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Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. Egyptian protesters, largely ultra conservative Islamists, climbed the walls of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, went into the courtyard and brought down the flag, replacing it with a black flag with Islamic inscription, in protest of a film deemed offensive of Islam. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)

Mobs storm U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya; 1 American killed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Cooks and customers stand together and recite the Pledge of Allegiance on Sept. 11, 2012, at Chick and Ruth's Delly in Annapolis, Md., on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Restaurant owner Ted Levitt has been leading customers and employees in reciting the pledge the small diner every day since 1989 — a tradition started by his father, Chick Levitt, who opened the business in 1965. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary

By Nedra Pickler and Philip Elliott - Associated Press

An Afghan soldier adjusts bullets in his gun on a military helicopter Sept. 10, 2012, during a flight transporting journalists from Kabul to Bagram to attend the hand over ceremony of a U.S.-run prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, to the Afghan government. (Associated Press)

Taliban accuse U.S. of ‘unjust’ war in Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration Terrorists' Justice by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

DUNLEAVY: Terrorists in jail demand their ‘rights’

By Patrick Dunleavy

Illustration In Defense of America by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

RIDGE: Rebuilding U.S. global leadership

By Tom Ridge

Illustration: Enabling Muslim Brotherhood by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: The world is not better off

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration Extremism by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

YOO: If Barack Obama had been president on 9/11

By John Yoo

In 2010, parts of a computer printer with explosives loaded into its toner cartridge were found in a package on board a cargo plane in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, en route from Yemen. Dubai police say the bomb, discovered in a shipment of air cargo from Yemen bound for the United States, contained the powerful explosive PETN and bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda. (AP Photo)

Al Qaeda’s No. 2 in Yemen killed in airstrike

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

Free Syrian Army soldiers help a severely wounded colleague after he was shot by a Syrian army sniper in the Izaa district of Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Jordanian militant warns of attacks in Syria

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, 8, 2012. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up near NATO headquarters in Kabul, killing at least 6 people (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

Teenage suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghan capital

By Amir Shah and Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim Prison, Libya's most notorious prison during Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rights group: Evidence of wider U.S. waterboarding

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

** FILE ** The drone-strike killing in June of Al Qaeda’s erstwhile second-in-command, Abu Yahya al-Libi, is said to be affecting al Qaeda’s numbers and morale, causing some jihadis to leave Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Uighurs, Uzbeks supplant Arabs as jihadis in Pakistan’s lawless areas

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

A Pakistani volunteer shows a number plate of the U.S. embassy vehicle hit by a blast in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. A suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a U.S. government vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing two Pakistanis and wounding 19 others, including two Americans, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Bombing in Peshawar shakes steely U.S. security

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani officials and rescue workers gather at the site of the suicide bombing of a U.S. government vehicle in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. A (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Suicide car bombing wounds 2 Americans in Pakistan

By Riaz Khan and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

SEAL’s book shows bin Laden raid up close

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

CBS hides ID of Navy SEAL who wrote bin Laden book

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Raid book shows bin Laden raid up close

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

SEAL’s book shows bin Laden raid up close

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

This book cover image released by Dutton shows "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden," by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. (Associated Press/Dutton)

Navy SEAL’s book lifts veil on raid, killing of bin Laden

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

A riot police officer runs near a tire on fire, lit by Muslim youths, outside Masjid Musa Mosque, in Majengo, Mombasa, Kenya, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo)

1 dead in Kenya riot over Muslim cleric’s killing

By Tom Odula - Associated Press