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ACCORDING TO THE presiding judge in last year's trial, the bombing of New York's World Trade Center on February 26, 1993 was meant to topple the city's tallest tower onto its twin, amid a cloud of cyanide gas. Had the attack gone as planned, tens of thousands of Americans would have died. Instead, as we know, one tower did not fall on the other, and, rather than vaporizing, the cyanide gas burnt up in the heat of the explosion. "Only" six people died. Few Americans are aware of the true scale of the destructive ambition behind that bomb, this ...

Fellow Freepers:I would like to bring your attention to something that is relatively (even in the big picture presented) disturbing at least to me. Specifically, I have heard numerous mentions of the Act of War perpetrated upon us, referred to by SOME of our leaders as a "Tragedy." Ladies and Gentlemen, this is and was NOT a "TRAGEDY"; the deliberate murder of tens of thousands is an unspeakable OUTRAGE!!!!!. We must not allow our leaders to shirk sure and serious retribution by downplaying the significance of this by using weasel words. Shakespeare wrote Tragedies. Sorry stories of preordained fruitlessness. Of ...

America: We Warned You!!! Regular JTF television viewers and JTF.ORG web site readers have seen our warnings for years that America would soon be the target for massive terrorist attacks leading to huge casualties. No one else has pointed out that America's dependence on Arab oil has enriched the fanatically hateful Muslim Nazi world to the point where they are now able to stage coordinated warlike attacks on U.S. soil. This is but a taste of far worse things to come. Muslim Nazi dictators and their terrorist allies are preparing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, which will ...

FOR ANY WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENT:President Bush is to speak to America, this morning at 10:45 a.m. (eastern)

FOR ANY WHO MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS MORNING'S ANNOUNCEMENT:President Bush is to speak to America, this morning at 10:45 a.m.

The syntax is clearly Russian, but the text is worth reading. Terrorists' aim is world war, political scientist Prominent Russian political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky, head of the Fund for Effective Policies, holds that the terrorists have created a new world reality. It turns out the world can now be constructed and not by great "architects" alone but just anyone who so wishes, he writes in an article published by the Russian information service Strana.Ru. So far the description of the events is in the traditional terms: the usual set of terrorists and their long-known motives. Yet the query: "Whence ...

Full House today! We they declare War against Terrorism today?

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 12 (UPI) - Although denying any involvement in the deadly attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers Wednesday braced for possible U.S. retaliation. Several Taliban officials, interviewed by United Press International, said they had scattered their troops in the mountains, away from major cities. They also hid their few remaining planes and mounted aircraft guns on roofs in Kabul and Kandahar cities. "The United States has no reason to attack Afghanistan but we are taking no chances," said a Taliban official. The Taliban's spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, had earlier denied ...

The House is back in session and I believe there will be some very strong speeches of condemnation. Starting now for one hour.

  Chronic underfunding of US HUMINT plays role in intelligence failures  By Clifford Beal,Editor JDW  Additional Reporting by  Andrew Koch, JDW Bureau Chief, Washington, DC In the aftermath of the carnage in New York and Washington, DC, hundreds of questions will be asked as to how such an audacious and co-ordinated attack could have happened.  This latest act of terrorism, although the most horrific to date, is not the first time that the US government has been caught unaware. Indeed, the subject of "asymmetric warfare" ­ the use of terrorist methods to strike at weaknesses in the societies of ...

The events of the last 24 hours or so have most assuredly swept other stories in our nation completely off the radar screen. They will probably be off for weeks if not months.One can only speculate on the larger implications vis-a-vis issues we were all following recently.For example, Gary Condit must be breathing one large sigh of relief; he will probably escape scrutiny for a long time, if not indefinitely. Vincente Fox's arrogant plan of opening our borders completely. have probably been dashed. For one cannot believe there would still be believers in the theory and praxis of open, porous ...

