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9-11 Ten Year Anniversary Commemoration (5hr full video):
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Daily archives for September 11th, 2011
The 9/11 Survivor Tree
The 9/11 Survivor Tree:
The “Survivor Tree” was plucked from the wreckage of the World Trade Center on 9/11. It was scarred and scorched, but has proven to be persistent through all kinds of weather.
It was named the Survivor Tree by gardener Richard Cabbo of Van Cortlandt Park’s Arthur Ross nursery in the Bronx and it was hoped, he could bring it back to life.
It was only 8 feet high in 2001 and most of the tree was crushed when the [...]
READ MORE »Afghan Taliban Suicide Attack Wounds 77 US Soldiers (article and video)
Almost 80 US troops have been injured and two Afghan civilians killed by a suicide truck bomber on a military base in the eastern Wardak province.
None of the injuries are life-threatening, Nato says.
Rockets were also fired at the US military base in Bagram.
News of Saturday’s attacks came as the US embassy in Kabul marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which prompted the US military operation to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Ambassador Ryan Crocker acknowledged that many in the [...]
READ MORE »Seven Unmarried Couples Arrested for Being ‘in Close Proximity
Seven Unmarried Couples Arrested for Being ‘in Close Proximity’:
Seven couples, including three Indonesian soldiers, were arrested for illegally being in close proximity to unmarried members of the opposite sex during raids in Banda Aceh, Aceh, early on Friday morning, a top official said.
Banda Aceh Deputy Mayor Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal said law enforcement officers swooped on locations throughout the provincial capital, including a burger stall, Ulee Lheu beach and three boarding houses.
Illiza said the public had demanded that the raids be [...]
READ MORE »Black Women Report Rape by Rebel Forces in Libya Refugee Camps
Black Women Report Rape by Rebel Forces in Libya Refugee Camps:
The news doesn’t get better for thousands of black Africans trapped in Libya, besieged by racist rebel fighters. In addition to chronic suspicion of being mercenaries for Gadhafi, women in one internal refugee camp say they are dragged off at night and raped by Libyans who fight under the flag of the new authorities.
“They come in firing their guns and taking people,” a Nigerian woman told McClatchy. “They don’t use [...]
READ MORE »Imam Attacked and Beaten Delivering Antiviolence Sermon
Imam Attacked and Beaten Delivering Antiviolence Sermon:
An imam preaching against violence in Aceh was attacked and beaten as he delivered his sermon during Friday prayers, a report said.
Saiful Bahri was speaking out against election violence allegedly committed by local politicians and former members of the disbanded Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Pidie, AcehKita reported.
“Elections make us kill people, shoot people,” he told the congregation in the Keumala Grand Mosque in Indrajaya sub district. “God will not forgive you for killing people [...]
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Canadian Muslim Group Urges PM Harper to Apologize for Equating Islam With Extremism
Canadian Muslim Group Urges PM Harper to Apologize for Equating Islam With Extremism:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper must apologize for comments portraying Muslims as the single greatest threat to national security, the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada said Friday.
The council issued a nationwide call for Muslims to speak out against the remarks, urging imams to condemn the statements in prayer gatherings and urging Canadians to send letters of protest to the Prime Minister’s Office.
The call to action comes three days after [...]
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