The Aftermath - CNN

Threats leveled at Muslim groups in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNN E-Mail Alert - 8:00 PM) -- Several Arab and Muslim groups in California received threatening phone calls Tuesday in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Maha Elgenaidi, executive director of the Islamic Networks Group in San Jose, said "a lot of Islamic Centers have shut Web sites down because of the amount of hate mail they were getting." Her organization received two "hate" calls after the attacks. Elgenaidi said the first caller told her to "get the hell out of this country. You people have done nothing but ruin this country. You don't belong here. Your religion is vile and evil."

Associated Press

Hundreds of Oregon workers to lose their jobs after federal audit finds violations
More than 800 service industry workers in the Portland area will lose their jobs in the next few weeks after a federal immigration audit found they lacked legal work papers, officials said Monday. - The layoffs are the result of a routine audit of Portland's service industry, said Anthony Ho, a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service investigator. - Officials reviewed paperwork for 3,306 employees and discovered 834 - or 25 percent - are in violation of immigration law, he said.

Fox News

America Shuts Down in Reaction to Attacks
Airports, trains stations, government offices and businesses across America shut down almost immediately in the aftermath of the apparent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, effectively bringing the entire country to a devastating halt. -- For the first time in U.S. history, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a complete halt to all commercial air traffic. The move shut down all U.S. airports, grounding millions of travelers and forcing hundreds of planes headed for various cities to airports in Canada and overseas. -- By noon, even the Canadian airports were said to be shutting down.

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Palestinians celebrate tragedy with candy, chanting
Nablus, West Bank - Thousands of Palestinians celebrated today's terror attacks in the United States, chanting "God is Great" and distributing candy to passers-by, even as their leader, Yasser Arafat, said he was horrified. -- The U.S. government has become increasingly unpopular in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the past year of Israeli- Palestinian fighting, with many Palestinians accusing Washington of siding with Israel. -- In the West Bank town of Nablus, about 3,000 people poured into the street shortly after the attacks in the U.S.

TWA flight 800 was probably shot down.

Clinton covered it up.

Are we paying for this now?

Associated Press

Evacuations nationwide
Authorities went on alert from coast to coast today, halting all air traffic, evacuating high-profile buildings and tightening security at strategic facilities following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Evacuations were ordered at the United Nations building in New York, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the tallest skyscrapers in Boston, Cleveland and Minneapolis. Seattle's landmark Space Needle was closed. -- In Massachusetts and Maine, most state employees were sent home, and state buildings shut down.

CanWest News

Canada/U.S. border open, but on high alert
Thousands of Canadian travellers were stranded Tuesday and many employees were sent home as airports were shut down and some nervous employers closed their doors after thousands were presumed dead in apparent terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington and Pittsburgh. Borders to and from Canada and the U.S. remained open Tuesday afternoon, although they operated on high alert. A government official had told The Canadian Press that the entire length of the U.S.- Canada border was to be sealed.....

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Thousands of casualties likely after World Trade Center collapses
In one of the most audacious attacks ever against the U.S., terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of blows today that brought down the twin towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon, bringing the seat of government itself under attack. -- Thousands could be dead or injured, a high- ranking city police official said. -- "This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it," said Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.

CNN

Terror Attacks Hit U.S.
Terrorists struck the United States Tuesday morning in harrowing, widespread attacks that included at least three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings. -- In the first attack, a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m., followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. Both towers later collapsed. -- About an hour later, a plane crashed into the Pentagon, part of which later collapsed [Live webcam on Pentagon]. American Airlines told CNN that it lost two planes in "tragic accidents:" [All air traffic has been halted in the U.S.]

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Re: Attack on America
If Bush has any manhood left he will immediately recall all US troops home from foreign deployment to defend America. Start with Bosnia, then Africa, and bring them all home. And begin immediately ejecting all foreign troops stationed in the US... even if they have to walk home. Then start in on the illegal aliens. -- But oh no.... we need open borders. Nevermind that for many government jobs -- for many jobs, period -- you don't even have to be a US citizen any more.

Reuters

Expert: Bin Laden Warned of 'Unprecedented' Attack
Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would carry out an unprecedented attack on U.S. interests for its support of Israel, an Arab journalist with access to him said Tuesday. -- Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi, an Arabic-language weekly news magazine, said Islamic fundamentalists led by bin Laden were "almost certainly'' behind the attack of the World Trade Center in New York.

AP - New York Post

Planes crash into World Trade Center
Planes crashed into the upper floors of both World Trade Center towers minutes apart Tuesday in a horrific scene of explosions and fires that left gaping holes in the 110- story building. -- There was no immediate word on injuries or fatalities in the twin disasters, which happened shortly before 9 a.m. and then right around 9 a.m. -- President Bush has called the World Trade Center crashes an apparent terrorist attack. -- The FBI is investigating reports that two plane crashes at the World Trade Center are the result of foul play, The Associated Press has learned.

WorldNetDaily.com - Day of Infamy 2001

Suicide jetliners destroy World Trade Center, Pentagon in flames in Pearl Harbor-style attack
In what authorities believe was a coordinated terrorist attack, two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York City this morning, while another plane struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The first plane struck the trade center shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern. As camera crews filmed the billowing smoke from the WTC, a second plane ­ a commercial airliner ­ flew into the second WTC tower about 18- 20 minutes later.

WorldNetDaily.com - Day of Infamy 2001

Suicide jetliners destroy World Trade Center, Pentagon in flames in Pearl Harbor-style attack
In what authorities believe was a coordinated terrorist attack, two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York City this morning, while another plane struck the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The first plane struck the trade center shortly before 9 a.m. Eastern. As camera crews filmed the billowing smoke from the WTC, a second plane ­ a commercial airliner ­ flew into the second WTC tower about 18- 20 minutes later. NBC reported that the second plane was a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. Airline officials confirmed the loss of their Boston- to- L.A. flight.

The News - Mexico City

U.S. Border Patrol to train Mexican federal police
The U.S.Border Patrol has begun special training for Mexican federal police officers as part of a strategy to increase cooperation in the fight against drug, arms and people trafficking. In a communiqué, the Mexican Secretary of National Public Safety said the purpose of the training course is to exchange experiences and to improve the federal police law enforcement practices with the intended result of conducting a frontal attack.......

The News - Mexico City

U.S. trip gave Fox a boost at home
Mexican President Vicente Fox returned home to badly needed praise after a U.S. visit that saw him play the role of U.S. President George W. Bush's interlocutor on Latin American affairs, analysts said Monday. Most analysts agreed that the September 5-7 state visit was a resounding success for Mexico, even if no concrete accords were signed. "Fox's visit was the most successful day of his government," political analyst Jesus Silva- Herzog said in an editorial in the daily Reforma.