Daily Rotten Archives September 26, 2001 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Bin Laden Family Fleeing US Independent | Submitted by: Soylent The Bin Laden family has long disowned Osama, and about 25 of their relatives were until recently residents of the United States. Fearing for their own safety, many of them left the U.S. on a specially chartered jet seven days after the attack. Read article... Briefing on Iraq-Qaeda Connections Jane's Defence Weekly | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with Mughniyeh. The guy is a genius, someone who refined the art of terrorism to its utmost level. We studied him and reached the conclusion that he is a clinical psychopath motivated by uncontrollable psychological reasons, which we have given up trying to understand. The killing of his two brothers by the Americans only inflamed his strong motivation." Read article... Pilots Want to Carry Guns Newsmax | Submitted by: Soylent The Airlines Pilots Association has requested their members be permitted to carry guns in the cockpits of their airplanes. The union told their members, "The pilot must be prepared to kill a cockpit intruder." Pilot gunnery can come about in two ways, either deputization of pilots as air marshalls, or act of Congress. Read article... Comics in a Pickle Wall Street Journal | Submitted by: Soylent Survey of the reactions of the newspaper comic strip to the WTC attacks. At the top of the list is what to do with Dilbert's "Elbonians", which are ethnics "in a very Afghanistan-looking country and have long, black beards. Those are on permanent hold." Read article...