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Plane crashes into Pentagon; troops deployed in response to apparent terrorist attack
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By RON FOURNIER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon took a direct, devastating hit from an aircraft and the enduring symbols of American power were evacuated Tuesday as an apparent terrorist attack quickly spread fear and chaos in the U.S. capital.
The nerve center of the U.S. military burst into flames and a portion of one side of the five-sided structure collapsed when the plane struck in midmorning. Secondary explosions were reported in the aftermath of the attack and great billows of smoke drifted skyward toward the Potomac River and the city beyond.
Authorities immediately began deploying troops, including a regiment of light infantry.
"Terrorism against our nation will not stand,; vowed President George W. Bush, in Florida on a morning when not only Washington was struck, but the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York were hit by planes and later collapsed.
There was no attempt to minimize the impact.
"This is the second Pearl Harbor. I don't think that I overstate it,; said Sen. Chuck Hagel, referring to the attack 60 years ago that surprised the United States and propelled it into World War II.
With Bush in Florida, his advisers were preparing a list of options, including closing borders, according to a senior U.S. official.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was premature to discuss military options because investigators were still trying to determine who was responsible for the attacks.
Away from the Pentagon, unexplained explosions were reported in the vicinity of the State Department and the Capitol. Agents with automatic weapons patrolled the White House grounds.
The departments of Justice, State, Treasury and Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency were evacuated - an estimated 20,000 at the Pentagon alone.
One lawmaker said the congressional leadership had been hustled away to safety.
And the FAA ordered the entire nationwide air traffic system shut down.
A torrent of people rushed from their office buildings throughout the nation's capital, eager to leave a city under siege. The cell phone networks were overloaded, clusters of people sprayed on the sidewalks and at least one suburban school district announced plans to close early.
The Pentagon was hit a short while after the World Trade Center was struck.
Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant, said he witnessed an explosion near the Pentagon, saying it sent a huge, orange fireball skyward.
AP reporter Dave Winslow also saw the crash. He said, "I saw the tail of a large airliner. ... It plowed right into the Pentagon.;
Gen. Richard Myers, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that prior to the crash into the Pentagon, military officials had been notified that another hijacked plane had been heading from the New York area to Washington. He said he assumed that hijacked plane was the one that hit the Pentagon, though he couldn't be sure.
One of two planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was hijacked after takeoff from Boston and headed to Los Angeles with 92 aboard, American Airlines disclosed.
The second plane may have flown out of Newark, New Jersey, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Asked if there was any possibility the crashes were anything other than deliberate, a government official said it appeared not to be an accident.
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Reactions to these events must include sympathy for the innocent victims of today and tommorow in this undeclared war on american military and financial hegemony in a world divided between rich and poor and threatened by ecological exterminism.
The aftermath will be a gut American reaction of atrocity and destruction rained down on whoever the US determines to make responsible and target amongst the numberless dispossesed and unidentified poor.The accuracy of US intent or cruise missile is unimportant but only that the Arab and exploited prole should suffer and burn in their third world shanty town states. Nothing less will appease the adolescent furies of the Bush's and the Blair's rich in outrage and condemnation but blind to their responsibilities for sowing the seeds of this outrage!

yes them lickle japs are at it again, cud it be IDS, wif his jap heritage, twin fukin peaks, twin fukin keeks, im bored shitless wif the oversaturated media blitz of this purile shite story. kamikaze bombers, mad taliban maniacs, hillbilly inbred neo nazis, who gives a flyin fuck, who crashed into these stupid tall tits, ive had it up to ere, wif this boring non story, its about as interestin as poshs fake lip ring. bushes ugly mug, tony's snivellin brown nose, who in their right mind cares, come on now weve had enuf of this non story

They say for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. This should be enough cause for us all to reflect and to guard against state sponsored terrorism.
After all, these tragic events recall other horrendus, violent and chilling events - Pearl harbour [already linked], the Gulf war[continually refered to]-that had long lasting consequences.
However, Pearl harbour was a single event in along bloody war that even now, when I look at all the dirty deals and finacial incentives, all the mingling of ideology, company identities, leading personel, I can not be sure which side 'won' the war.
Irag vs UN[USA], again, who armed and financed Saddam? Que bono - who benefits?
Also the continual whif of rat, hangs about the air surrounding the OK bomb.
IN ALL THESE EVENTS THERE HAS BEEN A BUSH IN THE MIDDLE!
Are you ready for the clampdown?
PS...LOVE is the most powerful force in the universe ...