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More than 660,000 white flags have been displayed in a solemn tribute across a vast expanse on the National Mall in Washington, DC — each representing a life lost to the coronavirus pandemic in a heart-rending exhibit called “In America: Remember.” The 20-acre installation — which was unveiled Friday near the Washington Monument — is the second chilling exhibit that artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg said is based on a project trying to capture the “human dignity” behind the staggering death toll. As of Friday, 670,034 deaths — one of every 500 Americans — have been recorded in the US and...

MANHATTAN — American flags were removed from atop the Brooklyn Bridge's two towers Tuesday morning and replaced by white flags, sources said. Police, including the NYPD's counter terrorism and intelligence divisions, were checking surveillance footage from the bridge after images of the white flags hit social media about 7 a.m., sources said. "Why are there white flags on top of the Brooklyn Bridge?" City Council member Mark Weprin tweeted at 9:34 a.m. It was not immediately clear how the white flags, which are usually a military symbol for surrender, got there. Witnesses reported seeing NYPD counter terrorism officers heading up...

The mysterious appearance of two large white flags flying over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City this morning has the city scrambling to figure out why they were put there.... It is unclear why they are there and who put them there, authorities said.

In a stunning security breach, the giant American flags at the top of both sides of the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced by white flags overnight, cops said. The two new flags appear to be American flags that were painted over white — the traditional symbol for “surrender” — and were flying Tuesday morning from both towers. ... The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit will is replacing the white flags with American flags as they set up a crime scene

The Road Ahead in Iraq: Congressman Jim Moran to Hold a Town Hall Meeting on the War Featuring Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA) Rep. Murtha surveys the situation with American troops in Iraq When: Thursday, January 5th 6:30PM to 9:00PM Where: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) 4301 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22203 *Congressman Jack Murtha turned the debate over Iraq on its head last month when this decorated Vietnam Vet and one of the most respected pro-military members of Congress issued his call for a redeployment of troops from Iraq. Come hear his reasons for that groundbreaking decision and participate...

WATERVILLE -- The commander of VFW Post 1285 may lose his membership with the organization after an attempt to tear up a peace group's tribute to the war dead in Iraq landed him and four others in handcuffs....

Five veterans were arrested and taken to jail Thursday night after ignoring police orders not to touch flags planted by an anti-war group. The five were charged with criminal trespass after they attempted to pull up the 2,000 white flags in Waterville, Maine's Veterans Memorial Park. The flags represented the 2,000 U.S. soldiers killed in the war in Iraq. The group Waterville Area Bridges for Peace and Justice called the display an important visual reminder of the lives lost. Waterville Police Chief John Morris, who is a Vietnam veteran himself, said the group had a legal permit to place the...

PARIS Nov 11, 2005 — Police tightened security in central Paris on Friday with riot forces and bomb squads along the Champs-Elysees, and angry residents of riot-torn suburbs staged a sit-in Friday near the Eiffel Tower, calling for an end to more than two weeks of arson and vandalism across France. The moves came as the wave of violence that spread outward from Paris's impoverished outlying neighborhoods appeared to be calming in other French cities but remained persistent in the capital. "Stop the Violence," read one banner draped on the Wall of Peace near the Eiffel Tower. Some of the 200 demonstrators...

MIDI - OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN' - #28032 There's a bright golden haze from the burning The French culture Islamists are spurning As they lose their autos we're hearing them moan May they all be Renaults or Peugeots or Citroens It's double secret probation...that is what Jacque's gonna do It's double secret probation...then this whole mess will be through The French women are all busy sewing I am sure you know where this is going Of their fighting exploits there's nothing to brag There's a run on the market for little white flags It's double secret probation...that is...

Chiraq is fiddling while Paris burns.(OK maybe a slight exaguration) http://www.lemonde.fr/web/vi/0,47-0@2-3226,54-705645@51-704172,0.html

The inauguration of George W. Bush has left-wingers all over the world foaming at the mouth for the usual reason: Mr. Bush makes them feel cheap. In Paris, American voters living overseas sponsored an "anti-inaugural" that made the French proud of their little tail-wagging guests. A leading French newspaper (the famously obnoxious Le Monde) explained that, "in the eyes of Bush the criterion for tyranny is above all hostility towards the United States." In Britain, the Daily Star summarized Mr. Bush's second inaugural address this way: "Have I got nukes for you!" At home, left-wing Democrats noted that the president...

BEIRUT -- Lebanese media officials on Friday warned France not to suspend broadcasts of Al-Manar, the television arm of Hizbullah, saying authorities may be forced to reciprocate against French stations. France's broadcast watchdog, the CSA audiovisual authority, said Tuesday it would seek to penalize Al-Manar TV over a December 2 broadcast in French that accused Israel of crimes against humanity. The CSA wrote to the Lebanese Communication Group, which airs Al-Manar, indicating that such comments could violate French law banning hate speech. Penalties could include a suspension of Al-Manar broadcasts or a revocation of its license, as well as fines....

WITH THE U.S. MARINES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BAGHDAD - As Saddam Hussein apparently visited bombed areas of his capital yesterday, kissing babies amid a small but cheering crowd, a short drive away in the east of Baghdad U.S. forces were being rapturously received, with not an Iraqi soldier to be seen. The Third Light Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion with which the National Post is embedded, drove all night within 10 kilometres of Baghdad's southern side before jogging laterally. While the Marines travelled north, one of the most concentrated U.S. artillery barrages of the war arched overhead on its way to...

Nobody likes an ingrate and a tide of anti-French sentiment is sweeping the American street. DO THE FRENCH have the slightest idea about how obnoxious they seem to many Americans? I suspect not, but then the French aren't all that self-aware in the first place. And the American press, hung up on anti-Americanism around the globe, has done little to inform anyone of the rippling tide of anti-French feeling here. The simple fact is nobody likes an ingrate. It would be one thing if the French said they planned to sit out the war with Iraq. But it's quite another...

Wed Jan 22,11:15 AM ET French President Jacques Chirac (R) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) gesture in unison during a joint press conference in Paris to mark the 40th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty of French and German friendship January 22, 2003. Members of the French and German government met earlier for a joint cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace. REUTERS/Xavier Lhospice

An official Iraqi newspaper on Friday slammed US President George W. Bush as a 'super idiot' saying he may be able to fabricate evidence to convince the world of the need for a war against Baghdad.'American Foreign policy has sunk into a quagmire of abnormal practices, repeated and exposed lies supported by the arrogant logic of force, the build up of war fleets, and threats to launch war,' Al Thawra newspaper, the mouthpiece of Saddams Ruling Baath Party said in an editorial.'It is indeed a reckless and destructive policy run by a super-idiot President,' it added.Bush threatened in his State...

Don’t tell the New York times, but….. We don’t need the help of the Arab Nations to take care of Iraq. We only asked them to be polite. Second; Saddam Hussein is not worth one drop of American Service Man’s blood, so forget about the ground war with 200,000 of our best, exposed to that crazy. Here is the plan! Make up several thousand leaflets showing a 30 mile square area near enough to Baghdad for them to hear the boom. Put an X in the center. State that this area is going to be destroyed next Monday morning. If...