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EDITORS NOTE: Thank you. During these troublesome times, it's as important what we don't print on TheLatest.Net as what we do print. TheLatest.Net did not note that certain radio stations are banning certain songs in the aftermath of 9/11; did not report that a Dallas-area boy predicted the 9/11 disasters the day before; did not report or print a photo showing satan's face among the smoke of the Trade Center; did not print Emails calling for a "light a candle" night so that the nation's glow could be photographed by satellite; refused to print the photo of a man standing atop the Trade Center moments before a jet slammed into it; we did not print reports that Israelis were told in advance not to be in the Trade Center on September 11th. These things are now proven to have been hoaxes or to contain false information. We did print the now-famous fake Nostradamus quote and the curious "11-connection" in our "Comments" section, credited to the person who Emailed it. We understand that right-minded people around the world are looking for reasons of any kind as to why democracy and the US are now under attack. And we continue to do our best to prospect for facts, discarding rumors and questionable stories. -- MS You scooped Drudge with the news of Brits engaging Taliban troops! Congratulations! Your site is getting hot! Keep it up!
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FROM SAN DIEGO: A banquet bartender at the San Diego Paradise Point Resort wrote to TheLatest.Net saying she was so distraught by the September 11th massacres that she's turning over a portion of the tips she makes to the Red Cross in memory of those who died. "I'm hoping that you can help me with this campaign" she calls Tips Against Terrorism. She calls on others in the hospitality industry to donate a portion of their tips or perhaps an hour's pay to contribute to this cause. "If every tipped employee.. would (donate to the Red Cross proceeds of) one shift, it might help make a difference." Most importantly, "It sure helped me cope with my feelings toward this tragedy." -- KL, CA (edited for space) How could this have happened? ...We're spending too much time worrying... -- Gill, VA (edited for space) 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? 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 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,
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We cannot let them go unpunished for what they did to the innocent. -- Ricardo 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 The military have our full support. Go. -- xx, FL TheLatest: Thank you for your consistent coverage of this. -- Julanny, AK |
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THERE ARE INTELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT THE
MAJORITY OF MAJOR US CITIES MAY HAVE BEEN TARGETS OF TERRORISTS ON
SEPTEMBER 11TH, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, HOUSTON, DALLAS, CHICAGO,
SEATTLE AND ATLANTA. In other
words, instead of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as the
focus of American attention that day, had terrorists had their way
it could have seemed to be an invasion of the United States. That,
according to intelligence sources as quoted by Fox News, could have
been the intention of the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks. THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOW CONFIRMS THAT US AND BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES ARE ON AFGHAN SOIL on reconnaissance missions as part of an effort to locate terrorist Osama bin Laden. AFGHANI TALIBAN (PRO BIN LADEN) "SECURITY FORCES" HAVE REPORTEDLY "ARRESTED" THREE US SOLDIERS AND TWO PRO-US AFGHANIS according to Afghani television. US officials say they cannot confirm the report. Afghani television says photos of the prisoners will be released Saturday. ODDLY, TALIBAN LEADERS SAY NO US OR BRITISH FORCES HAVE ENTERED AFGHANI TERRITORY THOSE LEADERS CLAIM TO CONTROL. So where did those "prisoners" Taliban "arrested" come from? There are authoritative reports that both British and US forces are on the ground in Afghanistan. Could it be that Taliban puppet-leaders will contradict any confirmed news that comes out of Afghanistan? What's next? The Taliban denies there are mountains in their country? The Taliban intends to grant civil rights to its women and children and accept the sanctity of innocent human life? TERRORIST BIN LADEN FRIDAY DENIED HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE 9/11 ATTACKS. In a statement released to Pakistani officials, he suggested that Jews may have set up the attacks -- Jewish residents of Florida who are still upset that George W. Bush "stole" the 2000 election from Al Gore. It is suspected that bin Laden is crazy like a fox -- but crazy nevertheless. UH OH, NEWS FLASH: Clinton administration policies are in some ways responsible for the current state of terror in the US and around the world, especially