Posted on 10/18/2001 9:08:51 PM PDT by Pokey78
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:03:48 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's better to withstand a few hours of feeling foolish than to spend the rest of your life regretting not reporting something that turned out to be true.
-PJ
As ever, Peggy Noonan is right on! In my townhouse development, a "single man" purchased a unit two years ago. He kept to himself and there was a lot of traffic (cars with young middle eastern males) that came and went during that time. He disappeared around 9/11. His car sat in the driveway with a flat tire. All the shades in the house are pulled down, except for one window where a cat sometimes appears. It wasn't until 2 weeks later that I learned his name was middle eastern.
Initially, I felt silly bringing this information to the state police and the FBI. What if ... he had gone away on vacation or business? Last week, the car was gone from the driveway. Last night, yet another car was parked there. Sometimes, we must follow instinct or gut feeling.
One of the other board members remembered the other day that when the middle eastern man moved in, he was most anxious to know if homeowners could install direct tv. The small satellite dish appeared on his roof within one week. He never spoke to anyone else ever again. Coincidence?
The Arabs terrorists living in Afghanistan have adopted the head dress of their Pashtu hosts. It is not called a turban. I don't know the exact name.
The Afghan Taliban spokesmen wear them. I just saw two of them on FOX being interviewed by the press. One was speaking, and one was interpreting into English.
Yes, some Afghanis wear some kind of a cloth wrapped about their head.
So I suppose that is an exception if you consider Afghanistan as part of the Middle East.
But I suspect a lot of Freepers who have never been outside the good old USA would be amazed
to learn that outside Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states most Middle Eastern men wear nothing on their head.
(Except you do see a lot of teen-agers with baseball caps on backwards, trying to imitate the American kids they see in the movies.)
When Frank Sinatra was still with us, it is said that he had devised a strategy so that he could live a semi-normal life in public.
Sinatra, of course, was almost universally recognized, and frequently interrupted by strangers; strangers who were not necessarily of sound mind.
What was Mr. Sinatra's credo for survival?
Be Awake, Be Alert, Be Aware.
Now, for our survival, we must all make a concerted effort to live this way!
Race, I recall you posting about an incident where someone made a strange comment to you. Is your search related?
Please all:
Be Awake, Be Alert, Be Aware!
I think I read shortly thereafter that the five had been released. However, I think I have read in the Washington Post within the past few days that the French police have recently arrested another Islamist on suspicion of having planned to attack a French cathedral.
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