Galima Bukharbaeva in Tashkent and Sultan Jumagulov in Bishkek. "In the aftermath of the American hijacking tragedy, Central Asian states have expressed backing for Washington's efforts to find the perpetrators. But it remains to be seen how much practical support they will be able to provide." Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Anthony Borden in London. "Using the Balkan experience as a guide, the United States could best honour its victims by committing itself to an international criminal court." Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Peter Preston. "A wise west would care for Pakistan as more than a series of air bases set on the edge of the Hindu Kush. A wise west would wonder not just what Pakistan could do for it in the pursuit of prime suspects, but what it now, at a moment of test, could do for Pakistan." UK.
From Tashkent. "'Uzbekistan is ready to discuss any form of cooperation in the struggle against international terrorism in our region, including the deployment of U.S. forces,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Bakhodyr Umarov said...The comments by Kamilov and Umarov represented the only standing offer from a former Soviet republic to help the United States in launching military strikes against Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks." Azerbaijan.
Stephen Moss. Interview with Mohamed Heikal, political commentator and the former foreign minister of Egypt. "'The most important thing is to get religion out,' he says. "You are talking to me about a Muslim state, yet you are not discussing a Jewish state - a state built on religion. That cannot be. Religion can be no basis for a state.'" UK.
Simon Jenkins. "Whenever Americans start bombing, Britons dive under a blanket of Churchillian waffle." UK.
"Hamid Karzai, the man leading the interim Afghan government, has promised to hand over Arab guerrillas caught in his country to face international justice." UK.
Interview with Hamza Yusuf, an Islamic scholar and US advisor, about the terrorist attacks, suicide, killing innocents, and the Muslim responses.
Fred Halliday. The impact on and by Iran. The author is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and his new book is Two Hours that Shook the World: Causes and Consequences.
Chris Stephen in Dasti Kala and Kamal Ahmed. "Alliance commanders say there is now a real possibility that the entire northern half of Afghanistan will switch away from the Taliban, as defections trigger a domino effect." UK.
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