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THE fifth anniversary of 9/11 offers a brilliant study of the progressive neurosis, commemorating an event while denying its origins, nature and cause. It has been akin to an exhausting and endless documentary on Pearl Harbor that scarcely mentions Japan, the sort of product where a professional editor would demand a rewrite. The anniversary has become an extravaganza in Bush bashing, a reminder that President George W. Bush is the most compelling and easiest media target for a generation. His blunders in Iraq are a fundamental part of the post-9/11 story. But John Howard nailed the problem on Four Corners...

Walid Phares concludes Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America with a passage that could have been excised verbatim from one of President Bush’s post-9/11 speeches. Referring to the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism, Phares declares that “many visionary people in the West and many more brave people in the Muslim world will contribute. This will decide if future jihads end up with mushroom clouds around the world, or if peace, democracy, and freedom mushroom worldwide.” Apocalyptic admonishments like this pervade Future Jihad, a flawed, but nonetheless critical piece of work. Phares, a professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University and...

Men wanted by the FBI ''in the broader context of 9/11 and the New Year'' were reportedly aboard a B.C. ferry carrying a large, heavy box and taking photographs of the docks earlier this month, the National Post has learned. [snip] Among the tips coming to the FBI since its public request for information is the compelling account by a nurse from B.C.'s Lower Mainland. The woman was interviewed yesterday by FBI agents after she reported seeing two of the five men, whose pictures were released by the bureau, aboard a ferry that sailed from the Vancouver Island ferry dock...

04/23 08:45 U.S. not backing Israel's demand for terror suspects U.S. State Department officials restated their demand for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, adding that they do not support Israeli demands for surrender of Palestinians wanted for their involvement in terrorist activities. Spokesman Richard Boucher said the wanted terrorists were under Palestinian jurisdiction, and Israel and the Palestinians would have to work together to resolve the issue.