October 9, 2001

Prof Samuel G Freedman reviews television program Looking for Answers, presented as part of Frontline series on PBS and co-produced with New York Times, on radical Islam's terrorist assault on West; photos (M)

Complex American supply chain is almost back to normal after terrorist attacks, but companies are being forced to plan for possible future events that might impede easy flow of goods they had come to take for granted; many companies are rethinking just-in-time delivery systems that are predicated on parts and materials coming into plants as they are needed; are starting to talk about keeping more robust inventories to guard against future disruptions; because business was already off for more than one year at many companies, terrorist attacks have had somewhat limited effect on US supply chain; photos (M)

Article discusses outlook for Seattle Mariners-Cleveland Indians American Leaguie playoff series; photo (M)

US military forces pound Taliban targets in Afghanistan for second consecutive day; B-2 stealth bombers flying from US join carrier-based aircraft in strikes as anti-American demonstrations roil Muslim capitals and Bush administration steps up planning to oust Afghan regime; slightly scaled down attacks include Tomahawk cruise missiles and B-1 bombers flying sorties from island of Diego Garcia in Indian Ocean; Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld, in preliminary assessment, says progress was made toward disabling military airfields and eliminating air defense sites that protect Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden; says warplanes attacked Afghan ground forces associated with both Al Qaeda and and Taliban leadership under Mullah Muhammad Omar north of Kabul, where they have been fighting rebel Northern Alliance; British Defense Sec Geoffrey Hoon suggests first phase of attacks may be over within days; widespread demonstrations against US attacks in Muslum capitals and especially in Pakistan discussed; maps; Pres Bush seeks to bolster antiterrorism forces at home by formally installing former Pennsylvania Gov Tom Ridge as head of new cabinet post for homeland defense; maps (M)

Americans still struggle to adapt to emotional fallout from September 11 terrorist attack against World Trade Center in Manhattan and Pentagon, which killed more than 5,000 people; shock, horror and fear have given way to nagging concerns that apparently never subside; shift is evident mostly in alterations in daily routines, and in search for ways to make 'static' go away; photo (M)