War on Terror

9/11, Ahmadinejad, Ground Zero, Iran, Iraq, War on Terror, World Trade Center

Ahmadinejad is a terrorist and a root cause of terrorism

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EFPs made in Iran are killing our troops

During his ’60 Minutes’ interview, after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed surprise that people do not want him to go to Ground Zero, Scott Pelley said:

“Well sir, you are the head of government on an Islamist state that the United States government says is a major exporter of terrorism around the world.”

Ahmadinejad responded:

“We obviously are very much against any terrorist action and any killing. Also we are very much against any plots to sow the seeds of discord among nations. Usually, you go to these sites to pay your respects and to also air your views about the root causes of such incidents.”

Mass murder is what the 9/11 hijackers conducted on 9/11, not an “incident.” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to pay his respects at Ground Zero to the 19 hijackers who murdered 3,000 innocent people on 9/11. According to the 9/11 Commission, “8 to 10 of the muscle hijackers” passed through Iran from October 2000 through February 2001 without their passports being stamped so as to avoid alerting security officials of other nations latter. Other sources say they were escorted by Iranian intelligence.

His regime is a root cause of terrorism. Iran supplies weapons and training to murder America’s son and daughters in Iraq. There they continue a 28 year tradition of directing or assisting terrorists against the “Great Satan.”

Yet Ahmadinejad avoided answering Scott Pelley’s questions about EFPs:

Ahmadinejad arrived in New York City yesterday and is scheduled to speak at DC’s National Press Club via VideoLink and at Columbia University today. He will address the United Nations on Tuesday.

Dozens of groups will protest Ahmadinejad. Here are a few suggestions for their signs:

Stop killing U.S. troops

Blood of American troops on Ahmadinejad’s hands

Iranian IEDs killing our troops

Stand with the Iranian People: Dump the Ayatollahs

Here is a schedule of today’s events and contacts:

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Ahmadinejad to speak at luncheon at National Press Club by videolink
When: 12 p.m.
Where: Washington, DC: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW
Please note: Attendance limited to NPC members, their guests and accredited media only. Luncheon tickets are $16 for members and $28 for guests. For more info: NPC reservations: 202- 662-7501. Accredited media with questions should email Melinda Cooke at mcooke@press.org to reserve seats.

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Rally led by Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Community Relations in cooperation with United Jewish Communities, UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
When: 12 p.m. (rain or shine)
Where: NYC: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 2nd Ave. at 47th St.(across the street from the UN)
For more info: Conference of Presidents, 212-318-6111 or info@conferenceofpresidents.org or the JCRC, 212-983-4800, ext. 161 or info@jcrcny.org

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Rally by students from Columbia and other universities incuding Rutgers, Brooklyn College and Queens College, area high school students and dozens of Jewish organizations
When: 1-3 p.m.
Where: NYC: Outside Columbia University at W. 116th St. and Broadway

Columbia students available for interviews:

Jacob Kriegel, undergraduate student and president of LionPAC (a Jewish student organization at Columbia);

Ruven Ellberger, third-year law student and former president of Jewish Law Student Association

Source: The Israeli Project

Update, 6:30 a.m. Eastern: Click on the image below for the Washington Times’ report on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s trip to the United Nations.

Sunday protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

9/11, Aviation Security, War on Terror

Flight attendants still unsung heroes

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Julie Jacobson / AP file: Two United flight attendants look to the actual crash site just before the start of the memorial service at the temporary memorial to Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2002.

Charles Leocha, MSNBC’s travel columnist, says, “When it comes to safety, air crews are your first line of defense“:

The war on terror continues, and yet few remember that the first casualties were flight attendants. In the six years since 9/11, there have been many ceremonies and many remembrances for those who died in that day’s tragic events. Police officers, firefighters and other first responders gather every year with political bigwigs on stages across America. Sadly, flight attendants are almost never included. That’s a shame. I’ve said so on every anniversary of the September attacks, and I say so again this year.

Airline flight attendants are unsung heroes in this country’s “war on terrorism.” Recent events demonstrate that this is true now more than ever. The efforts to attack us have not abated, but they have been thwarted by better intelligence and higher levels of security. For example, when terrorists came up with new ways to mix explosives with liquids last year, the Department of Homeland Security banned liquids aboard the nation’s aircraft. Once again, flight attendants found themselves on the front line of a war whose battles are constantly shifting while ever exposing them to danger.
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Every time a plane takes off, every time a traveler stands up and walks toward the cockpit, and every time a passenger ducks behind his seat to dig through carry-on luggage, flight attendants go on high alert.
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Are our memories so short?

Flight attendants were the most consistent source of information on 9/11 when, at the risk of their lives, they phoned airline operations personnel to let them know about the hijackings; they even provided seat numbers and descriptions of the hijackers. Flight attendants were most certainly involved with the in-cabin attack on the terrorists aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in the fields of Pennsylvania instead of into a building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Later, in one of the few instances of terrorism thwarted in the act, a diminutive flight attendant physically prevented a fanatic from lighting a fuse to a shoe-bomb that would have downed American Airlines Flight 63 in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

So, let’s get our priorities straight.

Please read the whole thing.