with regard to Israeli-Palestinian relations. Secretary of State Colin Powell implied such Friday. There are some intelligence experts who say Osama bin Laden has developed a relationship with Palestinian terrorists, along with many other terrorist organizations around the world. Editorial comment: Leading by consensus using poll results, as the Clinton administration did, is adequate in some eras, but there are often times a leader rather than a follower of polls based on uninformed public opinion is needed. Such a political approach may go down, in the wake of 9/11, as the great political failure of the 1990s. We often count on our leaders to know more than we do and to lead accordingly. And there is no way American politicians didn't see terrorist attacks on America coming. Politicians: talk to us plainly, convince us of national need and we will respond. Tell us nothing -- or tell us something different every day, as President Clinton did, so much so that we're confused -- and we can only assume that things are okay, based on trust in our leaders. Until hell breaks loose. -- MS IN A BINDING RESOLUTION FRIDAY, THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE WORLDWIDE FREEZING OF ALL FUNDS SUSPECTED TO BE CONTROLLED BY TERRORISTS. THE US HAS LIFTED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FROM THE AFRICAN NATION OF THE SUDAN. There's been speculation that Iraq's Saddham Hussein has been storing chemical, biological and possibly nuclear weapons research in the Sudan. KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN MET WITH PRESIDENT BUSH AT THE WHITE HOUSE FRIDAY, condemning terrorist acts, affirming Bush's war on terrorism as a "fight against evil." IN A NEW CNN-TIME MAGAZINE POLL, more than half of those asked believe there will be another terrorist attack on America, but it won't be in the area where they live. Only one-third are stocking up on food and water. But the majority say they're increasing contact with family members. EX-PRESIDENT CLINTON IS JOINING WITH 1996 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOB DOLE to raise 100-million dollars for families of victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. IN LONDON, POLICE HAVE REARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED OF TRAINING TERRORIST PILOTS. He's charged with document fraud and its expected he'll be charged with multiple counts of murder; he's been in custody for a week but has now been rearrested on behalf of the United States, to which he's to be turned over soon. He's said to be "closely" linked to the 9/11 hihjackers. PRESIDENT BUSH FRIDAY OUTLINED A PORTION OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM, which he said will include increased, wide-ranging covert operations and intelligence-gathering, partnering the US with international intelligence efforts. There may or may not be "conventional" warfare used, the president said. Also: tougher immigration laws, cyber-attacks on terrorist cells, confiscation of money suspected to be used in terrorism and a "new" view of how the US patrols its borders. US SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES ARE CURRENTLY IN AFGHANISTAN, according to several news sources. SAUDI ARABIA APPEARS READY TO ALLOW THE US TO COMMAND A NEW AIRBASE ON SAUDI SOIL. US sources say they've gotten the go-ahead to use an airbase completed this past summer for operations against terrorists. THE DOW FRIDAY CLOSED UP 166 to close at 8847. The Nasdaq up 38 at 1498. THE FEDERAL RESERVE OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE WILL MEET TUESDAY. There could be yet another interest rate cut. THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2001 WILL GO DOWN AS THE WORST FOR THE ECONOMY SINCE 1993. IN WHAT IS APPARENTLY IT'S FINAL ANSWER, THE AGHANI TALIBAN SAYS IT "ABSOLUTELY" WILL NOT TURN TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN TO THE US. PRESIDENT BUSH INVITED AMERICANS THURSDAY TO USE THE AIRLINES AGAIN. His father, the former president, flew from Boston to Houston to demonstrate the safety of airlines. IRAQ SAYS THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO "THINK OVER" WHAT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. Is it a threat of some kind? You bet. -- WorldNetDaily.com IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AGAINST ISRAELIS BEGAN. It began when Palestinians began destroying property and throwing stones after seeing now-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon leaving an area considered holy by both Israelis and Palestinians. