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The massive American-British air raid over western Iraq on the evening of Sept. 6 is almost certainly a precursor to an invasion of the country. An estimated 100 warplanes delivered a major blow to Iraq's various command and control systems that could deliver weapons of mass destruction and complicate an invasion by ground forces. That strike followed a raid on Aug. 5, when allied bombers demolished Saddam Hussein's air-command-and-control center southwest of Baghdad. Key Iraqi air-defense lines have been taken out, and the way is now clear for U.S. special forces. Israeli intelligence sources report that some 15 percent...

     Black Flags of Islam   Portents of the Imam al-Mahdi, the Moslems' prophesied deliverer of Jerusalem? from Diane Alden… Afghanistan has special significance to the world of militant Islam. It was once called Khurasan, along with parts of Iran and Pakistan. Muhammad said: "If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan, join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for that is the army of the Imam al-Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem." That is one reason Osama bin Laden chose it as his base, or al-Qaida. Mohammed's ...

Go to WhiteHouse.gov... They've turned their entire website over to a 9/11 tribute.

With so many memorial sites, graphics, photos, videos, flash movies, etc. proliferating on the internet since the 9-11 attack on America, it is almost impossible to keep track of them all. The purpose of this thread is to provide a convenient archive for posterity. Use this thread to post links to any sites you have found particulary memorable or that would be of interest to other FReepers. (Please post your comments and the links only to save bandwidth).

KABUL, Afghanistan -- International peacekeepers are mobbed by joyful children and invited into mud-walled homes for tea. The only trouble British troops found on a patrol Tuesday was a woman running away from her husband. After 23 years of war, foreign soldiers have brought peace to this battered capital city. There are few reports of crime, and many patrolling troops call Kabul a safer place than London or New York. "When we got here, there was murder, kidnapping, extortion, rape, dead bodies being thrown down wells. There were burglaries all the time," said British Maj. Simon Browne. "Now it's almost...

Does anyone want to post likes here to threads from the beginning of our military response to the attacks of 9/11?