More on the bravery of the Flight 93 passengers, after analysis of the cockpit voice recorder.

And, folded into the same article, speculation that the assassination of the Afghan opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massoud by suicide bombers may have been the work of Al Qu’ida, and timed to throw the opposition into chaos to coincide with the American attacks. Recall, further, the reports of explosions in Kabul on the night of the 11th, about which I’ve seen no further followup after it became clear that the U.S. had not started a bombardment. But, with reports that Massoud had died that day (inaccurate; he lingered for several more days before succombing), I thought that anti-Taliban forces might be retaliating in Kabul. New York Times [name: “FMHreader”, password: “FMHreader”]