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CONFISCATED A PLANE CONTAINING NINE TONS OF EXPLOSIVES. No details as yet. STRANGE COINCIDENCE? Some Dutch officials are upset about an Islamic calendar printed in Egypt in May that features as an illustration for the month of September a graphic showing a passenger plane crashing with the Statue of Liberty and New York City in the background, according to the newspaper De Telegraaf, as reported by NewsMax.com. THE US IS DETERMINED TO STRIKE AGAINST TERROR-KING OSAMA BIN LADEN ONLY WHEN SUCCESS IS EVIDENT. -- CBS News. A LOS ANGELES-TO-TORONTO FLIGHT WAS INTERCEPTED BY AIR FORCE FIGHTERS AFTER A PASSENGER MADE THREATS AGAINST AMERICA. AN ISLAMIC CLERIC WAS THREATENED AT GUNPOINT IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, Wednesday night, the Palm Beach Post reports. Police are labeling it a possible hate crime. The cleric had been working on an interfaith meeting with Christians, Jews and Muslims. DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAY TERRORISTS ARE BEING TRAINED IN SOMALIA, being told that killing Americans will find them a place in "heaven." AN INSIDER WITH THE OSAMA BIN LADEN TERRORIST INDUSTRY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT TRAINING WAS LIKE. -- ABC News SHE'S STILL TRYING TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS: Former Attorney General Janet Reno -- running for Governor of Florida -- is warning of sacrificed freedoms in the wake of the September tragedies. But she says she agrees with wider authority for wiretapping. SAUDI ARABIA'S KING FAHD IS SAID TO BE IN SWITZERLAND WITH A LARGE ENTROUAGE AFTER BEING EVACUATED TO GENEVA LAST WEEK. Also: Kuwait's Emir has suddenly developed health problems, according to reports, and has been evacuated to a London hospital. FOURTEEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SHOOTOUT IN NORMALLY TRANQUIL SWITZERLAND. THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND WERE KILLED IN THE 9/11 ATTACKS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE GIVEN THE PURPLE HEART, ACCORDING TO PENTAGON OFFICIALS. PRESIDENT BUSH HAS GIVEN THE OKAY TO THE MILITARY TO SHOOT DOWN PASSENGER PLANES THAT APPEAR -- AFTER SCRUTINY -- TO HAVE BEEN HIJACKED AND ARE HEADED TO CIVILIAN TARGETS. Military officials underscore that such shoot-downs would be a "last resort" after attempting contact with any such would-be hijacked jet, and can only be ordered by generals who are on call. . WHILE TALK OF WAR CONTINUES, there are rumors on Wall Street that AT&T may attempt a merger with Bell South. Baby Bells, come home to Ma. OPEC HAS BEEN MEETING, DECIDING THAT THE OIL CARTEL WILL KEEP PUMPING OIL AT CURRENT LEVELS. The price of oil has been going down for the weeks since the September 11th US attacks, but has been up the past two days. OPEC apparently fears a cut in the production of oil will bring bad publicity considering the new US war on terror. A TERRORIST GROUP HAS BEEN THWARTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, according to ABC News. Intended targets: the US embassy in Paris and Marseilles and NATO headquarters in Brussels, along with the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. At least 50 people were involved in the terrorists' plan; 30 are in custody, 20 are still being sought. Meanwhile, a former member of terrorist Osama bin Laden says the most-sought-after terrorist plans to free Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who's currently jailed under high security for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing -- and the plot to get Abdel-Rahman includes kidnapping Americans. NATO IS BEING WARNED THAT COMBATING TERRORISM MEANS GOING TO WAR WITH NATIONS THAT MAY POSSESS WEAPONS OF MASS DETRUCTION, including nuclear arsenals. TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN MAY "COMMAND" AN ARMY OF 100-THOUSAND. A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS ALLOWING COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PILOTS TO CARRY GUNS WHILE ON THE JOB. AIRLINE LAYOFFS ARE FINALLY ALMOST AT AN END -- Delta is announcing layoffs of 12,000. That just about does it for the bloodletting (downsizing?) following the 9/11 attacks. A LINK TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST ATTACKS HAS REACHED AS FAR AS KASHMIR, PAKISTAN. SOME NEW YORKERS NOW BELIEVE THEIR CITY IS A "POLICE STATE." "This is how it is because this is how it has to be." TERRORISTS KNOW AMERICAN POLITICAL CORRECTNESS SO WELL THEY MAY BE PLAYING THE RACE CARD(S): Reverend Jesse Jackson has been requested by the Afghani Taliban to "mediate" the current terrorism crisis. Jackson says he won't go. As of Thursday, the Taliban says it "actually" didn't request Jackson's presence -- it was his idea. MEANWHILE, a political action group is advising US minorities not to talk to the FBI because the Bureau will "deport members of (their minority) community." -- WorldNetDaily.com IRAN IS REFUSING TO HELP AMERICA'S ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS, calling America "disgusting" and "incompetent to handle" a war on terrorism. Iran has been a sponsor of terrorism around the world for decades. WALL STREET IS DEVELOPING DISASTER PLANS. Just in case. AN IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER MET
WITH TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN IN 1998 IN AFGHANISTAN. That
