WTC-Roots of Conflict

Roots of the Conflict: Historical Context

Afghanistan, Asia, and the Middle East NEW Afghani history, from prehistory to the present NEW History of Afghanistan (contemporary) by By Jim Lobe & Abid Aslam NEW Women and Islam A large selection of readings about women in the Islamic world Islam and Jihad Often surprising background articles on Jihad from a Muslim website: (the site)"apprises the world to differentiate between terrorism and Jihad. In terrorism indiscriminate killing is justified, Jihad bans it." Afghan refugees Limbs of no body - the world's indifference to the Afghan tragedy Middle East Policy--Online Archives A source of Mideast commentary Tajikistan Update Afghan Network | Institute for Afghan Studies Institute for War and Peace Reporting Osama Bin Laden NEW On Osama bin Laden Bin Laden: the former CIA 'client' obsessed with training pilots The recent trial of members of Osama Bin Laden's troop for U.S. embassy bombings Recognizing the Opposition -Understanding Osama Bin Laden, Fundamentalist Islam, and the Islamic Jihad | Relevant Global Impacts and Context NEW The Lawless Frontier by Robert D. Kaplan The tribal lands of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border reveal the future of conflict in the Subcontinent, along with the dark side of globalization Why Middle Eastern Terrorists Hate the United States NEW Islamic Republics : The future of the "Stans" - "Oil, Islamic fundamentalism, kidnap and ransom... are just the surface issues..." NEW The Mess in East Africa and Afghanistan is Partly the fault of the U.S. Government The New Gold Mines of Central Asia by Dr. Walid Majid, Institute for Afghan Studies Inside Al-Qaeda: a window into the world of militant Islam and the Afghani alumni AlterNet -- America's Terrorist Roots Bush's Faustian Deal with the Taliban They can't see why they are hated Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad, says Seumas Milne The secret CIA history of the Iran coup, 1953 National Security Archive Briefing Book No. 28 NEW SECTION Terrorism and counterterrorism NEW The September 11th Source Books:Volume 1: Terrorism and U.S. Policy National Security Archive experts select these resources as the most important available primary sources on U.S. terrorism policy. NEW Terrorism in the Name of Religion -by Dr. Magnus Ranstorp NEW Inside Al-Qaeda: a window into the world of militant Islam and the Afghani alumni Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence US Department of State - Counterterrorism NEW Track II : Security and Terrorism in the 21st Century, January 13 The Changing International Terrorist Threat, by Paul Wilkinson Terrorism Research Center, Inc. NEW Response to Terrorism - Office of International Information FEMA: FACT SHEET: TERRORISM

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