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<p>WASHINGTON -- President Bush moved swiftly to rally the three constituencies whose support he'll need to meet a crisis of historic breadth and peril.</p> <p>To mobilize a divided federal government, he called for bipartisan unity and asked Congress for open-ended new spending authority in response to "acts of war." To rally a wary international community, his administration worked with leading industrial democracies to coordinate responses to the twin threats of additional terrorism and global economic recession. And to reassure a frightened American public, Mr. Bush vowed from the Oval Office that "we will win" despite Tuesday's deadly attacks against centers of U.S. financial and military power.</p>

Mayor Rudy Giuliani has just requested 11,000 body bags, and I believe he is an optimist. If there are any fewer than 20,000 dead in Manhattan, it will be very surprising.In Vietnam, we lost 50,000 of our men. Here, we lost 20,000. This is clearly a war. It will be long. It will be bloody. Since terrorists tend to be too cowardly for a standup fight, it will not be a 3 year long war, it is likely to be a 10 or 15 year long war.This time, the American Squeamishness will not be there. We will not blanch if ...

Well it happened. The big attack everyone has talked about and expected finally happened. The most devastating terrorist attack ever conducted was not only directed at the United States but occurred on US soil. The question now is what to do about it. The one thing that seems abundantly clear is that indiscriminately bombing Afghanistan will make us all feel good. In fact we will feel soooo good we might all need to smoke a cigarette afterwards. It also seems clear that this won't do much good in seriously addressing the long term problem. Killing a handful of terrorists if ...

Advice to Give Children About Tragedy Last Updated: 4:56 p.m., 09/11/01 Clayton County schools sent letters home with children on Tuesday. The documents offered advice to parents and teachers about how to explain a tragedy to children. The advice suggested that the first thing adults must do when something unfortunate happens is to accept their own feelings. Print-outs sent home with children in Clayton County schools told parents that it was all right to feel lousy about the devastation that struck in Washington, D.C., New York City and Pennsylvania. More than 2,100 got hurt and an untold number of people ...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) Police detained one man in the northern German city of Hamburg in connection with terrorist attacks in the United States, authorities said Thursday. The man was detained for questioning as part of an investigation, said Gerhard Mueller, the state police chief. He refused to give the man's name, age or nationality. "He had a profession that appeared to be very interesting to us," Mueller said, declining to give further details. Earlier, investigators working under tight security had combed apartments in Hamburg looking for any evidence connected to two men believed linked to Tuesday's attacks. A total of ...

<p>Tantalizing hints are surfacing about the identity of the hijackers who executed the deadliest spate of terrorism in American history, but so are difficult questions about how to fight back.</p> <p>Investigators have determined the names of at least a dozen hijackers. They are also chasing leads that several men of Middle Eastern background entered the U.S. from Canada, underwent pilot training at a school in Florida and operated out of Boston in recent days.</p>

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + AMERICA UNDER ATTACK -- URGENT ALERT Click here in signing this Statement of Solidarity with the U.S. against Terrorism: http://www.grassfire.net/11/petition.asp?PID=1372366&P=1 (AOL Users click the line below, all others use the above link: ) Click here Dear friend, Two American Airlines hijacked planes have struck and collapsed the World Trade Center. One a Boeing 767 from Boston with 90 crew and passengers and the other from Washington Dulles Airport with 60 passengers. Thousands upon thousands are dead. In Washington, ...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Police detained one man in the northern German city of Hamburg in connection with terrorist attacks in the United States, authorities said Thursday. The man was detained for questioning as part of an investigation, said Gerhard Mueller, the state police chief. He refused to give the man's name, age or nationality. ``He had a profession that appeared to be very interesting to us,'' Mueller said, declining to give further details. Earlier, investigators working under tight security had combed apartments in Hamburg looking for any evidence connected to two men believed linked to Tuesday's attacks. A total ...

Does anyone have a copy of an audio/video clip that is the close-up of the face of one of these celebrating Arab women making that "koodooloo" noise they make? I'd like to save it and put it on my web page the day we begin our attack and I'd like to leave it there as thousands of these people are dying. As an example, that woman the news media focused upon in Palestine as they were celebrating their attack upon our nation would be perfect. Thanks.

