Amos, BTW, was the first poster in the WTC thread who did a quick analysis, two hours after the event:

Osama Bin Laden announced three weeks ago that his people would launch an unprecedented attack against the United States. The rationale was retribution for the US' support of Israel.
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            I cannot imagine what the scenario Bin laden's plannersa could have had in mind would be in terms of benefit to their people or their concerns. If this analysis of the source of these attacks is concerned, Bin laden himself will be buried in a bunker before a year is out. His people will not benefit and may in fact support grievous harm because of his psychotic and juvenile actions...

For a two hours after the event analysis this is still extremely good.

From another German liberal newspaper (Sueddeutsche Zeitung). A German Muslim writes:

" (I'm angry) about the distorted picture the media paint of Islam. But this distorted picture would never have come into the foreground if not enough Muslims, terrorists, theologians, heads of governments, corresponded exactly to this caricature of Islam, that annoys the believers and the knowledgeable. There may be a concept of the Islam as enemy, but far worse is that there is a type of Islam talking and acting as if being the enemy."   

Wolfgang