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I just heard,on Fox that the U S borders are closed...Does anyone know for sure?This is a cam on the International bridge in between Buffalo and Fort Erie Canadalink Sure doesnt look closed to me

(September 12, 2001 11:08 a.m. EDT) - On the radio Wednesday morning, a professor of conflict resolution was bemoaning the emphasis of President Bush and others on getting revenge for the terrorist acts committed against the United States.Instead, he said, we should begin a "national conversation" about why some people of other lands do not care for us, and he showed where he was coming from by proffering one possible answer - the fact that this country supplies so many weapons that are used for unjust purposes.This professor has it wrong. While the United States has certainly made its ...

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) donated blood Wednesday for the victims of the terror attacks in New York and Washington while other Palestinians held a vigil in Jerusalem in sympathy with the United States. ''God bless them,'' Arafat said as medical staff prepared to draw his blood in Gaza Shifa hospital. Palestinian officials said his donation would be the start of a blood drive for the casualties of Tuesday's attacks

Quetta, Sep 12 (IANS) The United States is paying the price for its anti-Islamic policies but the "worst is still to come", the leader of a Pakistani religious group said Wednesday. Online news agency quoted Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri as saying Muslims across the world had decided not to "spare the international terrorist responsible for making their lives miserable". He was commenting on Tuesday's deadly terror attacks in New York and Washington that killed thousands when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Centre and on the Pentagon. He accused the U.S. of pursuing "terrorist activities" against ...

Fla. University Quiet on Possible Student Link to bin Laden By Jim Burns CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer September 12, 2001 (CNSNews.com) - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a major aeronautical school in Daytona Beach, Fla., will not confirm or deny reports that a Middle Eastern student believed to be a supporter of terrorist Osama bin Laden, was missing from its Florida campus on Tuesday. Authorities continue to look into reports that the student may have been on one of the hijacked planes in connection with the terrorist incidents that toppled both towers of the World Trade Center in New York and crumbled ...

FBI Arrests Man on Train in Anniston Federal agents ordered a southbound Amtrak train to come to a stop in the east Alabama city of Anniston today. The FBI then arrested a passenger. WHNT is told the man boarded the train in New York yesterday. Agents say the man carries a passport from Pakistan, yet his picture and information did not match. He was taken to the FBI field office in either Birmingham or Atlanta. Passengers reported the man because of his "unusual" behavior. We'll have more on this as it become available

Reflections on the World Trade Center Attack by Bob Murphy The phone rang.  It was early Tuesday morning.  I quickly raced through any responsibilities I might have, realized I had none, and so let the machine get it.  A few moments later, it rang again.  Thinking it might be something important, I answered the phone. It was my dad.  “Just calling to see if you’re still alive.”  I restrained a snort:  I’d talked to them not more than a week ago.  Overprotective parents… Then he told me about the plane crashes, and I got up to look out my window ...

Mistakes Made the Catastophe Possible It is likely that more Americans died yesterday due to acts of violence than on any other single day in American history. Two parties are responsible for this sequence of atrocities. The moral blame falls exclusively on the perpetrators, who as of this writing remain unknown. The tactical blame falls on the U.S. government, which has grievously failed in its topmost duty to protect American citizens from harm. Specialists on terrorism have been aware for years of this dereliction of duty; now the whole world knows it. Despite a steady beat of major, organized terrorist ...

Our nation needs to get over the fear. We need to open up our airports. We need to open up our finacial markets. We need to have baseball games, football games, and award ceremonies. We need to open up all the parks and buildings. We must never forget the events of yesterday, but we need to get back to start living our lives as normal again. We can't let these bombings alter what we do, or the terrorists will have won. We must keep our money invested and continue expaning our businesses. We must make those purchases we planned on ...

