SUBSCRIPTIONS, BACK ISSUES, BOX SETS AND MORE AVAILABLE AT THE MAISONNEUVE BOUTIQUE
The headline on the intelligence estimate, said Daniel L. Byman, a former intelligence officer and the director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University, might just as well have been the same as on the now famous presidential brief of Aug. 6, 2001: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.”
Five years after 9/11, there have been no further terrorist attacks in the United States. Many claim that the threat nevertheless remains very high. In this special Web-only feature, an all-star cast of experts assess the state of the "war on terror" at five.
Five years after 9/11, there have been no further terrorist attacks in the United States, but many claim that the danger remains real and that another might be just around the corner. John Mueller argues in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs that the "fear-mongerers" are wrong and that the threat is much less dire than most people think. In this special Web exclusive, Foreign Affairs has assembled and all-star panel — James Fallows, Fawaz Gerges, Jessica Stern, and Paul R. Pillar — to assess Mueller's claim and the general state of the "war on terror" at five.
APPETITE FOR JUSTICE
by Ceri Au
May 4, 2006 maisonneuve.org/
Commonly referred to as the “20th hijacker,” Zacarias
Moussaoui remains the only person ever to stand trial in the US in
connection with the 9/11 attacks. In April 2005, he pleaded guilty to six
charges including conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism, conspiracy to
use weapons of mass destruction and conspiracy to destroy aircraft. After
seven days of deliberations, a jury in Alexandria, Virginia decided
yesterday that Moussaoui should spend the rest of his life in prison
rather than face the death penalty, as federal prosecutors, backed
publicly by the Bush administration, had demanded. For more than four years,
Moussaoui participated in a media circus of his own-making with a series of
bizarre courtroom stunts. From refusing to speak with his court-appointed
lawyers, to filing motions
suggesting the judge and his own council were trying to murder him, to
stunning the court with declarations that he and ‘shoe-bomber’ Richard
Reid were tasked with hijacking a fifth
plane targeting the White House—it’s hardly surprising that one of his
lawyers emerged from court yesterday and admitted that Moussaoui was “the
most difficult client I’ve ever had in my life.”
As Tom Clark
reported on CTV
News, Moussaoui will be jailed in Colorado’s "SuperMax" prison, known
to house America’s most dangerous felons. Upon hearing the jury’s verdict,
Moussaoui clapped his hands and reportedly shouted: “America you lost.”
Although Moussaoui was in FBI custody on September 11, 2001 – he was
arrested after his flight instructor found it suspicious he only wanted to
practice flying planes, not land them, on a flight simulator – he did not
reveal details about the planned hijackings that ultimately killed more
than 3,000 people. For this reason, the Bush administration will press
ahead with an appeal of the jury’s decision. Commenting
from the White House, Bush declared “Evil, will not have the final say.”
Yet as Neil McDonald explained on The
National, the jury found several mitigating points in their decision
to spare Moussaoui’s life. Among them, Moussaoui’s self-aggrandizement of
his actual role in planning the attacks, the fact that he was the product
of a broken-home and that he faced extensive racism growing up. The jury’s
decision was not, La
Presse reports, based on the belief that giving Moussaoui the death
penalty would turn him into a martyr for extremists around the world.
Outside the courthouse, relatives of 9/11 victims lined up to give
statements, a majority of whom appeared satisfied with the jury’s
decision. An Associated Press article appearing in the
Citizen and the
Star points out that yesterday’s decision was the sixth time in a row
federal prosecutors have failed to receive a death sentence. The verdict
was deemed even more shocking considering the proximity of the courthouse
to the Pentagon, one of the targets of the 9/11 attacks. But as Moussaoui
trades the media spotlight for the obscurity of prison, MediaScout wonders
if the public’s thirst for justice has truly been
sated.
