Sidelights.

One third of Germans under age 30 believe the U.S. government may have sponsored the 9/11 terror attacks, according to a study by the German weekly Die Zeit. Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi's son, Saif al-eslam Qaddafi, told CNN he "would like to send this message to the American people and the American government that we, the Libyan people, we want to have a more constructive and fruitful relationship with the Americans.... We don't want confrontation and aggression and, you know, to fight anymore. It's over. It's behind us now. It's dead with the Cold War." ... Hossein Khomeini, a grand-son of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was quoted in the Scotsman observing that the Iranian people "really need freedom and freedom must come about. Freedom is more important than bread. But if there's no way for freedom in Iran other than American intervention, I think the people would accept that. I would accept it, too, because it's in accord with my faith." Danish troops serving in Iraq were accidentally sent a supply shipment which included a snowplow, lawnmowers, and salt for icy roads. Military spokesman Major Jan Brinck acknowledged "some mistakes made in the shipment of materiel." Columbia professor Edward Said claims that even though Saddam Hussein was a "vicious tyrant ... he had provided the people of Iraq with the best infrastructure of services like water, electricity, health, and education of any Arab country. None of this is any longer in place." According to a study commissioned by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the Spanish have the longest life expectancy in Europe. Spaniards live an average of 82 years. The European average is 78. Fidel Castro's exiled daughter, Alina Fernandez, urged the European Union to take a firmer stance against the communist dictator. She believes the E.U.'s current policy is "hardly acceptable because they're dealing with a regime that doesn't listen." ... Earlier this year the European Union opened a new office in Cuba in an effort to improve relations between Cuba and the E.U. French first lady ...