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9/11: five years on

By Channel 4 News

Updated on 11 September 2006

Sixty months later, as America remembers, the grief is as powerful as ever.


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60 months later, as America remembers, the grief is as powerful as ever.

Five years on, the grief is as powerful as ever. So, too, the impact of the September 11th attacks on America's national psyche.

But today's services of remembrance in New York and Washington follow five years of President Bush's war on terror.

Fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq drags on with no clear resolution in sight. And Osama Bin Laden remains at large, mocking the world's only superpower once again today with a message broadcast across the internet.

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