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Nine days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush told the U.S. Congress, "Americans are asking, 'Why do they hate us?'" Unlocking the mystery of what motivates Islamic extremists like Osama bin Laden has become the most urgent intellectual challenge of our time. Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of its Enemies is the latest attempt to solve the puzzle of Islamic rage-and it is possibly the most provocative. Its authors, Ian Buruma, a respected commentator on Asian affairs, and Avishai Margalit, a professor of philosophy at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, assert that the ideas inspiring...
...Hunt for Osama As we reported in "Did Clinton Do Enough?" [UNITED STATES, April 26], the 9/11 commission interviewed former President Bill Clinton about the steps his Administration took to stop Osama bin Laden. Clinton's statements have not been fully disclosed, but here's what we reported 51/2 years ago about what the Clinton White House...
...University will step up security at Commencement following the May 6 release of an audio recording attributed to Osama bin Laden offering a $125,000 gold reward for the death of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, this year’s keynote speaker...
...Associated Press reported last Thursday that a 20-minute audio recording posted on two websites which frequently post militant Islamic messages is believed to be from Osama bin Laden...
...much of a warning did Bill Clinton give incoming President George W. Bush that Osama bin Laden posed a grave danger? It depends on which President you ask. In his interview with the 9/11 commission last week, sources tell TIME, Bush testified that Clinton appeared far more passionate about the dangers of North Korea's nuclear program and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to sources, Bush said Clinton "probably mentioned" terrorism as a national-security threat "but did not make it a point of emphasis." Clinton earlier told the panel that he had ranked bin Laden...