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Iraq War retrospective: How does attacking Iraq solve the problem of terrorism? #iraq10
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Aziz Poonawalla
The following post was written in late October 2002, after my earlier post about the Bali bombings, where I was still trying to work out just how the Iraq War would be related to terrorism. As the post makes clear, the connection did not exist, leaving really only the issue of WMD threat as a…
11 after 9-11: a look backwards
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Aziz Poonawalla
It’s Patriot Day, the anniversary of Black Tuesday, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9-11). Eleven years later, I still feel the need to say something about it, suggesting that on some level I am still not “over it” and probably never will be. But looking back at what I’ve written about it over…
I will not condemn Islam or America
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Aziz Poonawalla
A commentor (and person I consider a friend) took serious issue with my 9-11 tenth anniversary post, commenting: I have to say I am quite disappointed by this post. It seems you just want to sweep the horrors of the last decade under the carpet, so long as the victims are not American. I must…
9-11 after 10: I resolve
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Aziz Poonawalla
I spent this day ten years ago in front of televisions and computer screens, transfixed and afraid. We were pregnant with our first child. But it was the day after I remember better, driving to work on a Houston highway with a sense of fear and, yes, terror about what the future would bring. But…
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