Mayor Giuliani, who we can assume has as good information as anyone, estimated losses of "a few thousand for each tower" in a news conference that is ongoing as of 9:58AM. I don't know how to compare horrific evils, but my first reaction was a bit of relief, because I had thought that the losses were even worse.

In the aftermath of the carnage in New York and Washington, DC, hundreds of questions will be asked as to how such an audacious and co-ordinated attack could have happened. This latest act of terrorism, although the most horrific to date, is not the first time that the US government has been caught unaware. Indeed, the subject of "asymmetric warfare" ­ the use of terrorist methods to strike at weaknesses in the societies of western countries -- has been a significant worry for strategic planners in the US for most of the 1990s. One possible contributing factor to this failure ...

Given the reality of yesterday’s events, there is a very good possibility that God Himself has lifted His hand of protection from America. He may have given us over to our own devices. We have sown the wind for years and it looks like we have now reaped the whirlwind. How Ironic, earlier today I saw Daschel, Dodd and other leaders commiserating in Washington and in the midst of this tragedy people in government, ... the very people who have been opposed to the Lord Jesus Christ, prayer in school or within the halls of government. People who support and ...

Janet Reno Visit to University of Idaho Draws CriticismBOISE, Idaho (AP) - Some Idaho conservatives are fuming at the idea of former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno giving a lecture at the University of Idaho Law School next month. Reno is to speak on the Moscow campus on Oct. 2, and her remarks will be simulcast in Boise. She will receive a $7,500 fee from an endowment established by Sherman J. Bellwood, a University of Idaho graduate who later became a district judge. Although conservatives, such as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, have been previous guest lecturers, Idaho opponents of ...

JERUSALEM (September 12) - Former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu called upon all democratic nations of the world to join an international coalition to crush the terrorist organizations and the regimes that sponsor them. Netanyahu warned last night that the attacks could be a harbinger of worse tragedies that could kill millions of people once Iran or Iraq acquire nuclear weapons. "We must build a coalition against terror today, when our power is unmatched, because tomorrow it could be matched," Netanyahu said in a news conference at Jerusalem's King David Hotel. "It's times to take on militant Islamic regimes with ...

AIR SECURITY Knives permitted aboard planes By Sharon L. Crenson, Associated Press, 9/12/2001 EW YORK - Passengers are sometimes allowed to carry knives on board airplanes. That fact, published on the Federal Aviation Administration's Web site, probably played a role in at least three of the four hijackings that ended in disaster yesterday. Barbara Olson, wife of US Solicitor General Theodore Olson, was on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Pentagon. She told her husband during a cellphone call from the plane that the hijackers were using knifelike instruments. Federal regulations state: ''FAA guidelines allow knives with blades ...

As of this moment, what is clear is that a substantial number of civilian aircraft were hijacked this morning by pilots with sufficient ability to maneuver those multi-engine aircraft into collisions with major buildings. The flights originated at a number of airports. Each incident required the presence of at least one and probably more hijackers, each prepared to die in the attack. Mounting an attack of this sort is not simple. In the case of the World Trade Center, the collapse of the towers indicates massive delayed explosions. This means either the planes were loaded with explosives or that massive ...

A cellphone conversation between a passenger and his wife may indicate that an act of heroism may have kept one of the airplanes from doing damage and taking more innocent lives. Tom Burnett, a passenger aboard United Flight 93, reportedly called his wife Deena and told her that the plane he was traveling on had been hijacked and that someone had been stabbed, according to the Knight Ridder news service. Burnett then told his wife “We’re all gonna die, but three of us are going to do something.” Burnett then reportedly told his wife “I love you honey” before the ...

(09:20) IDF rescue units depart for NYC September, 12 2001 The IDF's disaster rescue unit attached to the Home Front Command is scheduled to leave for New York City this afternoon. One hundred twenty soldiers will assist US authorities in participating in the operation, Army Radio reported. The Israeli transport flight will be given special permission to land in the New York area. American airspace remains closed at this time to all except military flights. America under attack - Your condolencesExpress your condolences to the victims of the mass terror attack on the United States. America under attackExpress your ...