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Bin Laden Was Planning 9/11 Anniversary Attack

Jul 18, 2011
Documents taken from Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound indicate that the head of al-Qaida was plotting an attack to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The records contained names of possible operatives, but little else that was useful, according to Siobhan Gorman of The Wall Street Journal.
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USS New York Docks in NYC

Nov 3, 2009
It was partly intended as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on New York's Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, but, considering America's bellicose response to that tragedy, it's hard not to read more into the story of the USS New York, a new Navy warship constructed partly from melted-steel remnants of the World Trade Center.

Enterprising GOP Troubadour Blends Poetry, Politics in ‘Republican Song’

Jul 16, 2008
With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, an enterprising right-wing artiste by the name of Mike Meehan has recorded an election-year anthem, "Please Don't Vote for a Democrat," and has launched a corresponding PR campaign via the Internet and billboard ads -- like this one in noted liberal stronghold Orange County, Florida -- in hopes of striking fear and indignation into the hearts of undecided voters.

9/11 Model Backs Up Tower Collapse Theory

Jun 20, 2007
A two-year study of the World Trade Center Towers' collapse by Purdue University has reaffirmed the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which suggested that the buildings crashed under their own weight after crucial support columns and fireproofing were damaged or destroyed. The research team released an animation of the first plane's collision to show how heat and flame eventually brought the towers down.