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Why Al Qaeda is Unlikely to Execute Another 9/11
It is Sept. 1, and that means we are once again approaching the
anniversary of al Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United
States. In the 10 years that have passed since the attacks, a lot has
happened and much has changed in the world, but many people can still
vividly recall the sense of fear, uncertainty and helplessness they felt
on that September morning. Millions of people watched United Airlines
flight 175 smash into the south tower of the World Trade Center on live
television. A short while later they heard that another plane had struck
the Pentagon. Then they watched in horror as the World Trade Center’s
twin towers buckled and collapsed to the ground.
It was, by any measure, a stunning, cataclysmic scene, a kind of terrorist theater that transformed millions of television viewers into vicarious victims. Excerpts of the just-released memoir of then-Vice President Dick Cheney demonstrate that it was not just ordinary people who were affected by the attacks; America’s leaders where shocked and shaken, too. And judging from the statements of foreign citizens and leaders in the wake of 9/11, those who proclaimed, “We are all Americans,” it was also apparent that the toll on vicarious victims did not stop at the U.S. border. Read more »
It was, by any measure, a stunning, cataclysmic scene, a kind of terrorist theater that transformed millions of television viewers into vicarious victims. Excerpts of the just-released memoir of then-Vice President Dick Cheney demonstrate that it was not just ordinary people who were affected by the attacks; America’s leaders where shocked and shaken, too. And judging from the statements of foreign citizens and leaders in the wake of 9/11, those who proclaimed, “We are all Americans,” it was also apparent that the toll on vicarious victims did not stop at the U.S. border. Read more »
Dispatch: Iran and Russia Miss Another Bushehr Deadline
As another deadline for the completion of the Bushehr Nuclear Power
Plant passes, analyst Reva Bhalla examines the complexities in the
Iran-Russia relationship. Watch the Video »
