In the run up to tomorrow’s anniversary (the wikipedia article on 9/11 is locked because of a high risk of vandalism) here are some interesting reports and articles worth reading (fee free to add).
A brilliant analysis by NYT’s Dexter Filkin on the regrouping and strengthening of al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in remote areas of Pakistan.
What’s going on? I asked the warlord. Why aren’t they coming for you?
“I cannot lie to you,” Namdar said, smiling at last. “The army comes in, and they fire at empty buildings. It is a drama — it is just to entertain.”
Entertain whom? I asked.
“America,” he said.
The Centre for American Progress has published its annual Terrorism Index.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Homeland Security published a new report yesterday evening on the Administration’s Implementation of Recommendations by the 9/11 Commission. The title: The Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How the Bush Administration has ignored the law and squandered its opportunities to make our country safer.
