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On 9/11/2001, Debra Burlingame lost her beloved brother Charles F. "Chic" Burlingame III, pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon. Today Debra sits on the board of directors of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. Last week she penned an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal that shed light on the fact that a major part of the planned WTC Memorial calls for a huge on-site museum whose primary purpose will be to judge America's actions throughout her history to see if we, in effect, "deserved" what we got on 9/11. I kid you not....

Italy nabs eight new al Qaida suspects By Eric J. Lyman From the International Desk Published 7/13/2002 10:34 AM ROME, July 13 (UPI) -- Italian police said Saturday they had arrested eight men suspected of providing logistical support for Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network, as local authorities tightened security in Rome, Florence and Venice amid reports of possible additional attacks. The suspects -- all but one of whom are North African Muslims -- were apprehended Thursday after a sting operation in Milan. A ninth suspect eluded police and is being sought. In a statement released Saturday, police said...

Iran ex-envoy held in bomb probe A former Iranian ambassador to Argentina, wanted there in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural centre, has been arrested in the UK. The former ambassador, Hadi Soleimanpour, is due to appear in court in London on Friday. Magistrates will decide whether to extradite him to Argentina to face charges of conspiracy arising from the attack, in which 85 people were killed. The Argentine intelligence service has long believed Iran was behind the car bomb attack in Buenos Aires - a charge Iran has repeatedly denied. Mr Soleimanpour was arrested in northern...

Thousands of people in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires have commemorated the victims of the bombing of a Jewish cultural centre in 1994. Eighty-five people were killed in the attack and 300 others injured. Speakers at the memorial service called on the authorities to find and punish those responsible for the attack. The lawyer acting for the surviving victims accused former presidents Carlos Menem and Eduardo Duhalde, as well as the secret service, of protecting those responsible and concealing evidence. President Nestor Kirchner, who also attended the ceremony, said the fact that the perpetrators were never punished was a national...