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Today, as Americans quietly mourn the tragedy of 9/11, an extremist British Islamic group is convening a conference in London, England, dedicated to "The Magnificent Nineteen" — the suicide hijackers who caused more than 3,000 deaths in the United States. Hundreds of young British Muslims are expected to attend. Happy anniversary. The participants will explore, according to the self-styled emir of the al-Muhajiroun hosting group, the root causes of the terrorist attack. Although faces of the 19 hijackers were prominently displayed on flyers promoting the event, Omar Bakri Mohammed claims, with casual disingenuousness, that the meeting will not be a...

<p>If the object of war is to impose one's will upon the enemy, the United States is losing the war on terror.</p> <p>If you doubt that, I invite you to consider what's going on in London today. A group of fundamentalist Muslims is commemorating the two-year anniversary of the martyrdom of "The Magnificent 19," the hijackers who killed 3,000 Americans. You can see the poster advertising the gathering on the group's Web site (www.almahajiroun.com). There's a phone number on the poster. I called it the other day and got an affable chap named Abdul Rehman Saleem. A native Londoner, he sounded as cheery and chirpy as Mary Poppins.</p>