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  ----- Original Message ----- From: Sierra Dundee <2taurus@cairns.net.au> To: SierraTimesAlert <SierraTimesAlert@involved.com> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:56 AM Subject: News Ranch Update 09.13.01 > http://www.SierraTimes.com> Sierra Times Update> For Thu. 09.13.01 - 02:55  Sierra Time> (Our Nation Attacked: Tears flow while the Drumbeat Begins)> > In the News Today...> > http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/sep/13/arjj091301.htm> Klamath: National Crisis Brings> Both Sides To Agreement> Full Report by J.J. Johnson> > http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/sep/13/arst091301.htm> Schulz Requests Delay for Tax Hearing> Sierra Times> > http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/sep/12/edtt091201.htm> Cut from the herd> © 2000 by Tina Terry> > http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/sep/13/arwmk091301.htm> Constitutional Provisions> for Tuesday's Attack> William Michael Kemp> > http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/sep/13/aryahoo091301.htm> Bin ...

I haven't posted here in quite a while; though I have been checking in frequently. I know this is a vanity post, but I just can't seem to get to sleep tonight. Any one else having trouble sleeping??I don't know about you, But I want to hear a Churchill-type speech from President Bush; relating to the monumental events of the last 48 hrs and also reminding us of who we are as a people. His speeches so far have been good, but too short. I know he can do it, and it's been so long (8yrs) since we have heard ...

Jordan Times (News Section) Reaction to attacks in US reveals rift between Egypt's leaders, people       CAIRO — Reaction in Cairo to the terrorist attacks that hit the United States has revealed the wide rift that separates the Egyptian government, a key US ally, and the man in the street. “Mabruk! Mabruk! (congratulations),” shouted people huddled at shop windows where television sets showed incredible images of airliners crashing into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York on Tuesday. “It's the best thing that's happened since the October war,” said Gawish Abdul Kerim, a ...

I wonder why they went after the World Trade Center? Wouldn't they have made a stronger statement hitting more traditional symbols like the Empire State Building, or the Statue of Liberty, or the GW Bridge? Just curious what drives these monsters.

Tears streaming down his face, Fire Lt. Vincent Boura stumbled yesterday out of The Pit — and wondered if anything would ever be the same. Along with thousands of other soot-covered firefighters, Boura spent hour after exhausting hour climbing in and out of a huge hole rescuers carved into the rubble of the World Trade Center. They rappelled down 30-foot ropes as bright sunshine glinted off their helmets amid clouds of smoke. They stumbled through the debris-choked blackness that once housed stores on the twin towers concourse. They searched — mostly in vain — for any signs of life. "I'm ...

Ronnie Clifford managed to escape the burning World Trade Center before it crumbled to the ground. He later learned that his sister and niece were on one of the two hijacked planes that hit it, his brother said. "Tragically, my sister hit the tower building as my brother was on the ground floor," John Clifford, of Cork, told Irish television yesterday. "I was very concerned when the two buildings collapsed because I knew Ronnie worked in one. He phoned to say he made it." But Ronnie later "had a feeling" their sister, Ruth McCourt, might have been on one of ...

<p>The second kamikaze jet veers toward a direct hit on the south tower on Tuesday, a feat that's surprisingly easy with a few months of flight training, experts say.</p> <p>September 13, 2001 -- Taking control of a big airliner and flying it into as precise a target as the World Trade Center is easier than most people would imagine, aviation experts said today.</p>

NEW YORK -- The grim task of calculating a death toll from the attacks on New York and Washington was being done in reverse. First, officials were trying to find out who survived. With too many people missing for an accurate count to begin in New York, authorities began a frantic search for the names of confirmed survivors so they could begin to guess the number of dead in the World Trade Center. "The best estimate we can make is that there will be a few thousand left in each building," Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday. Asked about a report ...

“Generally it is impossible to carry out an act of terror on the scenario which was used in the USA yesterday”. This was said by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Anatoli Kornukov. “We had such facts too”, - said the general straightforwardly. Kornukov did not specify what happened in Russia and when and to what extent it resembled the events in the US. He did not advise what was the end of air terrorists’ attempts either. But the fact the general said that means a lot. As it turns out the way the terrorists acted in America is not ...

