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...high value" al-Qaeda operatives was wrong, using the tired old refrain that prisoners of war deserve a certain amount of dignity. But members of al-Qaeda target civilians in the most horrific ways. On 9/11, thousands of people in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon and on Flight 93 were burned or crushed to death. The lucky ones died instantly, but there were surely many others who suffered excruciating pain for hours. Al-Qaeda will never give up, so it is critical to get information from its members that could prevent another attack. Do we need...
...Sept. 7, 2004, Indonesia's leading human-rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, boarded a Garuda Airlines flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam to take up a scholarship at a Dutch university. But by the time the plane touched down at Schiphol, Munir was dead?poisoned, an autopsy revealed, by arsenic in his orange juice. Last week Indonesia's Supreme Court, declaring there was insufficient evidence, overturned the conviction and 14-year prison sentence of former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, the only suspect charged in Munir's death. Rights groups worldwide slammed the acquittal, with Human Rights Watch calling it a "failure...
...attacks that killed thousands are especially relevant for Joyce and Marshall. She was supposed to be winging her way to the Bay Area on United Airlines flight 93—which crashed in Pennsylvania—for a business trip, and he worked on the 86th floor of the South Tower. Each of them takes private delight in their soon-to-be-ex-spouse’s supposed demise: “It was nearly like the appeasement of hunger. It was a giddiness, an elation...
...violence, regression is fighting regression. It is a double step backward. The question is not what we are willing to kill for but, as Gandhi said, what we are willing to die for. Nineteen young men answered that question in a terrible manner on 9/11; the passengers of Flight 93 answered it in a diametrically opposed, compassionate and extraordinarily caring manner. Both answers need to be analyzed and discussed and the results taught to every one of our youngsters. That is the only way we will eventually create a better world. Michel Mortier Zug, Switzerland...
...we’re angry because we drink, too much. But “rage” isn’t just showing up after scorpion bowls and beer kegs. Road rage plagues the highway and air rage is only the latest response to tightened regulations aboard mid-air flights. Passengers are increasingly dishing out dollars for the airline alcohol, speaking abusively to flight attendants, and behaving erratically in response to strict restrictions. (I’ll be quite upset too if they take away my face moisturizer.) We expect rolled down car windows, tailgating, and hand gestures...