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We are getting a clearer
picture of which nations are our friends and which are our
enemys. Egypt, for example , is clearly our enemy.
I would like to see the White House release a list of the
nations that we have given money to over the past five
years. I know that Egypt got a lot. I
understand that Afganistan did to. Are we just a nation
of fools, or are we cowards giving our lunch money to the
school bully?
-- Viejo, TX
We pay the price for
freedom. We should ask ourselves: Should we offer the freedom to
work, I'm from the Mideast and I can tell you Afghanis are stupid people, but good fighters. If we set our minds to it, we can defeat the Taliban and liberate the people from a fanatical, murderous regime. -- AL, CA During the sixties, I spent quite a bit if time in Lebanon. I knew a number of Lebanese citizens, and thought that of all middle-easterners, they were culturally most like Americans . They are a democtratic-minded people. Now I see that Lebanon is on most of the lists making the news site rounds; lists of nations we should attack. The terror that flows from Lebanon is PLO and Syrian planned and delivered. These forces conspired to make it appear that Lebanon was in a civil war, then marched in pretending to be peace-makers and conquered the country. The U.S. let it happen in spite of pleas for help from the Lebanese, and when the Syrians and the PLO murdered several hundred of our Marine peacekeepers, we tucked in our tail and went home. In the name of those dead Marines, why don't we start our crusade by making Lebanon free, and at the same time, eradicate a major seat of terrorism? -- Viejo, TX The date of
the attack: 9/11 Urban legends. -- MS I'm afraid, once again, we are planning too little, too late. Destroying training camps and killing a few leaders won't do the job. Ruthlessly conquering rogue nations, such as Yemen, Libya, Syria, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, etc, and providing full support for democratic elections will. It's now a small world, and we have no choice but to be involved. And what will we
do about the US citizens (and legal immigrants) who support IRA
and PLO terror? Will we prosecute them with the same
vigor? Are we really going to wipe out terrorism? Or
is this just another case of frustrated anger that will burn out
after hanging an example?
By the way,
you were correct about the gas prices. I believed CNN, who
published reports of price gouging as actually happening.
Turns out they were wrong, you were right. Good job.
--Viejo, TX
We cannot let them go unpunished for what they did to the innocent. -- Ricardo GOD BLESS ALL WHO DIED. -- Sadd, UT This wasn't terrorism, this was war. Why isn't Bush doing anything yet? -- Dimmie, MO Osama bin Laden reminds me of Lee Harvey Oswald, a patsy for a great crime who was set up by forces much larger than he can imagine. -- KillLaden, IL Buy a flag and remember those who died. -- DL, AL The military have our full support. Go. -- xx, FL TheLatest: Thank you for your consistent coverage of this. -- Julanny, AK Congress should pass an emergency law freezing gas prices at $1.25 a gallon and should do so immediately. Let the greedy bastards that are profiting from this nation's misery suffer for a year or two. -- Viejo, TX |
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THE DOW ENDED THE WEEK BREAKING RECORDS -- having lost 1,379 points over the past five days, the worst point loss in Wall Street history, not surprising since the market has been at such high levels, But percentage losses were staggering as well. The 14.26-percent drop during the past week was the biggest drop ever, except for a 1933 drop of 15.5-percent. The New York Stock Exchange saw its three busiest days ever Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Investors just don't like the uncertainty of the economy in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. The Amex airline index was off nearly 50-percent for the week. THE DOW CLOSED OFF 140 POINTS FRIDAY to close at 8235, its lowest level in three years. The Nasdaq dropped 48 points to close at 1423. MSNBC SAYS ALL OF AMERICA IS ON ALERT. For elaboration, see the British Independent. BOSTON AND HOLLYWOOD ARE CERTAINLY UNDER A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT, AS ARE NUCLEAR PLANTS, WATER FACILITIES AND POWER PLANTS because of what federal officials call "evidence" there may be terrorist strikes against the two areas and portions of the US infrastructure this weekend. A MEMO CIRCULATED AMONG FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SAYS THE US HAS "CREDIBLE EVIDENCE" THAT MORE TERRORIST ATTACKS ARE ON THE WAY, but didn't give details. THE FBI HAS WARNED POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE NATION TO KEEP TABS ON