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• Afghanistan
• Biological warfare - Case
• studies
• Cultural Diversity
• General
• Grief
• Hate Crimes
• Hazardous
• substances
• Iran
• Iraq
• Islam
• Middle East
• Pakistan
• Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Terrorism
• Transportation Security
• Administration

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Attack on America 9/11/01

• America Attacked (about.com)
• Attack on the U.S. (U.S. Department of State)
• The attacks, minute by minute (AP, Interactive graphic, The Virginian-Pilot)
• Day of Infamy (TIME)
• Department of Justice Report on Treatment of Detainees
• A Detailed Reconstruction of the Sept. 11 Hijackings (Guardian)
• Documenting the Tragedy
• Documents from Congress' Joint Inquiry into 9/11 (Memory Hole)
• FBI's List of Suspected Hijackers
• Interactives archive (AP, The Virginian-Pilot) covers many aspects of the attack
• One Nation, Indivisible (TIME)
• Photos: Aftermath (AP, The Virginian-Pilot)
• Photo essay: The Attack (People.com)
• Photo Essay: Attack on the U.S. (TIME)
• Photos: Day of Terror (AP, The Virginian-Pilot)
• Photo essay: The Heroes (People.com)
• Photo Essay: Red, White & Blue (James Nachtwey, TIME)
• Photo Essay: The Rescue Effort Begins (TIME)
• Photo essay: Sadness & Spirit (People.com)
• Photo essay: Shattered (James Nachtwey, TIME)
• Photo Essay: Terror Hits Home (TIME)
• Resources- up to date information from many sources (refdesk.com)
• U.S. Government Responds to September 11 (FirstGov)
• Videos The Virginian-Pilot) requires Quicktime or Windows Media
   

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan, 07/94 (Background Notes, U.S. State Dept)
• Afghanistan in a Nutshell (nutshellnotes.com)
• Afghanistan Online
• Analysis: Who are the Taleban? (BBC)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -2000 (U.S. State Dept)
• On edge: Afghanistan's neighbours (BBC)
• Special Report (Guardian)
• The Taliban's forgotten war on women (Margaret Wente, The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2001)
• Yahoo News
   

Arab Americans & Muslim Americans

• Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
• Arab American Institute
• Arab American Students in Public Schools (ERIC)
• rab Americans: Making a Difference - by Casey Kasem
• America Muslim Alliance (AMA) Chapter Links: AMA Midwest, California – Head Office, Hawaii,
     Illinois, New Jersey, New York
• American Muslim Council, AMC
• Council of American Muslim Professionals
• Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Husseini Islamic Center of Florida
• Islam in the U.S. (U.S. Department of State)
• Know Your Rights in The U.S.-by ADC (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee)
• Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
   

Bioterrorism

To report a biological or chemical event call the CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) at 770-488-7100. The FBI Web site & phone number where people can report tips or other information about terrorist attacks: www.ifccfbi.gov & (866) 483-5137 or (800) 331-0075.

FYI: PLANTING A HOAX OF A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE IS A SECOND-DEGREE FELONY PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AND A $10,000 FINE.

Anthrax

• Anthrax 101: What Is It And What Can It Do To Us? Watch the video (MTVnews.com)
• Anthrax as a Biological Weapon Medical & Public Health Management (JAMA)
• Colloidal Silver: Risk Without Benefit by Stephen Barrett, M.D. (Quackwatch)
• FDA weighs merits of colloidal silver. (CNN)
• Fact Sheet (CNN)
• Timeline: Anthrax through the ages (CNN)
• World Anthrax Data Site (World Health Organization)

• CDC Bioterrorism Agent Sheets (Centers for Disease Control)
• Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies (Johns Hopkins University)
• Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections (Saint Louis University, School of Public Health)
• Current Biological News (ANSER)
• How bioterrorism could take its deadly toll (USA Today)
• Large Scale Bioterrorism Attack Unlikely (Florida Times-Union; Oct 11, 2001)
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
   

