Hugh White
"Two years on, Americans remain deeply hurt by September 11, but the country is not transformed. This was not another Pearl Harbor, uniting the nation in a steely determination to do whatever it takes to defeat a clear enemy. The ambiguities and complexities of Iraq, the mixed success against al-Qaeda and confusion about domestic counter-terrorist efforts in the US itself have all deflated the spirit of 1942 that was invoked so often in the last months of 2001." [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more]
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