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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:54 AM
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Fine. My point is that we should strike all Mideast terrorist camps.

I'm off this thread.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 09:55 AM
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Originally posted by tokyo_james
Maybe you will get crackpots on every day, but how often will they put the DATE of an incident in as the title before it happens?!?!?!?!?!?!
well that's what i mean!..the guy had 911 in his title and he posted that on august 31st..that's freaky..
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:48 AM
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I know this guy whom I used to work with and he's one of the fireman working on the scene, and he said they found a bomb in one of the cars.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 10:59 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnyboy32
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What I was trying to pint out is that we all have different morals and beliefs (even within a given country/society).
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:02 AM
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Before we jump to conclusions about how people reacted, maybe we should look at information other than the Rupert Murdoch news service.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailyn...ction_dc_1.html
Maybe not all is as what we have been told by that Bastion of non-tainted news reporting.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:18 AM
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Originally posted by Zippy
Before we jump to conclusions about how people reacted, maybe we should look at information other than the Rupert Murdoch news service.
http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailyn...ction_dc_1.html
Maybe not all is as what we have been told by that Bastion of non-tainted news reporting.
Yes the Palestinians will be stereotyped, as will a lot of people during this incident. I could question the report... He does not deny the celebrations, but he says:
Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi told a news conference the celebrations were ``misguided'' and ``aberrations'' motivated by a feeling among Palestinians that they have been victims of U.S. backing for Israel.

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Palestinians were angered by recent statements by President Bush (news - web sites) blaming them for violence, and by Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), who said last month Israel had ``some justification'' for killing suspected Palestinian militants.
Which means... basically... they were celebrating because the U.S. was suffering and they don't like us because we supply and support Isreal. But we shouldn't get into this right now in this thread.

Does this mean all people in Palestine? No, but we stereotype, that's life.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:25 AM
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Can someone verify that is statement was really written. This was passed around on the net via email.

"The third war will begin when the big city is burning. On the 11th day of the 9 month, that...two metal birds would crash into two tall statues...in the new city...and the world will end soon after" - Nostradamus 1654
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:31 AM
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Educated people believe that Nostradamus stuff?

1) NATO just announced that they consider the WTC attacks as an act of war against the alliance.

2) The FBI just arrested 3 Middle Eastern men who were staying with 2 of the known hijackers in Boston.

3) One of the identified hijackers drove a red Camaro, proving once and for all the Camaro drivers are the spawn of Satan.
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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Tedow
I haven't heard any mention of this so far: It strikes me as very unlikely/impossible that the impact of even a large plane with one of the WTC towers would cause the whole thing to collapse. Straight down, no less. I mean have you looked at where the planes hit? They're way up at the top. The mass of a building that large is just monstrous compared to a 767. I have a sneaking suspicion that there might have been secondary charges planted at the base of the towers.
This is what I first thought, but seeing the video footage, even if only 5 stories start to come down, it's plenty of weight and velocity to collapse the rest of the structure. I think as soon as the areas above the crashes started to move, there was no stopping them from crashing all the way to the bottom. Besides, the south tower may have damaged the north on the way down

On a separate note, my prayers go out to the victims and their families/friends. You have our support.

This requires a serious response by our country. The world needs to be shown that this isn't something we'll shrug off or give up on. To the perpetrators, we're coming for you. Prepare to be squashed like so many little ants under the unyielding boot of the United States of America. We will have our day.

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Old Sep 12, 2001 | 11:39 AM
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I don't know if people really believe it, but people are passing it through email. It's pretty stupid.
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