Coping

• American Psychological Association: "Coping with Terrorism"
• Beliefnet
• National Mental Health Association: Coping with disaster
   

Government Agencies

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• DefenseLINK (Department of Defense)
• US Department of Defense Sites
• Department of Justice
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• FBI
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Most Wanted Terrorists (FBI)
• News and Information on Attack Response (White House)
• Office of Homeland Security
• Response to Terrorism (U.S. Department of State)
• Tools to Fight Terror (Time)
• War on Terrorism (About.com)
   

Hate Crimes

• FightForYourRights.MTV.com
• Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1997-98, text of H.R. 3081 & S. 1529
• Hate Crimes Today (APA)
• Sociology of Discrimination (North Carolina Wesleyan College)
• Tolerance, Civil Rights, & Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
• United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) National Complaint Line to document claims of
     discrimination, harassment & hate crimes (1-800-552-6842 or 1-866-768-7227) or by sending an
     email to ocre02@attglobal.net or ocre.complaints@usccr.sprint.com)
   

• American Liberty Partnership
• American National Red Cross
• America's Fund for Afghan Children
• ASPCA Animal Disaster Relief Fund
• Catholic Charities USA
• Central Florida Blood Bank
• Goodwill Industries
• Heart of Florida United Way
• Helping.org 
• Humane Society of the United States
• Humane Society of the United States
• International Association of Fire Fighters
• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society: Pentagon Assistance Fund
• New York Fraternal Order of Police Fund
• Salvation Army
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
• United Way of Central Florida
• USO
   
  

Iraq

• Baghdad Bulletin
• Coalition Provisional Authority
  

Islam

• Introduction to Islam (Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni the Middle East Institute)
• Islam (about.com)
• Islamic Circle of North America
• Islamic City
• Islamic Civilization (Dr. A. Zahoor)
• Islamic Sites Designed for Muslim Women
• Islamic Society of North America
• Minaret Freedom Institute
• Muslim Women's Homepage (Jannah.org)
• Quran online
• School of Islamic Social Sciences
• Women in Islam Resources - Directories of Muslim Women (Academic Info)
   

Middle East

• AMIDEAST

   

• Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC)  at University of Texas 
• Middle East: Geography, Maps and Information (about.com)
• Women's Rights (about.com)
   

Office of Homeland Security/National Security

• Current News (ANSER Institute)
• Federal organizations and offices with Homeland Security related missions (ANSER)
• Journal of Homeland Security (published by nonprofit public service organization, ANSER)
• National Security Archive (George Washington University)
• Office of Homeland Security
   

Osama bin Laden

• FBI's Ten Most Wanted List
• Greetings, America. My Name is Osama bin Laden(John Miller . Esquire, February 1999, Volume 131, Issue 2 )
• Osama bin Laden (howstuffworks.com)
• Osama bin Laden (PBS)
• Osama bin Laden (Yahoonews)
• Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. Helped Midwife a Terrorist (Public-i.org)
• Terror groups hide behind Web encryption (Jack Kelley, USA TODAY, 06/19/2001)
• Who is Osama Bin Laden? (BBCNews)
• Who Is Osama Bin Laden? (Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa)
   

Pakistan

• Pakistan (Background Notes, U.S. State Dept)
• Pakistan in a nutshell (nutshellnotes.com)
   

Terrorism

• Al Qaeda after the Iraq Conflict
• Counterterrorism Office (U.S. State Dept)
• Most Terrorist Attacks On US Are Not From The Middle East (Ali Abunimah, New York Times)
• Special Report: Terrorist Attacks (more than 235 links, Journalist's Toolbox)
• Terrorism (howstuffworks.com)
• Terrorism (Richard Kimber)
• U.S. State Department Terrorism List
• Worldwide Travel Warning (U.S. State Dept)
  

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