Wow. Here we go.
I was in New York. Queens, to be exact. I went to a Muslim private school, and I had Art when the towers were hit. friend's mom came into the class and told her to hurry and get ready cause she was going home early. Then the Principal came into the room and told us all to move away from the windows. He said to close them and move away. I remember making a joke about a robber/rapist/murderer climbing the cable and attacking us with beans or something. We laughed it off, till we realized that the whole school was in the hall way. I don't remember who it was that made the announcement but someone told us (the entire school) that the office had received a phone call, a threat, where the speaker claimed he would "kill all your children and wipe New York's walls with Muslim blood.". A few minutes later, we get another threat saying someone left a bomb in the mailbox in front of our school. We had no clue why this was happening, till we got downstairs and I heard that the Towers had been hit and that the news was saying it might be Palestine because they had played a video of Palestinian children celebrating the attacks.
They started to fill up the buses to drop all the kids off to their houses. My mom was in Brooklyn, my aunt was in Queens, she came by to our school and we left with one of the teachers. Because she wears a hijab(the head cover), we knew that being in the car with her was giong to be a risk, since everyone was turning their anger to the Muslims. We left the school at around 1 or 2 pm, and didn't get home till 10 pm that night. On the road, we got lost and asked someone for directions, he looked at the lady driving us and told us to turn the car around and go back that way. Turns out he had said that to get us even more lost, because the direction he pointed us to takes you back into Queens and not to Brooklyn. (there was an obvious reason he did that, but i wont mention it so as not to hurt any feelings or give people the wrong idea).
We had to stay home for a week and a half. Becuase our school had gotten so many threats that the cops were watching it 24/7. But thats a whole other story.
To those of you that have commented on how the "war on terror" is a good idea, just think with me for a second. Did Bush know that the attacks were going to happen or not? Did he not read the Presidential Daily Briefing on August 6, 2001 that claimed that there was goin to be a massive attack on America? ANd if he did, didn't he approve of it or brush it off, thus allowing it to happen and kill as many innocent people as it did?
It sickens me that any of you would think what happens at Guantanamo is any good for your nation or for the safety of the world. When you have army members raping prisoners, you have alot more mentally ill patients to deal with than mass murderers. And Iraq was never a threat to America. Bush's claims that they owned "weapons of mass destruction" was false because since 1994 the UN has ruled out that there is no potential threat from Saddam or Iraq at all. They attacked Iraq for obvious reasons. Money. (will be opening a New World Order page soon, you can read more about that there.)
Oh and those of you supporting bush's idea to listen to your phone calls and go through your mail, and allow you to spy on your neighbors, you got another thing coming. The government plays you all with fear. They know that as long as you have a fear of more attacks, you will be willing to work with the government. Don't just take my word for it, I'll supply you with links to radio chats you can listen to, or visit Alex Jones' website for more information. You'd be amazed at how much the US government makes asses out of its people EVERY.DAMN.DAY.
Peace out.
