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Biden cool to talk on independence US-TAIWAN TIES: US Senator Joseph Biden says Taiwan shouldn't count on American help if a formal declaration of independence prompts an attack from China By Charles Snyder STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON The US won't come to Taiwan's aid should China attack the country for making a unilateral declaration of independence, US Senator Joseph Biden said on Monday. Speaking to the National Press Club in Washington, Biden warned both sides of the Strait to refrain from "reckless action." The US politician, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Taiwan early last month ...

By successfully attacking the most prominent symbols of American power- Wall Street and the Pentagon-terrorists have wiped out any remaining illusions that America is safe from mass organized violence. That realization alone will alter the way the U.S. approaches its role in the world, as well as the way Americans travel and do business at home and abroad. The death toll from the hijacked jets' attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan and damaged the Pentagon outside of Washington was impossible to gauge immediately. But it could eclipse the loss of life the country suffered in ...

Although some RAT supporters may consider this a partisan attack being written for political purposes in this time of crisis, it is not. I've been all over Scumbag for nine years. Eight years. Eight excruciatingly long years. Eight years of BJs with interns instead of doing the country's business. Eight years of covering crimes. Eight years of loathing the military, best exhibited by Somalia and and the intern under the desk while discussing life and death military matters with Cong. Sonny Callahan. Eight years of lies and obfuscation. Eight years of military neglect. Eight years of wagging the dog. Eight ...

Colorado's elite Guard unit on standbyBy Mike Patty, News Staff WriterAURORA -- An elite Colorado National Guard unit trained to respond to terrorist attacks using weapons of mass destruction was ordered to standby Tuesday. Guard spokeswoman Deborah Smith said Colorado's 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team was recalled by the National Guard Bureau in Washington and ordered to standby at Buckley Air Force Base to await further instructions. The team, the first unit of its kind in the United States to be certified by the secretary of defense, is made up of 20 members of Army and ...

The US yesterday mobilised support from Britain and its other western allies for a crusade against Islamic terrorism in the wake of Tuesday's devastating terrorist attacks on New York and Washington in which thousands of people died. For the first time in its 52-year history, Nato last night invoked Article 5 of its charter, which declares that an attack on any member state is an attack on all, implying automatic European backing for US retaliation. Nato is now drawing up an emergency plan for a massive attack on Afghanistan if proof emerges that Osama bin Laden, the wanted Saudi-born terrorist ...

Did anyone witness the assembly of our leaders on the capitol steps to show the bipartisan unity - that went well - but I believe I noticed that several members on the left (left side of the screen facing me, that is) were muted, silent, not even trying to move their lips as the song of praise for America was spontaneously sung out by the assembled group. I would like someone that taped this to review it and identify those members that either don't know the words, or just don't like them. I hope now that we are united as ...

Empire State Building Area Evacuated in False Alarm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A false alarm forced the evacuation of thousands of people from the Empire State Building and surrounding streets of midtown Manhattan on Wednesday night, officials said . Police officers at the scene said that a bomb-sniffing dog at the Empire State Building had ``positively detected something'' but less than an hour later, residents were given the all clear to return to the landmark building and their apartments. The Director of the Observatory at the building, Richard Rust, said, ``All I can tell you is it's a false alarm.'' ...

TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, 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 ...

What will be one quick way to determine whether the American response to yesterday's outrage is adequate? Whether it primarily involves cruise missiles or not. Cruise missiles are a very nice weapon in the abstract, and even have important uses in this instance — primarily, I would think, as an instrument of assassination. But, in general, over the years cruise missile attacks have become synonymous with symbolic pinprick strikes that are an excuse for not taking serious action against our enemies. They have been made a tool of the sort of carefully calibrated warmaking that should have been forever discredited ...

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Dear family, We watch at TV what happend to day in your country and it is for pity. We hope that the members of our family are not injured. XXX, please, reply as soon as possible. Unfortunatly we know very well what the criminal attack bringing for the innocent people and we have rigret for them. I have task to send our care and best wishes for all of you. Please send my love to family, XYZ

I put 2+2 together from the following links. It's my doing, but I think it has credibility:>>http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010912/en/people- archerd_5.html Among those who were to wing to L.A. for the awards were the cast of ``Sex and the City (news - Y! TV),'' including nominees Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall, and ``Sopranos'' members Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco and James Gandolfini. Plus ``Saturday Night Live (news - Y! TV)'s'' Darrell Hammond and Will Ferrell. Andy Garcia, who is filming in N.Y., was to fly out to present an award. Jon Stewart from ``The Daily Show'' and the cast of ``Everybody Loves Raymond ...

Throughout Tuesday's historic coverage of what people are calling "the Second Pearl Harbor," certain members of the media whined that they didn't know where President Bush was. Then there was the inevitable USA Today/Gallup poll asking, "Is President Bush up to the task?" I don't know how many of you have seen Peter Jennings on ABC, but he was beside himself over the way George Bush handled these attacks. This fine son of Canada doesn't understand why our American president George W. Bush went to an Air Force Base in Omaha. Little Peter couldn't understand why George Bush didn't ...

A fellow FReeper suggested (I think) that the WTC be rebuilt.I ask, who should get the bill?foreverfree

NOW!!! Saw Mccain on CNN said he wants one...FOX NEWS REPORTING 20-30K may be dead!!! including 10K in the mall and subway under the WTC! somebody post a list of e-mails to congress..FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR NOW..not a PC statement of declaration of resolve whatever...Both civilian and military targets have been hit...the White House and Air Force one targeted! Many thousands dead!

CANCUN, Mexico, Sept 12 (AFP) - A small plane crashed near southern Mexico's Chichen Itza archaeological site Wednesday, killing all 17 US tourists and two Mexican pilots aboard, officials said. It was not immediately clear why the plane crashed in a field five minutes after taking off in Chichen Itza, airport administrator Eduardo Alfaro told The tourists were heading back to their cruise ship in Cozumel, a Mexican island 140 kilometers (90 miles) away, after visiting the ruins, a spokesman for the small AeroFerinco airline said. He said the 17 US nationals and two Mexican pilots aboard the small ...

A possible terrorist suspect who was caught snapping photos of security operations at four downtown federal buildings in New York City was let go by federal officials, the New York Post reported Wednesday. A source at the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is investigating, described the incident as "a very intriguing and very important story right now," following the terrorist attack against the World Trade Center using two jetliners on Tuesday. A third jetliner crashed into the Pentagon; a fourth, possibly enroute to the White House, crashed in western Pennsylvania. All airliners were hijacked, officials said. The DIA source told the ...

ATLANTA –– Josh Gipe had been considering joining the Army to pay for college. The terrorist attacks against the very symbols of American power steeled his resolve. He went straight to an Army office here Wednesday morning, filling out paperwork and answering recruiters' questions. The 24-year-old hopes to be in basic training in two weeks. "As an American, I feel like I owe something to my country," Gipe said. "Our freedom has been put in jeopardy, and I want to be someone who helps defend that." Across the country, military recruitment offices reported a jump in visitors and phone calls ...

Has anyone seen or heard from the Vice President since the terrorist attacks began?

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