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Ten Years After

By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globeupfront We are approaching the tenth anniversary of one of the most horrific tragedies in recent memory, which shocked people world over, killing a more than thousand of Americans. It shattered their kith and kin. It rechristened a culture of violence. No one had ever imagined sophisticated aircrafts serving as giant missiles which could pass through two symbols of American financial power – The World Trade Centers of New York. America had never witnessed barbarity at such a grand scale. Much has changed ever since. Afghanistan and Iraq were invaded and now it has paved the way for radicalization of its citizenries, which has provoked anger across the Muslim world, and caused more terror attacks in western countries. The world also saw an end of Osama Bin Laden. He was finally killed unarmed in an isolated compound, and dumped into international waters by US Navy Seals in Operation Geromino. His unseen corpse was American vengeance, which caused up...