Thirteenth in blog series chronicling the lead-up to the Iraq war. September 2001: The attacks of 9/11 occur and are promptly seized upon. Bush: “We’re at war.” Neocons: “a second Pearl Harbor.” Sept. 10, 2001 – A book titled Germs: Biological Weapons and America’s Secret War is released, co-authored by New York Times reporters William Broad, Stephen Engelberg, and Judith Miller (Simon & Schuster).    more »