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Two years after the September 11 U.S. attacks, immigrants here complain that since then they have been living in a state of fear, subjected to hate crimes and their concerns largely ignored. At a meeting in the Elmhurst-Jackson Heights Senior Centre in Queens, 17 people from the Hispanic, Chinese, Muslim and South Asian communities voiced their concerns. These ranged from increasing crime in Queens to hate crimes against Muslims to instances of racial attacks on Sikhs in cases of mistaken identity. Shiela Mirza, now an activist of Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), said she was beaten up by four...

101st assaults camp in ‘war’s biggest raid on terror’By Pfc. Chris JonesSeptember 16, 2003 Soliders of the 101st kick in a door during a raid on a suspected terrorist camp in Southwest Iraq. During the raid, they detained 79 suspected terrorists.Pfc. Chris Jones SOUTHWEST IRAQ (Sept. 16, 2003) -- On the eve of the second anniversary of the biggest terrorist attack ever against the United States, Soldiers of the 101st countered with their own attack, capturing 79 suspected terrorists. Before dawn on Sept. 10, a light force of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stormed a suspected...

The day before the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a federal judge in New York ruled against dismissing a lawsuit brought against Boeing and the Port Authority by victims of the attack. His actions remind us how far we've gone in becoming a nation ruled by lawyers and judges, and not by the people and their elected representatives. Federal judge Alvin Hellerstein began his opinion by saying that "the injured, and the representatives of the thousands who died from the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, are entitled to seek compensation." Well, that's true, but the...

THE 9/11 attack is a wound that healed too quickly. The skin has knit over the gash; only a scar remains visible. Yet, underneath, infection still roils and an abscess oozes. Terror has not gone away, but fear of it has subsided. Terrorists are still at large, but the determination to catch them has ebbed. Osama and Saddam still excite our attention, but we read of the almost weekly arrests in America of potential terrorists with the same calcified apathy with which we react to drug busts. Reports that North Korea, the most insane of criminal regimes since Hitler's, has...

September 11, 2003 at Ground Zero

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis This great showtime docudrama that has been discussed here on Freerepublic is getting ready to start right now (11:00 pacific) on showtime. (Channel 539 on my direct TV) so this will be 2:00 AM for you cable people. Set your VCRs you will not be dissapointed!

Exploring the roots and reason of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks, two television specials, "Searching for the Roots of 9/11," hosted by The New York Times' Tom Friedman on the Discovery Channel, and "Why U.S.?" on the Discovery Times Channel, aired on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, respectively.  The specials explored the thoughts, sentiments, hopes, aspirations and anger of students, writers and others in several Arabic countries. One young Arab, while bemoaning the loss of "innocent lives," said that he and most Arab Muslims relished America's Sept. 11 "punch in the nose." One young female Arab student spoke...

MEDIA MATTERS Missing the Connection   Print Friendly Format  E-Mail this to a Friend By David Hogberg Published 9/16/2003 12:01:00 AM If it is possible to be both obtuse and enlightening at the same time, then the New York Times op-ed page was just that last Thursday. The Times' 9/11 anniversary editorial was followed by an editorial with a bit of moral equivalence so typical of, well, the New York Times: In the United States, Sept. 11 will forever be a day to remember our victims of terrorism. Yet our nation's hands have not always been clean, and it is important to recall Chile's Sept. 11, too....

National Security & Defense   Many Victories in the War on Terrorism Remembering Why We Fight by Donald LambroPosted Sep 16, 2003Despite some impressive victories in our war on terror since Sept. 11, 2001, the fast pace of events seems to have swept them by in a blur, with much of their significance lost in the chaos of a global offensive. As we pass the second anniversary of the attacks, it's important to reflect on what has been accomplished since 3,000 American civilians were forever silenced and our collective sense of safety and invincibility was shattered. To believe President Bush's...

Lusaka A few days after September 11, two years ago, we carried an editorial comment in which we stated: There are many governments going around trying to flatter the United States and confusing its leaders over how to deal with last week's terrorist tragedy, hoping for favours. Under the effect of the shock caused to the world by the appalling and brutal terrorist action that targeted the American people on September 11, underlined by painful reports and images of grief and sorrow, certain minds driven by feelings of hatred and arrogance have taken to sinister task of reviving old methods...

Teacher placed on leave after Sept. 11 video Post / Hyoung Chang Jason Ritter, a teacher at Falcon Creek Middle School, said administrators asked him not to talk about 9/11 on the anniversary or else leave for the day. He left. "I have to stand up for what I believe in," Ritter said. Jason Ritter, a teacher at Falcon Creek Middle School, said administrators asked him not to talk about 9/11 on the anniversary or else leave for the day. He left. "I have to stand up for what I believe in," Ritter said By Karen Rouse Denver Post Staff...

