September 11 Aftermath
US troops deployed to former Soviet republic of Georgia
By Patrick Martin, March 1, 2002
Two US Air Force planes brought forty American military personnel to Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, on February 21, marking the first deployment of US combat forces in the ...
The "fog of war"
How the US media covers up civilian deaths in Afghanistan
By Jerry Isaacs, February 26, 2002
A key aspect of the American media’s role as a propaganda arm of the Pentagon is its treatment of the death and destruction wrought by the US in Afghanistan. Unable to simply deny the mounting e...
British shooting of civilians heightens tensions in Afghanistan
By Mike Ingram, February 26, 2002
British troops came under fire in Kabul last week in what was widely suspected of being a revenge attack for the army’s shooting at an Afghan family attempting to take a 22 year-old pregnant wom...
Bush doubletalk on Afghan POWs: US continues to flout Geneva Conventions
By Kate Randall, February 21, 2002
In the face of mounting international condemnation over US treatment of fighters captured in Afghanistan, George W. Bush announced February 7 what was purported to be an amended policy concerning the ...
Al Gore backs Bush’s war plans
By Patrick Martin, February 20, 2002
In a speech February 12, his first major political address since the US Supreme Court stopped a vote count in Florida and handed the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, the Democratic presid...
Britain: Case against Algerian sought by FBI collapses
By Julie Hyland, February 15, 2002
The first person to be accused by the FBI of involvement in the September 11 terror bombings to have gone before a judge looks set to walk free, following the collapse of the supposed case against him...
Afghan villagers killed and prisoners beaten in US military "mistake"
By Peter Symonds, February 14, 2002
After a fortnight of flat denials from the Bush administration and the US military, the truth is finally emerging about the bloody events in the early hours of January 24 in the Afghan village of Haza...
Letters on "Was the US government alerted to September 11 attack?"
February 12, 2002
The following are a selection of letters received in response to the series “Was the US government alerted to September 11 attack?” by Patrick Martin, posted January 16, 18, 22 and 24.
Letters on the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl
February 7, 2002
Below are some the letters received in response to “Release Daniel Pearl!” published on the World Socialist Web Site January 31.
Defending the indefensible: more US lies on Afghan prisoners and Geneva Convention
By Kate Randall, February 5, 2002
The US treatment of the 158 prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has generated shock and revulsion around the world. Photographs showing the captives on their arrival, kneeling on rocky ground...
Relatives of September 11 victims expose human toll of US war in Afghanistan
By Jeremy Johnson, February 2, 2002
Relatives of several of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks spoke at a public meeting in Brooklyn, New York on January 27, after returning from an eight-day trip to Afghanistan. They rep...
Afghanistan: US forces carry out cold-blooded murder at Kandahar hospital
By Peter Symonds, February 1, 2002
In a one-sided battle in Kandahar on Monday, a US-led military force shot and killed six foreign Taliban supporters who had been barricaded into a ward of the Mirwais hospital since early December. Th...
