http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wtcattacks/ en-us Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:11:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000495/posts A German opera house is to unveil a provocative new production staged in the ruins of New York's World Trade Centre. It features naked pensioners and Mickey Mouse masks, Hitler salutes and Elvis impersonators. The self-consciously outrageous September 11th staging of Verdi's 'A Masked Ball' has been dreamed up by Austrian director Johann Kresnik. He has described the concoction as a populist critique of modern American society, aimed at showing up the disparities between rich and poor, which attracting a large audience. It will be a different, a provocative masked ball on the ruins of the World Trade Centre," he... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000495/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:11:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724578/posts NEW YORK - As the city agency overseeing the removal of the World Trade Center rubble was wrapping up its work in 2002, several officials handling the painstaking recovery of human remains warned that things were moving too fast. They believed that more pieces of the 2,749 dead could be found, and that the city shouldn't be rushing such an important task. But they were overruled, two of those officials told The Associated Press this week. Over the past few days, dozens of bones have been discovered in underground passages at ground zero, more than five years after the tragedy.... http://www.comcast.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724578/posts#comment Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:01:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704030/posts An al-Qaida-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his remarks about Islam and violence. The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified. The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross"... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704030/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:54:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/520262/posts Just in. I am looking at a picture of the WTC with smoke pouring out of the western tower. Looks like a huge amount of damage. Debris raining down on people in the street. NewYork1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/520262/posts#comment Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:56:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699177/posts Here are some links from the FR archives in observance of the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001 - Threads list of several breaking news items - Latest Articles The first post reporting the attacks by OldEconomyBuyer - World Trade Center Posted on the first anniversary - Associated Press newswire - September 11, 2001 - Chronology of news alerts, bulletins and flashes Free Republic Archives http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699177/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595043/posts At dawn on September 11, 2001 in Mount Vernon, New York, a man wakes, dresses, pulls black high-top trainers onto his feet, kisses his sleeping wife and heads to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. Meanwhile in Queens another man — a pastry chef at Windows on the World, the twin towers’ top-floor restaurant — puts on jeans, a blue checked shirt and a Casio watch handed to him by his wife. She drives him to the station, where he waves goodbye, disappearing down the subway steps. In New York City and its suburbs more than... The Sunday Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1595043/posts#comment Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573273/posts This picture of Islamic extremists at Ground Zero was taken by UAC members of protesters who showed up to protest against the National Rally Against Islamofascism Day. This image is free to publish everywhere, let's get it out to as many Americans as possible. Publish this everywhere you can and send it to everyone you can. Anti-UAC Protesters at Ground Zero protesting the United American Committee's Rally Against Islamofascism on February 1. Keep in mind this is at GROUND ZERO where 3,000 Americans were murdered by Islamic extremists. You have permission and we ask that you please publish this picture... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1573273/posts#comment Tue, 7 Feb 2006 04:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486345/posts Subscription required thus no excerpt Canadian special forces soldiers in southern Afghanistan have killed Taliban and Al-Qa'ida rebels over dozens of operations in recent months as they work secretly in small units, military sources say. The modest contingent of troops from Joint Task Force 2 is an integral part of coalition efforts to stem the tide of insurgency that has risen since campaigning began for tomorrow's elections. JTF2 commandos have joined counterparts from the United States and some British Commonwealth countries, such as Australia, in fighting that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in six months, defence sources say. Authorities... The Gazette (Montreal) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486345/posts#comment Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1459526/posts It was reported in the Washington Post on Monday that the civil liberties board, whose main goal is to make sure individual rights are not trampled upon during our so-called "War on Terror," has yet to meet and is under-funded by the Bush administration. Created by Congress last year, the board consists of five members nominated by the president to act as an independent watchdog against potential abuses of the Patriot Act. President Bush took six months to appoint five members to the panel as reported in the Washington Post. In his proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, he allocated... www.lp.