FRISCO - A giant American flag raised as a Sept. 11 memorial on a prominent mountaintop was torched over the weekend, sparking outrage from local residents and putting law enforcement on high alert. Initially placed on Peak 1 by Frisco resident Kurt Kizer and several friends a few days after the terrorist attacks in 2001, the flag, standing as a patriotic tribute visible in much of Summit County, has been replaced on the anniversary each of the past two years by large groups of supporters. "We did this as a memorial for the people who lost their lives. It was...

Air Pollution Alert The PBS Frontline (Stories from a small world) segment aired on June 16, 2003, was about a play in a theatre. The audience was made up of people who themselves have been immortalized in the literature of the Raj. Visualize Gunga Din or a woman in a sari, with a large dot on her forehead, and you have it. The play was about 911, and how the war-mad Bush Administration drove the noble Osama bin Laden to stand up for religion. Mr. Bush was portrayed as a coward who hid in his airplane, with fighter jet protection,...

On the second anniversary of 9/11, Jean Chretien was on vacation in Quebec. Neither he nor the Liberal party organized any official ceremony. Instead, Stephen Harper, the opposition leader, organized a ceremony. Though he made a quickie phone call to Pres. Bush, Jean Chretien didn't bother to show up. Two days later, a woman writing a puff piece in the Ottawa Citizen made the comment that "seeing Canadians flying American flags in a misplaced show of solidarity" sends her into a "huff." That was it. I went to my computer and wrote a letter to the editor. Here's the text:...

Germany is the latest to be swept up by the craze Sept. 22 issue — To get a sense of how deep mistrust of the United States runs in Germany, take a look at the bookshelves. Two years after September 11, German bookstores are flooded with such works as “The CIA and September 11,” in which a former government minister of Research and Technology, Andreas von Bulow, insinuates that the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services blew up the World Trade Center from the inside. The two Boeings, he claims, were flown in by remote control as a cover-up. The whole...

Coalition unites for September 11th ceremony by Sgt. Greg HeathBAGRAM, Afghanistan – American service members and coalition military services gathered at the Joint Operations Center yesterday afternoon for a retreat ceremony to honor those who died by terrorists hands on Sept. 11, 2001, and those who’ve subsequently lost their lives in the ensuing global war on terrorism.Hundreds of service members representing nearly a half dozen nations gathered to show the world that even two years after the vicious attacks, the coalition stands unified by their goal of bringing an end to global terrorism.Although the terrorists’ main target on Sept....

I don't know why I kept the papers. It wasn't exactly a day to shout, "Stop the presses!" It was just another ordinary Monday: Sept. 10, 2001. Looking back, some of the stories seem almost comical in their lack of any frame of reference to today's news. A piece on Gary Condit - the California congressman linked to a missing intern - and his legal and political strategy. The Jets were beaten by the Colts. Barry Bonds hit three homers in a single game. At the U.S. Open, Venus Williams beat her sister Serena to win the title. There was...

Color me a September 11 American. That is, one for whom life changed two years ago.As opposed to a September 10 American, described by Lawrence F. Kaplan in The Wall Street Journal as one who has returned more or less to life and issues as they were before the terrorist attacks.It's hard to imagine how anyone younger than 2 could be a September 10 American, but apparently they are plentiful. Kaplan based his definitions on polls and data collected since 9-11, which show, for example, that fewer Americans are flying flags and praying than immediately after 9-11.Fewer Americans also...

Al-Muhajiroun, the extremist Muslim group that used the second anniversary of the September 11 atrocities last week to praise the "Magnificent 19" hijackers, is facing eviction from its London offices. The landlord of the business centre in Tottenham, north London, where al-Muhajiroun has rented premises since December 2001, said yesterday it had begun legal action to evict the organisation. The Workplace Group, which owns business property across London, acted after al-Muhajiroun praised the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington as "a good deed". The company said the offices had been rented by Anjem Choudary, a chief spokesman for al-Muhajiroun,...

Transcript for Sept. 14 Sunday, September 14, 2003 GUEST: Dick Cheney, vice president Tim Russert, moderator This is a rush transcript provided for the information and convenience of the press. Accuracy is not guaranteed. MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: America remembers September 11, 2001. In Iraq, six months ago, the war began with shock and awe. Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on MEET THE PRESS: (Videotape, March 16): VICE PRES. DICK CHENEY: My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. (End videotape) MR. RUSSERT: Did the Bush administration misjudge the level of organized resistance, the...