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A slip of the tongue by a member of al-Qaeda may have betrayed the fact that Osama bin-Laden is dead. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has confessed to being one of the masterminds behind the September 11 attacks, made the mistake during a TV interview to be broadcast on the first anniversary of 911 on al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite TV network. During the interview, he referred to bin-Laden, who has not been seen since the fall of the Taliban, in the past tense.
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Syndicated columnist and author Arianna Huffington asks this question about the latest accounting scandals at major U.S. companies, which have caused investors to lose their life savings. The biggest problem is that most of the actions of the accountants and CEOs were perfectly legal?at least they could be interpreted that way, due to our convoluted tax and accounting systems. How can we clean up this mess so the public feels safe to invest again? To read this Insight,click here.

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Whitley Strieber posted this Journal on September 27, 2001: Before September 11, we were one country. Now we are another. In the old America, we were self-assuredly embarking on what was actually a very strange and forked road. On the one hand, our new administration was promoting globalism and free trade. On the other, it was pursuing a policy of isolation and disengagement. It had more-or-less withdrawn from the Arab-Israeli peace process. Our national defense was being refocused on two things: a massive reduction in our conventional armed forces, and the creation of an anti-missile shield. We were in the process of simultaneously encouraging open borders while at the same time withdrawing from our foreign military commitments.
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Anne Strieber posted this Diary entry on September 17, 2001: Last week I attended a typical charity dinner, celebrating the raising of $15 million to make needed additions and renovations to San Fernando Cathedral here in San Antonio. It was an ecumenical event and ministers from several faiths stood up and gave speeches. I noticed how nervous the local Muslim cleric looked and thought he was courageous to have come. After I got home, I discovered that a popular nearby Persian restaurant had its glass door smashed in by vandals.

This made me reflect on how Tuesday?s terrorism is being touted as a religious act by the perpetrators. This gives rise to an automatic reaction in those of us who are under attack: we hate the religion that is terrorizing us.
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