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Guard Tempo Of Operation Noble EagleBy Mary Lou Vocale, Photos By Lans Stout Citizen soldiers and active guard of the first air force continue to fly the first line of homeland defense in the war against terrorism.Since the first military aircraft took to US skies 11 September 2001, active Air Force, Reserve, and Guard pilots have logged more than 25,000* combat and air support sorties over the United States for Operation Noble Eagle. North American Aerospace Defense Command has directed more than 750 scrambles or mission diversions by NORAD fighters to identify or escort unknown airborne aircraft.Within the first five...

By MARSHALL WHITE marshall@npgco.com KANSAS CITY — A St. Joseph woman was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for defrauding disaster relief organizations working to assist victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Cassaundrea Estelle Montgomery, 41, was charged with a 10-count indictment alleging mail fraud in a scheme that involved the creation of a false or fake brother, said Todd Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. She allegedly received more than $63,000 in benefits from multiple organizations, including the American Red Cross. The indictment alleges Ms. Montgomery sought to...

Saudi Calls Report on Gifts to Hijackers 'Crazy' Senators Fault Kingdom for Lax Control of Funds By Dan Morgan Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 25, 2002; Page A09 A senior Saudi official yesterday branded as "outrageous" and "crazy" reports that charitable gifts from the wife of the Saudi ambassador in Washington may have ended up with two Sept. 11 hijackers, but senior U.S. lawmakers of both parties faulted the Persian Gulf kingdom for continued lax financial controls.

Force Reconnaissance Missions1st Force Reconnaissance Platoon operated in support of 15th MEU(SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.The 1st Force Reconnaissance Company (1st Force) Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (15th MEU(SOC)) were the best-trained, best-equipped Marines fighting in Afghanistan. We had the most experienced small unit commanders and the newest specialized equipment within all of the Department of Defense for conducting combat operations. As the assault element in the maritime special purpose force (MSPF), the platoon gained the confidence of the Marine air-ground task force commander early in the predeployment training cycle. During the course of the...

Many things changed on 9/11/01, especially here in the United States, but the greatest effect the bombings had on American society seems to have gone unnoticed: the death of the American Left. The great political, cultural, economic, and social movement that has shaped American and world society since the 1960s died in the rubble of the World Trade Center and nobody seemed to notice or care. The surest way to kill off an ideology and its subsidiary political or cultural movements is to expose the beliefs upon which it is based as false or flawed. That's exactly what the 9/11...

For all my Freeper friends... In honor of the one year anniversary of the September 11th attacks, please visit the site below for an emotional reminder of what we are fighting for. God bless America. We will never forget.

Elizabeth was traveling to New York by train last month to tell David’s story to FBI investigators preparing for the trial against Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called “20th hijacker.” If Moussaoui is convicted, the government plans to introduce the stories of 30 victims at the sentencing portion of the trial. While there will always be unanswered questions about how David Kovalcin died, his 38-year-old widow is left to tell the story of how he lived.It’s a goal that has seemed at best daunting and at worst impossible in the long year since her husband perished when terrorists flew American Airlines Flight...

DOES AMERICA DESERVE ANOTHER SEPTEMBER 11TH ? When I read a newspaper or a weekly newsmagazine, listen to the network newscasters, or hear the captured sound bites of the politicians they promote (mostly those opposed to Bush and his administration), I find it impossible to comprehend that September 11th was only a year ago. Listening to some of the politicians and the liberal media, one might get the idea that it is history from a long time past and that our country is no longer threatened. The horror of that day and what it meant for the future of our...

Bill Gertz & El Rushbo Talk "Breakdown" September 5, 2002 At the top of Hour Two, I welcomed Bill Gertz of the Washington Times to the EIB Network. Gertz has more sources than anyone, to the point where other papers and the CIA have complained about what he knows. He's written a blood-boiling book called Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11th. I've been reading this, as I've been telling you, and it has inspired emotions inside me ranging from anger to suspicion. Gertz clearly states that the intelligence agencies are staffed by plenty of decent, hard-working...

Prosecutor says hijacker boasted attack would kill thousands By MELISSA EDDY Associated Press Writer   08/29/2002 Associated Press Newswires Copyright 2002. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.     KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) - One of the Sept. 11 hijackers boasted that he would kill thousands in an attack on the World Trade Center nearly a year and a half before he crashed an airplane into the south tower, Germany's chief prosecutor revealed Thursday. "There will be thousands of dead. You will all think of me," Marwan Al-Shehhi, a member of a Hamburg terror cell, told a librarian in April...

