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Politically Incorrect Thoughts About 9/11

Last night I sat down to pen something extremely sensitive and whimsical about the whole 9/11 experience, but then I figured that you are all experiencing a glut of sensitivity and whimsy. I was stuck inside for the last four days with some sort of obnoxious sinus...

Survey: Europeans Say U.S. Partly to Blame for 9/11

Of course, France — the country that brought us popular existentialism — thinks that the US brought September 11th upon themselves. Perhaps that’s an overstatement , but it does seem to be widely felt in places other than the US that such an attack...

Battling Terror in the Courts…

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020821/ts_nm/saudi_usa_lawsuit_dc_2 Saudis Plan to Sue U.S. over Sept. 11 Wed Aug 21,10:47 AM ET By Ghaida Ghantous DUBAI (Reuters) – A group of Saudis plan to sue the U.S. government and media...

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful…

Thanks to new FOIBer but old friend of Ian Bell for this piece. -Ian. ……. http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020814/4358473s.htm Global warmth for U.S. after 9/11 turns to frost Wed Aug 14, 8:33 AM ET Ellen Hale USA TODAY OXFORD, England — On a...

The Root Of The War on Terror is Boredom

http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,722636,00.html When Uncle Sam meets ‘Stan Despite five years covering events in Afghanistan, nothing prepares Jason Burke for life in Viper City on the Bagram air base. But at least this time everyone’s...