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1459526/posts#comment Tue, 9 Aug 2005 02:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456627/posts Today I propose we the American people (Freepers) start voting with our remotes. Allow me to explain. We are at war with an enemy that seeks our total destruction. In order to defeat this enemy, we the American people must reach a common bond with a common purpose and that being total Victory. While this war may last decades, we cannot loose unless we do not stay united. However, if we are divided from internal struggles, there is a chance our civilization will be destroyed and replaced with a Muslim culture. The most dangerous internal struggle I see today is... JustDontWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456627/posts#comment Thu, 4 Aug 2005 05:39:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410170/posts To day judge R. Paris ruled in the court case against Ayaan Hirsi Ali that she did not acted unlawfully when she talked about the Islam and Mohammed. A group of Muslims had started the trial to forbid her of speaking about the Islam, Mohammed and to forbid the sequel of submission. The judge said he has no indication that Hirsi Ali did grieve the Islamic people on purpose: "[Hirsi Ali] chooses in her struggle against women suppression an maltreatment consciously for a method that stimulates debate about Islam reform" But amazingly the judge also warned Hirsi Ali to be... Telegraaf http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1410170/posts#comment Wed, 25 May 2005 14:41:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1403833/posts On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, America became a true police state. Your U.S. senators voted -- unanimously, with no discussion, and without even reading the bill -- to create a national ID card. The Real ID Act blackmails state governments into turning their drivers licenses into a draconian tool of the federal homeland security apparatus. If states refuse, their citizens lose such "privileges" as being allowed to board an airplane, enter a federal building, or apply for social security. President Bush is expected to sign the bill eagerly on Thursday. In three years -- by May 2008 -- this Stalin-style... JPFO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1403833/posts#comment Mon, 16 May 2005 03:19:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405358/posts SEATTLE – While most Parent Teacher Student Association meetings might center on finding funding for better math books or the best way to chaperon a school dance, a recent meeting here at Garfield High School grappled with something much larger - the war in Iraq. The school is perhaps one of the first in the nation to debate and vote against military recruiting on high school campuses - a topic already simmering at the college level. In fact, the Supreme Court recently agreed to decide whether the federal government can withhold funds from colleges that bar military recruiters. High schools... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405358/posts#comment Wed, 18 May 2005 05:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1398059/posts COLUMBUS, Ga. -- A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a mobile phone call with his mother, a soldier serving in Iraq, school officials said. The 10-day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was "defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said. The confrontation Wednesday began after the 17-year-old junior got a call at lunchtime from his mother, Sgt. 1st Class Monique Bates, who left in January for a one-year tour with the 203rd Forward Support Battalion. Mobile phones are allowed on campus... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1398059/posts#comment Fri, 6 May 2005 17:15:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396141/posts A memo leaked to Narco News by some brave soul within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers a revealing insight into the so-called war on terrorism. In short, the memo seems to show that for at least one federal law-enforcement agency, investigating terrorism is not unlike the childhood game of “Duck, Duck, Goose.” The memo, issued on March 28 by a high-ranking official with DHS’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), essentially orders supervisors in the field to sanitize terrorism-related case files maintained in a major law-enforcement computer system called TECS. All told, TECS contains about 12,000 terrorism-related... NARCO NEWS.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396141/posts#comment Tue, 3 May 2005 23:47:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395606/posts <p>I forgot to duck. By the time most of us read this I will be on my way to Germany for treatment. The doctors have decided that I'm too severely injured to continue my job. I don't know when I be back stateside but I will let you know.</p> e-mail from one of Captain Mike's men http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395606/posts#comment Tue, 3 May 2005 03:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395613/posts <p>For years, a citizen who wanted to know the name and phone number of a Pentagon official could buy a copy of the Defense Department directory at a government printing office. But since 2001, the directory has been stamped ''For Official Use Only," meaning the public may not have access to such basic information about the vast military bureaucracy.