Terror Anniversary Becomes American Day of Hate

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By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington

Sept. 11 used to be a day when America came together -- party politics took a backseat to reconciliation. Not so this year. From the Muslim prayer room at ground zero to Koran burnings in Florida to a certain gathering in Alaska, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks this year threatens to become a day of hate.

The open letter was born of a desire simply to mourn. The signatures on the letter included the father of Jonathan Ielpi, a firefighter who died in the ruins of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001; the sister-in-law of Myra Aronson, who was on American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked en route from Boston to Los Angeles and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center; and Mary Ellen Salamone, wife of John Salamone, who was at work on the 104th floor of the North Tower at the time of the terrorist assault.

Together with many others also mourning loved ones, they wrote: "To hold rallies of any nature on Sept. 11 would be inappropriate and disrespectful to all of us who see 9/11 as a day outside of politics."

The letter was targeted at activists who want to use this Sept. 11 of all days, to protest the planned construction of a mosque -- actually an Islamic cultural center with a prayer room -- near Ground Zero.

The open letter didn't have much of an effect on the anti-mosque demonstrators. "We need to be at Ground Zero, Sept. 11, 2010, now more than ever," they insist, well aware that choosing the date for a protest is a good way to guarantee headlines.

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[madrchsod]

1. brought to the people of the usa and the world by the us media....

they totally responsible for this story.

[IndianaGreen]

2. K&R

A bunch of crazies trying to exploit 9-11 for political or personal gain.

[Doctor_J]

3. Repukes used 9/11 as a political tool in 2001, and they continue to

use it to this day. If you look carefully at who benefited from the attacks (Bush and his friends - that's all), it easy to see why they continue to milk the hate. And why it's probable that they LIHOP. This is a big reason why I don't consider them to be human.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. everybody and their mothers...

are running 9/11 specials, and have been building them up for the last couple weeks. Hopefully I can turn the TV on tomorrow, because it is staying off today. I wonder how far I will make it through the first NFL game before I have to hear "9/11, terra, terra". And if it is bad this year, next year will be the 10th anniversary- I may plan a vacation out of country for that time. Jeez, Louis, get over it people.