Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.

Perhaps at a later point important developments will be traced back to September 11. But for now we do not know which of the many scenarios will actually hold in the future.

One never really knows who one's enemy is.

The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.

If the September 11 terror attack is supposed to constitute a caesura in world history, it must be able to stand comparison to other events of world historical impact.

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.

Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge.