18 September 2001

  • CIA asks London City regulators to inspect short-selling of airline and insurance stocks, pre-attack.
  • Bush wants Bin Laden "Dead or Alive" and preps Americans for war casualties.
  • Taliban senior cleric calls for restoration of the jihad against America.
  • Chirac and Blair on their way to U.S. in show of solidarity.
  • Pakistan faces internal revolt against support for U.S. anti-Bin-Laden policies.
  • Travel industry in major trouble after crisis.
  • Defensive action: Stock market slowly rises after yesterday's fall.
  • When Americans are worried, they buy TVs and guns. [wsj]
  • Possible national security defenses brought down to personal levels, setting stage for debate of freedom versus safety.
  • An interview with Joe Gillespie, the creator of Mini 7 and other screen fonts.
  • Terrorism expert speculates on 21st century warfare.