XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN OCTOBER 28 2001 19:59:31 ET XXXXX
UK PRESS TURNS BACK ON USA: MIRROR DECLARES 'THIS WAR IS A FRAUD'
The tide of international media opinion is dramatically turning against the US-led War on Terrorism if Monday headlines in London prove any indication.
"THIS WAR IS A FRAUD" splashes the MIRROR [circulation 2,149,422] in large font Page Ones.
"The war against terrorism is a fraud. After three weeks' bombing, not a single terrorist implicated in the attacks on America has been caught or killed in Afghanistan," rips the paper.
'CRITICS OF WAR TACTICS TURN UP THE HEAT ON US" leads the FINANCIAL TIMES.
"BLOODY SUNDAY PROVES A TEST FOR US RESOLVE" headlines the INDEPENDENT. "The US government insisted yesterday that its Afghan campaign was going according to plan, despite repeated bombing errors including the killing of seven children as they ate breakfast at home in Kabul."
"BOMBING MAY STOP FOR RAMADAN AS SUPPORT FOR WAR FALTERS" fronts the DAILY TELEGRAPH.
Murdoch's TIMES jabs "a 'three-week wobble' over the direction of the conflict."
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