“Generally it is impossible to carry out an act of terror on the scenario which was used in the USA yesterday”. This was said by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Anatoli Kornukov. “We had such facts too”, - said the general straightforwardly. Kornukov did not specify what happened in Russia and when and to what extent it resembled the events in the US. He did not advise what was the end of air terrorists’ attempts either. But the fact the general said that means a lot. As it turns out the way the terrorists acted in America is not ...

<p>ROME, Italy -- United States embassies across Europe are becoming shrines to the hijack attack victims.</p> <p>From Moscow in the east to Dublin in the west, flowers and memorials have been laid at embassies and consulates even as they are sealed off on a heightened state of alert.</p>

Washington -- Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) used some of the harshest words heard on Captol Hill on Wednesday as he urged the United States to hit Afghanistan for its connections with Osama bin Laden: "I say bomb the hell out of them." "We must strike the viper's nest -- even if he's not there. We know that the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan has nurtured Osama bin Laden for years," Miller said in the Senate. "If there's collateral damage, so be it. They certainly found our civilians to be expendable." Miller also expressed displeasure with the nation's reaction ...

<p>Firefighters were still hosing down the smoking wreckage of the Trade Center yesterday.</p> <p>September 13, 2001 -- As the world crumbled around them, some victims trapped in the Twin Towers were able to call family to reassure them that they were OK - while others called knowing they were saying goodbye.</p>

"Radical" young Muslim men reportedly trained to fly Boeing in Afghanistan BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Sep 13, 2001 Text of "Exclusive" report by Nuri Zadah: "Afghan pilot: 'We trained 14 young men to fly Boeing in camps,'" published by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat on 13 September London, exclusive - Capt Rasul Parvaz, who requested that his family name not be published, has revealed in an interview with Al-Sharq al-Awsat somewhere inside Afghanistan that a group of 14 radical young Muslims received special training to fly civilian aircraft, including Boeing, of which the Afghan airlines "Ariana" has three. Capt ...

Channel Two (ABC affiliate) reports that two men were arrested in Hamburg, Germany in relation to the attack. They reported that they got confessions from the arrested and that those confessions were "interesting",

1) 50,000 estimated to be working the time of attack. 2) 10,000+ estimated to be at the underground mall. 3) 348 firefighters are missing 4) 78-150 policemen are missing. 5) 266 people were on the four planes. 6) Somewhere near 150 people were probably killed at the Pentagon. I estimate 45,000 deaths give or take 10,000 to be on the safe side. The precise number I reached was 54,134. Still, emergency officials first told occupants of the second tower to be remain in their offices and not to evacuate. The mall reportedly can easily handle more than 50,000 individuals at ...

<p>Nassau County cop Richard Doerler describes the "miracle" rescue of a Port Authority officer identified as "John," who survived a fall from 80th floor in the South Tower collapse. Behind Doerler are Nassau cops Robert Bressingham (left) and Mark Tynan.</p>

Article excerpts Students stunned by terrorist attacks in US Stephanie Saldana The Daily Star Though most students expressed shock and sadness as a result of the attacks, others felt that America had remained immune to violence for far too long. Rami Tabbara, a 17-year-old Lebanese-Canadian student, welcomed the news of the bombings in New York City. &#147;I was happy to hear about it,&#148;&nbsp; he remarked in an interview outside of school. &#147;I think I speak for all of my friends when I say this. The Middle Easterners and Palestinians are always being oppressed. Now the Americans get a taste of ...

German police have arrested an individual in Hamburg that is connected to a US flight school. No more details available yet.

As United Airlines Flight 93 entered its last desperate moments in the sky, 31-year-old passenger Jeremy Glick used a cell phone to tell his wife, Lyzbeth, of his impending death -- and pledged to go down fighting. Glick told his wife that the Boeing 757's cockpit had been taken over by three Middle Eastern-looking men wielding knives and a red box that they claimed was a bomb. The terrorists, wearing red headbands, had ordered the pilots, flight attendants and passengers to the rear of the plane, which was headed from Newark to San Francisco. Lyzbeth Glick, in turn, informed her ...