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Six ways of looking at 9/11

Stabroek News: "The destruction of the World Trade Center six years ago was the first terrorist act which relied on live international television coverage to achieve part of its aim. In almost every country, in near simultaneity, people watched a part of the Manhattan skyline explode, burn and collapse. Al Qaeda understood the importance of a global audience, and made sure the second plane didn't come into view until American television networks had been given enough time to switch to live coverage of the event. "

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