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Reviews European press reactions to the Zacharias Moussaoui verdict, proposals to cut EU aid to the Palestinians, the US-Iranian showdown, a controversial London Review of Books article on the Israel lobby, US official assertions that European Muslims face discrimination, and the London bombing report as compared to the 9/11 report.

Argues that the established media failed the US public in their coverage of the case of Zacarias Moussaoui & that as a result of this the readily accessible record of the case is "disastrously skewed." It is contended that the major media misled the public even when it came to small & essentially irrelevant details. The problematic attention that the media gave to Moussaoui's childhood is addressed, asserting that the virtual childhood the media created bears little relation to his actual experience. The media's perpetuation of the myth that Moussaoui actively sought the death penalty so as to become a martyr is discussed. Lessons learned from the trial are put forth, highlighting the fact that the 9/11 attacks were acts of war rather than "banal crimes." Ultimately, the trial is construed as a "wasted opportunity" for the US to learn the degree to which the jihadists hate it. Adapted from the source document.

Si le discours sur la violence est presque aussi dérisoire que celui qu'on dirige vers ceux qui sont violents, c'est précisément parce que la violence proprement dite se situe hors de tout discours. La fascination indéniable qu'elle exerce la situe du côté du négatif, cet au-delà de la raison une fois franchies les frontières du discours. De fait, une force qui discute, une puissance qui cherche à argumenter, une volonté qui se veut persuasive, renoncent à la violence aussi longtemps qu'elles requièrent l'assentiment. Mais la raison s'achoppe bien souvent à la contrainte physique qui la violente et la nie. La violence, quelles que soient ses expressions, excède par définition la raison.