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Hey girls, want to get skanky? Well, sashay down to your local abuse shelter and get buzzed! No, you don't have to be a real victim of domestic violence. All you need is a convincing story. Last year Hollie Cephas of Monticello, Ark. arrived on the doorstep of the Options shelter to recount her tale of woe: Her husband had beaten her to the point of having two miscarriages, he hid her insulin, and once he even called her a "fat pig." The intake worker at Options had been taught to "always believe the victim," so of course she was...

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are trying to reach out to human smuggling victims through advertisements featured in major cities, including San Diego. Advertisements posted on billboards and transit shelters with the slogan, “Hidden in Plain Sight” were put on display in June around San Diego county. The goal is to educate the public about the existence of human trafficking in the country and urge them to report such crimes, officials said. “These victims are domestic servants, sweat shop employees, sex workers and others lured here by the promise of prosperity, then forced to work without...

It is with no pleasure that I put in writing what I have long believed: Though many individual liberals have only goodwill toward black Americans, the liberal world since the late 1960s (i.e., after the major civil rights legislation of the mid-1960s) has done incalculable damage to black America and to race relations in this country. Whether out of guilt or because of its own racist views (i.e., the unspoken but regularly implied belief in the inferiority of African-Americans), the left-of-center's general attitude toward black Americans has been that they cannot be judged by the same standards as others. From...

Fight to aid cyclone victims frustrated by junta By Graeme Jenkins in Rangoon Last Updated: 2:31AM BST 06/05/2008 Burma said last night that it feared that more than 10,000 people had been killed when a cyclone struck the country at the weekend. Desperate Burmese queue for water in Rangoon At least a further 3,000 villagers in the Irrawaddy Delta are reported to be missing, while hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and without drinking water since Cyclone Nargis crashed into the coast on Saturday at 120mph, destroying entire villages and battering Rangoon. As United Nations agencies warned of an...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2008 – Dr. Michael “Sonny” Trimble saw evidence of Saddam Hussein’s brutality firsthand as he led a team that excavated nine mass graves in Iraq, then looked evil in the eye as he testified in an Iraqi court against the regime’s atrocities. A mass graves investigation team working under the leadership of Dr. Michael “Sonny” Trimble excavates a mass grave in Iraq to provide Iraqi courts evidence of Saddam Hussein’s role in genocide and crimes against humanity. Photo by Timothy Bradshaw   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. But through those horrors, Trimble said, he witnessed...

WBBM Newsradio 780's Bernie Tafoya reporting. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago Police say no one could make this story up; a would-be-thief gave his victims his phone number. An 18-year-old man entered a muffler shop in the 2600 block of North Laramie Avenue Monday and declared a robbery. He allegedly waved a gun around and demanded money, according to police. When he was told the money was in a safe and that the manager that knew how to open it was not there, the suspect had a brilliant idea; at least he thought it was brilliant. He gave the shop employees...

Somehow it’s our fault that Democrats in Florida are in a mess! Brit Hume Interviews Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-FL)Fox News Sunday March 9, 2008HUME: The Democratic presidential nominee could be decided not in the remaining primaries but in the outcome of the bitter fight over what to do about Michigan and Florida.Both states lost all their convention delegates when they were penalized by the Democratic National Committee for moving up their primary dates earlier this year in violation of party rules. For more on this, we turn to Debbie Dingell, a DNC committee member and a superdelegate from Michigan, and,...

Serbian nationalist leaders are blaming all the violence on the United States: Serbia: US ‘Culprit’ in Kosovo Violence. Serbia’s hard-line leaders on Saturday called the U.S. “the main culprit” in the violence that has broken out since Kosovo declared independence. Several thousand Serbs chanting “Kosovo is Serbia!” and “Russia, Vladimir Putin!” protested peacefully in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, the sixth day of demonstrations against Kosovo’s break with Serbia. Russia backs Serbia’s fierce resistance to Kosovo’s secession. On Thursday night, protesters in the Serbian capital Belgrade set fire to the U.S. embassy, angered by Washington’s recognition of Kosovo....

