September 11

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Supreme Court Will Not Hear 9/11 Victims Claims Vs. Saudi Arabia

AP | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its prin...

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Torture Used to Link Saddam with 9/11

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Waterboarding, Saddam Hussein, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Obama's intent to immunize those who violated our laws banning torture and cruel treatment violates the President's constitutional duty to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."

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What If A Plane Hit A Nuclear Power Plant?

AFP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Nuclear Registry Commission, Nuclear Power, September 11, Green News

Firms building nuclear power stations will have to present designs that limit the possible effects of a large aircraft hitting the facility, the US nu...

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Study: 9/11 Lung Problems Persist Years Later

AP | AMY WESTFELDT | Posted 03.08.2009 | Living

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NEW YORK — Researchers tracking Sept. 11 responders who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site found many had lung problems yea...

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Gitmo War Court: Two Accused Of Orchestrating 9/11 Attacks Offer Confessions

AP | BEN FOX | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Two alleged orchestrators of the 2001 attacks on America casually declared their guilt on Monday in a messy an...

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The Myth of Bush As The Hero of 9/11

Bob Cesca | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Bush Legacy Project, George Bush, Bush Administration, Karl Rove, Bush, Mark Halperin, Politics News

The notion that Bush somehow rose above and beyond the very basic template -- the standard operating procedure for reacting to a crisis is nothing more than a tall tale. A lie, if you will.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: France Tries Accused 9/11 Plotter In Tunisia Blast

AP | PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

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PARIS — A European convert to Islam allegedly caught on camera beside Osama bin Laden denied Monday any role in a 2002 suicide attack on a Tunis...

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Lessons for President-Elect Obama From Mumbai

Father Paul Mayer | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Middle East, Mumbai Attacks, 9/11, Jihadism, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Muslim, September 11th, Politics News

In Afghanistan we find a bloody quagmire so hopeless that ordinary Afghanis are not sure who to fear more -- the American occupiers or the often ruthless Taliban.

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No Time for Revenge

Kalpana Sharma | Posted 01.17.2009 | World

Read More: September 11, Mumbai Attacks, War India Pakistan, Peace in India, Robin Morgan, India Pakistan Relations, Muslim Americans, World News

Ever since the terror strike in Mumbai, many of us have strained hard to find voices advocating peace. The overwhelming chant is one demanding war and revenge. It is reminiscent of the U.S. post 9/11.

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If National Security Matters, Don't Vote GOP

Donna and Ed Bassett | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

We haven't been hit domestically again by terrorists because of the work of dedicated men and women, domestic and foreign, who have kept us safe -- in spite of the Bush Administration, not because of it.

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On Anniversary Of Bombing Afghanistan, We Need A Surge In Diplomacy

Kelly Campbell | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan War, John McCain, Afghanistan, Us Forces, Taliban, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Campaign 2008, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, September 11, Bush Administration, Civilian Casualties, Nato, Election 2008, Home News

If we want to help build a stable and democratic Afghanistan, we should drastically revamp our humanitarian aid to assure that it goes to projects identified by Afghans as crucial and supports the local economy by employing local workers, not high-priced foreign contractors.

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Let The Politics Of Anger Prevail

Lance Simmens | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

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Fear versus anger, defense versus offense, past versus future, insecurity versus hope. These are the trademarks of the current decisions Americans must make in the next six weeks.

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9/11 Manhattan Streets

Thomas Shomaker | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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After being awakened to the news that America was under attack, I began charging my Hi8 camcorder. This video is a documentation of my experience that day.

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Reflecting on Our Response to 9/11

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Terrorism, Sept. 11, War, September 11, 9/11, Diplomacy, 9-11, Faith, Peacemaking, Torture, Politics News

Seven years later, as we remember that day, it is appropriate to reflect on the statement and to wonder how the world would be different if its counsel had been heeded.

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George W. Bush Wins The War On Terror Through Clerical Revision

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: September 11, War on Terror, George W. Bush, Dana Perino, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

"He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie." -- Joseph Hel...

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Losing a Friend on 9/11 -- And the Losses Since

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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It's always amazed me how people could invoke 9/11 to sell or accept war, torture and wiretapping, yet the citizens of New York are most opposed to all of those measures.

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McCain Started Pushing For Iraq War Moments After Sept. 11 Attacks

Think Progress | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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On the morning of the 9/11, just moments after the World Trade Center collapsed from the terrorist strikes, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went on television...

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Pentagon Memorial To 9/11 Will Be Dedicated Tomorrow

REUTERS | Andrew Gray | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the morning of September 11, 2001, Patrick Smith was walking toward a television set in a Pentagon office to get news of the...

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Meet The (White) Man Who Inspired Wright's Controversial Sermon

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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Meet the man who inspired Reverend Jeremiah Wright's now famous tirade about America's foreign policy inciting the terrorist attacks of September 11. ...

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Bush SOTU: Bin Laden Mentioned Once, Pakistan Twice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Pakistan, Missing Words, Legacy, Bush, September 11, Change, Al Qaida, Bin Laden, Freedom, Katrina, Sotu, Bhutto, President Bush, State of the Union, Politics News

Sometimes, during a speech, what is left unsaid is more telling than the words uttered. This was certainly true during Monday night's State of the Uni...

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Giuliani Op-Ed: I Prepared New York To Handle 9/11

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed today on homeland security, Rudy Giuliani references September 11 nine separate times. In one of those instances, he cl...

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McCain: People Will Enlist If Bush Urges Them To

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Republican White House hopeful John McCain said Wednesday that President Bush made a mistake after the Sept. 11 terror attacks by encouraging people t...

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Giuliani Party Asks For $9.11 Per Head At Fundraiser

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign. Abraham Sofaer is ...

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