THE
LEADS:
THE NATIONAL: “Spared
death: A US Jury reaches its decision on Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias
Moussaoui”
CTV NEWS: “Life
sentence: The verdict that stunned the White House”
THE GLOBE AND
MAIL: “Budget
puts provinces at odds”
THE NATIONAL POST: “Terrorism’s
‘new guard’”
TORONTO STAR: “Buyers
want GST cut…now” (top non-local)
LA PRESSE: “Mont
Orford controversy: Quebec pushes ahead”
OTTAWA CITIZEN: Iran
detains Canadian scholar
Petition to the Senate to Investigate Oddities Involving 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Tuesday Apr 11, 2006 nyt Right Trial, Wrong Defendant The Zacarias Moussaoui death-penalty proceeding has been misguided as the signature prosecution of the 9/11 atrocities.
March 28, 2006 The Pentagon Attack:
What the Physical Evidence Shows
In this essay I asked what conclusions about the Pentagon attack were supported by physical evidence -- primarily post-crash photographs of the site. I found that, in every aspect I considered, this evidence comports with the crash of a Boeing 757. At the same time, the evidence does not conclusively prove that the aircraft was a 757, much less that it was Flight 77. However, that lack of conclusiveness should not be surprising given the systematic suppression of evidence by authorities.
index tos slides
Tuesday Feb 28, 2006 nyt U.S. Is Settling Detainee's Suit in 9/11 Sweep An Egyptian man who was held for months after 9/11 and deported after being cleared of terrorist links will receive $300,000.
Wednesday Feb 1, 2006 nyt When 9/11 Shakes Privileged Mind-Sets
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In Jay McInerney's latest novel, the boom years have come to a dead halt with 9/11 — an event that rocks even his most jaded hedonists.
Wednesday Jan 4, 2006 nyt Agency First Acted on Its Own to Broaden Spying, Files Show
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE
The N.S.A. acted without a formal directive from President Bush to expand its domestic surveillance in the weeks after 9/11.
2005
Friday Dec 9, 2005 ec Could do better
The members of the federal commission set up to investigate the September 11th attacks issued a final report on the American government's response to their recommendations. Although some progress has been made, the members gave a grade “F” in areas such as pre-screening airline passengers and providing cash to cities most at risk.
Federal air marshals shot and killed a man at Miami airport who said he had a bomb and ran from an aircraft. No bomb was found. It is the first case of a shooting incident involving an air marshal since September 11th 2001.
John Campbell, the Republican candidate, won a special congressional election in a conservative district in southern California, seeing off a challenge not just from the Democrats but also from Jim Gilchrist, a co-founder of the Minuteman Project, which vociferously opposes illegal immigration.
Wednesday Nov 23, 2005 nyt mStill Searching for a Strategy
Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks
By ADAM LIPTAK
U.S. efforts at holding and punishing suspected terrorists have been notable for false starts and a reluctance to test the government's broadest claims in the courts.
Sunday Sep 11, 2005 nyt Revising 9/11
Hurricane Katrina has forced us to expand our vision of 9/11, which, until now, had defined the limits of tragedy in America.
Saturday Sep 10, 2005 nyt
 |
A Deepening Gloom at Ground Zero Four years have passed since the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and the road to recovery at ground zero looks bleaker than ever. With an audio slide show.

|
September 4, 2005 nyt
Falluja Floods the Superdome By FRANK RICH
The failures of 9/11 come home to roost.
Saturday Aug 13, 2005
NEW YORK REGION |
|
 |
Complete Coverage: The Sept. 11 Records The city of New York opened part of its archive of records from Sept. 11, 2001, releasing a digital avalanche of oral histories, dispatchers' tapes and phone logs.

|
Saturday Aug 13, 2005 nyt Vast Archive Yields New View of 9/11
By JIM DWYER
The oral histories are a mosaic of vision and memory recalling the human struggle against surging fire, confusion, and horror.
Thursday Jul 7, 2005 ts
Security boom
While the terrorist attacks of 9/11 dealt a serious blow to the U.S. and Canadian economies, one business sector that did benefit was the private security industry. Hicham Safieddine reports.
The Downing St. Memo Jul 2002
Why it mattrers a video from alternet.org/
Friday Jun 10, 2005 ts
FBI under fire for 9/11 blunders
WASHINGTON— The inability to detect the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking plot amounts to a "significant failure" by the FBI and was caused in large part by "widespread and long-standing deficiencies" in the way it handled terrorism and intelligence cases, according to a new report released yesterday.
Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore) see preview
The highest-grossing documentary of all time!
ttp://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/14340.content.html
Sunday Nov 14, 2004
Do you believe there is a U.S. government cover-up surrounding 9/11? last seen 90% voted Yes
October 14, 2004 nyt
9/11 VICTIMS COLLECT $38.1 BILLION US IN COMPENSATION
Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have received $38.1
billion US in compensation so far from insurance companies, the U.S.
government and charities, according to a study released Monday by the
Rand Institute for Civil Justice.
October 14, 2004 nyt
Addicted to 9/11 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Monday Oct 4, 2004 tsPost-9/11 heroic hokum is all smoke, no fire
In his role as Cap`n Mike Kennedy, the paternal mentor to the Baltimore firefighters whose uncomplicatedly selfless exploits comprise the bulk of Ladder 49, John Travolta asks a reasonable question of these kind of men: What makes them run into a burning building when most would run out?
Sep 11, 2004 ![[click for full 75 minutes of video/ 539x214 ]](http://www.economist.com/images/ga/2004w37/Report.jpg)
Intelligence meets politics The Economist Congressmen have begun a drive to reform America’s intelligence and counterterrorism efforts. But competing proposals—and the political points to be scored before November’s presidential election—will make agreement difficult
Saturday Sep 11, 2004 cbs
Poll: 50% of NYC Says U.S. Govt Knew
Please click here for the movie "9-11: IN PLANE SITE". . . . . .
The video is contentious, it develops very slowly but if you make time to do so and stick with it you will very likely find that it does in fact pose some real questions to which I at least have no sensible answers. {75 minutes of video/ Color / Not Rated }
This video from The Power Hour was sent to us by an Ottawa friend and the full 75 minutes can be seen by clicking on the image.
![[click for full 75 minutes of video/ ]](http://www.911inplanesite.com/policestate_images/pentagon_2.jpg)
"911 In Plane Site" ?
NOTE: The absence of a 100 ft. crater on the
front lawn. For reference, the hole that you see on the front of the Pentagon is only about 65 ft. wide.
Where is a hole large enough to accommodate an airplane which is 124 ft. wide and 44 ft. tall? Where is the Boeing 757 wreckage? What happened to the passengers?
Hi Diane and David,
A propos to the absence of a large crater or passengers at the Pentagon - let me share a personal experience at a crash site.
I was driving from Ste-Adele to Montreal on the evening of November 29, 1963 when I heard on the radio that a Trans-Canada DC 8 had disappeared minutes after takeoff from Dorval and was believed to have crashed north of Montreal. As I neared Ste-Therese-de-Blainville on the Autoroute I saw many police vehicles heading north and I assumed that this was connected with the disappearance of the DC 8 - I made a u-turn and followed them to the crash site. At that time the area had not been cordoned off and with flashlight in hand, I was free to wander about and stayed for over an hour. There was no fire even though the DC 8 would have had a full load of fuel for its flight to Miami; there were pieces of plane wreckage strewn about but I did not see a crater, I had the eerie feeling that the plane had buried itself! The only human remain that I saw was a thumb, sort of hanging from a shrub by a tendon - it could have belonged to a member of the flight deck since the ground at that location was littered with pages from flight manuals and airports landing guides.
I found it hard to believe that a DC 8 (with 118 persons on board) had just crashed at that site!
Gerry
PS I was living in Dorval at that time and dating a stewardess who lost her room-mate on that flight.
Sunday Sep 19, 2004 ts
Hunt the Boeing! the show made in France
| more | Google 1,760 pages
Sunday Sep 19, 2004 ts
Moore foes offer DVD swap
A right-wing American publisher is trying to save the world from Michael Moore, one DVD at a time.
Friday Aug 6, 2004 cbc
MOORE PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED: POLL
Michael Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, is making money, but it's
not making new friends, a poll shows.
Friday Aug 6, 2004 cbc
MOORE PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED: POLL
Michael Moore's movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, is making money, but it's
not making new friends, a poll shows.
