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Powell sets up global anti-terror coalition
Washington Times ^ | 9/13/01 | Ben Barber

Posted on 09/12/2001 10:13:58 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday he is working with allies and other world powers to build a military and political coalition against the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.

"We will find out who is responsible for this, and they will pay for it," Mr. Powell told reporters at the State Department headquarters, which was back in operation a day after its evacuation.


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1 posted on 09/12/2001 10:13:58 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
The secretary of state said he recognized that the Palestinian-Israeli struggle......was partly to blame for the bombings, and he called on the two sides to meet as soon as possible.

Wrong.The rabid terrorists and their middle-east supporters who committed these heinous acts of war against innocent Americans are 100 percent to blame for the bombings. Period.

Too bad Powell didn't say so.

2 posted on 09/12/2001 10:45:13 PM PDT by ppaul
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To: kattracks
The other word for 'coalition' is 'committee'.
3 posted on 09/13/2001 3:14:43 AM PDT by Grut
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