THE TENSION: The Decline and Fall of Western Civ. for 6 Sep

Heads up, this news rolls downhill.

From Drudge, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports that Iran's president Ahmadinejad intends to travel to NYC, hopes to speak at UN on Sept. 19 at 7 PM; same day as Bush. Ahmadinejad is to attend the summit of Non-Aligned Movement countries in the Cuban capital Havana in mid-September. Ahmadinejad said in Tehran Wednesday that his attendance of the UN General Assembly would be a "suitable opportunity" to challenge Bush in a television debate. While the Judeo-Christian West got over the Crusades many years ago, you could argue that Muslims, with their treatment of women, church-as-state ideology, and culture in-general, are still stuck in thirteenth century

UPI reports an upcoming TV mini-series about the origins of the Sept. 11 plot is provoking angry complaints from Democrats about the portrayal of the Clinton administration's response to terrorism.

Under-reported in the press today, President Bush detailed the breakup of an al-Qaeda biological weapons program and the prevention of a anthrax attack within the U.S. The information used to breakup the plot was gleaned directly from detainee interrogation efforts currently under fire from Democrats and the Left.

In another under-reported story, on the wire, AP reports Iraq will take control of its armed forces command on Thursday, a major step on its painful path toward independence and an essential move before international troops can eventually withdraw.

The next headline is classified in "the result of a study performed in a data-free-enironment" category. The Daily Mail reports the 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an "inside job", according to a group of leading academics.

According to the Washington Post, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday that Israel will lift its eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon on Thursday evening, removing what diplomats have called the chief obstacle to the country's recovery from a devastating war between Israeli forces and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.