/14/2008 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- One day after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device explosion devastated residents in the vicinity of the city of Balad, local Iraqi leaders came to the Air Force Theater Hospital here Feb. 11 to visit the attack's most critically wounded. The hospital serves as the region's premiere hub for medical care as the medical staff treats both coalition force members and Iraqi civilians who would likely not survive without the technologically-advanced care provided there. The group of visiting Iraqi leaders consisted of Amer Mrhown Al-obedy, mayor of the city of Balad; Col. Hamad...

Victims Voice Airing Commercials in South Carolina "If not for Mike Huckabee...Caro l Sue would be with us." January 10, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Emis Email:victimsvoice@gmail.com VICTIMS VOICE TO BEGIN AIRING COMMERCIALS TONIGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. "IF NOT FOR MIKE HUCKABEE... MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY," LOIS DAVIDSON, MOTHER OF CAROL SUE SHIELDS Victims Voice will begin airing a new television ad across South Carolina during the Republican presidential debate tonight in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The ad features Lois Davidson, the mother of rape and murder victim Carol Sue Shields, discussing Mike Huckabee's role in...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane. Of the total number of claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion. "That's the mother...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2007 – Afghan and coalition troops detained two suspected Taliban members, seized weapons caches, and administered vital medical treatment to bombing victims in Afghanistan over the past week, military officials said. Afghan National Police officers arrested two suspected Taliban insurgents in Nangarhar province Dec. 14. The suspects allegedly have assisted suicide bombers and have possible ties to improvised-explosive-device trafficking, military officials said. “Afghan national security forces continue to successfully perform counterinsurgency operations,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “The actions of these soldiers demonstrate the steady development of the (Afghan national...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Two truck bombs set off in quick succession sheared off the fronts of U.N. offices and a government building in Algeria's capital Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack claimed by an affiliate of al-Qaida. Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa, in a posting on a militant Web site, called the U.N. offices "the headquarters of the international infidels' den." A U.N. official said at least 11 of its employees died. The bombs exploded 10 minutes apart around 9:30 a.m., devastating the U.N. refugee agency and other U.N. offices along a...

It's been three months since the I-35W bridge collapse, and shovels are about to be put into the ground to begin construction of the replacement. And as sure as the Minnesota winter is cold, victims and their lawyers are lining up with their hands out, demanding compensation. Meanwhile, politicians are tripping over each other to see who can shovel the most of someone else's money at these people, the better to claim the mantle of “compassion” and then browbeat anyone who objects with angry cries of how one could be so “cruel” to these poor souls. It's enough to make...

Mexican Flood Victims Scramble for Food Monday November 5, 2007 9:16 PM By IOAN GRILLO Associated Press Writer VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) - Hungry and dehydrated victims of one of the worst floods in Mexico's history scrambled for government packages of food and medicine, while at least 20,000 people remained trapped Monday on the rooftops of homes swallowed by water. Residents were running dangerously short of food and water after nearly a week of floods left 80 percent of the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco under water and destroyed or damaged the homes of about half a million people. Gov. Andres...

Unfortunately, most Americans do not consider Iraqis as people. We see them as terrorists or victims, not as everyday people with the same values as our friends, neighbors and relatives. Yet, most Iraqis are decent human beings with the same concerns, dreams, and compassion as most Americans. They want peace and are concerned about their fellow man. Is it no wonder that we feel differently about the people of Iraq, when the American media only reports sensational news? If it doesn’t bleed or explode, you just aren’t going to see it on the evening news. I received a press release...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2007 – Coalition forces detained five suspected militants and provided critical medical assistance to suicide-attack victims during recent Afghan operations. During a mission today, coalition forces detained five suspected militants in Paktika province in an operation to disrupt extremist activities in Afghanistan. Intelligence sources led coalition forces to compounds in the Orgun district, where suspected militants were indicated to be hiding. Upon reaching the compounds, coalition forces conducted a search of the buildings in the area. “While performing a search of buildings in the Orgun district, coalition forces detained five individuals with suspected ties to extremist forces,”...

