The Attack on the World Trade Center

             Like many others, I grieve those killed in the Towers Tragedy. It was a horrendous and unwarranted act of violence that is irrefutably condemnable. However, I also sympathize with those innocent civilians who suffer in retaliation to these terrorist acts. Previously during the attacks on Oklahoma, Islamic extremists were blindly accused of this act of terror. Arab businesses were attacked and homes vandalized. The attackers were found to be of domestic origin. Recently, mosques and community centers in Montreal, Chicago, and elsewhere were harassed. Countless individuals have experienced threats and assaults. Even more shocking are the polls conducted by CBS indicating that two-thirds of Americans support a military strike, even if innocent people are killed.
             The United States has declared war on Afghanistan, predominantly for its harboring of Osama Bin Ladin. Both Afghanistan and Bin Laden have denied responsibility for the attack. When the American embassy was bombed in Africa by Bin Ladin he admitted to doing the attacks. He is not afraid of telling the United States of his crimes, my point is he will not be afraid to admit it this time too. Additional suspicion is aroused considering suspects were previously identified drinking in a bar located in Hollywood, Florida. Islamic fundamentalists do not often consort with open sinners. Many Americans are bewildered at who would be heartless enough to carry out such a dreadful act. To many others, the answer is obvious. Over the past couple of decades, America has bombed and terrorized Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Puerto Rico, Japan, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Laos, and Iraq, with civilian casualties numbering in the millions. Bombings in Iraq have continued over the years relentlessly.
             Robert Fisk of The Independent writes, "[T]here will be, inevitably, and quite immorally, an attempt to obscure the historical wrongs and the injustices tha...

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