<p>China has said it will buy five Russian civilian aircraft, a deal that will help add an economic component to the growing political rapport between Moscow and Beijing.</p> <p>China has been a major customer for Russian military aircraft and other hardware, but hasn't made a significant purchase of civilian planes since the fall of the Soviet Union. The order for five Tupolev-204 freighter aircraft isn't big enough to pose a serious, immediate threat to either Co. of the U.S. or Airbus of Europe, which together make the majority of the world's commercial jets. But the deal could be significant for Russia, which has been struggling to revive its moribund civilian-aircraft industry and regain a toehold in the world market.</p>

The United States has spent billions of dollars on counterterrorism since the U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, in August of 1998. Tens of millions have been spent on covert operations specifically targeting Usama bin Ladin and his terrorist organization, al-Qa'ida. Senior U.S. officials boldly claim—even after the suicide att ack last October on the USS Cole, in the port of Aden—that the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are clandestinely "picking apart" bin Ladin's organization "limb by limb." But having worked for the CIA for nearly nine years on Middle Eastern matters (I left the ...

Enter Stage Right - A Journal of Modern Conservatism Back to sanity...the only course By William Westmiller After your disbelief in reality succumbs to the horror of what has actually happened, the first instinct is fear. As we learn that the immediate threats have passed, the fear slowly dissolves into anger. Our first numb thought is to immediately retaliate against anyone and everyone who has wished us harm or celebrated our injury. Revenge, swift and certain and complete. The only wisdom that can seep through the misery and sorrow and anger is to see justice done. Those who have caused ...

One of the Chinese military's leading foreign policy makers yes terday delivered a stark warning to "international forces" to keep out of Taiwan affairs, saying the stand-off in the Taiwan Strait had become "grimmer and more complex". General Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of staff of the PLA, blamed increased tensions on pro-independence forces on the island that had swelled since the election of President Chen Shui-bian last year. Speaking at a conference on international relations in Beijing, General Xiong said Taiwan had "obstinately pursued" pro-independence policies, "thus having fiercely wrecked the premise and foundation of peaceful reunification of the two ...

We have witnessed the Pearl Harbor of 2001. Now, finally, Americans have awakened to a new day and a realization that the rules of engagement have changed. Until Tuesday, September 11, 2001, Americans thought that the 1993 attack on the Twin Towers was just an isolated act by a handful of Islamic fundamentalists. It was treated as an individual crime, not as an act of war, but Islam has been at war with America and its surrogate, Israel, for a very long time. We just didn't want to believe it. Instead, we wanted to believe that Yassir Arafat was ...

Just after the two planes ploughed into the World Trade Centre, the shocked reaction spread the mainland from the China Central Television coverage. Word quickly spread via telephones, mobile phones, and e-mail to friends and family members across China. Many Chinese had to turn to non-governmental sources to get more information. In Guangdong, people with access to Hong Kong's television stations could watch the tragedy unfolding through live coverage from two SAR channels. Many more could view the horror and carnage immediately afterwards on Phoenix TV, which carried Fox TV footage with Chinese voice-over. Many people without access to overseas ...

FIRE ANTS ATTACK ELEPHANT By William Markiewicz Nobody to arrest; they are all dead. Literally, "Dead Men Walking" but with tremendous destructive potential in their trail. Who did it and who was able to go so far? A convenient reflex may be to bomb or -- for more effect -- to nuke Baghdad, or some other rogue; easy targets to hit and a largely symbolic triumph. If faceless anarchist kids could effectively attack the NWO in Seattle, Genoa, how long would we expect to wait until the true professionals of terror strike? We saw very successful terrorist attacks in Saudi ...

The Book of Revelation, Chapter 18, vs. 16-19.18:17 for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off, 18:18 and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is like the great city? 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for ...

Wednesday September 12 1:12 PM ET Countries Pledge to Save Economy By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP)- The United States and its wealthy allies pledged that their central banks would engage in a coordinated effort to keep the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history from destabilizing the global economy. ``We are committed to ensuring that this tragedy will not be compounded by disruption to the global economy,'' the Group of Seven nations said in a joint statement. The statement, issued in the name of the finance ministers and central bank presidents of the world's seven wealthiest nations said ...

The last 24 hours of been one of shock, horror, and anger for me. I'm sure everyone on the board can identify with this. However, what I struggle with today is, what is the Christian response to this terrible act of evil? The Christian is not a violent person, yet neither should the Christian allow him/herself to be "walked on". Whenever we see examples of Christ being abused you do not see Him fighting back physically. He defended His position with words, but never with violence (for instance John 18:23). This may not be the best example as Christ had ...

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 to seek out possible terrorists. These could turn on skin color and national origin or ...