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Obama says U.S. must renew fight against al Qaeda
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 9/11/09 | Ross Colvin

Posted on 09/11/2009 11:05:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to rally Americans behind the war in Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States as opinion polls show faltering public support for the conflict.

"Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and plot against us still," Obama said on Friday at a somber ceremony attended by about 500 people under rain-filled skies at the Pentagon.

"In pursuit of al Qaeda and its extremist allies we will never falter," he said, before laying a wreath at a memorial for those killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

On that day, American Airlines Flight 77 from Washington's Dulles International Airport smashed into the walls of the U.S. military headquarters, killing 125 people, along with the plane's 59 passengers and crew and the five hijackers.

Al Qaeda hijackers took control of four passenger planes on September 11, crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York and a third into the Pentagon. A fourth, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers and crew tried to retake control of the plane.

In all, about 3,000 people were killed.

In New York, relatives of those who died in the World Trade Center attack took turns reading the names of the victims, adding personal remarks of remembrance for their loved ones, while flutists and violinists played solemn music.

The reading of the names took place in a small park across the street from the World Trade Center site, which is now a huge construction area where four skyscrapers and a national museum and memorial plaza are planned.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; fight; obama; renew
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To: NormsRevenge

What did Al Kader ever do to Barry?

41 posted on 09/11/2009 11:32:36 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither)
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saw this earlier as well.. hmmmm

McChrystal: No major al-Qaida signs in Afghanistan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337451/posts


42 posted on 09/11/2009 11:33:12 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: COUNTrecount

LOL!!


43 posted on 09/11/2009 11:33:30 AM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and plot against us still"


44 posted on 09/11/2009 11:33:30 AM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, hell, NO!

AQ is in Pakistan.


45 posted on 09/11/2009 11:34:36 AM PDT by swarthyguy (MEAT, the new tobacco. Your right to eat meat ends where my planetary ecosystem begins.)
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To: LaybackLenny
Magnetic bumper stickers AT WND
46 posted on 09/11/2009 11:34:47 AM PDT by buffyt (If ObamaScare is so great, WHY won't Congress and President USE IT, TOO????????????????????????)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I’ll support Obama on Afghanistan if nothing else.

Me too, but unless he changes our rules of engagement to allow our troops to fight, we're going to be there for a generation. Alas, it's typical of a liberal - fight the real wars half-assed, and the made-up crises full-bore.

47 posted on 09/11/2009 11:35:43 AM PDT by TonyInOhio (Fight)
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To: NormsRevenge

NO, Mr. President. You hold it by the handle and put paint on the roller..."

48 posted on 09/11/2009 11:35:58 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: swarthyguy

That’s PAHK-e-stahn to you.


49 posted on 09/11/2009 11:36:00 AM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
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To: buffyt

That bumper sticker goes well with the President kissing the hand of the SA king, and bowing to him, then later he said I DID NOT BOW. WE ALL SAW IT.

He can look his koolaid drinkers in the eye and say I AM NOT HERE and they will all say WHERE DID HE GO?


50 posted on 09/11/2009 11:36:57 AM PDT by buffyt (If ObamaScare is so great, WHY won't Congress and President USE IT, TOO????????????????????????)
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To: buffyt

Eggsellent!!!! Going now to check ‘em out.


51 posted on 09/11/2009 11:37:03 AM PDT by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
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To: NormsRevenge

As has been proven multiple times in the past, what the buttwipe Zero says is one thing and what he actually thinks and more importantly does are two entirely different things.


52 posted on 09/11/2009 11:40:24 AM PDT by flash2368 (Scary Times)
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To: NMEwithin; All
"I always find it funny when politicians roll up their sleeves and remove the tie/jacket when they are doing "regular folk" work....LOL"

"A Mind Strong Back Is A Terrible Thing To Waste"

53 posted on 09/11/2009 11:41:44 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: NormsRevenge
But don't hurt their feeling or blow cigar smoke in their face should we capture them, even it might save Ameican lives!


54 posted on 09/11/2009 11:47:43 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: NormsRevenge

55 posted on 09/11/2009 11:48:29 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: NormsRevenge

No visit of our troops from our Military-Hating, Communist Dictator Loving, Resident in our Whitehouse?


56 posted on 09/11/2009 11:50:00 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: NormsRevenge

RENEW!? So now we have another plan coming forth to keep our guys marooned in those “camps” in defensive positions while AQ and Taliban pick them off one at a time?

Did these wizards ever consider the uptick in action in Afghanistan is directly proportional to the downtick of action in Iraq? So how did we get the Iraq situation to turn around? We went directly after them wherever they happened to slither off to.

Now that our guys in Iraq have been sequestered to their camps, AQ is back again to raising the violence level.

Is it just me or is the Post Turtle’s hair getting grey quickly?


57 posted on 09/11/2009 11:50:04 AM PDT by mazda77 (Rubio for US Senate)
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To: NormsRevenge
"No Kid! I didn't visit our troops today because I agree with my friend Van Jones & Rev Wright regarding the 9-11 crime."
58 posted on 09/11/2009 11:53:29 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: NormsRevenge

Didn’t the Lefties say the fight against al Qaeda was “Bush’s war”?


59 posted on 09/11/2009 11:55:30 AM PDT by RoadTest ( Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols - Psalm 97:12a)
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To: NormsRevenge

Notice how pants look on people who actually paint.


60 posted on 09/11/2009 12:07:23 PM PDT by Voter62vb
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