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<p>NOW THAT IT has happened to us, the White House is not calling for ''restraint.'' The State Department is not concerned about ''escalating the cycle of violence.'' There are no editorials imploring the parties to conduct a ''peace process'' and ''sit down at the negotiating table.''</p>

The concept that the recent attack on the United States required a powerful government and huge assets is just not true. Just a few minutes thought should convince anyone of that fact. First, it seems that it took somewhere between 12 and 16 people to kill thousands. The early reports said 3 to 5 people per plane. At five each that makes 20 people to do it. Twenty people is a fairly small organization. It may have only been 12. Secondly, 4 of them had to be pilots. Every pilot both commercial and private, has to learn the air traffic ...

FOR ISRAEL, THIS IS ARAFAT'S LAST CHANCE JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel has sent a message to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat that officials said mark his last chance to end the war against the Jewish state. Officials said the message was relayed on late Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Arafat, who was in his Gaza headquarters. They said the message urged Arafat to join the Western effort against international terrorism and demonstrate his commitment to peace. The message did not contain any threat, the officials said. But they said the underlying tone was that Israel would ...

MAY GOD SHOW YOU MERCY... ...FOR WE WILL NOT!! J. McCain (9/12/01) To recap: September 11, 2001 WTC #1 struck by an aircraft WTC #2 struck by an aircraft Pentagon struck by an aircraft Cell phone conversations take place on United #11 United #11 crashes after passengers attempt to retake aircraft United States airspace closed Canadian border closed Mexican border closed CAP established over New York, Washington CAP established over American borders WTC #2 collapses WTC #1 collapses President speaks to Nation from Shreveport President leaves for undisclosed location President arrives in Nebraska, departs for Washington later President returns to ...

Just Monday, town leaders in Amherst, Mass., voted to restrict how often and how long American flags could fly along downtown streets. In the words of the town manager, extended displays seemed "a bit too much." The next day, as the World Trade Center crumbled and the Pentagon burned, the banners were quickly hoisted once more on flagpoles lining two streets in the politically liberal town that's home to the University of Massachusetts. But now Old Glory flies at half-staff. In the agonizing hours since terrorists stole thousands of lives and an enduring sense of security with attacks in New ...

This topic has virtually dropped off the radar, understandably, yet it is very important. Hard to realize that 48 hours ago we were all engaged in discussing Gary "what's-his-name" and all the trial balloons that were being floated to provide some type of amnesty for millons of Mexicans? Can this happen now? Has the political dynamic changed? It seems silly to me to eliminate plastic knives on airplanes, and no longer have curbside check in, yet have open borders? And one thing the

White House Nominations Sent to the Senate, Sept. 12 To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the White House: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: SEE LIST OF 14 HERE

Firefighter John McConnachie's crew was one of the first at the scene of Tuesday's devastation. Miraculously, it didn't lose a single man. "I've been doing this eight years," said the firefighter with Engine 7, Ladder 1 on Duane St. "We [were] always going down there for false alarms, people smoking in the halls, broken light fixtures, overheated motors." But Tuesday was different. McConnachie, who was supposed to be on vacation this week, was in Washington Square Park when he saw the first plane crash into the tower. Immediately, he sprang into action. It was the same with Steve Rogers, a ...

In towns across the nation, people flew American flags and gathered for vigils to remember the lives lost in this week's terrorists attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Congress broke from its business Wednesday to hold an evening prayer vigil for the victims. As the Marine Corps band played, lawmakers and their spouses sang "God Bless America." "There are often times in our lives when things happen. We don't know why," Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., told the crowd. "We just have to call on faith and climb in God's lap and say, 'Here, Father, fix it.'" In ...

America wants a fight, but is it willing to bloody its hands? By MATTHEW FISHER -- Sun Columnist at Large WASHINGTON -- President George Bush set the stage for a global military response yesterday when he declared the savage attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Tuesday were "acts of war." In vowing retribution, Bush took a much tougher line than when he first spoke to his country and the world from the White House on Tuesday evening. His first address, which came after a bizarre, unsettling journey from Florida to Louisiana to Nebraska, was almost ...