Updated on September 11, 2011 - Americans are united in their grief as the nation remembers the events of 9/11. Yet for many people who still have no sense of safety, the cloud of this dreadful anniversary has no silver lining. All across the United States, security has been beefed-up to protect against what has been called the "credible threat" of a new terror attack. Ten years ago America was rocked by unprecedented terrorist act that claimed lives of nearly 3000 innocent lives and gave birth to a "post-9/11 world". "Our War on Terror begins with Al-Qaeda. But it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated," former US President George Bush said in a statement following the attacks. Washington's military reach began with the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and continued with a pre-emptive pounding into Iraq. In the decade that followed, America's fight for freedom has been stained by torture, secret detention, rendition and other human rights violations symbolized by landmarks like Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and the Bagram Airbase prison. "We had garnered the empathy of not only the world, but the Muslim world. And if we had the courage to be vulnerable, we would be far safer and more secure than we are today. Instead we drank deep from that very dark elixir of nationalism," says journalist and author Chris Hedges. He claims that says America's wars unleashed throughout the Middle East has opened a <b>...</b>
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