Terrorist Attacks"
Sections include: On The Ground ; Assessing The Campaign ; With Us Or Against Us? ; Fighting on Two Fronts: A Chronology ; Interviews ; Links & Readings ; Tapes & Transcripts ; Press Reaction.
PBS - P.O.V. - Afghanistan Year 1380 - (dead link)
The PBS web site for the Independent film by Fabrizio Lazzaretti & Alberto Vendemmiati.
"In the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon the plight of ordinary Afghans is seen through the prism of the independent medical relief group, Emergency...is an extraordinary record of war and humanitarian activism. It is an apt reminder that modern war is most brutal for the young and helpless."
Sections includes: Emergency ; Legacies of War ; Behind the Lens ; Talking Back ; Get Involved
Project on Defense Alternatives
- Strange Victory: A Critical Appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Afghanistan War
Research Monograph #6, January 2002
By Carl Conetta
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - War on Terrorism: Photo Gallery
"Post-Intelligencer photographer Joshua Trujillo is on assignment in northern Afghanistan for the P-I and Hearst Newspapers. In this gallery, he records his experiences."
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - Social Development and World Peace
- Responding to the September 11 National Tragedy - (dead link)
- Church's Teaching on War and Peace - (dead link)
- Brief Overview of Catholic Just War Tradition - (dead link)
By Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, October 14, 1999 - Special Projects
- Stand Against Violence 2001 - (dead link)
The War in Context
"alternative perspectives on the 'war on terrorism' and the middle east conflict"
"...invites anyone with interest and an open mind to listen to the critical discourse in which the policies and actions of the Bush administration are now being questioned. This debate, which is engaging concerned citizens around the globe, will hopefully inform the development of a sustainable new world order - a world order in which America is as much shaped by the World as is the World shaped by America."
- WRL Statement on Afghanistan Bombings - (dead link)
wartimeliberty.com
"...we will document this struggle between liberty and security by posting transcripts, documents and analyses -- and letting you make up your own mind."
- Bravery and Breakdowns in a Ridgetop Battle
7 Americans Died in Rescue Effort That Revealed Mistakes and Determination
Two part story by Bradley Graham, May 2002.
washingtonpost.com - America at War
"Find all Washington Post stories relating to the war on terrorism from Sept. 11. until now."
Sections include: Stories Database ; One Year Later ; Post Series ; Q & A ; Guide to the Terror War ; Phoenix Rising ; The Towers' Fall ; Post Editorials ; Post Columns & Letters.
Yahoo! News - John Walker Lindh Chronology
"Events leading up to John Walker Lindh's guilty plea to two charges in a surprise deal with prosecutors"
- Text of John Walker Lindh Deal (July 15, 2002)
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