THE LEADS: from maisonneuve.org/
SUNDAY REPORT: “Code Orange: The US raises its alert level”
CTV NEWS: “Armed and Ready: America faces the most specific threat
since 9/11”
LA PRESSE: “The United States on edge”
Tuesday Aug 3, 2004 THE STRAIGHT GOODS:
Tom Ridge warns of new and specific threats against America’s “iconic”
financial institutions. Dozens are injured as five Iraqi Christian
churches are attacked in the first coordinated violence against Iraq’s
Christian minority. Workers and union organizers are fighting to make a
Wal-Mart in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, the first unionized Wal-Mart in North
America.
July 22, 2004 cbc INDEPTH: SEPTEMBER 11
The 9/11 Commission Report: a summary
Thursday Jul 29th 2004 ec
In defence of the intelligence services
JERUSALEM The committees of inquiry into American and British intelligence failures may have left the West less secure, argues Efraim Halevy, an ex-chief of Mossad
Thursday Jul 29, 2004 tc
9/11 film is moving, bin Laden kin says
PARIS (AP) — A half-brother of Osama bin Laden says he enjoyed most of Michael Moore`s Fahrenheit 9/11, except for what he called "inaccuracies" about his family.
Monday Jul 26, 2004 tc
Clinton, 9/11 cloud Democratic meeting
OTTAWA—This week`s U.S. Democratic convention will have two clouds over it.
Friday Jul 23, 2004 ec
U.S. failed `to grasp 9/11 threat magnitude` Americans were left unprotected by successive governments unable to grasp the threat posed by Al Qaeda, an independent panel studying the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide attacks has concluded. Tim Harper reports from Washington.
Friday Jul 23, 2004 ec
9/11 COMMISSION SLAMS 'FAILURE OF IMAGINATION'
A 'failure of imagination' was the greatest problem that allowed the
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 to happen, the bipartisan commission looking
into the attacks concluded. links Full report & more
Friday Jul 23, 2004 ec
The September 11th attacks Still haunting America
Although it spreads the blame, the September 11th report raises politically awkward questions for the Bush administration
Friday Jul 23, 2004 ts 9/11 report urges overhaul
WASHINGTON—The final report of the commission studying the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will today call for an overhaul of the U.S. intelligence community and point to "deep institutional failings`` within successive governments that were exploited by the hijackers.
Tuesday Jul 13, 2004 ts Iraq-Al Qaeda link debunked
WASHINGTON—The commission investigating the 9/11 attacks is nearing completion of a finalreport that will probably stand by the conclusions of the panel`s staff and largely dismiss White House theories about a close working relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda, and possible Iraqi involvement in Sept. 11, 2001, say commission officials.
Saturday May 1, 2004 cbc BUSH 'CANDID' WITH 9/11 COMMISSION
U.S. President George W. Bush, who had resisted the creation of an independent Sept. 11 commission, said he enjoyed being questioned by its members Thursday, adding that he answered every question during his three-hour meeting with them.
Friday Apr 16, 2004 ts FBI director Robert Mueller testifies before the Sept. 11 commission yesterday.
CIA failed to act on pilot-school alert
WASHINGTON—In August, 2001, George Tenet and his deputies at the CIA were given a briefing paper labelled "Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly" about the arrest days earlier of Zacarias Moussaoui — but they did not act on the information.
April 9, 2004
For advice on travel to Spain, see
'No silver bullet' to prevent 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice defended the White House against charges it had not taken the threat from al-Qaeda seriously before Sept. 11, saying there was no "silver bullet" to prevent the attacks.
Friday Apr 9, 2004 ec
He said, she saidCondoleezza Rice has given a firm response to the accusations that the Bush administration did not take terrorism seriously before September 11th. There are now two competing versions of the story, and in a polarised America voters are likely to believe the one they were already inclined to believe
Friday Apr 9, 2004 ts
Security adviser sticks to the script
WASHINGTON—When U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice took the stage yesterday, her task was to defend President George W. Bush against the charge that he was inattentive to terrorism before attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and to defuse a debate that threatens his re-election campaign.
Friday Apr 9, 2004 ts
No way to stop attack: Rice
WASHINGTON—U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice has used a historic public hearing to paint a picture of a vigilant Bush administration that was on high alert to the dangers of Al Qaeda, but was ultimately blind to the specific threat posed by Osama bin Laden during the summer of 2001.