</p> Libertarian Party and Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395613/posts#comment Tue, 3 May 2005 04:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372918/posts In the fight against terrorism, few stones are left unturned. Every day, patient data from a handful of emergency rooms is sent to the Indiana State Department of Health to be crunched and analyzed. An epidemiologist watches intently for upward trends in rashes, fevers and unexplained deaths. Or a sudden surge in over-the-counter drug sales. The practice -- called syndromic surveillance -- broke onto the public health scene immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and later anthrax deaths. The surveillance method is widely viewed as a tool to detect a possible bioterrorism attack. Computers allow the instant sharing... southbendtribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1372918/posts#comment Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349893/posts Please take the time to watch this video, we must remember those on September 11, 2001. We can never forget, and we can not let those who wish us to forget to let us forget. Please, take 15 minutes from freeping, this is bookmarked on my home page, Thank you FReepers. Indy.Never Forget. If you let it run past the video, there are many good quotes after. Never Forget http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349893/posts#comment Thu, 24 Feb 2005 04:37:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1347517/posts A former security prisoner released in January 2004 in the deal struck with Hizbullah to secure the return of the bodies of three soldiers and businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum was one of two gunmen shot and killed by soldiers last Tuesday night while attempting an attack at Har Bracha, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Atsem Mansour, 29, a Fatah Tanzim member from the Balata refugee camp was imprisoned in Israel between October 2001 and January 2004 for his involvement in terrorism. He was one of 462 security prisoners released in exchange for Tannenbaum and the bodies of Staff-Sgts. Benny Avraham, Adi... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1347517/posts#comment Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:00:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1327033/posts Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael Chertoff’s ties to the financiers of the Sept. 11 attacks may prevent his confirmation as Homeland Security Chief. According to a June 20, 2000 article in the The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey, Chertoff defended accused terrorist financier Dr. Magdy Elamir. Elamir’s HMO was sued by the State of New Jersey to recoup $16.7 million in losses. At least $5.7 million went “to unknown parties... by means of wire transfers to bank accounts where the beneficial owner of the account is unknown,” according to the article. Foreign intelligence reports given to then chairman of... libertarian oday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1327033/posts#comment Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316622/posts A high-profile Australian charity headed by a Catholic priest has backed away from plans to set up an orphanage in tsunami-shattered Aceh after the plan enraged hardline Muslim groups. Youth Off The Streets founder Father Chris Riley arrived in the provincial capital Banda Aceh with plans to set up a tent orphanage to house some of the estimated 35,000 Acehnese children with dead or missing parents. The plan was backed with a $100,000 donation from NSW clubs and media mogul Kerry Packer's Nine Network funded Riley's trip. But after the chief of the radical Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), Hilmy Bakar... The Age http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316622/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311164/posts Carloads of Muslim New Yorkers, all U.S. citizens, were detained for hours by federal agents after they returned from an Islamic convention held in Toronto over the weekend. A Pace University student said she was asked by a border patrol officer at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge crossing whether the wire in her bra was a weapon. A white Flushing resident said U.S. officials refused to tell her why she was being held for eight hours. "It's just appalling," said Jean Tassi, 53. "If I didn't have on a head covering, I would have never been stopped." A U.S. Customs and Border... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311164/posts#comment Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:08:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309260/posts Giovanni Di Stefano, in an interview with FHM (UK) magazine says the following: Q: "Didn't you once meet Bin Laden?" A: "Yes, In Baghdad in 1998. He was a nobody back then and I didn't take much notice. He was educated, had very soft skin and shook my hand like a woman. He inspired a lot of the Mujahideen in Kosovo to do some pretty horrific things to the Serbs. My friend Arkan [the late Serbian warlord] said to me once, "Why didn't you kill him?" I probably would have done if I'd known who he was." FHM - UK January 2005 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309260/posts#comment Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:26:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1016598/posts FORT CARSON, Colo. - The Army dismissed a cowardice charge and filed a lesser count against an Army interrogator who sought counseling after he saw the body of an Iraqi man cut in half by American fire. Staff Sgt. Georg-Andreas Pogany was charged with dereliction of duty, according to a statement released Thursday afternoon by Fort Carson officials. A military court hearing set Friday for Pogany was canceled. The new charge was filed by the company commander after military judges dismissed the cowardice charge, officials said. "He believes that this charge is most appropriate to address the alleged misconduct based... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1016598/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:30:59 GMT