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...terrorist attacks in Luxor, Egypt, the leaders of al-Qaeda last spring heatedly debated whether to begin using biological and chemical weapons. Taha, his associate confides, opposed such deployment, arguing that these uncontrollable weapons would immediately mobilize international opinion against Islamist militants. That, he maintained, would transform their reputation from defenders of fundamentalist Islam and the Arab cause--an image al-Qaeda has cultivated by championing martyred children in Palestine and Iraq--to executioners and criminals against humanity. The debate, according to the London source, was won by the executioner wing...
...their experience of mourning and the experience of the United States. “Angry negative energy can eat you alive,” she said. “What I think is exciting in America, though, is that we, as a global tribe, can use those feelings to transform this world. I don’t mean we don’t want justice, but this is such a wake-up call. Let us not have what happened be in vain. We have to use the inspiration of this film...
...addressing the Sept. 11 attacks, Alexander said President Bush and all American citizens must transform the outpouring of patriotism into concrete changed behavior. He made three suggestions towards fulfilling that goal—founding an anniversary celebration for volunteers; establishing a “pledge plus three,” in which all American schools would start off the day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and engaging in a three-minute talk on what it means to be an American; and achieving a 95 percent voter turnout in the 2004 presidential election...
Everet Simmons, 17, a senior at Springstead High, views Sept. 11 as a "religious-outreach opportunity." On a recent Saturday, he helped transform his school theater into a sanctuary. Four ministers and two church choirs presided over a service for 1,300 teachers, students and community members. Simmons received plaques from his church and a local Republican club for his efforts. But the senior's biggest reward has been inside the classroom. Kids who used to crack jokes during the daily moment of silence now hold their tongues. "It's been like the opening of a gate," he says...
...have the opportunity to transform undergraduate education, ensuring that our learning need never be confined to the classroom,” he said...