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ARTICLE SYNOPSIS: The Texas Director of Homeland Security claimed in a September 12th speech that border crossers with ties to Middle East terrorists groups have been arrested in his state. Follow this link to the original source: "Security chief says terrorists have been arrested on Texas border" COMMENTARY: Steve McCraw, the top homeland security official for the Lone Star State, pointed to his knowledge that individuals with links to terrorism have crossed the border from Mexico. In his speech before the North Texas Crime Commission, he said that persons apprehended at the border had ties to such identifiable terrorist groups...

New Haven (WTNH) _ A veteran TV and film actor hit the airwaves at a New Haven radio show and made some sup rising comments on the anniversary of 9/11. It was about 9:15 on the morning of 9/11 and actor James Brolin was the special guest interview on the Chaz and AJ morning show on WPLR. He was promoting his new movie "The Hunting Party." A transcript of an audio clip from the show reads: Brolin: "It's kind of a parody on how come we can't catch war criminals with all of our sophisticated stuff, you know?" AJ: "That's...

Lynnwood, Wash., native Spc. Alex Teesdale, a chaplain's assistant for 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, bows his head in prayer during a 9/11 prayer breakfast, Sept. 11, at Camp Taji. Dozens of Soldiers gathered to pay tribute and remember those who lost their lives that somber day in America history and in the war on terror. Photo by Spc. Nathan Hoskins, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs. CAMP TAJI — It isn’t a day of celebration, but of remembrance. It isn’t a day of happiness, but a day of somber...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer confidence tumbled to its lowest point in nearly 1 1/2 years as a deep housing slump and a credit crunch made people more worried about the country's economic health as well as their own. The RBC Cash Index showed consumer confidence clocking in at 71.1 in September, a sharp drop from August's reading of 89.3. It marked the worst showing since May 2006, when sticker shock from high gasoline prices rattled peoples' sense of economic well-being. The index is based on the results of the international polling firm Ipsos. "It's ugly," Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus...

There are moments in history when everything comes together. Today is the sixth anniversary of the al Qaeda attack against the United States. This is the week Gen. David Petraeus is reporting to Congress on the status of the war in Iraq. It also is the week Osama bin Laden made one of his rare video appearances. The world will not change this week, but the convergence of these strands makes it necessary to pause and take stock. To do this, we must begin at the beginning. We do not mean Sept. 11, 2001, but the moment when bin Laden...

Switcheroo: American minister sends video to Osama Says he's damned to hell if he doesn't repent, convert -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 14, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Bill Keller WASHINGTON – An American television evangelist has turned the tables on al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden – sending him a video message warning him to repent of his sins and convert to Christianity. "Osama, since you seem to be a fan of video messages, I thought this would be the best way to communicate with you," says Bill Keller, host of the Florida-based "Live Prayer" TV program as well...

New video expected to present reasons, motives for attacks on New York, Washington. WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda will release a third video marking the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, this time showing its top leader in Afghanistan, US monitoring groups said Wednesday. After releasing two videos featuring Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in recent days, the terror network will now show a video "presenting reasons and motives for the attacks on New York and Washington," the SITE Intelligence Group said in a press release. The new video will show Al-Qaeda's chief in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, also known as...

Just days after the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Hillary Clinton and several Democratic lawmakers will be getting uncomfortably cozy with moneyed interests who have stood to reap billions in post-9/11 homeland security spending, watchdog groups say. For the price of a ticket -- from a $1,000 personal donation to a $25,000 bundle –- attendees will get a special treat after the luncheon: an opportunity to participate in small, hour-long "breakout sessions" hosted by key Democratic lawmakers, many of whom chair important subcommittees on the Homeland Security committee.

Actor and husband of Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, offered radio listeners a "Happy 9/11" Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the U.S., during a promotional appearance for his new movie "The Hunting Party." Brolin was being interviewed on the Chaz and AJ Show on WPLR, a New Haven, Conn., radio station.

NEW YORK - New DNA testing of bone fragments found at the World Trade Center site has identified the remains of a Framingham woman who was on American Airlines Flight 11 when it was crashed into the north tower on Sept. 11, 2001. Laura Lee Morabito was working as a national sales manager for Qantas Airways and had lived for about a year in Framingham when she was killed when terrorists commandeered the airliner and crashed it into the World Trade Center. The remains of the 34-year-old woman were found in the initial recovery effort but could not be linked...

