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OP-ED COLUMNIST; How Fox Betrayed Petraeus
The rage over the “ground zero mosque” is not motivated by a serious desire to protect America, but by a desire for an election-season payoff.
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OBITUARY | OSAMA BIN LADEN, 1957-2011; An Emblem of Evil in the U.S., an Icon...
With the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden was elevated to the realm of evil in the American imagination once reserved for dictators like Hitler and Stalin.
View ArticleCRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Reading Bin Laden and His World
Since 9/11, there has been an outpouring of books about Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, the Sept. 11 attacks and the war in Afghanistan. Below is an annotated list of some of the more useful ones.Some of...
View ArticleBorn Into Privilege, Bin Laden Became the Face of Global Terror
Osama bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan early Monday, was a son of the Saudi elite whose radical, violent campaign to recreate a seventh-century Muslim empire redefined the threat of terrorism for...
View ArticleNews Corp. Newspapers May Face U.S. Inquiry
A British newspaper’s claim that journalists working for News Corporation tried to obtain phone records of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks may prompt an F.B.I. inquiry.
View ArticleF.B.I. Looks Into Hacking Of 9/11 Victims' Phones
The investigation will look into reports that journalists for The News of the World tried to gain access to phone records of people killed in the terrorist attacks.
View ArticleLike Former Mayors, a Statue Fades From View
The statue of a former New York City mayor who played a role in George Washington's presidential inauguration sits largely forgotten on a city island, a casualty, in some ways, of 9/11....
View ArticleTHE 9/11 DECADE; On a Haunted Shore, a Struggle to Let Go
The terrorist attacks scythed through generations of firefighters and Wall Street traders in the largely Irish-Catholic neighborhoods on the Rockaway peninsula. Also, the neighborhood’s Muslim bagel...
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Violent Islamism Has Failed
A former head of MI6 reflects on the decade since 9/11.
View ArticleProspects Improve for Sept. 11 Suits Against Nations
Victims of the attacks may now have their best chance yet to press lawsuits against nations they believe were financially complicit.
View ArticleFrom 9/11, a Lesson on Whales, Noise and Stress
A brief halt to shipping after the terrorist attacks appears to have lowered whales' stress levels, an ocean experiment suggests....
View ArticleEx-Senators Graham and Kerrey See Possible Saudi 9/11 Link
In affidavits in a lawsuit, former Senators Bob Graham and Bob Kerrey say they believe the Saudi government might have played a direct role in the attacks.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION NORTHOLT JOURNAL; At Olympics, Royal Air Force on...
The specter of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks hangs over the Royal Air Force operation at the Olympics, and the lessons learned from those attacks are central to its planning.
View ArticleROYAL AIR FORCE STATION NORTHOLT JOURNAL; An Olympics Vigil, From 30,000 Feet
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION NORTHOLT, England -- More than 70 years after squadrons of Spitfire and Hurricane fighters flew from here into an epic air battle with Hitler's Luftwaffe, pilots flying the...
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