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Their Amerika - The song of the 'counter-tribalists'.
'Who is responsible for the attack on the World Trade Center?" I was asked on Counterspin, Canada's version of Crossfire.
"The men who hijacked the planes and flew them into the buildings, and those who financed and assisted them," I replied.
It was the wrong answer.
Another guest swiftly explained that though the terrorists were indeed partly to blame, we must understand that they were themselves responding to deeper causes-the general poverty and hopelessness of Afghanistan and many other Muslim countries, of course, but also America's interventions in Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. By joining Pakistan in supporting the more fundamentalist ...
- Planes crash into World Trade Center, Pentagon; explosions rock...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Thomma, Steven September 11, 2001 700+ words
...level the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and blast into...explosions rocked Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan and the host country for the prime...into the north tower of the World Trade Center about 8:45 a.m., starting...
- Eight Years On.(Nation)(World Trade Center attack and Afghanistan...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Crocker, Ryan September 14, 2009 700+ words
...cabin. One of the towers of the World Trade Center was on fire, and smoke churned over...learning this lesson. As the war in Afghanistan enters its ninth year, with U.S...unlikely partners as it prepared for war in Afghanistan, and as the deputy assistant secretary...
- The Afghan connection. (Muslims in Afghanistan and the bombing of the World...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 10, 1993 700+ words
...where he is. One trouble about having him in America is the legacy that lives on from the war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. During the 1980s, America provided full-scale support for the fundamentalist mujahideen, including the 20,000 or...
- Seven World Trade Center Gets First Steel Support Beam in Rebuilding Effort.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 12, 2003 700+ words
...Manhattan. "Seven World Trade Center was the last building...just north of the trade center site, burst into flames...by local craftsmen in Afghanistan to commemorate Sept...competition to design the trade center despite having little...
- Alleged World Trade Center Bombing Mastermind Captured
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition February 9, 1995 700+ words
...forthcoming book on the World Trade Center bombing. Yousef was...the plot on the World Trade Center bombing. If we remember...that maybe he went to Afghanistan, maybe he went to Iraq...addition, a key World Trade Center defendant defected this...
- The Once and Future King? Exclusive: 'I have to get back to my country,' the...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Weymouth, Lally October 8, 2001 700+ words
...bin Laden would not be in Afghanistan without the help of the Taliban...dangerous. His presence in Afghanistan is a source of worry for...destruction of the World Trade Center? When I saw these two towers...who control a small part of Afghanistan and are fighting the Taliban...
- ?World Trade Center' movie draws various emotions: Film is based on true story...
- Newspaper article from: Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA) August 10, 2006 700+ words
...second tower of the trade center, and the second plane...concourse beneath the trade center when the towers began...to take the heat over Afghanistan and Iraq." "It...opinions about "World Trade Center" at www.timesleader...
- U.S. AGENTS CAPTURE KEY BOMBING SUSPECT RAMZI AHMED YOUSEF, THE ALLEGED...
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 9, 1995 700+ words
...blast at the World Trade Center. According to sources...was believed to be the trade center ringleader, who apparently...Kennedy Airport from Afghanistan in September 1992...terrorists to build the trade center bomb. At 11 p.m...
