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Attack hits home for some in West Michigan Wednesday, September 12, 2001By Ed White The Grand Rapids Press Sue Yang stared at the television all day, hoping for a glimpse of a survivor who looked like her 22-year-old son. "Can I see my son get up?" she said. "How come I can't find him?" Finally, about nine hours after two planes crashed into New York's World Trade Center, Yang found her son: Benjamin Yang got through on a phone and said he had escaped the twin towers. "We're exhausted but, oh, so happy," said his father, Matt Yang of ...

Yesterday's attack is by far not over, the attacks will continue; maybe not today, but tomorrow or next year. The personal losses, alone, have been staggering. The financial losses, the stalling of certain markets, the destruction of dozens of companies, and the killing of thousands of professionals, will have an extreme impact on this nation. Many people, including myself, lost someone or something in the attacks. But the losses won't stop there. The impact to our country has yet to really be felt. The shock has yet to set in. We must immediately provide disincentive to these attacks such that ...

Just Came over the Radio ABC News Wire on WBAL Radio Baltimore. ABC NEWS REPORTS 12 Plane Hi-Jackers/Suspects Identified (Dead) & Arrest Warrants Issued For Others. Post details here.

Which freedoms would you be willing to compromise in order to wipe out the threat of terrorism? Freedom of travel Freedom of speech Freedom of privacy All of the above None of the above Not sure

I'd been up all night working, and got up at ten. On the radio, an announcer intoned, "The World Trade Center is under attack." Nah. Can't be. But it's not April Fool's Day. Maybe it's a test. Yeah, it's a test of our response to a terrorist attack. I turn on the TV, but it doesn't work. The stations I rely on, NBC, Fox, ABC, are all out. Nothing but snow. Ditto for the WB, UPN, and PBS. Only CBS' Channel 2 works. Just after I tune in, the voice-over announces that one World Trade Center tower has collapsed. I ...

If anything good can come out of this, I would think that the Libs are going to have a hard time trying to dissuade the American people that a Missile Shield is needed. Although this attack would not have changed if we had Missile Defense in place, I think sheeple are FINALLY opening their eyes to the fact that we are VERY vulnerable, and this tragedy will be nothing compared to a madman with a Missle containing a nuke warhead.

KABUL (Reuters) - Fears mounted in Afghanistan (news - web sites) on Wednesday that Washington may unleash retaliation on the country for hosting Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) who is suspected of masterminding the worst attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor. Security was noticeably tightened in war-ravaged Kabul, although officials of the ruling Taliban movement told a news conference within hours of the attacks that Washington had no reason to retaliate against Afghanistan. Foreign aid workers -- fearing they would become victims of local revenge if the United States does attack Afghan targets linked to bin ...

[CAPITALISMMAGAZINE.COM] In the past, the United States has always tried to be "proportional" in its response to terrorism. A terrorist group blows up a U.S. embassy somewhere, and we make a measured response: We blow up a terrorist training base or we hit a bomb factory. And that, we say, is that. Does this impress the terrorists? Does it scare them? Does it deter them? No, of course not. The terrorists play by one set of rules, and we play by another. They blow up an airliner full of innocent civilians, and we huff and puff for years trying to bring ...

PARIS, Sept 12 (AFP) - The prime suspect in the terrorist attacks against the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre, Osama bin Laden, has close links with the former head of Saudi intelligence, experts said Wednesday. Alexandre Del Valle, author of a book on Islam in the United States, told French radio that the multi-millionaire militant was in contact with Turki al-Faycal, the spy chief sacked last month by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Guillaume Dasquier, editor of the specialist magazine "La lettre du renseignement" (Intelligence Newsletter), said that Turki had been sacked after failing to deliver Bin laden ...

BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - NATO may invoke for the first time an article of its founding treaty that calls for mutual defence measures following Tuesday's terror attacks on the United States, a senior NATO official said on Wednesday. Diplomats said the NATO council would meet for the third time in 24 hours later on Wednesday in response to the attacks -- the most serious assault on the United States since the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbour. The official told reporters the council had discussed whether the attacks were covered by Article V of the North Atlantic treaty, ...

