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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

rshowalter - 07:47pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10184 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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Readers' Comments 2001/09/20

The War on Terror Is Not New by NIALL FERGUSON 2001/09/20/opinion Several European nations are increasingly apprehensive about offering the United States unconditional support for a war on terrorism.

Politics Is Adjourned 2001/09/20/opinion On Capitol Hill, narrow partisan considerations should be sidelined, but basic principles, such as fairness in the way sacrifice is demanded.

Old Ruses, New Barbarians 2001/09/19/opinion by MAUREEN DOWD What's the sense of rushing to create a $60 billion defense shield to protect against a Trojan horse?

Old Rivals, but One Voice in Request for Help 2001/09/19 by DAVID BARSTOW Last Wednesday, not 36 hours after the attack on the World Trade Center, aides to New York's two senators were briefed for the first time on President Bush's plan to seek $20 billion in emergency disaster relief and military spending.

Democrats in Senate Budge on Missile Defense Money by JAMES DAO 2001/09/19 A budget provision to restrict spending on missile defense was withdrawn in an effort to avoid a partisan debate.

Scarcity of Afghan Targets Leads U.S. to Revise Strategy by THE NEW YORK TIMES 2001/09/19 The Pentagon is developing a more unconventional type of military campaign emphasizing special operations.

World Leaders List Conditions on Cooperation by PATRICK E. TYLER and JANE PERLEZ 2001/09/19 After a week of unconditional support from abroad, the Bush administration confronted its first significant difficulties today in building a broad international coalition to support using military power and other means against a still-faceless terror network rooted in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Selections From the U.S. Attacked Forum 2001/09/19

Of Human Missiles by WILLIAM SAFIRE 2001/09/17 A powerful weapon of radical Islam is its ability to erase from the brains of recruits the basic will to live.

rshowalter - 07:48pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10185 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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The Modernity of Evil by MAUREEN DOWD 2001/09/16/opinion We have been jolted by the terror inflicted by a handful of guys with box cutters and plastic knives. Can Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Condi move past the cold war attitude and Star Wars obsession that has alienated the countries we will need to help us fight an enemy too shadowy to be stopped by a shield?

Weekend of Heartache: Let Us Honor the Dead ...To the Editor:. 2001/09/16/opinion

Bush Ordered Downing of Planes That Ignored Warnings, Cheney Says by CHRISTOPHER S. WREN 2001/09/16 After Tuesday's attacks, President Bush told American military pilots to shoot down any planes that ignored warnings to stay clear of urban areas.

Envisioning the Future in a Fortress New York by DAVID BARSTOW 2001/09/16 In interviews this week, nine security and terrorism experts envisioned a New York City of maximum security where money was no object.

America Mourns, and Looks at the Path Ahead .... to the Editor 2001/09/15/opinion

Russian Sympathy for America High by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW (AP) -- Sympathy for America is running high in Russia, where terrorism has touched the lives of thousands in recent years.

Reeling Capital Recalls Terrible Day by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the final moments of ordinary, you could see Spot run on the impossibly green lawn of the White House.

Symbols of Freedom Closed to Public by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Residents sought prayer and healing, even as the city's most enduring symbols of freedom were closed to the public.

Timeline of Tuesday's Attacks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A timeline of Tuesday's attacks and the aftermath (times EDT):.

U.S Missile Cruiser Left Japan Home Port - Kyodo by REUTERS

rshowalter - 07:49pm Oct 8, 2001 EST (#10186 of 10188)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

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India, Pakistan Air Bases Crucial to Any U.S. Strike by REUTERS NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A string of air bases and airports in India and Pakistan could be used by the U.S. air force in the event airstrikes on Afghanistan are authorized.

Shield Plan Buoyed by a Bipartisan Mood by ADAM CLYMER 2001/09/14 The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon appear to have strengthened the prospects for President Bush's missile defense program.

An Unfathomable Attack 2001/09/12/opinion In his evening speech, George W. Bush said yesterday was a day we would never forget.

European Nations Stand With U.S., Ready to Respond by STEVEN ERLANGER' 2001/09/12 European Union foreign ministers and NATO ambassadors planned separate meetings on Wednesday to discuss what can be done.

When an Open Society Is Wielded as a Weapon Against Itself by MICHAEL R. GORDON 2001/09/12

The National Defense 2001/09/12/opinion As the nation assays the horrific human and physical losses of yesterday's brutally efficient terrorist attacks, it must also begin the urgent work of determining how an open and democratic society can better defend itself against a threat that conventional armies and weapons cannot defeat.

Dispatches From a Day of Terror and Shock 2001/09/12/opinion To the Editor:.

Brazil Leftists Oppose Deal to Let U.S. Launch Satellites By LARRY ROHTER 2001/09/12 The left-wing nationalist groups in Brazil contend that the accord is really a Trojan horse.

New Day of Infamy By WILLIAM SAFIRE 2001/09/12/opinion What well-financed terrorist organization, under what country's secret protection, slaughtered so many Americans?

A Different World By ANTHONY LEWIS 2001/09/12 The world's cooperation is essential if the authors of this attack are to be found and destroyed.

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