[Groop]Thanks!

Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:11:32 EDT

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In a message dated 9/13/01 7:00:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
grossfam@olywa.net writes:

> PS  Echoing Larry, please remind all of your friends and total strangers
> that the wackoes who committed the atrocities are about as similar to most
> of the billion plus followers of Islam as those Arian Nation loonies are to
> most white American men.
Our local mosque is "locked down", as is their services foundation, but the 
Imam I know, at least, is OK (physically....). Nobody is sure about the other 
Islamic community leader in our group. They hope to be having a 
community-invited prayer meeting in the next few days, but of course, have to 
worry about security; the rest of the Interreligious Council plans to send 
"official representatives" to show solidarity, if the mosque can get 
permission to have the event. Meanwhile, most churches, etc, are having 
various prayer meetings of some sort, and many are making an effort to 
include neighborhood Moslems and offering them a place to come if they feel 
endangered. 
Lots of military aircraft "up" in the last few days, and I'm pretty sure it 
was Border Patrol helicoptors buzzing our neighborhood. Lines to get on any 
of the military bases are excedingly long/slow-- there was a two hour wait on 
the Coronado Bridge because of people going to the North Island air station. 
Not sure yet if my husband will be directly affected-- he's a Navy Reservist, 
but a lot of San Diego military are being sent every which way, and all have 
been put "on alert".
Kaytee

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<HTML>In a message dated 9/13/01 7:00:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, grossfam@olywa.net writes:
 
 
 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">PS &nbsp;Echoing Larry, please remind all of your friends and total strangers
 that the wackoes who committed the atrocities are about as similar to most
 of the billion plus followers of Islam as those Arian Nation loonies are to
 most white American men.</BLOCKQUOTE>
 Our local mosque is "locked down", as is their services foundation, but the Imam I know, at least, is OK (physically....). Nobody is sure about the other Islamic community leader in our group. They hope to be having a community-invited prayer meeting in the next few days, but of course, have to worry about security; the rest of the Interreligious Council plans to send "official representatives" to show solidarity, if the mosque can get permission to have the event. Meanwhile, most churches, etc, are having various prayer meetings of some sort, and many are making an effort to include neighborhood Moslems and offering them a place to come if they feel endangered. 
 Lots of military aircraft "up" in the last few days, and I'm pretty sure it was Border Patrol helicoptors buzzing our neighborhood. Lines to get on any of the military bases are excedingly long/slow-- there was a two hour wait on the Coronado Bridge because of people going to the North Island air station. Not sure yet if my husband will be directly affected-- he's a Navy Reservist, but a lot of San Diego military are being sent every which way, and all have been put "on alert".
 Kaytee</HTML>

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