ARLINGTON, Va. , Oct. 12, 2007 – Hundreds of soldiers, family members and friends gathered at Arlington National Cemetery today to honor 12 soldiers killed in a helicopter crash Iraq earlier this year. Army honor guard soldiers hold 12 folded American flags during an interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Oct. 12 for 12 soldiers killed in Iraq 10 months ago. The soldiers, 10 from the Army National Guard and two from the active duty Army, were killed northeast of Baghdad when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. Photo by Sgt. Mary Flynn, USA   (Click photo...

Fresno police believe there are at least a dozen victims so far who went to this man hoping to get either wrinkles filled or plumper lips. They left with a permanent problem. The damage is visible and even over makeup you can see large lumps that when touched are rock solid.

Last night on the David Letterman show, his redundant spot about Bush's poor speaking abilities featured a statement about the immigration debate. The president was leaning over the podium whining that some farmer (Is that what they call transnational corporate agriculture now?) met him at Air Force One, suffering mightily, because ' he can't find no body to pull them onions fer him....' Well isn't that special? The president must have been in Georgia. Vidalia Onions are a big crop with even BIGGER owners with political ties, who have pulled off destroying employer sanctions of illegal aliens hires before. This...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2007 – On Sept. 11, 2001, Amelia Fields arrived at the Pentagon for her second day of work as an Army budget analyst. It was also her 46th birthday. During his Sept. 7, 2007, visit to the Pentagon, William Fields displays his shirt bearing a photo of his wife, Amelia V. Fields who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack against the Pentagon. Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess, U.S. Navy.  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. That morning, when hijackers barreled American Airlines Flight 77 into the building’s western...

Three young people died in Newark, the latest casualties in illegal aliens' war on America. But don't expect even this bloody outrage to end the complacency of the political elite -- or the mainstream media -- as the alien invasion turns our streets into a slaughter house. On August 13, The New York Times, America's newspaper of wretched, covered the Newark murders in its usual, agenda-driven, fashion. In "After Killings, Sense of Unity Surprises Newark," the Times reported, "Political rivals have promised to work together, young men in gangs have signed pledges to put down their weapons, and a mayor...

There are two Americas -- and John Edwards is fighting as hard as he can to keep it that way. Gotta keep the riff-raff down, you know. God Bless 'im. "...Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has investing ties to subprime lenders who are foreclosing on victims of Katrina, according to a report published Friday. The Wall Street Journal said there are 34 homes in New Orleans that face foreclosure from the subprime unit of Fortress Investment Group. Edwards has about $16 million in Fortress (Charts), a hedge fund and private equity manager, the newspaper said. Edwards, the former senator from...

African-Americans are victims of nearly half the murders committed in the United States despite making up only 13 percent of the population, a report published Thursday showed. Around 8,000 of nearly 16,500 murder victims in 2005, or 49 percent, were black Americans, according to the report released by the statistics bureau of the Department of Justice. Broken down by gender, 6,800 black men were murdered in 2005, making up more than half the nearly 13,000 male murder victims. Black women made up 35 percent, or 1,200, of the nearly 3,500 female homicide victims. Young black men aged between 17 and...

African-Americans are victims of nearly half the murders committed in the United States despite making up only 13 percent of the population, a report published Thursday showed. Around 8,000 of nearly 16,500 murder victims in 2005, or 49 percent, were black Americans, according to the report released by the statistics bureau of the Department of Justice. Broken down by gender, 6,800 black men were murdered in 2005, making up more than half the nearly 13,000 male murder victims. Black women made up 35 percent, or 1,200, of the nearly 3,500 female homicide victims. Young black men aged between 17 and...