A friend wrote this last year, on the fifth anniversary of the WTC/Pentagon attacks. The professor entered the lecture hall. His neck strained left and right as he took in his surroundings. What greeted him was a sea of bored looking students. Up front were the guys who looked smart but weren't, the ones that would be consistently asking moronic questions. Behind them was an assortment of iPod-wielding misfits, from the garden-variety pothead, to the butch-cut, masculine-looking lesbian. All species in the genus college student were represented. He would have made harsh stereotypes about the students in back as well,...

Osama bin Laden urged sympathizers to join the "caravan" of martyrs as he praised one of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers in a new video that emerged Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Al-Qaida traditionally issues a video every year on the anniversary, with the last testament of one of the 19 hijackers involved in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. This year's video showed hijacker Waleed al-Shehri addressing the camera and warning the U.S.: "We shall come at you from your front and back, your right and left." The new...

A majority of Americans say they would feel more comfortable with Rudy Giuliani in the White House than Hillary Clinton if another terrorist attack were to happen in the United States, according to a new FOX News poll. When compared to other top Republican candidates, more voters see Giuliani as hardworking and as a strong leader, while Clinton leads the Democratic field for not only having the right experience, but also being able to bring about change — as well as doing whatever it takes to win. Views are divided on whether it’s appropriate for Oprah Winfrey to use her...

Today the President met with recipients of the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Later tonight he will address the national and is expected to announce the gradual withdrawl of the extra troops in Iraq as a result of the success of the surge. Please feel free to use this thread as a "safe" live thread tonight. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Netherlands Defense Minister Elmert van Middlekoop. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

In Memory of the Victims of 9/11     Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Te decet hymnus Deus, in Sion, et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam; ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. A hymn becometh thee, O God, in Sion, and unto thee a vow shall be repaid in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer; unto thee all flesh shall come. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual...

We are highlighting 8 story links today, and hope you'll check them out whenyou can. THE GOSPEL [OR NOT]-- Matt Kennedy addresses some gospel issues that sprang up from the recentBishop Orama story:http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5756/ -- We launch our two-question "Theonomy Survey" and hope that you will weighin:http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5741/ -- Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori talks to students at Union TheologicalSeminaryhttp://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5759/ 9/11-- Add how things have changed for you, since that day, at our Open Thread:http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5751/ -- Jackie links to and comments on an article about Jesus and Mohammad'sbeing "redrawn" by academics:http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5729/ -- Hear John Stott's sermon on the Sunday after 9/11 on "How...

Dallas, Texas ( June 12, 2007 ) – A new book about the Christian belief in a pre-Tribulation Rapture by Bible prophecy researcher Daniel J. Gansle entitled, Rapture Redux: Living With Hope and Purpose in the Last Days, explodes on the market with a wide variety of discussion ranging from global warming to the dominionist movement of the religious right to current events, globalization, the New World Order, increasing deception in the churches, and much more. "Why does the Rapture matter to me?" is the question addressed in this encouraging new book. While prior books on the pre-Tribulation Rapture doctrine...

September 11, 2007                                     Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week                                 in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 33       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Col 2:6-15 Brothers and sisters:As you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him,rooted in him and built upon himand established in the faith as you were taught,abounding in thanksgiving.See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophyaccording to the tradition of men,according to the elemental powers of the worldand not according to Christ. For in him dwells...

   The Statue of Our Lady of America will be at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday 9/11 on the 6th annual commemoration of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. This is the same statue that was blessed by Archbishop Burke at the November 2006 Bishop’s Meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and was until yesterday enthroned at the Old Cathedral of St. Louis, MO. The crowds attending the devotion to Our Lady of America are expected to be large because for the first time the actual Ground Zero site will be closed...

From the Pre-1970 Mass for the Dead: For the intention of all those who were killed on 11 September 2001, and all those who have given their lives in the war against radical Islam, especially members of the Allied forces. Absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the souls of Thy servants, that they who are dead to the world, may live to Thee; and wipe away by Thy most merciful forgiveness whatever sins they may have committed in life through human frailty. Through Christ Our Lord, Amen. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon...