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Vol! 9 No. 3.5 Thursday, September 13,2001
America's Terror
By VICTORIA SEGALL
Pride EditorApparent terrorist attacks
rocked the nation Tuesday, causing the deaths of what appears
to be thousands of individuals,
leaving the nation's largest city
in shambles.
Shortly after 9:03 a.m., two
planes crashed into Manhattan's
World Trade Center, knocking
its famous Twin Towers to the
ground. At 9:43 a.m., yet another
plane, American Airlines' Flight
77, hit the Pentagon, causing
sections of the building to collapse. A Pentagon spokesperson
said that part of the Pentagon was
occupied.
American Airlines' Flight
77, carrying 58 passengers and
six crew members, and Flight
11, carrying 81passengers and 11
crew members, crashed, leaving
no surivors. Both planes were
headed for Los Angeles.
Two United Airlines planes
were also lost, including Flight
93, heading from Newark, New
Jersey to San Francisco, which
crashed near Somerset, Pennsylvania. Flight 175 from Boston to
Los Angeles, carrying 56 passengers and seven crew members, is
believed to be "the second plane
that hit the World Trade Center,"
according t<J CNN reports Tuesday. Approximately 266 people
were believed to have died on the
four hijacked airplanes.
Most government buildings
were evacuated, including the
White House, State Departments,
Police
Evacuation
Campus
Shut Down
By JENNIFER HOLMES
Pride Staff writer
By MELANIE ADDINGTON
Pride Editor
Campus was shutdown
shortly before noon on Tuesday,
Sept. 11 after California Governor Gray Davis and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed requested
that all CSU campuses be closed
and all classes cancelled.
"California State University campuses have cancelled
all classes today (Tuesday, Sept.
11), and all non-essential university personnel are being
asked to leave the campuses
and return home i n the wake
of the American tragedy," Reed
announced on Tuesday.
The decision to re-open
campus on Wednesday, Sept.
12 was determined Tuesday at
6 p.m., according to Campus
Police. [A message was left on
the campus home page and the
main telephone number for students, faculty and staff. Rick
» Article cont. on pg 4
and the Central Intelligence
Agency. All planes in the United
States have been grounded.
"Make no mistake," said
President George Bush during a
televised addressed to the country, "The United States will hunt
down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."
*CNN reports contributed to
this article.
World Trade Center 1 after WTC2 collapsed Tuesday morning. (Contribution Photo/US NEWS:Todd Plitt)
The Cal State San Marcos
campus police were notified Tuesday morning to carry out a nonemergency evacuation of all buildings on campus. California Governor Gray Davis ordered the shutdown of all CSU campuses, after
the apparent terrorist attacks on the
East Coast.
"We were very impressed with
how everyone on campus responded
and cooperated with the evacuation," said Sgt. McCullough.
According to
Sgt. Bill
McCullough of the campus police,
when the officers received the order,
they began a systematic evacuation
of all buildings on campus. They
began with University Hall and
worked their way westward on
campus.
Some instructors had already
made the decision to cancel their
classes that day, even before the
official order was given, said Sgt.
McCullough.
» Article cont. on pg 4
Brief H istory of Terrorism in America
By AMY BOLASKI
Pride Graduate Intern
The bombing of the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building in
Oklahoma City on April 19,1995
is regarded as the worst terrorist
act in history committed on U.S.
soil - until now.
168 people died in the Oklahoma bombing, and the nation
waited for more than six years
for some sort of resolution to the
tragedy. The execution of Timothy McVeigh on June 11, 2001,
brought that resolution, in some
ways, for the families and friends
of the victims - indeed, the nation
as a whole.
Now, three months to the day
after that execution, the nation
remains at a standstill - waiting
for news, for instructions, for
hope and for a death toll too staggering to comprehend.
The United States has been
lucky in many ways to be spared
the sort of large-scale terrorist
activities so common to other
nations, particularly those of the
Middle East. Now, we face an
attack of such magnitude that it
has prompted numerous comparisons to the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor during World War
II. The day that "will live in
infamy" in the minds and hearts
of Americans will, quite possibly,
stand alongside Sept. 11, 2001 as
one of the most brutal and tragic
the American people will continue to write about and remember in history books, churches and
institutions around the nation.
New York's World Trade
Center was bombed Feb. 29,1993.
