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The article relates the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on several survivors. Topics discussed include the role of Christian faith in the ability of Brian Clark to deal with the experience, emergence of Shirley Brooks-Jones as an honorary graduate of Lewisporte Collegiate and recipient of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007, and the influence of the attacks in the rise in Islamophobia according to David Adeeb Hassan of Ontario.

The author argues that al-Qaeda is defeating the U.S. not militarily but by contributing to broader global conflicts and by involving the U.S. in a protracted set of wars that will hurt the U.S. economy, in the context of the War on Terror as a response to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Topics covered include how the War on Terror undermines the strength of the U.S. democracy, impact of the War on Terror on the number of Islamist-led terrorist incidents in the U.S. and rise of fascism.

Information from a round-table conversation entitled "How Has 9/11 Changed Our World?" is presented which features Canadians including writers Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells, former Canadian Minister of Transport David Collenette, and political activist Tarek Fatah. Topics discussed include the impact on Canadians of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the harassment of Muslims, and airport security.

A personal narrative is presented which explore the author's experiences as Canadian Minister of Transport in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

This article reports on conspiracy theories in the U.S. and ideas surrounding the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden. The article discusses Americans' acceptance of unlikely tales, describing how they have gradually become mainstream. Information is provided on theories related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and the birthplace of President Barack Obama as well.

This article reports on the search for terrorist Osama bin Laden from the September 11, 2011 attacks on the U.S. until his death in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. The article discusses the search for bin Laden related to military intelligence, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and sightings in Middle Eastern countries including Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

This article reports on the life of terrorist Osama bin Laden following his death during an assault by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011. The article discusses bin Laden's childhood and education in Saudi Arabia, describing his family, wealth, and work with the Muslin Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda organizations. Information is also provided on bin Laden's role in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

This article reports on the long-term effects of radical Islamist terrorist attacks in culture and security. The article discusses the Gold Mohur Hotel bombing in Yemen; the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S.; and the attack on the USS Cole warship. Information is also provided on terrorist leader Osama bin Laden and U.S. Homeland Security.

Focuses on families who were affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks. Losses and grieving of families; Way that families who have lost loved ones are forced to relive the experience in different ways, including watching footage of the attacks on TV; Relationships between families which have been created following the attacks.

Comments on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the reaction of Canadians. How it changed people's views of the world; Impact on groups, such as emergency workers and Muslims; Economic impact in the U.S. and Canada.

Examines how the September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks in the United States has changed Canada's global standpoint and how Canadians are relying on their pragmatic and rational perspectives to cope in the aftermath. Canadians' response to terrorism; Canadians' views of United States' military policy; Consensus that Canada should not surrender its sovereignty to fight terrorism; View of most Canadians that the country should spend more on its military.

Focuses on the military retaliation launched by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Goal of 'Operation Enduring Freedom' to end terrorism; Refusal of Afghanistan's Taliban regime to hand over Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the terrorist attacks; Participation of Great Britain, Canada and other countries in the U.S.-led military effort; Details of the first wave of strikes.

Reflects on how relations between the United States and the rest of the world may change following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Anti-American sentiment in Middle Eastern countries; How U.S. foreign policies have contributed ideologically to terrorist groups.

Presents two views on the terrorist attack on the United States, upon seeing the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City. How the mood of the city varies depending on where you are; Way that life has returned to normal; Need for understanding; Togetherness exhibited by Americans.

Presents comments on the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. Description of the attacks; Reasons that people continue to watch the disaster again and again through television broadcasts; Damage which has resulted; Way that the U.S. has been affected.

Focuses on the terrorist attack of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Account of engineer Charles Bull, who worked on the 73rd floor of the North Tower; Description of the attack by hijacked airplanes by Patrick Zinzius; Impact of the attacks on the United States; Speculation on how the U.S. will seek retribution; Possible suspects; Details of the investigation; Hope that some survivors will be found in the wreckage in New York.

The article presents two counterpoints regarding the war on terror 10 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Andrew Coyne feels governments have largely done well in preventing terror, and supports the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Paul Wells believes that 9/11 skewed people's perspectives about global threats. He compares the tolls of Islamic extremist terrorism and the actions of dictators Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin in the 1940s.

The article discusses the attempted terrorist attacks on the U.S. since September 11, 2001. According to the article, luck, vigilance, and the incompetence of those who plotted the attacks have aided the U.S. The failed car bomb allegedly created by Faisal Shahzad in New York City's Times Square earlier in May 2010 is noted. The small-scale attacks that have been carried out in the U.S. such as the shooting at the Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum as well as larger terror plots are discussed.

In this article the author discusses an aspect of relations between the United States and Canada. The central focus of the article is the national security concern the U.S. has with regard to the border it shares with Canada, and Canadian perception of global issues. The security questions are evaluated in light of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S.

Letters to the editor are presented on articles in previous issues, including "Reversal of Fortune," "Finally, someone who cares about Christians," by Barbara Amiel and "Call me crazy. I blame terrorists," by Mark Steyn, all in the October 9, 2006 issue.

