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6:40 PM ET, September 11, 2006

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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
The Left Remembers 9/11  —  Earlier, I collected a series of 9/11 anniversary reflections from the press and the blogosphere.  Many of them were moving but none were particularly novel.  By that, I mean that everyone pretty much agreed that the day was horrible, changed a lot of things about the world …
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Christopher Hitchens / Opinion Journal:
Solidarity  —  Our first duty is to stand together against bin Ladenism.  —  Never mind where I was standing or what I was doing this time five years ago.  (Because really, what could be less pertinent?)  Except that I do remember wondering, with apparent irrelevance, how soon I would be hearing one familiar cliché.
Michelle Malkin:
Never forget: American Airlines Flight 77  —  2,996: Who are you remembering?  —  Now marks the third moment of silence to mark the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at 9:37:46.  —  Gen. Peter Pace's message to terrorists: "Not on our watch"  —  From the 9/11 Commission report:
Lt Col P / Op For:
September 11th... 1565  —  The fifth anniversary of September 11th 2001 is upon us.  It is fitting that the day should see both a solemn remembrance of the dead and the renewal of a cold-hearted resolve to win the war that was declared on us.  —  There is however, another September 11th …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Atrios / Eschaton:
9/11 From Two Viewpoints
Discussion: TAPPED, Ezra Klein and Rising Hegemon
Amy Westfeldt / Associated Press:
Nation marks fifth anniversary of 9/11
Discussion: Dean's World and Democrats.com
Editor and Publisher:
ABC Airs 9/11 Film — Contested Scenes Remain  —  NEW YORK The first part of the controversial "The Path to 9/11" movie aired as scheduled on ABC on Sunday — despite pleas that it be halted by several top officials in the Clinton administraton, among others — and while several last-minute cuts were made …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Truthdig
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
ABC's Untrue Path
Boston Globe:
How safe a world?  —  THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of the Sept. 11 attacks is a day of remembrance and special sadness for the nation, and all those who knew any of the 2,973 victims.  Yet in the long run, the reaction of the Bush administration may prove more harmful to the national interest than even these horrific attacks.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:
Losing the War on Terror
Bryan / Hot Air:
Five Years On  —  I remember where I was, as I'm sure you do.  I remember the feeling of knowing our country was under attack the instant the second plane hit.  The feeling grew and hardened when we heard by phone from someone in Washington, before any media reported it …
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Brit / MSNBC:
STUFF HAPPENS by David Hare  —  'America changed.' That's what we're told.  'On September 11th everything changed.' 'If you're not American, you can't understand.'  —  The infantile psycho babble of popular culture is grafted opportunistically onto America's politics.
Discussion: Norwegianity and Matthew Yglesias
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Al-Zawahri: Gulf, Israel next targets  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden's deputy warned that Persian Gulf countries and Israel would be al-Qaida's next targets, according to a new videotape aired by Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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MSNBC:
Al-Zawahri hints at wider war on the West
Discussion: A Blog For All
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Situation Called Dire in West Iraq  —  Anbar Is Lost Politically, Marine Analyst Says  —  The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western Anbar province are dim …
Robert Andrews / Wired News:
9/11: Birth of the Blog  —  When the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001, the web changed with it.  —  While phone networks and big news sites struggled to cope with heavy traffic, many survivors and spectators turned to online journals to share feelings, get information or detail their whereabouts.
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON  —  GETTING IT RIGHT  —  THE biggest story since 9/11 is that there hasn't been an other 9/11.  According to our hysterical media culture, everything's always going wrong.  The truth is that we've gotten the big things right.  —  On this fifth anniversary …
Observer:
Wikipedia defies China's censors  —  The founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by its users, has defied the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive entries.  —  Jimmy Wales, one of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time magazine …
Discussion: HiWired Blog
Bill Frist / Examiner:
Here's my working agenda before the November elections  —  WASHINGTON - As the Senate continues its work in September, Republicans will work to secure America's future.  Our top priorities include efforts to protect our homeland, defend our borders, secure our energy supplies and make it easier for Americans to buy health insurance.
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
Hidden Depths to U.S. Monitoring  —  The scope of domestic surveillance has steadily expanded since 9/11.  But lawmakers and privacy experts complain of too little information on it.  —  WASHINGTON — As Americans consider whether they are more safe or less five years after the Sept. 11 attacks …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Strata-Sphere
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Khatemi Is Served With Summons at Gala Dinner  —  WASHINGTON — When Iran's ex-president was having his picture taken with admirers at a gala dinner sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in northern Virginia, he received an unexpected message from some of his former countrymen.
Little Green Footballs:
9/11 Conspiracists Defile WTC Site  —  LGF reader Zach was at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan today, and he reports that the Truthers were out in force. … Indeed.
 
 
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