Five people were killed and thousands injured. Now, that same
building, orie that houses more
than 100,000 workers and visitors each day, is no longer intact
- its famous twin towers gone
from the city skyline, crumbled
and smoking in the streets of
New York. Nearly 300 people
perished in the hijacked planes
alone; between 100 and 150
people leaped to their death from
the building. The death toll will
continue to mount as those who
perished in the building are discovered and counted.
How does this stack up
against other terrorist attacks the
U.S. has experienced? Most acts
of terrorism in the nation have
involved small-scale, extremist
groups or movements with specific objectives. Aside from the
previous bombing of the World
Trade Center, the Oklahoma City
bombing and incidents involving
the U.S. Capitol Building and
Mobil Oil Headquarters in New
York, most cases of terrorism
aimed at the U.S. have taken
place far from home.
In 1983, the U.S. Embassy in
Beirut was bombed; 63 people
» Article cont. on pg 4
�Editorial
Tuesday's terrorist attacks
have brought the nation together.
Now what remains to be seen is
how this tragedy will affect the
future. Thankfully, we know that
in the. following months, Americans will pull together to heal
the wounded and clear the wreckage.
However, what remains
unclear is how to "punish" the
nameless villain/s. In his address
to the nation, President George
Bush vowed to "hunt down and
punish" who ever is responsible
for this attack. That was a passionate and immediate reaction.
Now it is clear, after thousands
have died, after three towers have
been destroyed, after the Pentagon burned, that our nation's
leaders must respond with cau-
Chancellor Reed Reaches
out to Faculty
TO: AH CSU Employees
CSU Chancellor Charles B.
Reed
Today our country experienced a life-changing tragedy
that has left us all feeling shaken
and deeply saddened. I am sure
that many of you, like me, felt a
sense of shock and helplessness
as we watched the events unfold
on television. My heart goes out
to the many families who have
been affected by this disaster.
At the CSU, the safety of our
students and employees is our
highest priority. We will continue to monitor the security
of
our
campuses
and
facilities to ensure that all students and employees have a safe
working environment.
You will be receiving ongoing communication from your
campus about the status of
classes and other events that may
need to be rescheduled.
I thank you all for your cooperation arid assistance during
this difficult time. You and your
families remain in my thoughts
and prayers.
Education
Professor
Speaks to
Students
Dear Students,
It is with deep regret that
we could not meet with you on
Tuesday. Sometimes the events
of the world remind us of how
precious we are to each other, and
I know you all join us in mourning the loss of so many of our
fellow citizens. It is a tragic day
that we will always remember,
and in your own reflections, as
you hold your loved ones a
bit closer today, please keep in
your hearts, thoughts, or prayers
the people throughout the world
whose lives are affected by this
terrible tragedy. It is a day of
reflection and grief.
As I sat in the auditorium of
that elementary school in Massachusetts so many years ago, with
all of the children and teachers
of my school, watching and waiting to celebrate the first teacher's journey into space, I never
imagined that any tragedy could
ever more deeply pain us and
leave us with a feeling of such
helplessness. Yet the magnitude
of today's events has certainly
done that.
As teachers, we will at times
be called upon to be unreasonably strong in the face of
adverse times, and to set aside
our best laid plans in favor of
a different and deeper level of
commitment and communication. Your instincts to do so will
overtake you, and you will be
well and right to follow them.
For those of you who go back
into the public schools this week,
you will have an opportunity to
observe and participate in this
way, however untimely and premature it may feel in your sense
of professional readiness. It will
be your kindness, your generous
and genuine caring, and your
humanity that will accompany
you. Use these in abundance.
In kind, we will be here
for you, and in our own ways,
we will set aside less important
plans to hold each other up with
care and compassion.
Toni Hood
Assistant Professor
College of Education
tion rather than revenge.
There is no doubt that this
event was shocking, confusing,
surreal, and heartbreaking for
Americans. But we must use our
wits instead of our emotions.
Right now, the nation can
only speculate about who the
monsters are and their reasoning. So, let's speculate. The fact
is that this was a well-planned
attack that took a lot of time,
energy, and money to carry out.
If the United States takes a highly
aggressive stance against a large
unknown, we may be inadver-
tently initiating war. The terrorists have provoked Americans
and we have the opportunity to
respond with fists or respond
with intelligence. We vote intelligence.