What are Christian Korean women doing in Afghanistan anyway? Haven't there been enough horrendous incidents involving missionaries, Christian activists, peace-at-any-price zealots in both Afghanistan and Iraq to dissuade others from plunging into the morass, ostensibly to do the Lord's work? In too many cases, it's fallen to NATO or other soldiers, who risk their lives to rescue such people from their reckless courage, and refusal to recognize the dangers of their humanitarian selfishness. Especially women, foreign or not, who are Taliban targets. Presuming most are still alive, the Korean Christians held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan pose a huge...

Afghan Government Provides Aid to Flood Victims Hundreds of pounds of food and water help 250 villagers. By U.S. Army Capt. Ashley Dellavalle Task Force Rugged Public Affairs Office SHARANA, Afghanistan, July 9, 2007 — Flood victims of Janan Kala Village received humanitarian aid from the Paktika Rural Development minister and members of the Sharana Provincial Reconstruction Team, July 3. The team brought bags of rice, milk, beans and flour, as well as tarps and blankets to the beleaguered Janan Kala villagers living in the Mota Khan district of Paktika province. The area was devastated by large amounts of...

South Asia rains toll nears 500 amid protests by Asif Hassan 2 hours, 7 minutes ago Pakistani police fired tear gas to disperse a protest by some of the 1.1 million victims of a cyclone Friday, as fresh storms hit India while flooded villages waited for help in Afghanistan. Nearly 500 people have been killed by more than a week of severe weather that has swept across the coastlines, plains and mountains of South Asia with the approach of the yearly monsoon. In Pakistan, 1,000 protesters marched on a government office in the largely-submerged southwestern town of Turbat saying they...

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O J's 'confession' cash given to victim's family By Jacqui Goddard in Miami, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:56am BST 17/06/2007 A judge has awarded the publishing rights of O J Simpson's purportedly "hypothetical" murder confession to the family of one of his alleged victims. Relatives of Ron Goldman, who was stabbed to death in Los Angeles in June 1994 with Simpson's ex-wife Nicole, plan to have the account on bookshelves within weeks, under the title Confessions of a Double Murderer - or, more simply, I Did It. OJ Simpson tried to hide profits The book, in which Simpson chillingly theorised...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush paid tribute to the estimated tens of millions killed under communism at a new memorial to their suffering and linked the Cold War to the struggle against terrorism. Twenty years after then-US president Ronald Reagan stood at the infamous barrier dividing Berlin and urged the Soviet Union to "tear down this wall," Bush said Islamic extremists, like Communists, were "doomed to fail." His remarks came at the dedication ceremony of a new memorial to the "more than 100 million people" who have died under communism since Russia's Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. "And...

Muslim groups in US should battle Islamophobia by explaining how America, Islam in fact share same values Published: 05.12.07, 15:15 / Israel Jewish Scene After six Muslims were arrested this week for plotting a terrorist attack on an American army base I heard an interview with a representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He was expressing concern for the safety of his community and thus stressing that these six were in no way representative of Islam or American Muslims and he criticized the media for portraying them as such. As a Jew who has suffered from anti-Semitism I...

(IsraelNN.com) Arab terrorists have killed 864 Israelis and wounded more than 14,000 others since they launched the Oslo War, also known as the Second Intifada, in October 2000. The number of terrorism fatalities represents half of the 1,635 citizens who died in terrorist attacks since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The statistics were reported Thursday by the National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) in a press release ahead of Memorial Day, which falls on Monday. Arab terrorists have killed 864 Israelis and wounded more than 14,000. The Almagor terror victims' organization also recently released figures showing that...

Tsunami victims hunt for food By Nick Squires in Sydney Last Updated: 1:33am BST 04/04/2007 Video: Devastation of the Solomon Islands (Click on site to see) Desperate survivors of the tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands scavenged for food and drinking water yesterday as authorities said the number of deaths had reached 28 and was likely to rise. A day after a powerful earthquake unleashed a 16ft wall of water on the western part of the South Pacific country, up to 25 aftershocks hit the region. Scientists said that more tsunamis could follow. The tremors spread further fear among the...

