SADDAM'S RED LETTER DAY:

Iraq: Attacks Were a 'Punishment' (Waiel Faleh, September 11, 2002, Associated Press)

Iraqi newspapers marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 with banner headlines describing the terrorist attack as "God's Punishment" against America, and ordinary Iraqis also voiced anger at a country they fear might be preparing an invasion of their country.

The state-owned weekly Al-Iktisadi covered its front page Wednesday with a photograph of a burning World Trade Center tower and a two-word headline in red: "God's Punishment.

We'd do well not to underestimate the degree to which humiliating a few Arab dictatorships will serve to remove the "mandate of heaven" and shake radical Islam to its roots. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 11, 2002 4:04 PM