An intelligent response
would include an investigation
into why, followed by peace talks
and negotiations. It will take
a lot of courage to work with
the attackers, rather than seek
sudden revenge for our losses.
But we at CSUSM know, "si se
puede; it can be done." .
Campus Official
in Paris Shares
Thoughts
On exchange this year at our
partner university near Paris,
I experienced the news of the
horror of the coordinated attacks
in New York, Washington, and
Pennsylvnia at a different time
and in a different space than my
colleagues at San Marcos. Still,
I am certain that we shared
a very similar moment of disbelief, disgust, disillusionment,
and dismay. As I was in the
middle of preparations to
conduct courses and meetings
that seek to extend global
understanding and cooperation
between our students and universities, I faced the overpowering evidence that fundamental differences remain that
we cannot simply smile away as
misunderstanding or misinterpretation.
Whether this heinous act had
its origin within or outside of
the United States, it remains
terrible proof that indoctrination, zealotry, and narrow,
fundamentalist thinking easily
destroys the belief in our
common humanity.
The terrorists believed that
they were attacking a system
and its ideas, without care for
the individuals, their families,
friends, and loved ones.
Although many have turned
against the idea of "liberal
humanism" as a false promise
of progress, and insist on the
values that separate us, I confess
that I was most horrified by the
individuals, forced from a burning, crumbling tower, who felt
that their only choice was a quick
jump to death. When ideologies
clashed, I couldn't help seeing
the helpless individual caught in
between.
As individuals, .we must
resist the easy temptations of
hatred and of unthinking
revenge, while still protecting
our shared values of freedom
anddemocracy. Apparently, protecting those ideologies (which
I wish were realized much more
fully in both the' U,S. and in
Europe), there will be terrible
conflicts and casualties. Yet even
under attack, our foremost
thoughts should be of how we
can best contribute to peace,
prosperity, tolerance, and human
understanding for all nations and
peoples with whom we share this
planet. We never can afford to
lower ourselves to the level of
unholy terrorists.
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Only Crime is a
Love for Freedom
Friends:
I am sure you have all heard
about the most cowardly grotesque attack ever committed
perpetrated by anti-American
Pigs, The estimated death toll
is now at overT0,000inndcent
men, women, and children
whose only crime could be
their love for freedom and their
residency in the U.S. While I
am still trying to make sure
iny friends in both the New
York City and the Pentagon (are
safe), I hope that your family
and friends are all safe.
There is urgency for blood
so that the victims can receive
the necessary treatments and
medical aide. PLEASE, go to
your nearest Red Cross or hospital and donate blood today.
You can direct the location to
which you donate blood to have
your blood go to the victims of
this barbaric act.
Sept. 11 has traditionally
been a celebrated day honoring the Sept. 11,1960, founding
of Young Americans for Freedom at Bill Buckley's estate in
Sharon, CT.
But Sept. 11,2001, will ever
live a day of villainy.
America will prevail, and
freedom will not run!
Darren R. Marks
Price We
Pay for
Ignoring
W isdom
Dear Editors:
Terry L. Allison
Assistant to the President
The Pride
California State University San Marcos
San Marcos^ CA
92096-0001
Phone: (760) 750-6099
Fax:(760)750-3345
E-mail: pride@csusm.edu
The recent terrorist attacks
are the price we payJor ignoring
the wisdom of the founders of this
country as expressed by Thomas
Jefferson: "Peace, commerce and
honest friendship with all nations;
entangling alliance with none."
The international hegemony
of the United States federal government has been irritating people
throughout the world for decades.
End all subsidies, particularly foreign aid, terminate all treaties, terminate the CIA, and end all trade
restrictions except for military
technology developed with federal funding/ Stop making enemies and we won't have to worry
about terrorism. Vote Libertarian.
Sincerely,
Bill Holmes
�The Pride
Thursday, September 13,2001 3
Opinion
t
Searching for Good, as the Dust Settles
By JAMES NEWELL
Pride Staff Writer
On Tuesday morning, the
phone rang early, and since my
girlfriend was on her way back
from visiting family in Maryland, I answered thinking that
she was on her way home. Instead
she said, "Turn on the T.V. The
World Trade Center and the Pentagon have been blown up.".
