The following piece by Gideon Rose (*) was published in The New York Times Opinion page and helps to understand much about the Iraq war and ongoing instability.
Charged with killing his first wife, he claims it is all a US conspiracy to silence him for what he saw as a Ground Zero videographer on 9/11
US judge ruled that AMR Corp's American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc must face trial over claims relating to the Sept. 11 attacks that destroyed the landmark towers of the World Trade Centre in New York almost 11 years ago, court documents showed.
Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on United States soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a fire-fight with US forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.