For months now, there has been an ongoing debate about the proposed construction of a Muslim mosque near the area in lower Manhattan now known as Ground Zero. I seriously doubt anyone needs a reminder that this is the area where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Those events are...
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Just over a week ago, United States Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would be bringing five of the suspects in the 9/11 attacks to New York to stand trial in federal civilian court. These suspects are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali. At...
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As the deadline for the Obama administration to decide how to deal with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay approaches, it is being reported that five of them will be moved to the United States and will stand trial in civilian federal court in New York. The men in question are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Waleed...
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As I get older, it feels like time is moving faster. I know that is not true, but that’s the way it feels. Everyone has a daily routine, whether it is going to work or school or doing work around the house. As we become involved in those daily routines, time really does feel...
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It was a busy Tuesday morning at Sallisaw Pontiac, where I was working in the service department, when the news came that the United States had been attacked on it’s own soil. Instead of using bombs or missiles, the cowardly suicide bombers had used passenger jets loaded with innocent people to crash into the...
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