Wiping the sleep from my
eyes and searching for consciousness, my nightmare began. On
the world, scale, the U.S. w4s
under terrorist siege, but in my
small world the effects hit more
directly. I was confused and
scared that Jennifer called to say
she wasn't arriving in San Diego
today, and possibly not for some
time. Helpless to do anything, I
could only listen to the fact that
our country, the most powerful
entity in the world, was systematically being shut down.
As the events of my morning
unfolded, I noticed one overall
encompassing notion. Not a halfhour passed, and I had spoken
* w|th and assured the well being
of both my families. In less than a
month, Jennifer and I are getting
married, and to me the good I can
see behind all the pain and suffering is the family and friends. It
is astounding to me to be a part of
not just one, but two families. The
power and importance of family
has always been unmatched in
my life, but to directly feel the
love, support, and concern is
refreshing. It was an immediate
and heartfelt reaction from everyone to ensure the safety and well
being of each other.
I have family and friends
World Mourns
Unthinkable Loss of Life
By CHRIS ING
Pride Staff Writer
The shock of Tuesday's tragedy on the East Coast hangs palpably in the air, even here in
San Diego, as the nation and the
world mourn an unthinkable loss
of life, the result of an apparent
act of terrorism. As officials and
experts speculate about who may
be responsible for this atrocity,
the reality is that we are only
beginning to understand what
exactly happened in New York,
Washington, and Pennsylvania.
The death and injury toll may
well climb into the thousands,
and the cost of such an event is
incalculable.
The oft-repeated phrase
"unprecedented attack," accompanied by the horrific images of
people jumping to their deaths
from 90floorsup, and the planes
slamming into the towers, will
be indelibly marked not only in
our minds but in the consciousness of the American public for
years to come. We are only in
our infancy of comprehending
the effect that this tragedy will
have.
For those of us lucky
enough not to have been around
during the Pearl Harbor era,
we have no reference point for
an event of this magnitude.
Although images of death and
violence are sadly all too
common in our culture, to have
such scenes visited upon American soil elevates this tragedy
to another level. Questions of
national security, flight safety,
and terrorist policy will all certainly be raised in the ensuing
aftermath. And though we may
make improvement in these areas
in times to come, the damage
may be already done.
Like many of us who
turned on the television this
morning, I was at first shocked
at the image of the New York
skyline irrevocably altered. (An
image that only begins to convey
the scope of the tragedy).
As more details became
forthcoming, the reality of what
this all meant hit home: all U.S
air space closed until further
notice, and rumors of the U.S.Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders
closing.
Reports only seemed to
induce more terror. I called my
parents in Canada, friends, and
loved ones, anxious to reach out
to as many people as I could,
to feel some human connection
with the people I hold dear.
My sister-in-law called from
San Francisco, a city whose historic bridges were closed indefinitely, to say she and her family
were unharmed. She has a close
friend whose husband was on
the San Francisco-bound plane
that crashed in Pennsylvania. He
had called her while the plane
was being hijacked, as people a ll.
around him were being stabbed
and tortured. He knew he would
not escape and had called to say
goodbye.
I cried then as I cry now
writing this. I cry for that husband whose last minutes on this
Earth are the things nightmares
are made of; I cry for the wife
who must bear the memory of
her husband on that plane as he
said his last farewell; I cry for
the unimaginable loss of life and
' the tragedy that has and will
continue to touch all our lives;
I cry for all the hate and violence that breeds only hopelessness and despair in our world; I
cry at the thought of what consequences retaliation may bring; I
cry because I am scared.
To all the people whose
lives were needlessly lost and to
those of us left behind to mourn:
I offer love, strength, and a silent
prayer for peace.
spread out across the United
States and internationally. Not
only did I hear from those close
by, I also received a call from
my brother who lives in Costa
Rica, almost immediately following the incident. He was not only
checking on-me, but Jennifer and
her family as well, knowing they
live in southern Maryland, an
area not far from D.C.
Jennifer is trapped in Pittsburgh, and can only wait and see
what route to take as the dust settles (so to speak). She is alone,
knowing only that she wants to be
home, either in Maryland or here
in San Diego, not stuck somewhere in-between.
Marriage is the symbolic act
of joining two individuals and
their families. It bonds together
people from different lives, creating a larger family. As I share my
experiences and feelings on the
day the world stopped, I can only
hope the image myfamilies create
is not just an isolated world, but a
representation of our country as
a whole, bound by love and concern for the well being of all.
