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Top 515. Mar 11, 2002 8:05 AM

» Kirk - 6 months ago today

2,840 lost their lives in NY City
189 lost their lives in Washington DC
and
44 lost their lives in Pennsylvania

as terrorists hijacked 4 US Airliners and used them as weapons. The brave crew and passengers of flight 93 managed to crash their plane in Pennsylvania and not kill anyone on the ground.

http://flight93.org/

he·ro
n. pl. he·roes
A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.

Along with the crew and passangers of Flight 93, I count the fire fighters that went into the burning Twin Towers to save lives before they collapsed as heros of the first order.

To them all, I say "thanks" with teared eyes in memory.

-- posted by Kirk

Top 516. Mar 11, 2002 7:37 PM

» Steven_Russell - Re: Sultan Dr. Bashiruddin Mahmood

In response to message posted by JenL_2:

Jen, I have not seen anything lately about this mad doctor. Pakistan is keeping him under wraps.

Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood --------------------- PRISONER Under house arrest in Pakistan, cooperating as of December 20, 2001; his associates disappeared from his Kabul house, November 2001; top Pakistani nuclear scientist, he ran two charities - one: Umnah Tameer E-nau, (UTN), whose assets were frozen December 20, 2001, and which gave nuclear information to bin Laden, and operated at a Kabul office - the other: The Foundation for Construction, from his Kabul house, which was used for studying anthrax and helium
aka Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood, one of Pakistan's leading nuclear scientists. Mahmood had founded and became president of a Pakistani aid group, The Foundation for Construction, after retiring from his job at Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission in 1998. He had left his post as director of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission 'after criticising the government of Pakistan's movement towards signing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty'. But there is a world of difference in motive, between President Bush denouncing the CNTBT, and the rogue head of Pak's nuclear program resigning over the moderate stance of the Pak government to resist the pressure to become a major nuclear power. That government wants to avoid the phenomenal costs of an all-out nuclear race with India.

-- posted by Steven_Russell

Top 517. Mar 11, 2002 11:47 PM

» JenL_2 - Re: 6 months ago today

In response to message posted by Kirk:

<img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/a..." width=449 height=304>
Mon Mar 11, 8:42 PM ET
People watch the twin lights memorial rising above the New York city skyline from the waterfront in Jersey City, N.J., Monday, March 11, 2002, the six-month date of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The two light beams are a temporary memorial that will light up every evening till April 13. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

<img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/a..." width=311 height=450 align="left">Two beams of light light up the sky above lower Manhattan near the site of the World Trade Center towers Monday, March 11, 2002, in New York. The two light beams are a temporary memorial that will light up every evening till April 13. (AP Photo/Catherine Leuthild)

Sept 11 Tribute

Dedicated to the men, women and children who lost their lives;
all those who sacrificed their lives;
And to all the Heroes that responded to the emergency 11 September 2001

We'll Never Forget the Heroes of 9/11.....Jen

-- posted by JenL_2

Top 518. Mar 12, 2002 7:59 AM

» Lawhawk - Re: Re: 6 months ago today

In response to message posted by JenL_2:

Having seen the lights in person, I must say that they are extremely moving and stirring. One can not help but to look skyward in their direction and see just how far up into the sky the lights go. My fiance and I commented to each other how majestic and fitting the lights were as a tribute to those that lost their lives and gave hope to those left behind that some good might come from it.

-- posted by Lawhawk

Top 519. Mar 14, 2002 8:49 PM

» JenL_2 - Re: 6 months ago today

In response to message posted by Politics_Manager:

This one courtesy of Kirk...

larger pic here...
http://www.suite101.com/files/mysites/je...

Jen

-- posted by JenL_2

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st...

Top 520. Mar 14, 2002 9:20 PM

» Karin_ - Anyone in the mood

Anyone in the mood
for flying?

-- posted by Karin_

Top 521. May 13, 2002 11:43 AM

» Lawhawk - Warnings and Successes

U.S. forces kill 5 Taliban fighters, capture 32
May 13, 2002 Posted: 2:02 PM EDT (1802 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Special Forces killed five suspected Taliban fighters and captured 32 others after a weekend exchange of gunfire in western Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon official said Monday.

The official said the five were killed after opening fire on U.S. troops about 60 miles north of Kandahar, the former Taliban stronghold.

After the shootout, 32 other suspected Taliban fighters were taken into custody, the official said.

None of the captured fighters are thought to be senior officials.

Meanwhile, U.S. officials said Monday they're not dismissing information that Islamic terrorists may be plotting an attack on a nuclear power plant around July Fourth. However, the officials said the report may not be reliable.

The information, which a foreign intelligence service passed on to the United States, led to the posting of a recent alert to U.S. nuclear power plants and FBI counterterrorism units to be watchful for people who might be photographing or doing surveillance of key facilities. (Full story)

Rumsfeld praises Pakistan's help in terror war
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday the United States continues to be "very pleased" with the cooperation that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has provided the United States in the war against terror.

Rumsfeld appeared before reporters with his Indonesian counterpart, Defense Minister Matori Abdul Djalil, who is visiting the United States.

The secretary was asked if more cooperation is needed to pursue al Qaeda and the Taliban in western Pakistan and why the Pakistani military hasn't been more aggressive.

"We have been very pleased with the cooperation President Musharraf has provided the United States with respect to the war on terrorism in many, many facets and respects almost from Day One," Rumsfeld said.

He said the Pakistani government is "working out ways to deal with" tribal organizations in the South Asian country "so pockets of Taliban can be routed out."

"Our interaction is continuous. It is iterative, and it has been constructive and helpful," Rumsfeld said.

He said he doesn't "doubt for a minute there are pockets of Taliban and al Qaeda across most of the borders of Afghanistan."

Coalition forces have made progress, Rumsfeld said, and must continue if there is to be success in the fight.

"I think it can be said that some nontrivial caches of weapons have been discovered in recent days," said Rumsfeld, also noting the recent capture of al Qaeda and Taliban suspects.

-- CNN Senior Pentagon Correspondent Jamie McIntyre and National Security Correspondent David Ensor contributed to this report.

-- posted by Lawhawk

Top 522. May 26, 2002 9:54 AM

» Jen_ - Unsung American Heroes

<img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/a..." width=397 height=450>
Operating Engineers Rick Ricciardi, top left, Jimmy Chiusano, Richard Streeter, right, and Giacinto Mirto, bottom, stand Friday, May 24, 2002, at the World Trade Center disaster site in New York, with one of several grapples they have been operating since Sept. 12, 2001, to help in the recovery effort. All four men have labored alongside the firefighters and police officers for more than eight months to help lift the steel and concrete so victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks could be recovered. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

.....Jen

-- posted by Jen_

Top 523. May 27, 2002 12:23 AM

» Jaybird248 - See this TV Show!

Just wanted to recommend HBO's "In Memoriam, 9/11/01" which premiered Sunday night but will be shown again Tuesday 10PM ET.

It's a remarkable mosaic of what happened that awful day, from both pro and amateur sources. And it's reverent and moving, but also upsetting in its detail. As it should be.

Narrated by former Mayor Guiliani, with specially recorded music from the NY Philharmonic, the program's message is that if we do not honestly relive what happened in both its glory and its horror, we will cover our sadness with euphamisms and avoidance, and forget the lesson we learned.

Truly must-see TV.

-- posted by Jaybird248