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Afghans Awake at Night to Screaming
"When women and children scream in the middle of the night, that is terrifying enough in itself." Those who could not afford to leave were trying to find shelter wherever they could. "After a month you won't see anybody in the city. They may die or leave."
"We are not terrorists, they have been forcing us to become terrorists."...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 1:02am PDT
Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address
i saw the quote of eisenhower in the previous article, and had to find the full quote. it was actually delivered on jan 17, 1961, and it isnt exactly radical. but if only ike could see the military-industrial complex today!!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 12:26am PDT
On Flight 93, defiant voices
When he called his mother at 9:45 a.m., Bingham was so flustered that he began his conversation with his mother by saying, "Mom, this is Mark Bingham."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 10:36pm PDT
Cell Phone Caller: 'We Are Being Hijacked!'
"It gives me a great deal of comfort to know my son may have been able to avert the killing of many, many innocent people."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 10:27pm PDT
How soon we forget.
"I love my country, and I take pride in serving her. But I cannot say that I love her more or as well as Mark Bingham did, or the other heroes on United Flight 93 who gave their lives to prevent our enemies from inflicting an even greater injury on our country. It has been my fate to witness great courage and sacrifice for America's sake, but none greater than the selfless sacrifice of Mark Bingham and those good men who grasped the gravity of the moment, understood the threat, and decided to...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 10:15pm PDT
City bus terminal loaded with explosives
Investigators today began trying to figure out who walked into the Greyhound depot in Center City in the middle of the night three weeks ago and left in a locker one-third of a pound of the military plastic explosive C-4 - enough to level the structure....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 9:32pm PDT
The US message to the Taliban
'Attention. You are condemned. Did you know that? The instant the terrorists you support took over our planes, you sentenced yourselves to death'...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 9:20pm PDT
U.S. Borg Army: "Resistance is Futile"
this is nice. remember when we blared heavy metal at noriega? now we are assuming the role of the Borg, star trek's metaphor for u.s. corporate culture. whoohoo!!!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 7:01pm PDT
Demonstrators Greet Bush in Sacramento
A summary of events from October 17th....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 5:28pm PDT
The end of an unserious decade
Why? Because we adopted an open-borders policy that left tens of millions of illegal aliens wandering about America, few of whom had any loyalty to us, some of whom were willing to murder us on the orders of their foreign masters. To keep the cost of labor down, we let millions of strangers, and not a few enemies, into our home. Never before has America been so vulnerable, and corporate greed and craven politics did it to us....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:52pm PDT
we must be wary of young Arab men
The people who are trying to kill us with bombs and biological weapons are not from Canada, Chile, China, India, Ireland, Tanzania, Congo, New Zealand or the island of Jamaica.
They are from the Arab Mideast. They are not Israeli.
They are men, and not women.
They are young men. That is, they are not old men, and they are not children.
So: We know the profile of the bad guys....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:47pm PDT
Hollywood to give boost to US government imag
The war on terrorism is set to unleash a rare phenomenon in the US film industry -- a new, positive portrayal of the US government and its agencies, experts say....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:43pm PDT
Handwriting analysts detect a passionate man
Two handwriting analysts independently concluded yesterday that the person who addressed the envelopes containing anthrax to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw and to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is dangerously depressed and determined....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:40pm PDT
NY Post Employee Has Skin Anthrax
NEW YORK –– A New York Post employee has contracted skin anthrax, a television station affiliated with the newspaper reported Friday...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:30pm PDT
Rep. Buyer Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliati
Rep. Buyer Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliation
U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer says that the United States should use tactical nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in Afghanistan if it is linked to recent anthrax incidents in the United States...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:27pm PDT
Explosives found at Greyhound bus terminal
A suitcase of explosives was found at the Greyhound terminal in Philadelphia. Experts say there was enough material to blow up the entire station. NBC10’s Cindy Hamill has details....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:15pm PDT
The Walk For Democracy On War and Peace
Cross-Country Walker's thoughts from her online journal on organizing, war, and peace after 9/11...
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 4:08pm PDT
A Case Against Bombing Afghanistan
Revised Version of A Case Against Bombing Afghanistan.Contact information for California Senators....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 1:24pm PDT
new crackdown on activists
see this indymedia article for story of new kind of harrassment for activists. Two activists against School of Americas were denied entry to Canada .....
Posted: Fri, Oct 19, 2001 9:22am PDT