PrintDecember 12, 2010
The Target of the Terrorists Has Always Been Our Economy
In 1993 there came breaking news of an explosion in the basement garage of the World Trade Center. It was February 26, and it was the first terrorist attack on American soil. It was more significant than the press it received. The blast excavated a hundred-foot hole several stories deep. Six people were killed and over one thousand injured. That is not the way it was portrayed in the media. It was just a bombing. The FBI would handle it and get to the bottom of the attack. It was a criminal act with a political bent. It was a curiosity, like the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and with the same apparent ramifications. Only in hindsight is it given the true importance it deserved. The terrorist attack on 9-11 would bring to the fore the real target of the 1993 attack and reveal it as the Western economy. The seemingly vague purpose of the first bombing became a glaring red flag of hatred with the second attack. Why the World Trade...(Read Full Article)