Students
Respond
Differently
to Tragedy
By CLAUDIA IGNACIO
Pride Feature Editor
and LISA LIPSEY
Pride Opinion Editor
During Tuesday's catastrophe many students responded
with reverence and compassion.
Yet if someone took a short
walk through Founders Plaza,
one could see students reacting
in a variety of ways.
Because of Club Week, many
affiliations hung around to
recruit new members. As we
walked from The Pride office
to Academic Hall, we saw that
Commons 206 was full of students who had gathered to watch
the events unfold. Further down
the walkway, someone had set
out a U.S. flag. A Christian organization invited all students to,
"Come and pray for New York,
our nation, and our world." Their
actions were fitting, considering
the level of destruction that was
occurring in our country.
What disappointed us, however, was the competition
between the fraternities Tau
Kappa Epsilon and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, who were showing off
by playing loud and vulgar
music. How could they do that
when so many students were
obviously distressed and a
moment of silence was needed?
In our opinion, this was clearly
an act of ignorarice and apathy.
in Community Church Vigi
By Bonnie Vandewater
I find it unfortunate that it
takes a tragedy like the World
Trade Center and Pentagon
attacks to bring our nation
together. However, I'm impressed
by the way our community pulls
together during disasters such
as these. People seem to jump
at a chance to respond in any
way they can. In fact, the phone
lines to the various blood banks
around San Diego County were
busy for hours and Hie blood
banks had lines of more than
200 people waiting to give blood.
The San Diego Blood Bank is
so overwhelmed with donations
that their website urges people
to make donations over the next
week because they cannot accommodate all of the donations today.
Yet the need for blood will still
be great.
Still, I want to do something.
Right now. Today. I feel guilty
that I was able to walk my dog
this morning, grab a bagel and
coffee, and sit and watch this
tragedy unfold in the comfort of
my living room more than 3,000
miles away from these attacks.
I can't fly to New York to volunteer my time. J can't donate
my blood today. I can't even talk
to my friend who just moved to
New York City last month to see
if she's okay.
The only thing I can do is
pray. So, tonight I will join prayer
forces with Pomerado Christian
Church in Poway where our
nation's flag will hold prominence, people of different beliefs
will join hands in prayer, candles will be lit to honor those we
have lost, and perhaps a seed of
hope will be restored to our little
corner of the nation.
San Diego locals flooded blood banks around the county in light of Tuesday's attacks,
,
(Courtesy Photo/North County Times: Waldo Nilo)
�Thoughts on...
Compiled by AMY BOLASKI
"Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be understood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When one door of happiness
closes, another opens; but often
we look so long at the closed
door that we do not see the one
that has been opened for u s."
Helen Keller
"To achieve all that is possible,
we must attempt the impossible
• To be as much as we can be,
we must dream of being more"
Karen Ravn
"I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still
I can do something; I will not
refuse to do the something that I
can do."
Helen Keller
"Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear - not absence of
fear."
Mark Twain
"To see a world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wildflower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your
hand, and eternity in an hour "
- William Blake
Section of Pentagon Collapses Campus Shut
Down
» Article cont. frompg. 1
Moore, spokesperson for
the University, e-mailed all students with this information.]
Chancellor Reed said that the
campus presidents, in consultation with his office, would make
determinations about classes
on Wednesday and following
days.
The CSU Board of Trustees
meetings which was scheduled
for Tuesday and Wednesday in
Long Beach at the CSXI
,
quarters, was .also,cancelled. „ .
The 23 CSU- campuses
maintained essential operations, such as police and security, plant operations, libraries,
residence halls and food serA section of the Pentagon collapses after a Boeing 757, from American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the building.
vices.
(Contribution Photo/USNews)
The CSU Chancellor's
Office remained open.
Extra Precaution Taken
around San Diego County
"It's odd that you can get so
anesthetized by your own pain or
your own problem that you don't
fully share the hell of someone
close to you."
- Schuldiner
*
"In this short life that lasts only
an hour, how much - how little is within our power."
- Emily Dickinson
"The beginning is the most
important part of the work."
Plato
San Diego marines take extra precautions, checking vehicles shortly after
attacks on Tuesday. (Contribution Photo/North County Times: Waldo Nilo)
Counseling and
Psychological
Services (CAPS) is
here to help
students.
Services are available to
enrolled Cal State San Marcos
students at no charge.
We provide a safe, supportive,
confidential setting in which
students' concerns can be
addressed.
