Here’s an interview from 10/18 with Jack Shroder, a geologist and geographer who mapped most of Afghanistan back in the seventies. He’s the guy who recognized the rocks that were in the background of one of Osama bin Laden’s videos. In the interview, he explains that many caves in Afghanistan are used [...]
Entries from November 2001
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
The Economist assesses the progress of the war in Afghanistan and in the United States:
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blockquote> So things can still go wrong for Mr Bush. One large difficulty concerns the very ideals for which America is fighting: freedom, justice and the rule of law. The struggle against the kind of terrorism of which al-Qaeda has shown [...]
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
The Independent has the most detailed description of the prison revolt at Qalai Janghi that I’ve yet seen. (Link from Lake Effect.)
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
Congratulations to Fog Creek software for shipping CityDesk (on schedule)!
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
Yesterday, President Bush spoke at the US Attorneys conference. When he talked about the military tribunals that he authorized, the attorneys applauded:
I have also reserved the option of trial by military commission for foreign terrorists who wage war against our country. Non-citizens, non-U.S. citizens who plan and/or commit mass murder are more than [...]
November 30th, 2001 · Comments Off
Two legal challenges to the DMCA went down in flames yesterday. That’s very disheartening news. I feel like the judges don’t really understand the issues involved, but that could just be because they don’t agree with me.
November 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
BBC has a Q&A on the progress of Afghan talks currently being held in Bonn.
November 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
On my planet, BadTrans is the worst email worm ever. I say that because it’s the only one I’ve ever received personally, and I’ve gotten several copies of it. I expunged most of them when I was reading my email in mutt, but I also downloaded a few in Mozilla. It was actually [...]
November 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Steven den Beste asks whether John Ashcroft is going to get tough on terrorism or not. He’s referring to terrorism perpetrated by Americans against abortion clinic workers.
November 29th, 2001 · Comments Off
Two Red Cross workers gathering the bodies of the prisoners killed in the fortress at Mazar-i-Sharif were shot by Taliban fighters who were hiding out in the bunkers under the complex. If our response to the uprising was overkill, how is it that there are still armed Taliban hiding out in the fortress taking pot [...]