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...With the experience we had with the Oklahoma City bombing, we knew that the most predictable scapegoat would be the Arab community,” Najimy said. “We’re Americans as well as Arab Americans...
...million thoughts raced through my mind. What was happening? Could it be terrorists? I remembered from a few years ago, the widely publicized bomb threats made against the World Trade Center. I thought of the Oklahoma City bombing. Could it be terrorists? Were they Americans? How many people were killed...
...first crash had changed everything; the second changed it again. Anyone who thought the first was an accident now knew better. This was not some awful, isolated episode, not Oklahoma City, not even the first World Trade Center bombing. Now this felt like a war, and the system responded accordingly; the emergency plans came out of the drawers and clicked one by one into place. The city buckled, the traffic stopped, the bridges and tunnels were shut down at 9:35 as warnings tumbled one after another; the Empire State Building was evacuated, and the Metropolitan Museum...
...early, of course, to say definitively that Bin Laden was responsible, and terror attacks against U.S. targets are seldom followed by a claim of responsibility. Still, the choice of targets points less to the Oklahoma City variety of domestic terrorism than to a foreign enemy looking to strike at symbols of American power and wealth. Terrorism is the dark art of sending political messages through spectacularly ugly acts of violence. And everything from motive, track record, modus operandi and operational capability put the terror networks of Osama Bin Laden at the top of the suspect list. His statement published Wednesday...
...strong as it was when the oil guys were buying back in 1979 to 1981," says Bob Drummond, who organized the Reno auction, adding gleefully, "You've heard we're in a recession, right? Well, we're not." A June show at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma broke $2.5 million in sales on the opening night alone. Prices are soaring back East as well. "People look at Western art more seriously now for its contribution to American culture," says Eric Widing, Christie's American paintings expert. "Plus it's good...