The article presents an interview with Oliver Stone, the director of the controversial film "World Trade Center." The movie is a traditional Hollywood version of the terrorist attacks, focusing on the experience of Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, two police officers who were buried under the rubble of the towers.

This article looks at leftist film maker Michael Moore. Michael Moore came to Canada last week to take a break from the war. Moore, the populist renegade from Flint, Mich. Like us, Moore likes to observe America from an ironic distance, with a high-octane blend of journalism and satire that's as Canadian as Mary Walsh. Moore still delivers some onscreen antics, such as ambushing congressmen to ask if they'd enlist their kids to fight in Iraq. But he lets Bush drive the comedy, then shifts gears from satire to dire pathos as a bereaved mother from Flint reads a protest letter from the grave--her son, who later died in combat, insists the Iraq war, and Bush, be stopped.

The following world news briefs are for August 18, 2003. A huge car bomb exploded outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, killing 10 and injuring another 150. The blast came 10 months after another bomb, again in Indonesia, exploded on the island of Bali, killing more than 200, most of them Australians. According to investigators, the crash of the fourth hijacked airliner in a field in Pennsylvania may have been deliberate. The family of Ken Basnicki, one of 24 Canadians who died in the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, said it would join the class-action lawsuit filed against the terrorists' alleged financiers. Organizer Norman Legault said Bernie Ecclestone, president of London-based Formula One Administration Ltd., which controls the sport, sent him a letter saying the event had been cancelled because of Canada's anti-tobacco laws, which prohibit tobacco companies that sponsor the event from showing their logos.

Presents news briefs as of August 2003. Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic churches of Massachusetts; Findings that the FBI and CIA failed to cooperate and to heed early warnings that terrorists planned to attack the U.S.; Ultra-rare recall vote to unseat unpopular Democratic Governor Gray Davis in California; Canada's consideration of trade or travel sanctions against the theocratic regime of Iran after it ignored diplomatic requests to return the body of Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who had been beaten to death in a Tehran jail; Successful transplantation of a tongue; Development of a dietary alternative to anti-cholesterol drugs; Side effects of the insect repellent DEET.

The accepted wisdom following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was that Canadians would forge a much closer bond with Americans. Out of the twin impulses of empathy and threat, we would see our common interests aligned and our destiny linked within the boundaries of our shared continent. What a difference a year can make. Our 2002 year-end poll indicates that, far from drawing closer together, Canadians are expressing a growing desire to chart a distinct path, independent of our neighbors to the south. While these findings may fly in the face of expectations, there were signals, even in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, that Canadians were not going to be marching in lockstep with the Americans into the War on Terror. A year ago, with the image of jumbo jets scything into the twin towers of the World Trade Center still fresh in our minds, the 2001 Maclean's poll nonetheless found a majority of Canadians accepting that the Middle East had legitimate grievances about its treatment by the West. These "clues," however, were found among other sentiments that suggested a population that had not only been traumatized by the assault on North American territory, but was also signalling its willingness to accept measures that seemed out of character according to attitudes we had unearthed in the 17 previous year-end polls. Where we had shown a progressive tendency toward individualism throughout the 1990s, the post-attack period saw a majority of Canadians willing to curtail individual freedoms in support of the federal government's anti-terrorism legislation. Even more surprisingly, for the first time in two decades a majority of the electorate supported increased military spending, as well as active engagement in the attack on Afghanistan. Together, it appeared that while we resisted all the rhetoric trumpeting the War on Terror, we had become galvanized by both the magnitude of the threat and our duty to support our aggrieved American allies.

Looks at how New York City has struggled to get back to normal in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Merchandise sold by vendors near the Ground Zero site; Contention that New York City thrives on adversity; Economic affect of the attacks; The differences between New York City before the attacks and New York City after the attacks, including the friendliness of New Yorkers.

Comments on the thousands of individuals who have paid their respects at the crash site of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The hijacking of the aircraft as part of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; The preservation of the simple tributes that visitors leave; Efforts of the flight passengers to regain control of the airplane.

Presents an interview with Canadian academic Michael Ignatieff, director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. Thoughts on immigrants and multiculturalism; The growing Islamic presence in Canada; Canada's response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States; Status of the Afghanistan prisoners in Guantánamo, Cuba; Reflections on Canada.

Reports on the visit of Canadians to New York City after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks for the so-called Canada loves New York weekend, according to Ottawa Bureau Chief John Geddes, who left on a bus from Ottawa. Reactions of Canadians to the attacks and the World Trade Center wreckage; Departures of buses from Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto; Activities during their visit to New York, including seeing Ground Zero.

Reports on the changes in the perspective and behavior of Canadians after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Efforts of children to learn about religious and cultural diversity; Increase in voluntarism and charities; Desire of most Canadians to break the cycle of intolerance.

Comments on the effects of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 on people's outlook on life and religious views. Opinion that people were reminded that life is precious; Inability of religion to explain the random cruelty that occurred; Ability of people in North American culture to suppress the reality of death; View of religion in Canada; Opinion regarding death and the impact of those who died with courage on September 11, 2001.

