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U.S. Attack -- More Updates
I'm trying to get stuff together, and post an update: The Pentagon, which evidently has partly collapsed with a chasm 200-300 feet across, and fires on six
stories, has ordered the USS JFK and George Washington into NYC. PLEASE GIVE BLOOD. Over 200 firemen are reported missing, and
reports of 50,000 dead in the WTC collapse are being bandied about. Dick Cheney has assumed control of the White House, and is in the situation room there. GWB is not returning to the White House until things have calmed down -- and has gone evidently to an undisclosed location. The [CDC] in Atlanta has largely evacuated but has activated their bioterrorism
units. American Airlines flight 11, the first to crash into the WTC, was going from BOS -> LAX. There are rumors of Akamai's founder being onboard on Flight 11, As well, the rumor is that the pilot of United Flight 193 flew it in
into the ground, outside Pittsburgh, rather then fly into the USX building, which if true, makes him a better person then I -- but there are also rumors that it was shot down by a F-16. United Flight 175 also crashed into the WTC, according to Boston.com, and originated from Boston -- so the WTC was both Boston
flights. Reports of a car bomb that was supposed to have gone off int front the State Department have been denied. In a statement, the Taliban government of Afghanistan has denied any involvement, and Yassar Arafat has denounced the attack. Remember: No one knows who did this yet, so don't make any assumptions -- remember what people
first thought about the OKC attack. In other news, the US - Mexico/Canada borders are being heavily screened; all air traffic has been grounded; nationwide federal
buildings are being evacuated; NATO personnel in Brussells have been sent home, Israeli embassies worldwide have been evacuated, all U.S. Disney parks shut down;
major parts of European cities, Britain in particular, are being shut down; stock trading is shut down in all major European and American exchanges. There are 50 flights still in the air, with 2
international flights that have yet to respond. F16s from the US Air Force has been instructed to shoot down flights in a no fly zone over NYC & DC - an AVI of the WTC plane or mpeg here.
More as we
know.Update: 09/11 18:10 PM GMT by H :I've heard on NPR that all flights and planes are now accounted for -- but that a fifth crash has occurred in an undisclosed location. As well, a car bomb did go off in front of the State Department, and there was a crash near Camp David. There's a well done timeline - we also had a report from someone who lives 3 miles away from the PA crash. Evidently the plane veered several times, and then smashed into an abandoned strip mine - which was luckily not near any people or anything.
Yeah, let's sit down and talk with these folks. Let's make the rest of the world aware that we will sit back and take terrorist attacks on our soil. Let's just let the UN handle this, what a competent group.
No. When we find the responsible party, they're going to be in a world of hurt. And anyone contemplating anything like this will think twice.
It's easy for you to preach peace. Your country was not attacked. Your people were not killed. After the dust settles, we will find out who is responsible, and there's not going to be any talking going on. This is an act of war, Perl Harbor II is how my representive described it.
I assure you, no US representives will be asking for peace. And it is their responsibility to their citizens in not doing so. Whether this was an internal terrorist or a foriegn terrorist, this should, and will, be dealt with on our terms.
I doubt Bush is doing much of anything besides keeping his own ass safe...
And trying to figure out a way to blame Clinton for this.
Become a FIST.
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"In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb" , "The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
- Nostradamus 1654
i belive the planes had XP beta versions running on them. This was probably the first reported "crash".
That would do it.
Wouldn't it be nice if we even could do anything about it. But that's how democracy works, we've given Bush the right to control our military for the next 4 years, and he will do with it as he sees fit. I think I am probably the only american who isn't concerned with striking back immediately.
then, anything short of a full invasion/takeover of Afghanistan by the US, Russia and our allies will be a failure of response. The American people must press Bush to undertake a very massive response no matter who the perpetrators and their host nation is. This is *not* a time for peace.
Steve Magruder, Metro Foodist
"God is Great!" -- unnamed person celebrating in the streets of Palestine.
Let me try to state this in a non-troll:
It is good to see people on this site reaching out to each other in sympathy and empathy, but when you say, "God bless", which god do you mean? The god of the people that performed this act? Or the god of the victims?
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The time for peace is over. We must identify who did this, find out where they are, go in after them, and wipe them off the face of the Earth. We will suffer more casualties doing it this way. Too bad. The death toll is going to exceed Pearl Harbor and approach if not exceed use of a tactical nuke. We are at war.
Go ahead, spend 20 or 30 thousand on a black market SAM.
Why, are you still trying to unload the one you bought to defend your house during the Y2K meltdown?
Is the existing disaster not enough for you, adrenaline junkie? Fight Club was a MOVIE, not a documentary. Go donate some blood while you're out shopping for ammo, and quit bothering us.
Numenaster
Or maybe because bombing those responsible might have started with Rush's radio station.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
I'm just thinking what must go in a mind of person that flies a 7?7 into a building with 10 thousend of persons inside.
What personal pain such a person must have gone through? What has he seen? what was done to him? what pain must a person go through to be ready to to do such act? Had he to see to watch his family die? I just can't imagine what such person went trough.
I believe to fight such attacks in future is best done in the long run to fight the causes which could raise such a pain in a person, btw: which must be highly educted, not everbody can fly a boing.
It's obvios that not the airlines pilot steered the plane, why should he? he will be dead eitherway.
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Karma 50, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.
Fact One: It took one full hour between the first plane crash into the WTC and the plane crashing into the pentagon.
Fact One.b: NOW the USAF is saying they've got jet's up to shoot down planes that aren't supposed to be where they are (This happens WAY after the plane crashes and the plane grounding)
Possible Conclusion: You can't tell me they couldn't have scrambled a jet to protect the Pentagon. It is the FOOKING PENTAGON! They've probably got radar watching the air space, etc. They let these planes hit where they did. Read on to find how why.
Fact Two: Several former US Secretaries of Defence/State are/were on CNN spouting on about how this is an (I quote) "Act of War" on "innocent civilians." They also are spouting on about how we must retaliate.
Fact Two.b: They didn't crash into a theme park or a mall. They crashed into the WORLD TRADE CENTER (please note the words WORLD and TRADE) and the PENTAGON (read: military installment)
Possible Conclusion: US government wants to go to war. War boosts the economy. They want US citizens to be angry and support this retaliation mentality. SHIT LIKE THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE GOVERNMENTS ONLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE DIFFERENCES WITH VIOLENCE. We get hit with awful violence, so what should we do? Oh -- I know -- let's kill those responsible. (sigh)
Fact Four: The same people mentioned in Fact Two are spouting on about how this should have never happened. About how we need highly tuned agencies (CIA, NSA, FBI, Military) with (I quote) "sophisticated technology" to prevent these attacks.
Fact Four.b: Just recently the NSA made a big press splash by whining about how little money they had and how poor their technology was. (Please note: nobody believes the NSA)
Possible Conclusion: 1984. Big Brother. Nuff said.
Fact Five: Several wars have been started to give slacking economies a boost.
Fact Six: Billions of dollars will be poured into the US economy to...
- Repair damaged buildings
- Support military action
- Increase security
- Create new office space for those displaced from their current buildings
- Buy new office items (computers, papers, chairs, desks)
Possible Conclusion: OUR GOVERNMENT DID THIS ALL!"fuck Allah." Rather it must have been someone with some sense in him.