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Hatred is the Enemy
This site addresses the rise of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hysteria and hate crimes occurring as a result of the terrorist incidents; countering an isolationist 'us vs. them' mentality, and the impression that every Arab is celebrating over this incident.

New Yorker Piece by Susan Sontag

AlterNet -- America's Terrorist Roots

A Plea for Reason and Diplomacy, not Revenge
By Randy Kritkausky

They can't see why they are hated
Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad, says Seumas Milne
This is the most straightforward article we've seen on American indirect culpability in creating the situation that gave rise to the hijackings