We'll go forward from this momentIt's my job to have something to say. They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of this suffering. You monster. You beast. You unspeakable bastard. What lesson did you hope to teach us by your coward's attack on our World Trade Center, our Pentagon, us? What was it you hoped ...

Please use prudence when using this phone number and/or the web form. However, I have great pride in being a "freeper" after many people only posted the most important information, and the FreeRepublic site was one of the sites of the Internet that stayed up when the news media sites were unaccessable. THANK YOU "FREEPERS" FOR YOUR PRUDENCE YESTERDAY. The phone number for the FBI (for tips) is: 1-866-483-5137 The web site (to fill out a form) is: https://www.ifccfbi.gov/complaint/terrorist.asp It is the same web site listed as the "source URL", and is "clickable there". I hope Freepers can contribute. For ...

This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured ...

Aleph. How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! how is the mistress of the Gentiles become as a widow: the princes of provinces made tributary! Beth. Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies. Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place, because of her affliction, and the greatness of her bondage; she hath dwelt among the nations, and she hath found no rest; all her ...

EXCERPTS only in order to comply with this court order.    Click for full story>>>  http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-000073328sep11.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dscience Navy Is Sued Over Coastal Sonar Tests Environment: Groups say program lacks mandatory review. By KENNETH R. WEISS TIMES STAFF WRITER September 11 2001 Environmental groups on Monday sued the U.S. Navy, claiming it has failed to perform mandatory environmental reviews of its sonar tests in coastal waters, despite evidence that such intense noise can harm whales, dolphins and other protected sea creatures. The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Humane Society and Defenders of Wildlife have grown increasingly alarmed since the Navy acknowledged that ...

*snip*Those of us left physically unscathed are flooded with mixed feelings. On a personal note, I actually had two near-misses today. The first came at 9:43 this morning, when a Boeing passenger jet screamed up the expressway next to my home and crashed 3/4 of a mile away, killing everyone on board and even more inside the Pentagon. The second was when I realized that I could very easily have been on that jet, having been invited to appear on ABC's Politically Incorrect Tuesday night, but ultimately choosing to fly out next week (I wanted time to get a haircut ...

While scanning through FreeRepublic yesterday and today in the wake of the great tragedy that has befallen our nation, I have seen a large number of reactions with many varying views. Everyone is in great shock. Some of you may have lost friends or loved ones in the events which have occured. However, I find myself a tad bit frightened by some of the attitudes which I have come across. Emotions are certainly running high at the moment. This is understandable. But, I must implore you, my fellow FReepers, not to allow your emotions cloud your good judgement and your ...

<p>Major league baseball postponed its entire schedule of 15 games for the second straight day today following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, and other sports could soon follow.</p> <p>The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon have brought professional and college sports to a standstill nationwide and it was unclear when they would resume.</p>

ALERT: Now Is The Time for Americans to Defend America Everybody in America now knows that on Tuesday, September 11, three aircraft were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These crashes appeared timed and were part of a planned terrorist action. The death toll will likely exceed that caused by the Imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that started World War II. This coordinated attack was an act of war. Some years ago Israel bombed a nuclear plant in Iraq. World opinion largely condemned Israel's actions, but Israel warned that if the world does not get rid ...

Transformation Wednesday, September 12, 2001 (September 12, 2001) It seems futile, almost frivolous to pile more written words on top of all the many millions that have already been typed in wake of the monstrous attack by audacious terrorists on this nation yesterday morning. What else is there to say? Yet this is what all of us who are paid to discuss things publicly must do. An old Marine buddy of mine, Ed Shea, is a retired NYFD lieutenant. Two of his sons, Brian and Kevin, are currently among New York’s bravest. Kevin was one of the hundreds of ...