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September 11, 2001 Resisting Hysteria This is a time for expert police work, not unfocused war By Jesse Walker Usually, when a monumental, violent event shakes the world, I turn on the news. Not so today. At first I was too busy calling and e-mailing my family and friends in New York and Washington, D.C., desperately hoping that none of them was dead. But now, several hours later, I still haven't turned on a television. I have no interest, yet, in seeing the spectacle of thousands of people killed; no stomach, yet, for watching pundits lurch about without hard facts ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Senior Pakistani officials were meeting with ministers of the Taliban government in Kabul Wednesday, trying to convince them to hand over suspected terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. Officials in Islamabad said the country's military government sent a delegation to Afghanistan after an emergency meeting of its core commanders to review the consequences for South Asia of the terrorist attacks in the United States. Pakistani rulers fear a massive U.S. retaliation should U.S. authorities establish that bin Laden, already wanted in the United States for his alleged part in other attacks on U.S. interests, ...

Folks, pardon this vanity post, but I was reading the Koran last night, trying to figure out if these maniacs really think they are doing what they are "supposed" to do. I have to come to the conclusion that they are. The Koran (that's the muslim bible, as you probably know) says clearly that if they are at war with an enemy, they should kill-kill-kill. Of course, then it's a matter of whether or not they consider themselves to be "at war." Obviously, some do. I've also read a lot about their attitude toward Jews and Christians, and their ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani newspaper said on Wednesday that Saudi militant Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) had denied responsibility for the terror attacks in the United States. ``The terrorist act is the action of some American group. I have nothing to do with it,'' the newspaper Khabrain quoted bin Laden as saying through ``sources close to the Taliban.'' The Urdu-language newspaper has a reputation for sensational reporting and there was no independent confirmation of the claim. Two hijacked U.S. commercial planes slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on Tuesday, causing both 110-story landmarks ...

Maybe now, in the wake of this terrible act of war, we can break our great taboo and at least consider a revival of the draft. We've been having our cake and fairly stuffing our mouths with it for three decades now. We managed a victory in the Persian Gulf with minimal casualties; won the war in Kosovo from the air; and now depend almost entirely on machines to do our spying. It's all worked marvelously well, until now. I was at the dentist Tuesday afternoon. First thing he said was, "As soon as I saw how they did it, ...

<p>As the sun rises over Manhattan's skyline on Wednesday, smoke drifts where the World Trade Center towers once stood.</p> <p>NEW YORK (CNN) -- Rapidly rising billows of thick white smoke rose from the remains of New York's World Trade Center towers and the western wall of the Pentagon in Washington on Wednesday, a day after catastrophic strikes on two renowned symbols of American power.</p>

From ashes, a new nation By MILES BENSONand DELIA RIOS SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - As American leadership at every level moves to cope with the immediate crisis of mounting death and destruction from the disasters at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, an important question will arise: Can national security and civil liberty co-exist? This issue will be at the forefront, testing President Bush and his administration as they lead a frightened and angry country. In pursuit of security, experts believe demands will be heard for more intrusive use of wiretaps, searches, detainment and "profiling" techniques ...

September 12, 2001 Attack Hits Bush With Severe Test Of His Untested Leadership Skills By GERALD F. SEIB PRESIDENT BUSH suddenly faces a crisis that transcends nearly any nightmare he could have imagined, and one that calls upon him to summon leadership skills he's never tested. Indeed, the very skills he now needs most -- the ability to unite a quarrelsome nation, the knack for transcending partisan divides, the talent to pull America's international allies behind him -- are precisely the skills that skeptics doubt he possesses. Other presidents whose skills were similarly doubted at a time of national duress ...

<p>FAA says flights will not resume at noon. Details to come.</p>

There are reports Afghanistan is prepared to discuss the extradition of Osama bin Laden. According to the AFP newswire, the Taliban authorities have said they'll consider requests for the extradition based on any evidence supplied. Bin Laden has reportedly denied any involvement in the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are reported to have said: "It is premature to talk about extraditing Osama bin Laden but we would consider it. If any evidence is presented to us we will study it." But the Saudi dissident is said to have congratulated the people who carried ...

As America continues to reel from the catastrophic events of 9/11, we need to rethink a few things: It’s probably time to train and ARM the cockpit crews of US carriers who agree to the program. Pilots and FOs who do not want the responsibility can be exempted. It was, after all, the folks controlling the aircraft who were the targets on Terrible Tuesday. During the rash of hijackings of a few decades ago, the feds put armed “AIR MARSHALS” on many flights. While some correctly argued that a fuselage punctured by a bullet at 35,000 feet MIGHT – repeat ...

When we retaliate, we need to destroy everything. Crush every rock.

Orlando Salinas, FoxNews, was just live in Daytona and authorities are searching a plane there with bomb sniffing dogs. Nothing on their web site though.

Observations and Reflection of Yesterday's Tragedy.

It was as if an earthquake rent The hearth-stones of a continent, And made forlorn, the households born Of peace on earth, good will to men. And in despair I bowed my head “There is no peace on earth,” I said, “For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men.” Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The wrong shall fail, the right prevail With peace on earth, good will to men.”

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 ...

WOULD ALL WHO CARE TO, PLEASE JOIN US COMFORT ONE ANOTHER - RAGE - COMMISERATE - PRAY LET US GATHER STRENGTH, TOGETHER

Today: September 12, 2001 at 8:20:29 PDT Text of Bush's Statement About Attacks Text of President Bush's statement Wednesday about terrorist attacks, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.: I just completed a meeting with our national security team, and we've received the latest intelligence updates. The deliberate and deadly attacks, which were carried out yesterday against our country, were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. This will require our country to unite in steadfast determination and resolve. Freedom and democracy are under attack. The American people need to know we're facing a different enemy than we ...

Just heard on CBS that bags were found at Logan airport that were meant to be on the flight to LA which contains an instructional video on flying a commercial airplane, a gadget to calculate fuel usage and the Quo'ran.

<p>Fighter planes from the Virginia Air National Guard and warships from Norfolk sortied yesterday in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Washington and New York, and Gov. Jim Gilmore mobilized about 600 National Guard soldiers and airmen.</p> <p>U.S. and state military bases went to Threat Condition Delta, increasing security to the highest level, setting up roadblocks, checking vehicles and restricting entry to armed forces members and authorized civilians.</p>