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Where were you nine years ago today?

Upon request, I have collected links to many of the earliest threads from September 11, 2001 below. I reviewed threads from the very first FR report (http://www.freeRepublic.com/focus/fr/520255/posts)through thread number 520326. Feel free to add other significant threads, including photo archives. Bumping this thread periodically instead of the original threads will also avoid scaring people with the headlines. Bookmark this thread, and bump it from time to time when the nation and the press seems to forget why we need resolve in the face of evil. Forgive some of the early misinformation and broken photo links, and recall the horror and ...

FRESNO, Calif., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An Islamic group in Fresno, Calif., cited anti-Muslim sentiment in canceling an annual carnival held the Saturday after Ramadan because it falls on Sept. 11. The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno had scheduled the Eid al-Fitr carnival for Sept. 11 but decided this week to cancel the event, which features games and Middle Eastern food. The center's leaders said the date could be misinterpreted or viewed as insensitive, given the negative reaction to a mosque and Islamic community center proposed to be built a few blocks from Ground Zero, where Islamic terrorists destroyed the...

So, it’s the middle of the summer, and your family and kids need something to do. You decide to take them to an amusement park. Best to avoid Six Flags . . . unless you’re Muslim. If you are, the red carpet is rolled out on the most interesting of dates, September 12th. I’m sure that this is the day after 9/11 is just coincidence, right?

How do you battle the darkness? With the LIGHT! I watched in disbelief a few weeks ago as they announced the Muslims would be building a $110 million mosque just a few blocks from where their Muslim brothers perpetrated the greatest act of terror on US soil in history, deliberately flying planes into the World Trade Center towers, knocking them down and killing 3,000 innocent souls in the process. The gall, the arrogance, the audacity of this false religion of violence, hate, and death to build their temple to satan just blocks from that hallowed ground. Islam is a 1400-year-old...

The 2010 trial for a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa has been moved further from the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan moved the trial from Sept. 13, 2010, to Sept. 27, 2010, after defense lawyer Gregory Cooper complained. Cooper said the first date would prejudice the jury against Ahmed Ghailani (guh-LAHN'-ee).