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Albert Aji / Associated Press:
Gunmen try to take U.S. Embassy in Syria — DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government said. Four people were killed in the brazen attack, including three of the assailants.
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CNN.com:
Attack on U.S. Embassy foiled … DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) — Syrian security forces killed four attackers Tuesday outside the U.S. Embassy in Damascus after a car exploded near the walls of the American compound, the Syrian Information Ministry said. — There was no claim of responsibility for the attack …
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Terror Attack Foiled at US Embassy in Syria — "Four gunmen attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, but failed to harm any American diplomats before all four were killed, a Syrian official said. — Syrian state television said the attackers had tried to detonate a car bomb in front of the embassy but had failed.
BBC:
Syria 'foils' US embassy attack — A bomb attack on the US embassy in Damascus has been foiled by local security forces, Syrian officials say. — Attackers tried to drive two cars at the embassy compound but three men were killed by guards and a fourth was captured, the interior minister said.
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Bush: Saddam was not responsible for 9/11 — George Bush last night admitted that Saddam Hussein had no hand in the 9/11 terror attacks, but he asked Americans to support a war in Iraq that he said was the defining struggle of our age. — On a day of sorrow and remembrance …
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White House:
President's Address to the Nation — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Five years ago, this date — September the 11th — was seared into America's memory. Nineteen men attacked us with a barbarity unequaled in our history. They murdered people of all colors, creeds, and nationalities — and made war upon the entire free world.
Washington Post:
President Tries to Win Over a War-Weary Nation — President Bush's Oval Office speech last night was the culmination of two weeks of efforts to rally the nation behind his policies and presidency by summoning the memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Five years after that indelible day, however …
Anne Applebaum / Telegraph:
Stop blaming America for terrorism — 'Poised as I am, halfway between the two cultures, it was a little strange watching British reactions to events in America last week. It was a little strange even being in Britain last week. On Tuesday after hijacked planes had hit targets in Washington …
Washington Post:
Reinforce Baghdad — We are at a crucial moment in Iraq. Supporters of the war, like us, have in the past differed over tactics. But at this urgent pass, there can be no doubt that we need to stop the downward slide in Iraq by securing Baghdad. — There is no mystery …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:MORE TROOPS....In an all-star op-ed written by the editors …
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New York Times:
9/11/06 — The feelings of sadness and loss with which we look back on Sept. 11, 2001, have shifted focus over the last five years. The attacks themselves have begun to acquire the aura of inevitability that comes with being part of history. We can argue about what one president …
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON — OSAMA'S ERROR — IT was to be "The Mother of All Raids" (ghazvat al-gha zavat) that would bring down "The House of the Spider" as promised by the sheik in his mountain hideout. — The "raid" would terrify the "infidel" and hasten his demise just as the armies …
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Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Bush: Who has left this hole in the ground? We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have. May this country forgive you — Keith Olbermann blasts President Bush in his latest "Special Comment" section on Countdown tonight. He leaves no stone unturned...
Reuters:
Pakistan gives in to conservatives on rape law — ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling party has given in to the demands of religious conservatives opposed to the amendment of Islamic laws that would have taken rape out of the sphere of religious law. — A bill to amend the Islamic laws …
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CNN:
Poll: More Americans blame Bush for 9/11 — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found.
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John Mueller / Cato Unbound:
SOME REFLECTIONS ON WHAT, IF ANYTHING, "ARE WE SAFER?" MIGHT MEAN — With the fifth anniversary of 9/11, a central question repeatedly asked is whether that country has become safer from international terrorism or not. I have never quite understood precisely what this question means, but let me explore six possibilities.
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
9/11: FIVE YEARS LATER BUSH CONTINUES TO WIELD POWER — The story of U.S. law since Sept. 11, 2001, is a story about power — who wields it, who contests it and who has the last word. — There are subplots — debates about secrecy, the treatment of noncitizens and the shifting balance between liberty and security.
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
White House Gains Concessions in Senate Measure on Tribunals — The Bush administration has won concessions from key Senate Republicans in proposed legislation on standards for detainee treatment and the rules for military trials of terrorism suspects, although some disagreements persist between …
New York Times:
In Prime-Time Address, Bush Says Safety of U.S. Hinges on Iraq — President Bush Monday at the Fort Pitt firehouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The door is from a truck that responded to the attacks. — President Bush used the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Monday …
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