Howard Dean
from
Political Site of this Week CBC on Sep 11
Osama bin Laden w-n page
bbc on
TIMELINE
|
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European,or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent?
Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you
separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds
violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to
any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he
is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.
|
|
Cato scholars insight
Since the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, Cato Institute scholars have published a series of articles examining various issues, ranging from military strategy to civil liberties to the economic and political impact of the attacks. Below you'll find these pieces arranged by topic. Media should click on the "press information" link at the left for list of Cato experts in each of these areas. work Cato scholars have done since September 11 regarding a potential U.S. war with Iraq.
cbc tv Jul. 31, 2001 September 11 [2:36] | From Unforgettable Moments
| September 11, 2001 [2:36] | From "That Was Then..."
Sep. 11, 2001
September 11, 2001 [2:36] | From "That Was Then..."
Four passenger planes have been hijacked - two have flown into New York City's World Trade Center, another has crashed into the Pentagon, and a fourth airliner has gone down in a field near Pittsburgh. The American Federal Aviation Authority is diverting all international flights bound for the United States, rerouting approximately 200 planes to Canada. All other air travel has been halted.
From coast to coast, security is heightened in Canada's flooded airports. Travelers sit around television sets in airport lounges, watching the unbelievable coverage unfold. CBC News has this report on the thousands of international travelers who are stranded in Canadian airports, waiting and hoping to find a safe passage home.
• Following September 11, Canada stepped up its air security measures spending $55.7 million on advanced explosive-detection systems, $9 million to hire new customs and security inspectors, and $3 million for extra training of airline and airport security workers.
The costliest disaster on the U.S. list was the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at $20.7-billion, followed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 at $19.9-billion and the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake at $15.2-billion.
2003
Tuesday Dec 23, 2003 bbc
Deadline runs out for 9/11 fund
Tuesday Dec 23, 2003 ts
Families sue U.S., reject 9/11 `bribe'
Ignore deadline for compensation
Payouts average $1.8 million
Wednesday Dec 17, 2003 cbc
U.S. VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS: NOBEL WINNER
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi of Iran Wednesday took aim at the
United States for using the events of Sept. 11, 2001 and the war on
terror to violate the rights of Muslims.
Thursday, 4 September, 2003, bbc
Towering problems
Rebuilding on World Trade Center site still arouses passions
Thursday Sep 4, 2003 cbc
CANADIANS JOIN 9/11 TRILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT
Some families of Canadians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have joined
thousands of Americans in a $1-trillion US lawsuit against the alleged
financial backers of the terrorists.
TORONTO: CANADIANS JOIN SEPT. 11 LAWSUIT
Several Canadian families who lost family members in the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks have joined a class-action lawsuit in the U.S.
brought against its presumed financial backers. The Canadians' lawyer
in Toronto, Paul Miller, says 22 individuals from at least five
families have joined the $1-trillion action. Mr. Miller says those
joining in the lawsuit are doing so not for financial gain but rather
to prevent future attacks. The lawyer says attacks such as those that
took place on Sept. 11 can only be carried out with financial support
and that the removal of that support is the best way to prevent them
from recurring. Canadians have until Sept. 10 to join the lawsuit.
The defendants in the case named in the court documents include the
Sudanese government, members of the Saudi royal family, and several
banks and charities.
 |
 |
 |
| Friday Aug 29, 2003 bbc |
 |
  |
Tapes rekindle horror of 9/11
Transcripts of frantic calls made as 9/11 victims tried to flee the burning twin towers are released in New York. |
Wednesday Aug 6, 2003 TORONTO:
FAMILIES OF CANADIAN 9- 11 VICTIMS INVITED TO JOIN
CLASS-ACTION SUIT
The families of the 25 Canadians who lost their lives in the Sept. 11
attacks have until Sept. 10 to join a class-action lawsuit. That's
the date fixed by a judge in the U.S. for the deadline for the
families of victims to join a lawsuit against the parties allegedly
responsible for the terrorist attacks. The $1-trillion lawsuit was
filed on last year on behalf of 4,000 plaintiffs, mostly of them
Americans. The suit has been filed against the Saudi royal family,
the government of Sudan, and a number of banks and charities. Paul
Miller is the Toronto-based lawyer organizing the participation of
any Canadians who choose to join the lawsuit. Mr. Miller says the
case is more than just trying to recover money from an insurance
company but rather about an attempt to stop terrorists. The lawyer
says that the more Canadians are involved, the more money will be
taken from the people who fund terrorists. Mr. Miller says no
Canadians have so far joined the class-action suit.
