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Dubai - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia have placed alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden under house arrest in the wake of the suicide attacks on the United States, an Arabic online newspaper reported. Quoting "fundamentalist Arab sources", Ilaf said the "Taliban have arrested Osama bin Laden before placing him under surveillance with several of his assistants," including the head of the Egyptian branch of Al-Jihad Ayman Al-Zawahri and bin Laden's military commander, Muhammad Atef Al-Makni. "A number of Afghan fighters are under house arrest along with bin Laden," said the report late on Wednesday. But a diplomat at the ...

You can understand why they're jumping up and down in the streets of Lebanon and Palestine, jubilant in their victory. They have struck a mighty blow against the Great Satan, mightier than even the producers of far-fetched action-thrillers could conceive. They have driven a gaping wound into the heart of his military headquarters. They have ruptured the most famous skyline in the world, the glittering monument to his decadence. They have killed and maimed thousands of his subjects, live on TV. They have reduced the hated Bush to a pitiful presidential refugee, spending the day of infamy bounced to ...

Many emails have been sent from around the world of condolence and sympathy for the tragic actions of yesterday here in the United States. One fan forwarded this verse which is so appropriate in light of everything that has taken place: "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face towards you and give you peace' (The book of Numbers chapter 6, and verses 24-26). Such appropriate words in such a time of peril. Yesterday, all across the country and possibly the world, prayer ...

It is generally acknowledged that if there was consolation after Pearl Harbor, it was that we knew who did it. During those minutes and hours when all of America watched the skyscrapers crumble, a wing of the Pentagon dismembered, New Yorkers by the tens of thousands scrambling for life while hundreds of thousands ached for knowledge of kin, there was the question incessantly posed: Who did it? Many other questions flowed from that one. Why did we not know anything about it? What ails airport security? How might an aircraft transformed to a torpedo be deflected? These last questions will ...

A Freeper friend of mine put this page up today as a tribute to the heroes of this horrible act of terrorism. He is too modest to post it here so I am taking the liberty of posting it on his behalf...it's too good not to share with America. A TRIBUTE To The HEROES - (Klamath Mentioned)

KLA rebels train in terrorist camps By Jerry Seper The Washington Times, May 4, 1999 Some members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which has financed its war effort through the sale of heroin, were trained in terrorist camps run by international fugitive Osama bin Laden -- who is wanted in the 1998 bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 persons, including 12 Americans. The destruction of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya was blamed by the U.S. on Osama bin Laden's group. Well before the start of the NATO operation reports were pointing to his ties to ...

Wednesday September 12 8:04 PM ET NATO Vows Collective Assistance for United States Photos Reuters Photo   By David Lawsky BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Invoking a mutual defense clause for the first time in its history, NATO (news - web sites) Wednesday pledged collective assistance to the United States if it responds militarily to Tuesday's devastating attacks. ``The council agreed that if it is determined that this was an attack directed from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded as an action covered by Article V of the Washington Treaty,'' the 19-nation NATO council said. That clause in the ...

As intelligence officials quietly tracked clues in the nation's most devastating terrorist attacks, top government authorities complained Wednesday that leaks of classified information could hinder those efforts. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that anyone who would divulge classified material is willing ``to frustrate our efforts to track down and deal with terrorists and willing to reveal information that could cost the lives of men and women in uniform.'' Rumsfeld did not specifically identify the source or nature of any leaked material. The comments came a day after Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, disclosed in several media interviews that intelligence officials had ...

Researcher: America's Obsession With Sex Reaping Sad Results By Chad Groening September 12, 2001 (AgapePress) - A spokesman for the American Family Association says he is appalled at a recently released study that reveals that hundreds of thousands of U.S. children are victims in the sex trade. The study was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania, and it discovered that as many as 400,000 American children are victims of the sex trade, from juvenile pornography and street prostitution, to selling sex at school. Ed Vitagliano, director of research for the American Family Association, says these staggering statistics have come ...

In Butler's Lives of the Saints, we read that today is the feast of the holy name of Mary. It was extended to the entire Western Church in 1683 by Pope Innocent XI as an act of thanksgiving for the lifting of the siege of Vienna and the defeat of the Turks by the Christian army led by Jan Sobieski, king of Poland. This date is that of his victory over the Turks and thus the rescue of Christian Europe from invading Moslems.

