Gas price panic and gouging blamed on crisis wave
Editorial notes how after Tuesday's terror attacks gas stations in Kansas raised prices to $3, 4 or 5 a gallon, with Lawrence seeing $5.62. It cites 300 pricing complaints to Attorney General Carla Stovall, calls gouging indefensible, urges probes and legal action, and labels disturbances as trivial beside the events.
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Mideast
OPEC
AAA of
Kansas
Lawrence
Carla Stovall
Topeka
Wichita
Low tech terrorism threat beyond Pearl Harbor warnings
Trudy Rubin argues that terrorism using low tech tools poses a greater and more immediate danger to the United States than past high tech warfare. She cites intelligence gaps, past attacks, and the need for a reoriented counterterrorism strategy, including stronger coordination with allies and renewed focus on border and intelligence controls.
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Chuck Hagel
R-Neb
Hawaii
U.S
United States
National Intelligence Council
NIC
Sandy Berger
Anthony Cordesman
bin Laden
Abdel-Bari Atwan
al- Quds al-Arabi
Taliban
World Tower
Afghanistan
Trudy Rubin
Trubin
Phillynews.com
Americans urged restraint amid calls for retaliation after Tuesday attack
A Philadelphia writer urges restraint yet voices anger over Tuesday's assault. She advocates tracking and punishing those responsible, debates swift retaliation versus court trials, and notes Israel's crisis while quoting Rabbi Ira F Stone on enduring Zionist legitimacy. The piece reflects public grief and seeks balanced media coverage.
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Beth Zion
Beth Israel
Philadelphia
Israel
Stone
America
Bush
Jill Porter
Porter
Phillynews.com
Public Forum on government response after terrorist attacks
Curtis D. Bennett from Lawrence writes of national shock and anger at the New York attack, condemning the federal agencies and leaders for failing to prevent the tragedy and for hurried retreat to safety. He questions why the president and Congress did not act decisively and laments a loss of trust in government.
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Washington
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Lawrence
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