Red's Trading Post in Twin Falls, Idaho, is the state's oldest gun shop, opened since 1936. In 2004, a routine BATFE audit revealed minor clerical errors. According to Red's, out of nearly ten THOUSAND firearms transferred between 1996 and 2004, the alleged error rate did not even reach 1%. Even the BATFE acknowledges these are minor paperwork errors -- there are no missing firearms and no willful illegal acts.And yet the BATFE has revoked the ability of Red's Trading Post to acquire firearms for resale, although they're still permitted to sell the firearms in stock ... for now. But that's...

Study Says Women Who Think Drinks Were Spiked Were Just Drunk February 20, 2007 Research Summary In a study by U.K. researchers, not one of 75 women who thought their drinks were spiked with date-rape drugs like GHB, ketamine or Rohypnol tested positive for the drugs, the Evening Standard reported Feb. 17. The yearlong study from doctors at Wrexham Maelor Hospital concluded that the women who though they had been incapacitated by drugs being added to their drinks more likely were just victims of their own binge drinking. Two-thirds of the study group had been drinking heavily, while one in...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2007 – Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers helped victims of a vehicle-bomb attack today near the village of Muhammad Baqir, Iraq, and officials have issued a revised count of soldiers injured in an attack on a military compound yesterday. About 100 Iraqi civilians were injured in today’s Baghdad attack, officials said. An insurgent bomber blew up his truck, which held two chlorine tanks -- a chemical that officials said terrorists use with the intent to take out large numbers of civilians. The tanks containing the chlorine separated from the vehicle. They did not explode, but leaked the...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Tuesday for farmworker housing centers to be used as emergency homeless shelters for those affected by January's cold snap that destroyed more than $1 billion in crops and left thousands without jobs. Schwarzenegger also allocated an extra $100,000 to the United Farm Workers Foundation for reaching out to freeze victims. More than 20,000 field and packing house workers lost their jobs following last month's bout of subfreezing temperatures across the state. Last week another community group, La Cooperativa Campesina de California, received an additional $1.75 million in state emergency funds to help workers in Tulare, Fresno,...

Having responded to some of the world's most tragic humanitarian crises including the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and the earthquake in Pakistan, I have seen innocent people who have lost everything — homes, children and parents. In Darfur, people pass their lives in desolate camps where their homes consist of a few sticks with a sheet of plastic draped over them, a jerry can for their water supply, a couple of pots and pans, an open fire to cook on and a hole in the ground for a bathroom. Children fall sick one day and die the next. These people...

Earthquake Victims Unearthed after 800 Years in Mazandaran By Soudabeh Sadigh Archeologists at the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran unearthed two skeletons in the vicinity of Resket tomb which further proves occurrence of a big earthquake in the region about a millennium ago. Resket Tower, Mazandaran province Tehran, 10 February 2007 (CHN) -- Recent discovery of two skeletons belonging to about 1000 years ago who were buried under piles of debris during their unsuccessful attempt to take shelter points to a massive earthquake which shook the region sometime during the Seljuk dynastic era (1037-1187 AD). The discovery was made by...

210,000 targeted annually due to bias, statistics show WASHINGTON – The most likely victim of a hate crime in the U.S. is a poor, young, white, single urban dweller, according to an analysis of Justice Department statistics collected from between July 2000 and Dec 2003. A November report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics detailing a study of 210,000 "hate crimes" a year during that period has gone virtually unreported by the U.S. press. But it does contain some surprising numbers. While race is, by far, the No. 1 factor cited as the reason for hate crimes, blacks are slightly...