Sunday Mar 2, 2003 cbc
KEY 9/11 SUSPECT INTERROGATED IN PAKISTAN
American politicians continued to gush over the capture of the accused
mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, as the suspect was interrogated in
Pakistan.
Sep 2002 National Geographic
Sunday Mar 2, 2003 cbc
Pakistanis Arrest Qaeda Figure Seen as Planner of 9/11
By ERIK ECKHOLM
The arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed represented a major victory in the U.S.-led global search for leaders of Al Qaeda.
Sunday Mar 2, 2003 cbc
U.S. HAILS ARREST OF ACCUSED 9/11 SCHEMER
In a development that Washington calls "extraordinarily significant,"
Pakistan arrested a man Saturday suspected of being one of the
masterminds behind the Sept. 11 attacks.
Saturday Mar 1, 2003 nyt
The Pentagon Releases a Proposed List of War Crimes to Be Judged by Tribunals By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Categories in the document include attacks on civilians, the taking of hostages, the use of poisons, the deployment of human shields, terrorism and rape.
Friday Feb 28, 2003 nyt
Libeskind Design Chosen for Rebuilding at Ground Zero
By EDWARD WYATT
An open pit will stand as the centerpiece of the city's effort to rebuild following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
2002

|
SEPTEMBER 11 REMEMBERED
Canadians from coast to coast stepped up on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to tell their stories.
|
Sunday Oct 6, 2002 nyc
Defining Evil in the Wake of 9/11
A new book looks for guideposts in Lisbon's earthquake, fires and floods of 1755.
September 11, 2002 A day to remember by David Jones
Remembrance. Remembrance. Remembrance. We are deep into the nonstop "remembrance" process: speeches; plaques; statues; TV specials; books; poems; personal stories; religious services; marches; declarations; minutes of silence. For some the activities of this day will be seen as solemn, dignified, and appropriate. For others mawkish, commercialized, self-absorbed: a veritable Super Bowl of Grief. And, of course, in the process, the U.S. lies open to the criticism of others.
Sep 13, 2002 NYT
Never Forget What?
By FRANK RICH
The unofficial motto of the 9/11 anniversary may have been "Never forget," but by 9/12, if not before, the war on Al Qaeda was already fading from memory.
Sep 13, 2002 cbc
9-1-1 PROVES LUCKY ON 9/11
The New York lottery rounded out a day of remembrance in a truly
astonishing way Wednesday night.
Friday Sep 13, 2002 rci OTTAWA:
PM GETS MIXED REVIEWS FOR SEPT. 11
REMARKS
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has
received both praise and blame for comments made
in a recorded interview that was aired by the
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Wednesday. The
interview concerning the Sept. 11 attacks was
taped last summer with the intention of
broadcasting it as part of coverage of the
event's first anniversary. In the interview, the
prime minister said that one of the lessons of
the attack is that western nations, including the
U.S., must take care not to misuse their power
and wealth. The leader of the federal official
opposition party, the Canadian Alliance,
expressed outrage. Stephen Harper says Mr.
Chrétien appears to be blaming the victims of the
attacks for their own unhappy fate. The leader of
the opposition Conservative Party, Joe Clark, has
defended the prime minister, saying Mr.
Chrétien's comments have been misinterpreted,
adding however that the prime minister is a
hypocrite to talk about the plight of the
developing world while his government chops
foreign aid. Many callers to radio talk shows
said on Thursday they agreed with the prime
minister's remarks.
PM says U.S. attitude helped fuel Sept. 11 | Globe 9/11/02 page
Thursday Sep 12, 2002 nyt
Imagining the Worst-Case Scenario in Iraq
By MILTON VIORST
In suggesting that our forces will dispose of Saddam Hussein in a war that is quick and painless, President Bush is clearly choosing not to consider the worst-case scenario.