If you feel the need to talk with
someone about anything that
concerns you during this difficult time, or at any other time,
please call us at (760) 750-4910.
CAPS Office: San Marcos
Ambulatory Care Center
(SMACC), Suite 102
(SMACC is located on the
corner of Twin Oaks Valley
Road and Craven Drive).
Office hours: Monday-Friday,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Telephone: (760) 750-4910
Website: csusm.edu/caps/
Tragic Events
Prompt Campus
Evacuation
» Article cont. from pg 1
Although many students
experienced a traffic jam as they
tried to get out of parking lots,
Sgt. McCullough said the backup
was not viewed as a problem
and that traffic control was not.
needed.
All campus buildings were
searched multiple times to ensure
that there was no one on campus,
with the exception of "essential
personnel," which included the
campus police and facility workers.
The campus was on com-
plete lockdown Tuesday, which
meant that no one was allowed
on campus, until further notice.
According
to
Sgt.
McCullough, there is no reason
to believe that the campus is or
was under any kind of direct
threat from terrorist activity at
this time.
The campus was re-opened
Wednesday morning. The
campus website and phone line
provided updates for students
wanting to know if they should
attend classes on Wednesday.
Sept. 11, a Tragic Day in History
» Article cont. from pg 1
attack, was affiliated with the
were killed, including 17 bombing of embassies in both
Americans. That same year, 254 Tanzania and Kenya in 1998.
Marines were killed in Beirut, an More than 5,000 people were
attack the Islamic Jihad claimed wounded in the 1998 attack* and
responsibility for. In Lebanon, 291 people were killed.
in 1984, 14 people died at the
There have been numerous
U.S Embassy Annex in Akwar. other terrorist attacks in which
Jihad also claimed responsibility U.S. citizens have been involved,
for this attack, calling it "part of too numerous to mention. But
the Islamic Revolution."
most of them have, again, taken
TWA Flight 847, en route . place elsewhere - this unprecefrom Athens to Lebanon, was dented attack on U.S. soil has left
hijacked, resulting in the death of the nation reeling. While it's too
a U.S. Navy diver in Beirut. The soon to point fingers, bin Laden's
bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 involvement is highly suspect,
killed 259 people and 11 people despite Yasser Arafat's denial of
on the ground in Lockerbie, Scot- his involvement.
land, where it crashed.
The Palestinian Liberation
1996 marked the deaths of Organization (PLO) is also a sus19 military members in Saudi pect - and its dense and violent
Arabia resulting from a terrorist history is hard to trace. The PLO
explosion at an airbase. Osama was founded in Jerusalem on
bin Laden, the Arab terrorist Fatah Day, Jan. 1st, 1964. (The
affiliated with the Taliban regi- state of Israel was proclaimed
men in Afghanistan and one of in May of 1948). Almost immethe prime suspects in Tuesday's diately, after British mandates
expired in Palestine, the Arabs
launched attacks on Israel. The
Palestinians have continued to
fight Israel eVer since, despite
multiple attempts to reach peace
agreements. A Palestinian State
was declared at the West Bank
and Gaza Strip in 1998, and
on Sept. 9, 1993, the PLO and
Israel signed a mutual recognition agreement, signing a peace
agreement in Washington D.C.
on Sept. 13. On Oct. that same
year, the PLO approved chairman Yasser Arafat's peace deal
with Israel.
These peace treaties didn't
last - and various, extremist
groups, branched off the PLO,
have continually opposed the
Israel - PLO peace agreement.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine split, which
is where the Democratic Front
for the Liberation of Palestine
emerged.
Detailing a complete history
of Palestinian/Israel negotiations
would be next to impossible r*
suffice it to say, at this point,
there is serious opposition to U.S.
support of Israel. The US, decision to pull out -of dlpsj; Week's
racism conference has prompted
(speculated) threats to the U.S.
by Palestinian groups, including
a threat to the safety of New
York. Yasser Arafat continues t o
deny, even condemn, the attacks,
and in the course of this writing
yet another structure, Building 7,
has collapsed.
Whether bin Laden was
involved, the PLO and/or any
of its offspring or someone else
entirely, the fact remains that
many more perished Tuesday
than in any other terrorist attack
in U.S. history, many more than
in most of the afore-mentioned
attacks combined. Our nation
mourns its loss.
•The State Department contributed to this article.
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