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Opinion polls in the US show overwhelming support for military action in Afghanistan. But as Diane Stokes in Chicago reports, the mood is more complex than the polls would suggest.

Most of the long-suffering Afghan people would welcome the overthrow of the Taliban regime. However, neither the country’s opposition militias nor Western imperialism provide a solution to their problems as the experience of re-introducing capitalism […]

OVER 5,000 joined CND’s protest against Bush and Blair’s war plans outside Downing Street on 22 September.

Horror and outrage are natural responses to the carnage in New York and Washington.

As we go to press, Bush’s military machine is preparing for action. Air-strikes against Afghanistan are imminent.

Support for military action from Pakistan’s General Musharraf has been duly rewarded by George Bush. Sanctions imposed on both Pakistan and India following their 1999 nuclear weapons tests have been lifted. However, in siding with […]

US president Bush says he’s targeting the Taliban regime because it’s harbouring terrorists around Osama bin Laden. But in the 1980s it was the US CIA which helped arm, finance and instruct Bin Laden and […]

President Bush’s administration are gung-ho about taking military action against Osama bin Laden and his Taliban hosts.