meeting is now being investigated by US intelligence. NEW YORK MAYOR RUDY GIULIANI SAYS HE'S WILLING TO STAY ON AS MAYOR. RICH FAMILY MEMBERS OF TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN HAVE BEEN QUIETLY FLEEING THE US -- IN TERROR? -- OVER FEARS THEY COULD BE TARGETS OF US CITIZENS' APPRAISALS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS. There are reports the millionaire Saudi mass murderer may have 25 or more relatives living in the Boston area alone, including a Harvard Law School graduate and a nephew who's said to have left the University of New Hampshire, vowing to return, according to the British Independent. Most of those in the bin Laden family have disavowed Osama's suicide-murder tactics. Many of bin Laden's family members left September 18th after realizing that America may not be a great place for them to be right now, following the nearly seven-thousand deaths in the World Trade Center and Pentagon suicide-destruction. Ironically, the bin Ladens left on a private jet from Logan Airport in Boston, the Independent reports. It was from Logan that two of the September 11th hijacked-jets flew. THE BIN LADEN FAMILY -- billionaires after decades in one of the world's most successful construction companies -- owns a portion of a Massachusetts company involved in biomedical research, the Boston Herald reports. CHELSEA CLINTON WAS IN NEW YORK CITY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, BUT RATHER THAN TAKE A JOG AROUND THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, AS SHE HAD PLANNED, DECIDED TO "GO FOR A CUP OF COFFEE." Hillary couldn't find her for two hours. SOUNDING VAGUELY LIKE A ONCE-FAMOUS WORLD WAR TWO NAZI, BIN LADEN said Tuesday that Jews will be targeted along with Americans for future terrorist attacks because they have "defamed the name of Islam." Bin Laden failed to cite instances in which such defamation occurred. A NEW INTERNET VIRUS IS MAKING THE ROUNDS: WTC.EXE, which carries the subject line: "Peace between America and Islam." The Email poses as a poll question; the authors of the virus obviously hope it will successfully destroy portions of many computers' harddrives because lots of people will open it because of the emotional subject matter. The virus destroys files and overwrites web pages on a computer harddrive. So far, distribution of the virus is low, CBS News reports. HOW WERE 19 MEN CONVINCED TO FLY ON PLANES THAT WOULD CRASH INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON? A new theory suggests the majority of the men didn't know they were on a suicide mission but thought the passengers aboard the planes were simply to be taken hostage, CBS News reports. Investigators are also said to be considering the possibility there were to be five people on board each suicide plane -- but one of those set to hijack -- Zacarias Moussaoui -- was arrested two weeks before the September 11th attacks on INS violations. BLOOD ON HIS HANDS? Ex-President Clinton is reportedly telling anyone who'll listen, including talk show hosts, that the September 11th tragedies weren't his fault. NewsMax.com says the former president has even taken to stopping strangers on the street to offer excuses why he didn't get Osama bin Laden during his tenure as chief executive. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS WARNING NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD OF POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS USING BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS. The international health coalition said at a health conference in Washington Tuesday that it's increasing its vigilance and trying to inform governments on how to cope with such a devastating attack. INTERNET HACKERS HAVE HACKED UP THE AGHANI GOVERNMENT WEBSITE. But the hackers were mistaken that the website was run by the bin Laden-harboring Taliban. It's run by the anti-Taliban forces, the website says. CONFUSED OR CONFOUNDED ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF RECENT RUMORS SPREAD THROUGH E-MAILS? Try Snopes.com's Urban Legends watch. BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS, TOP TELEVISION SHOWS ARE FILMING WITHOUT A STUDIO AUDIENCE, some for the first time. THE FUTURE OF THE ABC-TV SERIES "POLITICALLY INCORRECT" APPEARS UNCERTAIN. The show's star, Bill Maher, made a remark last week indicating he feels the US military has been "cowardly" when fighting wars by dropping bombs while terrorists were not cowardly by giving up their lives smashing hijacked airlines into the World Trade Center. Sponsors have been dropping off the show -- so much so that there are barely any left -- at a time when its hard to find anyone to buy advertising. Twelve affiliates have dropped the show, which now appears doomed. Maher has been apologizing for the remark, which didn't directly criticize the US military or the nation as a whole, but actually was meant as an attack on US policy. -- Mike Shiloh |
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OSAMA BIN LADEN: From Brown University anthropologist William O. Beeman's 1998 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." |