VEHICLES after suspicions have come up that fire engines or police vehicles -- or even EMS vehicles -- could be stolen, filled with explosives and driven into monuments, nuclear plants or -- ? THE MAJORITY OF THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY HAS BEEN EVACUATED TO SWITZERLAND AHEAD OF A POSSIBLE MILITARY CRISIS according to WorldNetDaily and DEBKAfile. Crown Prince Adbullah remains in control, facing the reported possibility of "major" terrorist attacks. RIGHT-WING POLITICIAN LYNDON LAROUCHE, ECHOING A THEORY THAT'S ON THE RISE ALONG THE INTERNET, BELIEVES THE ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON WAS NOT BY MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORISTS -- BUT, UNTHINKABLY, BY ROGUE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE US GOVERNMENT. "It was too well planned," he says, adding that it looks like a "black operation" among the US military, perhaps to rally America to war and cover up a world economy sliding into a major depression, which will now be merged with the so-called "New World Order." Some call LaRouche -- who's run for president seven times -- and his followers a "cult." Others say he's an anti-Semitic opportunist. THE RULING AFGHANI TALIBAN SAY THEY'VE SHOT DOWN AN UNMANNED SPY PLANE OVER AFGHANISTAN. IN A SPEECH TO CONGRESS AND THE NATION THURSDAY NIGHT, PRESIDENT BUSH WARNED FOREIGN LEADERS NOT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF US EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS. "This will not be an age of terror," Bush said. "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists...We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail." Bush named Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to the new cabinet-level post of Secretary of the Office of Homeland Defense. NORTHWEST AIRLINES IS ANNOUNCING LAYOFFS OF 20-THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. The news brings the total of airlines layoffs to more than 100-thousand, after recent announcements by Boeing (30,000), American Airlines (20,000) United Airlines (20,000), America West (2,000) and Continental Airlines (12,000). EIGHTY PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SO FAR BEEN DETAINED IN THE US for information about or as suspects in last week's US terrorism. IN YEMEN, 350 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ROUNDED UP in connection with terrorism. IN PARIS, POLICE ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE THURSDAY suspected of taking part in a planned terrorist bombing of US interests in France, perhaps as soon as this weekend. THE POSSIBILITIES INVOLVED IN A FUTURE TERRORIST STRIKE have aroused concerns among many, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is warning of the use of so-called "dirty bombs," in which nuclear materials are inserted into conventional bombs. THREE FLORIDA DEPUTIES CARRYING PLASTIC KNIVES AND BOXCUTTERS SAY THEY GOT PAST FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT SECURITY just after last week's terrorist attacks, despite heightened security installed by the FAA. Last week's terrorists carrying boxcutters and plastic knives as weapons to hijack planes that slammed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A FEDERAL AGENT WAS KILLED AT A DETROIT FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING Friday by an unidentified man carrying a bag. When asked by the officer at a security point what was in the bag, he pulled a gun and shot the agent, witnesses say. The gunman was shot; his condition is unknown. The building was sealed off and evacuated. TERRORISTS HAD TOP-SECRET WHITE HOUSE SECURITY CODES THE DAY THE PENTAGON WAS HIT, according to the intelligence news wire DEBKAfile, as quoted at WorldNetDaily.com. WORLDNET DAILY.COM ALSO NOTES that terrorist Osama bin Laden has been linked to Somalia's Mogadishu massacre, which was a public relations nightmare for the US and the United Nations. AS MANY AS 25-THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE SAVED BY RESCUERS FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THE DAY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK, according to New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Still, more than 6,200 people were injured in the attack. Cleanup of the Trade Center site could take six months, he added. And the number of missing is now 6,333. THE WHITE HOUSE IS FINALLY ADMITTING THAT IRAQ MAY HAVE HAD A PART IN LAST TUESDAY'S ATTACKS. The CIA is investigating reports that one of the suicide-bombers in the attacks on New York and Washington met with an Iraqi intelligence official in June. FBI AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AGENTS ARE INVESTIGATING what appears to be a shocking manipulation of some stocks before last week's terrorist attacks. They're tracing