Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | New US paper aims at Afghan war truth A newspaper aimed at providing news of the war in Afghanistan is to be launched this month. Its editors argue that the mainstream media in the US are not providing a full picture of the war and its effects.

Yahoo! News - Bush Derides Clinton's Mideast Work President Bush says the Mideast summit sponsored by former President Clinton resulted in a "significant intefadeh," or uprising, repeating an accusation his press secretary got in trouble for uttering.

Bush Mideast role dangerously naive Could the same president who has wisely and resolutely led this nation in its own war on terrorism possibly be so naive as to believe that the answer to the wave of suicide bombings in Israel is for Israel to stop its military actions in the West Bank?

Mercury News | 04/05/2002 | Bush finally steps up Mideast involvement IN a dramatic and encouraging shift, President Bush has decided to throw the full weight of his administration into the increasingly bloody Middle East conflict.

Rules in Mideast's Wild West This is the world that U.S. investigators have been trying to better understand since the bombing nearly 18 months ago of the U.S. destroyer Cole in the port of Aden.

Yahoo! News - Israel Should Withdraw 'Without Delay' - Powell Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Israel on Friday to withdraw military forces from Palestinian areas "without delay" and not use the days before his trip to the region this weekend as a reason to continue incursions that have fed an explosion of violence.

Promises but Never Peace (washingtonpost.com) Arafat's response has redundantly proved his harshest critics right. There was never any honest intent on the Palestinian part for peaceful coexistence with Israel, any more than there was ever any honest intent to establish a government in Gaza that would function toward that end and toward the creation of a decent life for the Palestinian people.

Israel launches offensive in Nablus Israel launched a new invasion in its six-day offensive aimed at crushing Palestinian militias in the West Bank by rolling into Nablus late Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses said.

Yahoo! News - Saddam Raises Bomber Pay to $25,000, Rumsfeld Says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) has raised the amount offered to relatives of suicide bombers from $10,000 per family to $25,000, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Wednesday.

Yahoo! News - In Shift, U.S. Stresses Political Issues in Mideast In a policy shift apparently designed to mollify Palestinians, the White House suggested on Wednesday President Bush was open to discussing the political aspects of a Middle East peace deal before there is a cease-fire on the ground.

Bush Clarifies 'Terror Doctrine' (washingtonpost.com) President Bush now admits that the one-size-fits-all "Bush doctrine" on terrorism in fact doesn't fit Yasser Arafat.

The Bulletin > News > Stories > Kissinger: What America can do : For now, the United States should avoid pressure for a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement and help both sides agree on attainable goals, writes Henry A. Kissinger.

IndyMedia Center - An Open Letter to American Jews ...When I understood that the government had lied to me in order to sell me this war, I turned from 'center-rightist' to 'leftist'. Sadly enough, it has taken me almost 20 more years, in a slow and painful process, to understand how deeply the lies and self-delusion are rooted in our collective perception of reality.

Yahoo! News - Israeli Army Expands Clampdown in West Bank The Israeli army advanced into more Palestinian self-rule areas of the West Bank early on Tuesday in a campaign against suicide bombers and a top Palestinian security official said his compound was under siege.

Afghanistan braces for broad changes Afghanistan’s ex-king, Mohammad Zaher Shah, will return from exile April 16 and convene a grand council in June to decide the future of Afghanistan — a future that will usher in a new government including at least 160 women among more than 1,500 members, the organizing commission announced Sunday. Only six seats are guaranteed for Islamic scholars.

Taiwan quake damages buildings An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Taiwan on Sunday, causing several buildings to collapse and forcing a shutdown of the capital’s subway system, officials and witnesses said.

CNN.com - Gunbattle at Arafat HQ - March 31, 2002 Israeli and Palestinians exchanged gunfire on Sunday at the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.