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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: U.S. to Call Up Reservists, Congress to OK Force | ||||
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| TFEC Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill! | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 12:43 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00  | U.S. to Call Up Reservists, Congress to OK Force September 14, 2001 11:22 am EST By Alan Elsner, National Correspondent WASHINGTON, NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States prepared to call up tens of thousands of reserves on Friday and Congress moved toward authorizing the use of military force as Americans took part in a national day of prayer and remembrance for the thousands of victims of this week's assault. President Bush proclaimed the day of prayer for the hundreds confirmed dead and almost 5,000 reported missing in Tuesday's attack on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He was to attend a memorial service in Washington and then travel to New York to show support for the stricken city. The Defense Department asked Bush to authorize the activation of tens of thousands of military reserve troops for "homeland defense," officials said. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld planned to activate between 30,000 and 50,000 reservists to provide "strike-alert" jet fighter protection and perform other duties at domestic military bases. Bush's approval, expected quickly, would pave the way for the call-up to begin. Intelligence agencies stepped up an international probe into the hijacking of four planes. Two crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, destroying both skyscrapers; a third smashed a huge hole in the Pentagon near Washington; the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers apparently fought the hijackers for control. Congress also moved quickly to pass a resolution that would authorize Bush to order what may be prolonged military strikes in retaliation for the unprecedented coordinated strikes. The Senate approved the bipartisan measure on Friday, while the House of Representatives was expected to give its concurrence on Saturday. The Senate also approved a $40 billion emergency package for counter-terrorism efforts and for rescue and recovery. Attorney General John Ashcroft said 18 hijackers were involved and the nation geared up for a war against the organization of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, identified as a prime suspect, as well as nations that shelter and support him. Bin Laden, who has been reported to have denied involvement, is based in Afghanistan under the protection of the radical Islamic Taliban government. MILITANTS AT LARGE Ashcroft added the hijackers were believed to have a significant number of associates still at large. The nation remained jittery after agents in combat gear stormed a plane at New York's Kennedy airport on Thursday and detained a number of people. All were later released and officials said it was a false alarm. But New York's Kennedy and LaGuardia and Newark airports were quickly shut down again, only hours after being opened to traffic for the first time since the hijackings. With most financial markets still closed until Monday and airlines operating a sharply reduced schedule, the nation was still reeling from the attacks. Television networks continued round-the-clock coverage and sporting events were canceled. Americans raced to buy U.S. flags and flocked to prayer services, avidly following the many heartbreaking stories of people still awaiting word about their missing loved ones. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said the list of those missing from the attack that crumpled the 110-story twin towers in the heart of New York's financial district totals 4,763 people. The Defense Department said 126 people were missing at the Pentagon and 64 people were also on board the plane there. Forty-five people were on a fourth hijacked plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania . RAIN MAKES RESCUE HARDER Heavy rain fell in New York, turning the site of destruction into a sludgy nightmare, slowing the labor of sifting through the rubble for body parts and evidence. Several other nearby buildings tottered on unstable foundations, posing a new threat to the thousands of exhausted rescue workers. At the Pentagon, an official said searchers had found both black boxes -- the flight data and voice data recorders -- from the hijacked plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Officials previously located the flight recorder in the Pennsylvania crash. Rumsfeld said the United States had yet to decide definitively if bin Laden was behind Tuesday's attacks. One senior official said more than one extremist organization might have been involved. Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement, which shelters bin Laden, warned of revenge "by other means" if the United States attacked their country in retaliation for the attacks. Retaliation options being mulled by U.S. officials ranged from heavy bombing to elite troop strikes. AMERICANS BACK WAR An ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Friday showed nearly nine in 10 Americans approved of Bush's job performance -- a huge leap in the aftermath of Tuesday's attacks. Nearly seven out of 10 Americans supported military action against the groups or nations responsible for the attacks, even if that meant a long war with heavy U.S. casualties, the poll found. Secretary of State Colin Powell became the first senior U.S. official publicly to identify bin Laden -- an implacable foe of the United States -- as a suspect in the attacks. Aides to bin Laden, accused of engineering attacks on U.S. Embassies in Africa in 1998 from his Afghanistan headquarters, told journalists in Pakistan the shadowy leader denied involvement in this week's carnage, which he described as "punishment from almighty Allah." The leader of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement said on Friday neither bin Laden nor Afghanistan had the capacity to train the suicide pilots who crashed the aircraft. Pakistan said on Friday it had not closed its border with Afghanistan but was conducting more effective checks on people trying to cross either way. The statement came after some media reported Washington had asked Islamabad to close the border. Pakistan is one of only three countries to recognize Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, which treats bin Laden as a "guest" of the country. Most global financial markets remained mired in uncertainty ahead of Monday's reopening of U.S. trading after Wall Street's longest shutdown since the outbreak of the First World War.  DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY!!! STAND WITH US, OR DIE AGAINST US!!! | ||||
| njstrawberry | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 12:56 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: Yeah, I believe them. I mean all they are doing is providing him with a safe haven right? They are just as guilty if they refuse to turn him over or offer cooperation. quote: Officials of Pakistan have stated that they would help the USA. However, they are seeking lift of sanctions for it. I say either they are in or they become an enemy. There will be no lifting of sanctions or financial bribery. Either they help willingly or they become a target as well. This is ridiculous. They rejoice in the street of their nation and now want money to help us. How dare they.  | ||||
| Beyond Mirth | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 1:06 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Sep. 01 | In light of what's going on, I think this is news everyone should hear. This, from a Canadian newspaper, no less, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those." Stand proud, America! BRIAN CARLIN R. S. KNAPP CO. INC. 212-772-0581 [email protected] ...And still these words ring through: to your own self be true and be careful what you learn cause sometimes knowing burns. | ||||
| TFEC Coming Soon!!! The Grand Opening of The Junkyard Bar & Grill! | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 1:07 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Fuck pakistan, they're air force does not want to help us. If they try anything I hope we blow those bastards outta the sky as well!! DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY!!! STAND WITH US, OR DIE AGAINST US!!! | ||||
| George Peterson | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 1:50 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I have a friend who just graduated last year. As soon as he turned eighteen he joined the reserves and continued high school. The news that now reservists are being called on is shocking to all of us who know him. He was a mentor at my school, where he counceled students and helped Health classes. He's an amazing person of character with immense resepect for this country and I'm sure that he will serve it well.  lights down, you up and die. | ||||
| av8er OA.com's taint with wings. | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 2:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Do the members of this board actually read it? I mean that's like the 7th time I've seen that tribute to America article posted. Geez! av8er USA | ||||
| Cranky Ass | posted on 09-14-2001 @ 2:31 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | Beyond Mirth, That was really moving. Thanks for posting that. Its amazing to hear our Canadian brothers being so appreciative about what America means to the world. ________________  Read My Column, Kickin Ass With FoundryMusicAntD on FoundryMusic.com , the most difficult site to navigate on the net and tune into my midnite show on RonFez.net Radio God Bless America!!! Support Firemen, Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army and everyone helping restore peace. | ||||
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