In answer to John’s e-mail, Dounia wroteHi John,I enjoyed reading your last e-mail. It was really interesting. I like your free time activities, your favourite sport and also your beautiful State Alaska.So now it’s my turn to give you some information about myself and my hometown.I’m Dounia. I’m 17 years old and I’m from Salé, a nice city in Morocco. I still live with my parents like any other Moroccan girl. I like surfing very much in addition to listening to music. I’m very proud of being Moroccan. Morocco is a really fantastic country. You...
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011
Al-Qa'ida, and the Myth Behind the War on Terrorism
Al-Qa'ida, and the Myth Behind the War on TerrorismPatrick CockburnSeptember 11, 2011 The atrocities against America created the image of Osama bin Laden as the leader of a global jihad upon the West. It was a fantasy that governments willingly, and disastrously, helped to perpetuateWhat was the most devastating attack by al-Qa'ida in the past few months? Despite all the pious talk this weekend about combating "terrorism", few will have heard of...
Sunday, 11 September 2011
A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe
A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe By Chris HedgesI arrived in Times Square around 9:30 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. A large crowd was transfixed by the huge Jumbotron screens. Billows of smoke could be seen on the screens above us, pouring out of the two World Trade towers. Two planes, I was told by people in the crowd, had plowed into the towers. I walked quickly into the New York Times newsroom at 229 W. 43rd St., grabbed a handful...
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