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A day of infamy
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 | Helle Bering

Posted on 09/11/2001 10:31:42 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Could we stop calling this a "tragedy"? The hijacking of planes from American and United Airlines by terrorists, who crashed them into the two World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, represent an act of war. It's that simple. Yesterday's carnage may not have been preceded by a hand-delivered notice and a finely worded declaration of war, but such formalities are not the nature of warfare in the 21st century. Come to think of it, no formalities were observed at Pearl Harbor either, which caught the U.S. government equally unprepared. Yesterday was a "day of infamy" no less than Dec. 7, 1941.


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My heart-felt prayers for the victims and families of this cowardly act.
1 posted on 09/11/2001 10:31:42 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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Arafat's response was rehearsed. He knew what was coming down. Fox News reported that the Saudi Ambassador was supposed to arrive in USA tomorrow for a month long visit. Yesterday, he suddenly cancelled his plans.

You can not tell me that the powers in the Arab world did not know in advance of a major terrorist attack although they may not known of the details.

2 posted on 09/11/2001 10:38:14 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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Yasser Arafat was among the first to deplore the action, looking severely shaken

Yeah and my mother is Mickey Mantle. Fry Arafat!

3 posted on 09/11/2001 10:49:40 PM PDT by oyez
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