Research

ANTHRAX/BIOLOGICAL

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: What is anthrax? (CNN.com)

Anthrax: Frequently Asked Questions (Centers for Disease Control)

Related: Florida man hospitalized with anthrax

Anthrax claims life of Floridian

Ebola: Fact Sheet (Centers for Disease Control ) -

Related: Army of Afghan Refugees Could Spread a Deadly Virus

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THE HIJACKERS

FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/092701hjpic.htm

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UNDERSTANDING TERRORISM

From PBS
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/moyers.html

Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/home/terrorism.asp

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OSAMA BIN LADEN

Who is Osama bin Laden?

From PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/

From the ADL
http://www.adl.org/presrele/terrorismintl_93/bin_laden_93.asp

From the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_155000/155236.stm

From the ERRI Risk Assessment Services
http://www.emergency.com/bldn0798.html

U.S. Govt. Factsheet
http://usembassy.state.gov/afghanistan/wwwhtr01.html

http://www.ict.org.il/articles/bombings.cfm

What information do we have that points to bin Laden?

From Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/bombings/

International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
http://www.ict.org.il/spotlight/det.cfm?id=673

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AL QAEDA

What is the Al Qaeda?

From PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/who/alqaeda.html

From the Federation of American Scientist
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/ladin.htm

From the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
http://www.intellnet.org/documents/200/060/269.html

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ON AFGHANISTAN

Human Rights in Afghanistan

http://usembassy.state.gov/afghanistan/wwwhhr00.html

http://www.hrw.org/pubweb/Webcat-03.htm

International Red Cross on Afghanistan

http://www.icrc.org/

Map of Afghanistan

http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/Taliban/afghan_map.gif

CIA Worldfact book - on Afghanistan

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html

Center for Defense and International Security Studies

http://www.cdiss.org/hometemp.htm

Afghanistan - general information

http://home.no.net/dawatnet/Afghanistan.html

Encarta Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=045FB000

Afghanistan Online - today's news
http://www.afghan-web.com/aop/today.html

Afghan Radio online
http://www.afghanradio.com/azadi.html

Afghan History

From Travel-guide.com
http://www.travel-guide.com/data/afg/afg580.asp

From an Afghan portal
http://www.arianae.com/ctryhistory.asp

From Afghan-web
http://www.afghan-web.com/history/

An Afghan-American Speaks

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/14/afghanistan/

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THE MILITARY

Military Information

http://orbat.com/site/americagoestowar.html#overview

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/future/

Air Force photos
http://www.af.mil/photos/

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TALIBAN

Who are the Taliban?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/taliban.html

http://www.hazara.net/taliban/taliban.html

From Nida'ul Islam magazine
http://www.islam.org.au/articles/18/taliban1.htm

The Taliban come to power
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec96/afghan_background_10-9.html

The Taliban and women
http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/su98goodwin.html

Anti-Taliban sites

http://www.rawa.org/recent2.htm

http://www.hazara.net/index.html

What is the Northern Alliance?

According to the INS
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/documentation/AFG00001.htm

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ISLAM

What is Islam?

From IslamiCity
http://islamicity.com/Mosque/uiatm/un_islam.htm

From a Travel-guides.com
http://www.travel-guides.com/appendices/islam.asp

From an Afghan portal
http://www.arianae.com/ctryreligion.asp

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Why do some in the Arab World seem to hate America?

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/16/international/16AMER.html

What possible justification could they have for killing the innocent?

http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=379

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REGIONAL INFORMATION

Afghanistan's Neighbors

China
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html

Iran
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html

Pakistan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html

Tajikistan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ti.html

Turkmenistan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tx.html

Uzbekistan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uz.html

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The Middle Eastern Countries

Egypt
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/eg.html

Iraq
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html

Israel
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/is.html

Jordan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jo.html

Kuwait
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ku.html

Lebanon
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/le.html

libya
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ly.html

Oman
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mu.html

Saudi Arabia
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sa.html

Sudan
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/su.html

Syria
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sy.html

United Arab Emirates
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tc.html

Yemen
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ym.html

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