pravda: "does ben laden really exist?" (via elephäntville).

cbs news: "broadway goes dark". a country is freezing the fun.

links related to yesterday's attack as link of the day at perlentaucher.

quintessenz: "wo schlief die nsa?"

on the search for a reply to those who think (and especially those who now will start to think) that less privacy is more safety.

the austrian political weblogs react: ceiberweiber, ballhausplatz.

village voice is "listening to the arabs of new york" (via popo.at).

alternative reports at commondreams.org.

redirect: worldwideklein reports directly from washington.

the guardian has a collection of newspaper front pages and a summary about "what the middle east papers say".

nzz: "usama bin ladin – der 'schwarze prinz'".

intelligence resource program: "al-qa'idah / international islamic front for jihad against the jews and crusaders / usama ibn ladin".

nida'ul islam magazine: "the new powder keg in the middle east" – an interview with "mujahid usamah bin ladin".

die zeit: "die mythen um osama bin laden".

wilhelm-griesinger institute: »zur psychologie der gewalt« (via der standard).

the morning after (empire state building web cam, 7am local time).

paul auster: "wir alle wussten, dass dies geschehen könnte. nun ist es viel schlimmer".

a simple slogan that depicts the direction i would like to see the world heading now: fighting terrorism means fighting poverty.

yesterday's ongoings probably have nothing to do with terrorism anymore since the pentagon was a target (i am curious about the opinions of people with expertise in terrorism research). it definitely has nothing to do with the burning of the reichstag in 1933. come on!

it's still not clear how many people lost their lives in this slaughter. i heard about two other buildings of the world trade center complex being collapsed in the meantime.

currently i am reading too many words about that the world is awaiting a war, about lost dreams, high stakes and whatever. words filled with too much pathos. i think many writers would like to commit a symbolic act themselves. but just like a head- and reckless strike-back of vengeance this leads to nowhere at this point. however, writing down all those news yesterday helped me a lot to cope with them myself. at least a little something i could do at that moment.

press reviews from throughout the world. listening and watching carefully.