2007 marked my sixth Forum summit. The first—early in 2002—was held in New York, in support of that city in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. And the agenda has moved on substantially since then. Issues that were still frankly marginal in 2002 have thrust into the mainstream, among them...
To this day the British Empire is still the largest ever in the history of the world, totaling more than a quarter of the world’s land mass. They dominated global trade and oversaw a period of relative peace now called the Pax Britannica. Yet they too eventually declined, and the Britis...
Another force driving Christians out of these Middle Eastern countries is fear instilled by the Salafistas. According to the EUHRO press release, there have been multiple attacks since the January Spring which have contributed greatly to the emigration. ...
But it took five years for al-Qaeda, the Iraqi insurgency and the Taliban combined, using all the force at their disposal, including Improvised Explosive Devices, ambushes, military assaults, mortar attacks, and whatever else they could dream up before they could equal that first success. It ...
“If I was in charge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson”. Given McCain’s personal experience with the horrors of war, I had expected a more balanced point of view. I commented on the tragic consequences of the nuclear attacks on Japan during WWII –- but no, he was not ...
September 11 attacks - Terrorist Attack, WTC, Pentagon: On September 11, 2001, groups of attackers boarded four domestic aircraft at three East Coast airports, and soon after takeoff they disabled the crews, some of whom may have been stabbed with box cu
September 11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in U.S. history.
Biography of Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician who was the Republican mayor of New York City (1994–2001), remembered for his response to the September 11 attacks of 2001 and his involvement in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results
Pro 1: The "Ground Zero Mosque" will be an asset to the city.Read More.Con 1: The 9/11 attacks were committed by Muslim terrorists in the name of Islam.Read More. Pro 2: The Muslim community center is a major economic investment that will pump over $100 million in infrastructre into...
September members in Beirut, the 1973 killing of a Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer, Norway (who, it turned out, was apparently blameless), and the 1979 killing of Ali Hassan Salameh, the “Red Prince” (who was thought to have masterminded several deadly attacks, including that at Munich in...