Fallout

Stories related to 11 Sept 2001.

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"There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right." "We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004

Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences:

'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.'
-U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003

On the road to losing the peace :

'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.'
-Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003

Wednesday, 11 September 2002

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Miss Liberty strikes back. The courts and even some of his allies have turned against John Ashcroft and his attack on civil rights -- and he has only his own bungling and overreaching to blame. [Salon.com]

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Real Solace in a Virtual World: Memorials Take Root on the Web. Thousands of memorial Web Sites sprang into existence in the days after Sept. 11 and continue to attract throngs of visitors each month. By Amy Harmon. [New York Times: Technology] ' "For the first time in history we have grass-roots, spontaneous records of how people were feeling and how they reacted and what they were saying during this kind of major event," said Tom Scheinfeldt, the site's co-director and a historian at George Mason University. '

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World remembers 11 September. People and countries around the globe launch their own events to honour the victims of the terror attacks. [BBC News | WORLD]

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One Camera, Then Thousands, Indelibly Etching a Day of Loss. IT started with one shot. At 8:46 a.m., Jules Naudet, a rookie filmmaker making a film about a rookie firefighter, was practicing his camera work. He heard a roar overhead and pointed his camera up. Kenneth T. Jackson, the president of the New-York Historical Society, believes that was the only camera that captured American Airlines Flight 11 hitting the north tower. By Sarah Boxer. [New York Times: Arts] "A growing divide separated the raw and the cooked. Kevan Jackson, the vice president for operations and business development at the New-York Historical Society, which became a repository of Sept. 11 videos, photographs and artifacts, said, "What we really want is raw footage." But as time passed, more and more videos were cooked."

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US threatens world peace, says Mandela. Nelson Mandela condemns US action in the Middle East[cedilla] saying President Bush wants to attack Iraq because of oil and arms sales. [BBC News | WORLD]

Good to hear from a man with some moral authority.

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Newfoundland hosts PM, remembrance services

A Newfoundland town played host to thousands of people who gathered Wednesday to remember the Sept. 11 attacks and the safe harbour Canadians provided to stranded travellers. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News] "More than 6,500 people and 37 planes were diverted to Gander, a town of 10,000 people."

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Canadians pause to remember U.S. day of terror

Canadians all over the country are marking the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in fire halls, churches, airports, memorials and public spaces. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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September 11 - One Year Later...

The cbc.ca page on the first anniversary.

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1.	CBS News \| Kerry: Bush Has ' No Credibility ' \| September 22, 2004 ...
2.	Palestinian leader: Bush has no credibility
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4.	prochoiceamerica.org : Bush's Statement Has No Credibility
5.	People's Daily Online -- Palestinian leader: Bush has no credibility
6.	Columns: Cheney has no credibility on Iraq
7.	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| 'America has no credibility '
8.	Hugh Hewitt
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10.	Church of the Churchless: Jeb Bush's neurologist has no credibility

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