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To: knighthawk
For lurkers that remember the book and movie "A Bridge Too Far":
The code name, Market Garden, was significant. (snip) Field Marshal Montgomery deemed
it necessary that two American divisions and one British airborne division should secure
a series of river crossings at Arnhem. The American 82nd and 101st Airborne would seize
the two southern bridges while the British 1st Airborne, reinforced by the Polish Parachute
Brigade, would capture the northern bridge. At first, all went well.
The 101st Division took the town of Eindhoven, about thirty miles southwest
of Nijmegen, and its bridge while the 82nd, after bitter fighting and mass casualties,
joined an advancing British armored ground force and seized the bridge at Nijmegen.
Funny how history repeats itself.
About 60 years ago a band of thugs bent on exterminating Jews and subjugating the
indigenous Dutch took over Eindhoven.
Now it seems to be happening again.
3 posted on
09/22/2002 7:47:29 AM PDT by
VOA
To: knighthawk
"Motassadeq, who is being tried on mass murder charges related to Sept. 11, visited Eindhoven in 1999 for a religious gathering, possibly with others from the Hamburg cell."
This is so wonderful that he attended a "religious gathering" oh, how peaceful -- Islamic kumbaya -- no doubt. This was all made possible by a rich Saudi madman.
To: knighthawk
It would be interesting to know when the decision was made to go ahead with the Massood hit. This guy's trial may tell us.
To: knighthawk; Lion's Cub; Fred Mertz; aristeides
The local newspaper (Eindhovens Dagblad) has got some articles, which I will translate and post soon, together with other thing connected to Eindhoven.thanx for the effort. it will be interesting to see another perspective.
9 posted on
09/22/2002 12:40:40 PM PDT by
thinden
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