THE US Government told America’s airlines this summer that they would be breaching passengers’ civil rights if they made extra checks on those of Arab origin. Norman Mineta, the US Transportation Secretary, ordered an investigation in June into complaints made by Arab-Americans that they were being unfairly picked on for security screenings at Detroit’s main airport. Mr Mineta said at the time: “Routine security measures are necessary to protect the flying public against possible terrorist attacks, but we must also protect the civil rights of airline passengers.” Yesterday Mr Mineta promised to tighten security at airports permanently. “There will be ...

BOSTON - The race to replace the late U.S. Rep. Joe Moakley will pit a conservative Democrat who opposes abortion against a moderate Republican who supports abortion rights. State Sen. Stephen F. Lynch won a seven-way Democratic primary and state Sen. JoAnn Sprague beat a sole challenger on the Republican side in the contest for the 9th Congressional District. The seat in the district, which includes Boston, has been held by a Democrat for most of the last century. But Sprague said she believed she could mount a challenge to Lynch, who had the endorsement of Moakley's brothers. Lynch ...

CNN reporting that 7 tickets for hijackers were purchased with ONE traceable credit card. Also reporting that their emails are traceable.

Struggle Aboard Hijacked Plane That Crashed in Pennsylavania 9-12-1 SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania (AFP) - Hijackers struggled with the crew of a hijacked United Airlines jetliner that crashed here and managed to keep the plane from its suicide mission in Washington, a member of congress said Wednesday.     Representative John Murtha, who comes from the district here, said crew members likely resisted efforts by the hijackers to fly a suicide mission into the US capital city.     Asked about the target of the plane, Murtha told reporters, "The target was Washington, DC, a major target there."     Some ...

Bin Laden Said To Have Nukes Report: Extent of fugitive leader's arsenal 'no longer a doubt' WorldnetDaily By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com April 28, 2001 Fugitive Saudi terrorist-sponsor Osama bin Laden is now known to have nuclear weapons, putting to rest previous speculation that left the possibility open, according to a weekly intelligence newsletter. A report published in this week’s Geostrategy-Direct.com newsletter, edited in part by Washington Times staffers Bill Gertz and Robert Morton, indicated that bin Laden's possession of nuclear devices "is no longer a doubt." "Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama bin Laden has nuclear weapons. The question is ...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Many local residents stocked up on ammunition and firearms Tuesday, local business operators said. Steve Romanoff, owner of Allegheny River Arsenal in Verona, said almost 30 customers bought one or two 1,000-round cases of ammunition. "There was a definite, major upswing in sales of ammunition and firearms," he said. "Much more than for the Y2K scare." "They were buying defensive-type weapons - semiautomatic handguns and rifles ... not sporting types, but the types of weapons used for defense." Romanoff said sales volume at the store was probably five times more than ...

Thursday 13 September 9:14 AM Bin Laden under house arrest: report Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia had placed alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden under house arrest in the wake of the suicide attacks on the United States, an Arabic online newspaper reported. Quoting "fundamentalist Arab sources", Ilaf said the "Taliban have arrested Osama bin Laden before placing him under surveillance with several of his assistants," including the head of the Egyptian branch of Al-Jihad Ayman Al-Zawahri and bin Laden's military commander, Muhammad Atef Al-Makni. "A number of Afghan fighters are under house arrest along with bin Laden," said the report ...

Yesterday's infamy has catapulted the United States into a new age, like the sudden death of a parent transports a teenager into reluctant adulthood. Our isolation is gone, our detachment from the harshest global realities now the stuff of childhood dreams. While our innocence may have been raped from us in the morning skies over Washngton and New York, our soul burns intact. Sadder, we are wiser. In grief, we strengthen in resolve. But we will never be the old America again. No words can sum up the outrage, no speeches capture the single-minded grit the United States must show ...

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We went to the flag store here in Sacramento Tuesday afternoon, our generation's Day of Infamy. Our neighborhood kids waved their flags and passing traffic honked. (They're out agains tonight) They will tell their grandchildren what yesterday was like, where they were and what they did.. My neighbors discussed what to put on a tablecloth sign .. UNITED WE STAND was the choice. The flag that's lit on the second story tonight comes from our Nation's founding. Red & White stripe and the rattler... DON'T TREAD ON ME! Torches are lit on the median strip, torches for hope and the ...