The 9-11 Decade: Crusaders and Jihadists

This is the last of three interesting documentaries by the Al Jazeera network on the consequences of the 9-11 attacks.

It shows that the goal of Al Qaeda was to instigate a war between the United States and the whole civilization of Islam.  Al Qaeda discredited itself through indiscriminate killing of innocent people, but it remains to be seen whether it has failed to achieve its goal.

Click on The 9-11 Decade: Hunting Down Al Qaeda for the first documentary in the series.

Click on The 9-11 Decade: Spin, Lies and Video for the second.

The following is a discussion of the Bush administration policy by four Americans, the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a former CIA counter-terrorism official, a scholarly expert on Islam, and a journalist.

It would be good if the Obama administration could learn from the Bush administration’s failures.

Tags: al Qaeda, Clash of Civilizations, Osama bin Laden, The 9-11 Decade