12-14-2005, 04:32 AM
I got a short acknoledgement (most likely machine generated <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> from SOS (And there was no change in the web page when I last checked)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Honorable Secretary:
In an item posted by the state department on its website:, describing recent terrorists act in Amman., a glaring omission was made.
(Link: http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display..../wf-latest.html  Quoted below)
âThe three hotels that were targeted all bear American brand names and are frequented by westerners, but were locally owned.
The last major terrorist attack was the July 7 bombings of the London transit system that killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers. (See related article.)
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
Terrorists attacks on innocent civilians in India on October 29, 2005 (with death toll of more than 60) clearly constitute âa major terrorist attackâ . Why was this completely ignored.? As an American citizen of non-European heritage I wish to inform you that omissions such as the one mention above give credence to those who accuse us of viewing non-Western targets of terrorism with a different standard.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> from SOS (And there was no change in the web page when I last checked) <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Honorable Secretary:
In an item posted by the state department on its website:, describing recent terrorists act in Amman., a glaring omission was made.
(Link: http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display..../wf-latest.html  Quoted below)
âThe three hotels that were targeted all bear American brand names and are frequented by westerners, but were locally owned.
The last major terrorist attack was the July 7 bombings of the London transit system that killed 56 people, including four suicide bombers. (See related article.)
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
Terrorists attacks on innocent civilians in India on October 29, 2005 (with death toll of more than 60) clearly constitute âa major terrorist attackâ . Why was this completely ignored.? As an American citizen of non-European heritage I wish to inform you that omissions such as the one mention above give credence to those who accuse us of viewing non-Western targets of terrorism with a different standard.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->