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giant brought to its knees  September 15 2001  There were subtle
warnings a big terrorist attack on the US was imminent, writes
Paul McGeough.  This week the United States stands before the
world wounded in body and soul. Shell-shocked by brilliantly
executed terrorist assaults on New York and Washington,
President George Bush is struggling to assure 275 million
Americans he will deal with the enemy.  This is the superpower
that likes to think it rules the world, that triumphed after 45
hard years of the Cold War. But now two of the greatest symbols
of its prowess and world domination - the Wall Street financial
district and the Pentagon military bunkers in Washington - are
damaged beyond belief. Fortress America has been breached by
terrorists armed with little more than Stanley trimmers, but
driven by a fanatical determination that made it more than the
equal of US strategic might. And now Americans want to know why.
On Tuesday thousands died