What happened?


AS THE United States mourns the innocent victims of the premeditated assaults on major American landmarks one year ago today, Arab countries can only wonder: What happened? With most not immune to the scourge of terrorism, Sept. 11, 2001 opened a window for further rapprochement between the US and moderate countries in this part of the world fighting twisted interpretations of Islam.
Yet in the year that has passed, a scan of the US political and international arena painfully reveals the many squandered opportunities to conquer an enemy of all freedom-loving people � terror.
from The Jordan Times 11/9/02