9/11 HEADLINES BY cda com
September 11, 2002 A day to remember by David Jones
Remembrance. Remembrance. Remembrance. We are deep into the nonstop "remembrance" process: speeches; plaques; statues; TV specials; books; poems; personal stories; religious services; marches; declarations; minutes of silence. For some the activities of this day will be seen as solemn, dignified, and appropriate. For others mawkish, commercialized, self-absorbed: a veritable Super Bowl of Grief. And, of course, in the process, the U.S. lies open to the criticism of others.
Subject:
September 11: Enough Day
George W. Bush, acting upon a joint resolution of Congress, has declared
September 11 to be Patriot Day. According to his proclamation, we're
supposed to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities and
to display the flag at half-staff from their homes and observe a moment of
silence at 8:46 a.m. EDT, this in honor of the Americans who died in the
terrorist attack. I have heard of a better idea, so I'm making it a
proclamation of my own, which of course is completely unendorsed by any US
politician so far that I'm aware of.
I declare September 11 International Enough Day. Enough flag-waving,
enough violence, enough nationalism. Enough already! September 11 was not an
American tragedy ... it was a human tragedy. It was a tragedy not just for
the people in the US who died, but for every innocent person killed as a
result of the US reaction to the attacks as well. It was a tragedy for the
human spirit, regardless of nationality, religion, and anything else.
On September 11, let's say Enough. No more killing. Let's remember not
only the victims of the hijacked airplanes in the US, but of the embassy
bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Let's remember all the Israelis
killed by Palestinian bombers and all the Palestinians killed by Israeli
troops. Let's remember all the innocent people slain by Union Carbide in
Bhopal, India in 1984. Let's take the day to contemplate the people who've
been victims of genocidal warfare in Africa, and the ones who've starved to
death because of political games as well.
Let's remember the victims of the Holocaust and of the firebombing of
Dresden, too. Let's not forget those who were slain in the Mai Lai Massacre.
Instead of waving the flag of one nation and thinking only about our own
dead, let's make September 11 a day to remember all the people who've died
at the hands of someone else's political agenda through no fault of their
own, and let's say enough. We should stand up and disavow this, no matter
what country we're in, no matter what religion we are, no matter our
political affiliation or status or race or anything else.
If we had a moment of silence marking the time of every atrocity ever
committed in the name of nationalism, religion ... every atrocity
committed in the name of the artificial borders that try to make us forget
that we're all human, all in this together, all fragile creatures whose
lives can be snuffed out in an instant through no fault of our own ... then
we would never speak again. So we here in America should, I think, observe
September 11 as the day when the nightmares that humans around the world
have been living with for decades came lumbering ashore on the East Coast of
the US. We should see it for what it is; the day the US truly experienced
the horror that rings like a bell around the globe, from South America to
the Middle East to Micronesia, the day we joined the human race at a most
profound and fundamental level.
There should be no Patriot Day, no day to further emphasize that we're
different. Instead, let's say Enough. Enough of putting the interests of
any one nation above the interests of the human race. Enough dwelling on our
small differences. Enough killing each other over them. Enough hate, enough
fear, enough hunger, enough violence, enough bombing, enough.
We cannot find any
attribution for this 'Enough Day' text, but might add a note to that effect and
state that we would be happy to attribute if the author will contact us. On
the other hand, the author may not wish to do so because of fear of
reprisals, hate mail, whatever.
Last Wednesday Dr. John Jonas gave us an engineer's view of the tower's fall. For a well made computer interactive report of the attacks see the Guardian site.
BBC How the World Changed | ONE Year On | Video Video essays
Wednesday Sep 11, 2002 cbc
TSX GAINS; U.S. MARKETS FALTER ON DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange was light as investors did some
cautious buying Wednesday. But U.S. markets couldn't hold on to their
gains as the NYSE and the Nasdaq delayed the start of trading following
sombre remembrance services for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2002 cbc
NOT QUITE BUSINESS AS USUAL
The business community paused - and in some cases stopped entirely
- Wednesday as gestures of remembrance for the victims of Sept. 11
took precedence over normal day-to-day routines.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2002 cbc
THE ECONOMIC HIT: ONE YEAR LATER
Even as the smoke was still drifting across the wreckage of the World
Trade Center towers in the immediate aftermath of last September's
attacks, economists across Canada were struggling to quantify the likely
financial cost of the disaster. One thing seemed certain at the time
- they would have to redraw their outlook for the Canadian and
American economies.