THE TRUTH ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11 Wed Aug 7, 9:02 PM ET By Ted Rall It's Time for Our Government to Answer Questions NEW YORK-A year has passed since September 11th. Yet we, the American people, still don't know exactly what happened. There are still no plans for a public investigation of how more than 3,000 Americans lost their lives, what could have been done to prevent the attacks or reduce their impact. Secrecy has been the watchword of the obsessively inscrutable Bush administration. So preoccupied are they with keeping the people's business away from the people that, rather than spark...

Perry campaign will keep up attack ads, too, spokesman says By Ken Herman AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, August 9, 2002 YOUR VIEW Should Tony Sanchez and Rick Perry call a Sept. 11 ad truce? Yes, out of respect 21% 4 No, everything is fair in politics 42% 8 They should stop the attack ads regardless of Sept. 11 37% 7 Total Votes 19 Results are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those who chose to participate. Tony Sanchez brushed off a request Thursday by Texas police officers for candidates to step away from TV ads for 11 days next...

For years, most people have tried to ignore the worrying fact that Anthony Blair has an extremist wife. That is why so many observers still do not understand this Government, or realise how dangerous and damaging it is. Cherie Booth, who is the Prime Minister's closest adviser, is political correctness made flesh. I believe she and her socialworker views are hugely influential in many areas of Government policy. It was not an accident when last November she talked about 'We in the British Government'. As a former Left-wing extremist myself, I know the code. I am sure that she dwells...

Al-Qaeda Threat in Philadelphia? Philadelphia, PA June 27, 2002 — David Henry reports from the Action Newsroom. An Action News investigation reveals that a chain of jewelry stores operating in the Delaware Valley is being investigated by the FBI for possible connections to the Al Qaeda terror network. A series of raids were carried out yesterday in Philadelphia and across the state of Pennsylvania. The stores are mostly kiosks in shopping malls operating under the name "Intrigue Jewelers." They are all owned by Pakistanis under franchise agreements with a company called Gold Concepts, based in Pennsacola, Florida. Intrigue operates stores...

I AM A NEW YORKER I am a New Yorker. I do not live in the five boroughs or on the Island or Upstate I may live hundreds or thousands of miles away Or I may live just over the GW Bridge. But I am a New Yorker . I am a New Yorker. Whatever took me out of New York: Business, family, or hating the cold did not take New York out of me. My accent may have faded and my pace may have slowed. But I am a New Yorker. I am a New Yorker. I was raised...

I don't know where this originated, but it's interesting... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kathleen Parker May 22, 2002 In a parallel universe, Sept. 11 never happened Congress seeks to oust Bush following racial profiling fiasco, police state maneuvers WASHINGTON (XYZ Wire Service) - Congressional leaders are scrambling to begin impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush following several unprecedented federal security measures that critics say constitute an unconscionable assault on American civil liberties. Wall Street, meanwhile, is reeling from a seismic downturn while the airline industry is predicted to topple. The Bush administration's sudden imposition of several new - some say "terrifying" -...

Let me share this letter by General Hawley regarding moral relativism in the post-Sep 11th world. He retired 3 years ago as a 4-star. He was a Vietnam hero, later flew A-10s and F-15s, and was commander of Air Combat Command. His letter is a classic. I don't know if you will find it anywhere else--it was e-mailed by him and published as a letter to the editor for The Southern Aviator in a copy my dad sent me. ___________________________________________________________________________ General Hawley Speaks Out Since the Sept. 11 attacks, I have seen, heard, and read thoughts of such surpassing stupidity...

The pivotal events of September 11th have altered the mindset of the American citizenry in myriad ways. Of that there is no doubt. And we continue to evaluate the impact of the devastating terrorist attacks upon this great nation. Internet website GOPUSA, now an acknowledged leader in providing salient news and analysis to the Republican and Conservative grassroots, just completed a public opinion poll on May 18th that addressed the subject of illegal aliens. The statements that represent the majority of opinion were "Illegal aliens should be deported because they broke the law in order to get here (67%), followed...

It is often said that William Jefferson Clinton was the first rock-star sex-god President of the United States. In truth, that description says a lot less about him than it says about his most ardent supporters. And ardent indeed they were. Even in his darkest moments, the 42nd President could always count on the support of three groups of the American people: African Americans, whose loyalty to America's "first black President" is so high that a recent poll of African Americans found that he is considered to have been a greater President than Abraham Lincoln, the actual author and signer...

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 4/12/02 ] McKinney implies Bush knew of Sept. 11 plot From The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is calling for an investigation into whether President Bush and other government officials had advance notice of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 but did nothing to prevent them. She added that "persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war." Rest of the story at this site on AJC site: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/0402/12mckinney.html