the guardian: "shock, rage and grief there has been aplenty. but any glimmer of recognition of why people might have been driven to carry out such atrocities, sacrificing their own lives in the process – or why the united states is hated with such bitterness, not only in arab and muslim countries, but across the developing world – seems almost entirely absent".

john pilger: "if the attacks on america have their source in the islamic world, who can really be surprised?" – appropriate thread on metafilter and thanks to elephäntville.

lest euroranch.

dangerfinder: united states vs. afghanistan.