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“Holding this trial in a civilian court in NYC is giving Khalid Shaikh Mohamed a platform greater than he ever dreamed possible. In effect, the trial allows him and the terrorists to hold the Mother of all Press Conferences in front of the entire world. We are handing him a microphone to the world, and with it he will recruit future jihadists.” These are the words of Debra Burlingame, founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America and one of the organizers of the 9/11 Never Forget Rally to take place at noon this Saturday, Dec. 5, at...

To: National Desk Contact: Kristinn Taylor, 202-309-1589, kristinn@verizon.net WASHINGTON, March 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- FreeRepublic.com members will be holding support the troops and their mission counter-demonstrations around the country this weekend to show their continued support for Operation Iraqi Freedom on the third anniversary of the commencement of the war. From Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 17 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.) to Balboa Park in San Diego on March 18 (Noon to 4 p.m.), patriotic Americans will gather to stand up to the anti-American left which is seeking to undermine morale in the...

Once again, antiwar protesters rallying in Rowan Park on Saturday will be met by a smaller but fervent group of pickets who support the war. Yet if the pickets had gotten their way, it would be them — not the antiwar crowd — filling the park on the third anniversary of the Iraq invasion. A member of Free Republic, a support-the-war group, reserved Rowan Park for this weekend immediately after last year’s large antiwar rally at the park. The reservation was described as for a two-day picnic and required an $800 check covering fees and a deposit.

A Washington, D.C. police officer gets between an anti-abortion activist during an abortion rally by Catholics for a Free Choice, Saturday, April 24, 2004, in Washington. Anti-abortion activists are staging their own protests a day ahead of a major pro-choice rally on the National Mall. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)