Terrorism and Politics
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The Republican candidate for Governor of New York, Rick Lazio, is attempting to take advantage of the campaign against a planned Islamic cultural center in the neighborhood near the World Trade Center site. Lazio's campaign, which has failed to garner much press coverage on subjects other than its lack of support, has latched onto the anti-mosque fear-mongering as an issue which is certain to attract press coverage, has an established, albeit controversial, constituency, and which puts his opponent in the election, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, in the position of having to decide whether or not to pursue an investigation.
Rick Lazio demagogues "Ground Zero Mosque" Issue
September 11 Digital Archive
The September 11 Digital Archive uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath.
Jihad Watch
Mullah Dawran misunderstands Islam to the extent that he thinks that Sharia is unchanging, and that it calls for the subjugation of women and warfare against Infidels and the Muslims who collaborate with those Infidels.
Global Terrorism Database
The GTD Data Rivers is an interactive visual exploratory tool that allows users to investigate temporal trends in terrorism in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD). The GTD Data Rivers aggregates important variables from the database and visualizes them as a comprehensible stack chart . 03/22/2010: On Monday, in West Midnapore, West Bengal, India, an improvised explosive device exploded near a section of railway tracks between the Midnapore and Godapia stations.
WITS NextGen
8 soldiers, 2 police officers, 1 contractor, 2 civilians killed, 4 soldiers, 3 civilians wounded in suicide IED attack by Taliban in Tagab District, Kapisa, Afghanistan
Israeli navy kills four Palestinians off Gaza coast | World news | guardian.co.uk
Hamas policemen inspect a boat on the coast of Deir al-Balah, in Gaza. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images At least four Palestinians were killed when Israeli navy commandos opened fire on what they said was a squad of militants in diving suits off the coast of Gaza today.
Iran’s bombastic President Ahmadinejad once again has strutted to the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York to denounce, whine about and threaten the United States, the West, Israel and various international institutions. Soon after arriving, Ahmadinejad told the Associated Press that “the future belongs to Iran” and that the United States “must recognize that Iran is a big power.”
Ahmadinejad’s U.N. Blustering: The U.S. could face a “real war” | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Holocaust denier to lead tours to Auschwitz and Treblinka « Krakow Tours
NOT KRAKOW TOURS – The Nigdy Więcej (Never Again) anti-racist organisation have called for ‘Holocaust denier’ British historian David Irving to be banned from entering Poland later this month. Starting September 27, Irving is leading a tour party, with tickets costing around 1,500 euros each, taking in sites including the Treblinka death camp, Warsaw Ghetto and Hitler’s Bunker in the Masurian lake district. Never Again, in a joint statement with the UK based Searchlight magazine, have called for Irving and his tour party – which he claims is sold out – not to be let into Poland.
Document Friday: Sharks! (And the Military.) « UNREDACTED
The Great White Shark. Live every week like it’s Shark Week .cybersecurity
Ministery of Defense reaction and followUp
Terrorism on Sept. 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles with 92 people onboard, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.All the alleged 9/11 hijackers reportedly check in at the airports from where they board Flights 11, 175, 77, and 93. [ 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 1-4 ; 9/11 Commission, 8/26/2004, pp. 27, 89, 93 ] Since 1998, the FAA has required air carriers to implement a program called the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS). This identifies those passengers who might be a security risk, based upon suspicious behavior such as buying one-way tickets or paying with cash. CAPPS also randomly assigns some passengers to receive additional security scrutiny.
Complete 911 Timeline: American Airlines Flight 11
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