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Tag Archives: 9/11
A Clear Blue Sky
(NASA) Today is the 11th. The unwelcome anniversary. Everyone remembers where they were when they heard. I was awoken by a phone call on the day. “The country’s under attack!” the phone said. You wake up rather fast when that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lee's Page
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, air traffic, anniversary, contrails, sky, United States, war, WTC
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A Paranoid on Paranoia-Last updated 1:06 CST
After 9/11 itself, the anthrax attacks were probably the most consequential event of the Bush presidency. One could make a persuasive case that they were actually more consequential. You could? The 9/11 attacks were obviously traumatic for the country, but … Continue reading
Boumediene — The Great Sandbagging
UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you’ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you’re done … but I won’t tell if you won’t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Law, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Boumediene, CSRT, detainees, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Hamdi, Iraq, Law, September 11, U.S. Supreme Court, war
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“This is what I wish, to be martyred”
From Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s statements to the U.S. military court today: The accused al Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks stood in a U.S. military court on Thursday, sang a chant of praise to Allah and said he would … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 9/11, Br'er Rabbit, briar patch, death penalty, Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, martyr, military tribunal, Terrorism
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A Retreating Periphery
(photo: Mani Babbar) After 9/11 widened Al Qaeda’s ambitious war against most of the world, Osama bin Laden described his own axis-o-evil as being composed of “Crusaders, Zionists and Hindus.” But at some point, without anyone much noticing, that seems … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Europe, geostrategy, Hindus, India, Iraq, Jammu, Jhelum River, Kashmir, Middle East, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, propaganda, religion, Terrorism, Tigris River, United States, war
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Life Imitates the Onion
9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous’ al Qaeda says – The Onion April 2nd Al-Qaeda accuses Iran of 9/11 lie – BBC April 22nd
Posted in Chris' Page, Foreign affairs, Humor
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 conspiracy, al Qaeda, conspiracies, life imitates art, the onion, Zawahiri
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Pope To Pray For Terrorists at Ground Zero
(via Instapundit) Reportedly, the Pope will pray that Muslim terrorists convert to Christianity: The Pope will pray for the redemption of Islamic terrorists when he visits the site of the September 11 attacks in New York next week. The pontiff … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 9/11, conversion, Ground Zero, Magdi Allam, Pope, prayer, terrorists
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