Already under fire for allegations that he promoted his paramours, former LAPD Deputy Chief Michael Berkow was accused Friday of discriminating against 11 other officers when he reorganized a key Internal Affairs division. The officers have filed suit against the Los Angeles Police Department, and accuse Berkow - who is now chief in Savannah, Ga. - of harassment and discrimination. In one lawsuit, a female officer alleges Berkow ignored her complaints that she was being harassed by co-workers because of her sexual orientation. In a separate lawsuit, six African-American and Latino officers allege Berkow removed them from a prestigious assignment...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2006 -- Iraqi and coalition forces detonated a bomb in Samarra today and freed 23 kidnap victims yesterday. Earlier this week, combined forces killed three terrorists and detained one. Iraqi police were patrolling yesterday when they found an improvised explosive device near a Samarra mosque’s doorway. “This action by the terrorists shows they have no respect for Islam and are only concerned about killing innocent civilians,” said Army Lt. Col. Viet Luong, commander of 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. “This bomb was built to cause maximum damage, and because of the heroic...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2006 -- World War II veteran John A. Glaros clearly remembers the day 63 years ago when he heard that his friend, a fellow U.S. Army Air Forces radioman, had perished in an air crash in Australia that would remain a secret for many years afterward. (Left to right) Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England; Harry McAlpine, president of the Returned and Services League?s Washington, D.C., sub-branch; Robert S. Cutler, executive director of the Bakers Creek Memorial Association; and Australian Ambassador to the United States Dennis Richardson pose for a photograph next to the Bakers Creek air...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2006 -- The Hawaii National Guard is planning to airlift supplies to isolated residents on Maui as soon as their needs are ascertained, a military official said from the state’s capital today. Local authorities are compiling supply needs lists from Maui residents, Hawaii National Guard spokesman Maj. Chuck Anthony said from Honolulu during a phone interview with American Forces Press Service. Items requested by Maui residents will likely range from fuel needed to power generators to food and other necessities, he said. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Hawaiian Islands Oct. 15. No deaths were reported....

The Rev. Al Sharpton is due in South Carolina today to stand up for comic Chris Rock's mama. Rose Rock, who helped inspire Rock's sitcom, "Everybody Hates Chris," has called in the Rev to demonstrate outside a Cracker Barrel restaurant where she alleges staffers ignored her. Mrs. Rock says that, for more than 30 minutes after she and her 21-year-old daughter sat down at a Cracker Barrel in Murrells Inlet, S.C., in April, no one would take their order. She says they were the only black customers. After she complained about the wait, she says, the manager offered to comp...

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court waded back into the issue of prison sentences Wednesday to determine when a judge's discretion to impose additional time behind bars violates a convict's constitutional rights. In two major rulings since 2004, the court has said that systems that allow judges alone to decide facts that lead to longer prison terms violate a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. The lawyer for a former California police officer told justices Wednesday that the state's sentencing law is another such example. John Cunningham should have been sentenced to 12 years in prison after a jury convicted...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2006 -- Pentagon employees gathered here today to remember those lost Sept. 11, 2001, as well as those serving in uniform today in the global war on terror, with prayer, reflection and a musical tribute by Selah, a contemporary Christian group. The Pentagon’s chaplains hosted the nondenominational Pentagon employee memorial service, encouraging those in attendance to remember those killed at the hands of terrorists five years ago today and to seek healing in their faith. “Your presence here pays tribute to those who lost their lives on September the 11th of 2001,” said Army Chaplain (Col.)...

BAGHDAD, Sept. 11, 2006 -- Multinational Corps Iraq held a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the Al Faw palace here today, reminding everyone in attendance why servicemembers stand on foreign ground today. Members and senior leaders of Multinational Corps Iraq pause for a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony Sept. 11, 2006, at Al Faw palace, at Camp Victory, Iraq. Photo by Sgt. Joe Battle, USA  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. On Sept. 11, 2001, America was attacked by terrorists, resulting in the death of 2,973 people. “I will not forget the wound to our country and those...

JACKSON, N.H., Sept. 11, 2006 – On the west side of the historic Jackson Covered Bridge, built in 1836, nearly 100 residents and visitors of the Mount Washington Valley gathered yesterday to participate in a Freedom Walk here. Participants included adults, school-age children and young ones still in strollers. The sky was nearly cloudless and blue, the setting sun a bright orange and red, and the air crisp. At 6:30 p.m. the chairman of Jackson's selectmen, Gino Funicello, welcomed the walkers and lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a minute of silence in honor of those who...