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There will likely be more attacks and in Smalltown, USA too. Please all, be careful and don't overreact. Again, C R Sam has it right.
 
I believe it was Senator Orrin Hatch (possibly McCain) on CNN that said we need to "go after the bas.tards".
 
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Dead....That must be a terrible sight to have beheld from your window. I am sure you will never look out the window and feel the same way again. :(

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people in NY and DC
 
I want to thank you all for posting news snippets here. I'm getting more info here than I am from the networks - CNN is wasting air time interviewing grief counselors for crissakes! The rest of them are playing tape of the WTC over and over again between getting "reactions" from people who know nothing about it.
Let's try and be careful to attribute sources as we post. If it's just a rumor, please say so.

A "rumor": A "large middle-eastern newspaper" reported 3 weeks ago that Bin Laden had announced he was going to make a major strike on American soil "very soon". Anybody know what newspaper they are talking about and can we get a link to see what was actually said?

If it's Bin Laden we'll no doubt be striking Afhanistan very soon, and no doubt hitting empty targets that are well prepared for such retaliation - or targets that have been prepared by moving in innocent civilians.


This is a major mess and not just a security issue. Stand by for the stock markets to take a dive when they re-open tomorrow. Stand by for the oil spigots in the the middle east to tighten up after we retaliate.
Despite that, I hope Bush has the cajones to take action - we can't let them blackmail us into submission.
 
High School?

Just got of the phone with my wife. Her best friend is fron NY and her mom just quit a job at the trade center!

She indicated that a local high school had just moved some classes to the Trade Center this year due to crowding. Not what I wanted to hear.

JPM
 
President has flown from Florida to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.

President has made further statements (to be reported later).
 
Bogie is right about not accusing folks who look like Middle Easterners. I remember attending the Oktoberfest in New Braunfels, Texas shortly after the Iranians took the embassy hostages. As the beer flowed, the crowd got very ugly, chanting "Death to Iran!" I worked at that time in the foreign students office at the University of Texas, and there were a couple of guys that I recognized as Iranian students. They had a look of abject terror in their eyes as they tried to get away from the place. My roommate, who was of Czech extraction but had the misfortune that evening to have olive skin and black hair, was threatened by a couple of goons. We left immediately; it was very unpleasant and very scary.

While I would not ever condone what the revolutionary Iranians did, those guys I recognized weren't revolutionaries. They were just students. Years later I found out that my (future) wife had an Iranian girl as a housemate who was in the U.S. and could not go back because her father was hanged in Iran because he was B'nai Brith.

We must take decisive and strong action over this, but we must not overreact.
 
Oktagon, chances are virtually zero. It will take time...
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Press w/Bush:

We landed at Barksdale. President made emotional statement.

"Freedom has been attacked but freedom will be defended."

President Bush, with red eyes, appears firm.

No national security team members on board AF 1, but he is in contact with "everyone."

AF 1 now leaving Barksdale - destination unknown.
 
Just recieved word that my younger brother, who had a schedualed meeting at the B tower this morning, did not make the meeting due to transportation delays getting there from Detroit. Thank god for THAT delay............

God Bless America, and grant us swift retaliation
 
Has anyone heard if they are considering that the planes that flew into the WTC may or may not have been carrying NBC weapons?

If not, and not until, please... lets keep the talk of an NBC retalliation to a minimum, preferablly to zero.

~USP
 
Fox just reported Jim Moran (D-Va.) stating that "official" esitmates of NY death toll at least 10,000.

BTW (and all due respect to anyone who works/volunteers) I just went to the Red Cross, and they were turning people away because their staff weren't due in until this afternoon. This particular Red Cross facility is about a mile from the hospital where the Pentagon victims are being taken. That's right, they're not calling their people in early WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF?
 
St. Johns airport Newfoundland,
18 wide body jets, presumed to be destined for US being held on tarmak and the passengers being held aboard the planes until police/security forces can ascertain possible threats.
(live C band feed-sat-AnikE2 transponder 23)
 
I think we need to be very careful about blaming anyone for this at such an early time. I recall the oaklahoma city bombings. We were blaming Muslims for that too.
 
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