CANADIANS PAUSE TO REMEMBER U.S. DAY OF TERROR
Canadians from sea to sea to sea are marking the first anniversary of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in fire halls, churches, airports,
memorials and public spaces.
AMERICANS MARK SEPT. 11
Americans began a series of sombre ceremonies Wednesday, commemorating
the lives of thousands killed in the terrorist attacks in Washington,
New York and Pennsylvania.
CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE HOLD SEPT. 11 CEREMONIES
New Zealand, Australia and Asian countries began marking the one-year
anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks while heightening security
around their own international interests.
 |
 |
| UK |
 |
  | St Paul's tribute to US victims A service is held at St Paul's Cathedral in London as the UK joins the world in marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. |
 |
 |
| Wednesday Sep 11, 2002 |
 |
| | City marks terror anniversary London's financial sector observes a minute's silence in remembrance of the September 11 terror attacks, exactly one year on. |
 |  | Their master's voice? An Arabic satellite television channel broadcasts what it says is the voice of Osama Bin Laden praising the 11 September hijackers |
| Wednesday Sep 11, 2002 |
 |  | One year on... 6 ways the UK changed since 11 September |
Sept 11 by canada.com An in-depth chronology of events since the 9/11 tragedy.
Also see NewYorkTimes
We note that some 3,500 Died in the Towers on September 11th. and we have bein going to furnals for a year. We also note that 36,000 childern die evey day for lack of food!
9/7/2002 Did world change forever?
About 35,000 children died of hunger Sept. 11, 2001, Senator Lois Wilson points out, and about 35,000 continue to die every day. THE NATIONAL POST Soon we will be awash in reportage and opinion on the occasion of the first anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, the day that changed the world forever. Or did it? Senator
Lois Wilson thinks not.
2001
September 24, 2001 “We have much to do and much to ask of the American people,” U.S. President George W. Bush said yesterday.
wise Links. | see also w-n on newsAfghanistanAECHIVE
Sept. 14, 2001
Real Video(Runs 4:09)
Rex Murphy on A Day for Mourning
14 September 2001
Letters from USAF offices
Recently, I was asked to look at the recent events through the lens of military history. I have joined the cast of thousands who have written an "open letter to Americans." ![[Version en français]](images/fr.gif)
Thanks to John Ciaccia
Mon 9/17/01 Of Human Missiles By WILLIAM SAFIRE
A powerful weapon of radical Islam is its ability to erase from the
brains of recruits the basic will to live. A perversion of one of
the world's great faiths produces suicide bombers.
Thanks to Diana Nicholson
September 11, 2001 Networks Solid After Attacks
By Paul Coe Clark III
Carriers contacted said they were increasing security and working to ensure that communications remained in place. The strongest threat to the network is unnecessary calling, and some carriers asked people to avoid non-essential calls.
"The volume of calls travelling on our long-distance network today is twice our normal traffic for a business day, and thus there is a significant amount of congestion on the circuits serving East Coast cities," AT&T spokesman Jim McGann told us today.
Sept. 12, 2001 Congress, please untie the president's hands
By RICHARD SINDELAR If we as a nation are to retaliate for what British Prime Minister Tony Blair has termed a "day of shame" for terrorists, as we inevitably must, then we should do so with a formal declaration of war.
Sindelar, a Houston attorney, is a former deputy director of the State Department's Office of Near East Analysis. and was a regular Wednesday-Night performer
Thu Sep 13 >CANADIANS USE CBC MESSAGE BOARDS TO EXPRESS FEELINGS
Tuesday began like any other day, as Canadians started the routines of
their regular, weekday lives of work and school, only to be jolted off
schedule by the news of devastating terror attacks in New York and
Washington.
DO see W-N FORUM with notes from frinds Frank Kinnelly & David Jones in Washington