Attacks on America

"America did not change on 911; it just became more itself" (Gore Vidal) Is the War on Terror over we ask? With yet another timely retrial of the three Muslim lads over the airline plot, cynically announced on September 11, that CPS gesture almost seems desperate from the PM that terror has dried up to such an extent that there's no new fear headlines to be had anymore to bury bad news at this evocative time of year. Now we are pulling out of Iraq the threat has dried up and even the control order nonsense is collapsing as the law sees no reason why people should be held here without trial over a War on Terror that erroneous at best. Poor old ...  Read the complete review

The 9/11 terrorist attack on the trade towers was not only a crime against man but against all life and the God to which the terrorist claim to act for. You only have to study every religion and you will see the same rules. "Thy shall not kill." The only way they can stop terrorism in future is to educate the younger generations that it is wrong and make them realise what their elders do is wrong and show them what a better life they can have, instead of holding out in caves and being brainwashed to believing it is their god who is telling them to destruct other people's live. This has to be done as soon as possible before ...  Read the complete review

~ 102 Minutes that changed America ~ Today is the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11. To mark this important day I am writing a review on a memorial programme that I watched the other day. This Monday as I spent an evening with my mum we sat down to watch some TV and came across a new documentary which tells the story of 9/11 by collating unseen eyewitness videos. This was aired on Channel four and was called- 102 Minutes that changed America. The documentary is a series of footage from all different kinds of Americans who witnessed the attacks. The collection shows some new astonishing images of the real life events and ...  Read the complete review

I thought for my 300th review I would tell you about my experience of September 11th 2001 which when looking back now will probably be one of the scariest few days of my life. It certainly is going to be something that will stay with me forever - and will certainly be something I can dine out on for a few years yet! Back in 2001 one of the main ways to book a holiday was to check 'teletext' for the latest offers. Because my dad's birthday is on the 12th September we decided to go around this time and because I wasn't due to go back to University until late September. I booked up the flight and we went with 'Air India'. The flight took seven hours and we were ...  Read the complete review

This is a very personal account of sept 11th. It is about the loss of my dear cousin Edward Kraft Oliver who died aged 32 in the twin towers, New York City, America. Eddie was a family man, with a wife and two children under the age of 2. He worked in the financial quarter of New York city and on Sept 11 he went into the office of Carr Futures. Just a normal guy, on a normal day, doing a normal job.... nothing normal about that day. When the plane hit and Eddie realised that he was in trouble he called his wife. As they were talking the phone went dead. Here, over in England we tried desperately hard to get hold ...  Read the complete review