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October 26, 2001
Rahul
Mahajan
Poisoning
the Well
Sen. Russ Feingold
Why I Opposed
the
Anti-Terrorism Bill
John Troyer
Put
the War to a Vote
Norman Madarasz
What It
Means to be
Against the War
Patrick
Cockburn
Northern
Alliance Attacks
US Bombing Strategy
Richard Lloyd Parry
Terrible Images
of a "Just" War
October 25, 2001
Ghassan
Andoni
Raid
on Bethlehem
N.D. Jayaprakash
From
Hiroshima to NYC
Evan Schultz
Memo
to Ashcroft:
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The Sunshine
Project
Assault
on the BioWeapons
Convention
Sarah
Turner
Cashing
In on Patriotism
Latin American Colloquium
on Systemology
The Meridia Manifesto
Noam Chomsky
The
New War on Terror
October 24, 2001
Michael
Colby
Radioactive
Mail?
Lori Allen
Life
in an Occupied Land
During Wartime
Peter
Swire
New
Anti-Terrorism Bill
Poses Old Risks
Irina
Malenko
A
Non-Western Voice
David
Vest
Welcome
to Web Hell
Patrick Cockburn
Battle
of Mazar Gets Nasty
October 23, 2001
Steve
Perry
Anthrax,
Cipro and the Bailout of Bayer
Carl Estabrook
Just War
or
The Rule of Lawlessness?
Patrick
Cockburn
Errant
Bombs at Bagram
George
Monbiot
War
and Oil
Robert
Jensen
Crushing
Academic Dissent
October 22, 2001
Hamit
Dardagan
The
New Newspeak
Tom Turnipseed
War
on the Poor
Patrick Cockburn
Killing
Mullah Omar's Child
David
Vest
The
War on Women
Shepherd
Bliss
Advice
from a Vietnam Vet
Hani Shukrallah
Capital
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October 29,
2001
Brzezinski On "Moscow's Illusions"
Guru Of
Sovietology Doubts That Russia Will
Get "Free Hands" In Chechnya or be Able to Prevent
NATO Expansion
By Marina Kalashnikova
Nezavisimaya
Gazeta
[On October
24, Marina Kalashnikova interviewed Zbigniew Brzenzinski, National
Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter and the original patron of the
Mujahideen, for the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta. The
interview was little noticed in the US, but created something
of a tempest in Moscow.]
Q:
Are you completely sure on Bin Laden's involvement into terrorist
attacks in the US? Please share your assessments with the Russian
audience.
Brzezinski:
I have no reason to doubt the conclusions reached by the U.S.
Government. Please note that in other doubtful cases - such as
the sinking of the Kursk or the recent shooting down of the Aeroflot
plane - U.S. governmental information has been quite correct.
Q:
How long, you assume, the operation in Afghanistan may go on?
Which other countries and regions may be targeted for the US-led
military operation?
Brzezinski:
I would imagine the operation in Afghanistan will last only a
few months. Obviously, the terrorist network operating in other
regions will be targeted but not necessarily in every case by
military means.
Q:
Do you agree that negative feelings in the Muslim countries may
lead to unpredictable results, counterproductive for the major
aims of the anti terrorist operation?
Brzezinski:
There is no doubt that there are negative feelings toward the
United States and the West in general in some portions of the
Moslem world. That certainly complicates the anti-terrorist activities,
and the political aspects of these negative feelings should be
at some point taken into account.
Q:
Which changes in the world order do you expect in case of successful
completion of the operation?
Brzezinski:
Hopefully, there will be strengthened international cooperation,
both through the United Nations and through different regional
organizations.
Q:
Quoting you, "Russia is neither ally, nor enemy, but a partner."
Do you think that Russia's status has changed with the beginning
of this operation?
Brzezinski:
I think Russia is a partner in some aspects of the anti-terrorist
operation, and it would be very desirable if Russia evolved eventually
into a genuine ally.
Q:
What Russia's input to the operation do you consider valuable?
Brzezinski:
So far, mostly in the area of intelligence, but there is still
much more information that Russia could convey.
Q:
There are opinions among the Western analysts and journalists,
that the Russian Government expects getting some benefits from
the West in exchange for its assistance in the operation. Do
you believe Russia will reach this aim?
Brzezinski:
There have been comments by Russian government officials and
press to the effect that Russia would like to have a free hand
in Chechnya and perhaps obtain a delay in the expansion of NATO.
However, I doubt that either objective can be fully attained,
because events in Chechnya are more complex than the issue of
terrorism, and the expansion of NATO is part of the construction
of a larger and more stable Europe.
Q:
Moscow continually stresses that its actions in Chechnya are
part of international activities against terrorism. Do you agree
with such claim?
Brzezinski:
Some aspects of Russia's actions in Chechnya may be directed
at terrorism but even in such a case Russia should note how Britain
has behaved in Northern Ireland in dealing with terrorism. Britain
did not reduce Belfast to ruins and kill 30,000-40,000 civilians.
Moreover, it might be worthwhile to note also that the French
eventually recognized that the Algerians were not Frenchmen and
brought that war to an end through a political settlement.
Q:
Russian officials express criticism on possible Nato enlargement
and US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty. How could you reply to
this criticism?
Brzezinski:
The enlargement of NATO, as I noted earlier, is not directed
against Russia but is part of an effort to build a more stable
Europe. Russians should understand the fears particularly of
the Baltic nations, given what they experienced after 1940. Moreover,
the Baltic nations were not reassured by official statements
by the Russian Foreign Ministry that allegedly in 1940 they joined
the Soviet Union "voluntarily" and in keeping with
international law. As to U.S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty,
my hope is that American-Russian discussions will produce mutual
understanding regarding the need to update some of the strategic
arrangements concluded between the United States and the Soviet
Union back in the 1970s.
Q:
Do you completely exclude returning to the 'cold war'-type confrontation
between the US and Russia?
Brzezinski:
I do exclude a return to the Cold War because I do not think
it would be in the interest either of Russia or of the United
States. There are enough people with good common sense in the
leadership of both countries to make such a return impossible.
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