Focuses on the reactions of citizens of Waxahachie, Texas to terrorist attacks on the United States. Opinion which supports military action against the terrorists; Confusion questions about faith, physical security, and economic hardships in the town; Question of whether President George W. Bush can protect those in the heartland of the U.S.; Question of whether war is the answer to the problem of terrorism.

Focuses on the presence of terrorists in Great Britain, and the reaction of Prime Minister Tony Blair to the fight against terrorism. Forecast from senior counterterrorism officials that Britain had been deeply penetrated by terrorists; View that finding them all and preventing future suicide attacks could prove impossible; How 11 of the terrorists who had attacked the United States had stayed in Britain prior to the attacks.

Profiles John Manley, Canada's foreign minister. His pro-United States stance following terrorist attacks on the U.S.; Prime preoccupation of foreign policy with combating international terrorism; View that Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Manley were approaching the crisis from different angles.

Discusses the tendency of people to compare the terrorist attacks on the United States to scenes from a motion picture. Experiences of the author at the Toronto Film Festival during the attacks; Portrayal of mass destruction in the United States in motion pictures; Revisions made to motion pictures in light of the attack.

Reports on the effects of terrorist attacks on the United States on the airline industry. Hijacking of commercial jets during the terrorist attacks; Layoffs by airline companies; Outlook for the airline industry.

Presents reactions from countries around the world to terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent plans of U.S. retaliation. Concerns of Russia that a military strike against Afghanistan would destabilize Pakistan and lead to the spread of Islamic extremism through countries which border Russia; Anti-American demonstrations in Pakistan; Support which has been pledged by Great Britain; Belief that Germany has become a significant base for terrorist organizations; More.

Focuses on efforts of the United States to capture Osama bin Laden in a military assault on Afghanistan. Details of the plans for U.S. retaliation against bin Laden for terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center in New York City.; How President George W. Bush has been trying to brace Americans for a protracted war and the possibility of casualties; Use of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier; Outlook for the battle against Taliban forces.

Discusses the impact of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on the financial community. How the attacks will affect the United States economy; Account of the attack by Tim O'Neill, the chief economist of the Bank of Montreal; Loss of employees at bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald LP, which had offices at the top of the north tower; Way that the real estate market may suffer.

An excerpt from the book "Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World" by Michael Petrou is presented in which he discusses conflict between the Islamic organization the Taliban and the Afghan Northern Alliance after the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks in New York City.

An interview is presented with Stephan Crétier, owner of the security firm Garda. Topics discussed include Crétier's work as a baseball umpire before entering the security business, how the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the U.S. helped Garda's business, and how security at Canadian corporations is too lax. Garda's 2006 acquisition of office security firm Intertec Security and a 2007 hostage situation where four Garda employees were killed are reviewed.

The article looks at the power of youth vote in the U.S., with a focus on how it will affect the Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama's chances for reelection in 2012. Topics discussed include how the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks resulted in more youth engagement with federal politics, how Obama harnessed the U.S. youth vote in 2008, and how their subsequent disappointment in his administration may lead them not to vote, which would make a Republican victory more likely.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "How the Prime Minister Could Rescue Hockey," in the September 19, 2011 issue, an interview with newspaper magnate Conrad Black in the September 19, 2011 issue, and "Up in the Air," by David Collenette in the September 12, 2011 issue.

The article discusses how Canadian Cindy Barkway has lived and raised her two sons since her husband's death in the U.S. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The article explains her life as a single mother intent on raising her children not to feel hatred for the terrorists led by Osama bin Laden by enrolling her sons David Jr. and Jamie in sports, taking them to visit Ground Zero on the anniversary of their father's death, and keeping pictures of her late husband around the house.

The article profiles Maher Arar, a Syrian-Canadian engineer who was detained by U.S. authorities in 2002 and tortured by Syrian Mukhabarat intelligence agents for six months before being allowed to go home. Topics discussed include the discrimination and false allegations of terrorism he underwent after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the apology and $11.5 million dollars in compensation he received three years after the torture ended, and how Canada is his home.

This article reports on the terrorist organization al-Qaeda following the death of its leader Osama bin Laden in May 2011. The article discusses al-Qaeda's leadership related to jihad and the development of attack plans, speculating that the group will weaken without bin Laden. Information is provided on al-Qaeda's role in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S.

The article presents news items from across the globe. The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will have his legal case decided in a civilian trial in New York City. Former national Basket Ball Association basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has revealed that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.

The article presents an interview with Neil Strauss, author of the book "This Book Will Save Your Life." In the interview Strauss addresses a number of topics including the impact on the United States of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina, expressions of global anti-Americanism and efforts he has undertaken to achieve a degree of self sufficiency in food supplies.

This article describes the fraudulent activities of Akhil Sachdeva, a Canadian citizen arrested in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City. Sachdeva has left a long trail of swindling people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including from Shakir Baloch, who spent time with him in jail. He is also involved in a lawsuit against the U.S. government.

The article offers brief news items about celebrities. Former professional baseball player Darryl Strawberry signed with the New York Mets as a coach. Film director Sarah Polley won a number of awards for her film "Away From Her." Actress Marion Cotillard came under criticism for her odd theory on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.