a paper trail in connection with the huge short-selling of stocks related to airlines, insurance companies and even World Trade Center-related stocks -- before the terrorist attacks. THE FBI NOW ADMITS THAT THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOME OF LAST WEEK'S HIJACKERS MAY HAVE BEEN FAKED. Some if not all the hijackers may have stolen passports and identities of people who are still working in Saudi Arabia. "THIS IS A WAKEUP CALL FROM HELL," said former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in testimony before Congress Thursday. He cited more than a dozen terrorist networks operating around the world as an example of how complicated anti-terrorism efforts are and will be. Netanyahu warned that Iran and Iraq, which are "feverishly working" to build nuclear weapons, could use those weapons through "terrorist proxies." "WE WANT ACTION, NOT JUST STATEMENTS." This response Thursday from Secretary of State Colin Powell after Afghani clerics said they would ask the rulers of Afghanistan to force terrorist Osama bin Laden to leave -- but whenever he wants, to wherever he wants. SAUDI ARABIA HAS JOINED in President Bush's plans to fight terrorism. It could help the US gather other Arab nations into the fight. WASHINGTON'S REAGAN AIRPORT WILL REOPEN, but not before October first, when a federal task force will release two reports on airport security. FBI INVESTIGATORS ARE CENTERING A LARGE INVESTIGATION IN JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. There are suspicions that the money used to finance last Tuesday's terrorist attacks may have been dispersed from Jersey City. A number of suspected terrorists in custody appear to have ties there. OSAMA BIN LADEN MAY BE HIDING IN TUNNELS IN AFGHANISTAN THAT WERE BUILT BY MONEY FROM THE CIA. THERE'S NEW INFORMATION THAT IRAQ AND A RELATIVELY OBSCURE GROUP OF TERRORISTS WERE BEHIND THE NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON BOMBINGS. PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES WARNED THE FBI SIX YEARS AGO of possible terrorist attacks aimed at hijacking airliners and slamming them into the Pentagon, according to CNN. Philippine authorities found out about the plot after a fire at an apartment belonging to Ramzi Yousef, later caught and convicted for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City. COULD THE NEXT TARGET OF TERRORIST ATTACKS BE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT? Russian intelligence says yes. -- The Nation. ALSO: THE FBI SEEMS TO HAVE IGNORED WARNINGS FROM IRAQI-BASED TERRORISTS THAT THEY WOULD INDEED ATTACK A NUCLEAR PLANT, according to one website. -- Mike Shiloh |
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OSAMA BIN LADEN: From Brown University anthropologist William O. Beeman's 1996 essay, "Of Bombings In Afghanistan..." from the Brown University Op-Ed Service: "To the north of Afghanistan is one of the wealthiest oil fields in the world - on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea in the new republics of the former Soviet Union. American oil companies are involved in an oil boom larger than any in the last 40 years in this region. Untold wealth is at stake, depending on getting the oil out of the landlocked region through a warm-water port." That's why Saudi Arabia and UNOCAL had planned an oil pipeline through Afghansitan -- but abandoned it because of the political instability of the nation. "Enter Osama bin Laden, a sworn enemy of the United States living in Afghanistan. His forces could see that the Taleban would eventually end up in the American camp if things proceeded as they had been. His bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa (since there were none in Afghanistan) was accompanied by a message for Americans to get out of "Islamic countries." By this he specifically meant Afghanistan. "The American response was to bomb bin Laden's outposts while carefully noting that his forces were "not supported by any state." This latter statement was an attempt to rescue the Taleban relationship while giving the Taleban leaders the message that they must ditch bin Laden. For good measure American missiles also took out a factory in the Sudan - a smoke screen for the real target of their action. "Now matters are really in a mess. Iran has actually issued a statement supportive of the U.S. actions. The Taleban are angry, and American citizens across the globe are now the targets of the most fanatical of Islamic militants." "Every time the United States has attempted one of these slick back-door deals, American citizens get burned. What our foreign policy community never seems to learn is that religion and ideology are as strong a motivating force in this region as money or guns. We underestimate these factors every time, and our myopia gets us in trouble every time." |