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World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

The World Trade Towers in new york were crashed into by 2 planes, one on each tower, 18 minutes apart. Nobody really knows who did it, but the planes were big ones. Normally I wouldn't consider posting this on Slashdot, but I'm making an exception this time because I can't get news through any of the conventional websites, and I assume I'm not alone. Update We're having server problems. Sorry. Updated info, both towers havecollapsed, pentagon hit by 3rd plane. Part of it has collapsed.

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  1. Having trouble here... by Uttles · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yahoo has an article but right now it's only about 1 sentence long and just says that a plane hit the world trade center. I'm sure they'll post some good links though. I can't get to any of the other sites, all too busy.

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  2. alternative link by DkY · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytopp ic/0,,30000-1029102,00.html

    This is the stopry on sky news

  3. Unconfirmed report... by DragonPup · · Score: 3, Interesting

    An unconfirmed report from a anonymous American Airlines employee said a AA plane was involved, possibly hijacked. Why do terrorists seem to go after the World Trade Center, anyways?

    -Henry

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    1. Re:Unconfirmed report... by alienmole · · Score: 3, Interesting
      Why do terrorists seem to go after the World Trade Center, anyways?

      Because terrorists are primitive and think in a sort of 19th-century way about "symbols" and the like. To them, the World Trade Center is the symbol of America's economic success, and they think that Americans will be devastated if it is successfully attacked.

      The truth is, if anything, it shows how limited and weak the terrorists really are - their one and only target has been standing there for decades and they've just finally figured out how to seriously damage it.

      If they had managed to simultaneously do the same thing in multiple cities, one might be impressed at their capabilities - as it stands, woop-de-do, they can hijack two planes at the same time.

      America doesn't have anything real to worry about, not that it shouldn't go after the perpetrators with everything it's got.

  4. Re:Wrong place to post by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Realize that not everyone has access to a TV right now, and EVERY MAJOR NEWS WEBSITE IS UNREACHABLE for this story at the moment. OK - it's not NERDY NEWS, but news for nerds all the same. SOME people have SOME interest in things that happen outside their cubicle.

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  5. One of the planes... by CokeBear · · Score: 3, Interesting

    was an American Airlines 767 from Boston.
    My guess (at 9:33am EDT) is that both planes were hijacked.

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  6. NSA and CIA SIGINT ? by jerdenn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As an interesting aside, days like this are something that our NSA and CIA are here to prevent. They monitor communications traffic (SIGINT) and attempt to forcast terrorist like events. My question is:

    How many slashdotters will rethink their views on the necessity of CIA and NSA covert SIGINT after today's tragedy?

    -jerdenn

  7. Century 6, Quatrain 97 by EyesOfNostradamus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The sky will burn at forty-five degrees latitude,
    Fire approaches the great new city [New York]
    Immediately a huge, scattered flame leaps up
    When they want to have verification from the Normans [French].

  8. A HIJACKED PLANE STILL IN AIR by goliard · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NPR is reporting another hijacked plane is still in the air; flying along the east coast; being shaddowed by a F-16.

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  9. Repressive Reaction from US Government planned by Voline · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm listening to National Public Radio. The host of Morning Edition, Bob Edwards, just interviewed Dr. Alice Cronin professor of Counter-Terrorism at Georgetown University. She said (I'm paraphrasing),

    "We have liberties in the US that we cherish, but there may need to be some trade-offs of those for greater security. And those trade-offs will be on the table."

    Look for those in government who always seek an opportunity to restrict civil liberties to attempt to use this as a pretext for that.

    We have to be ready to counter that immediately!