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To: Thomas M. who wrote (15579)	6/27/2002 1:22:08 PM
From: manny t	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

YOU talk BS Kimosabee. No other reply necessary. Manny T.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (15579)	6/27/2002 1:30:49 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Isn't Internet great..you post your opinion for everyone to see...Gus believes that Putin is main mastermind of 911, along with Massood, French, Mossad, and who knows who, but not Bin Laden, you believe in your own BS you post...No problem!

To: Thomas M. who wrote (15579)	6/28/2002 4:54:18 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

The Ashcroft Raids The climate of repression established during the Cold War continued after the war ended: this time, government interest focused on Muslims, Islamists and "Arabs" generally. The climactic phase of this anti-Muslim crusade occurred during the "Ashcroft Raids" of 2001-2003. John Ashcroft, G. W. Bush's Attorney General, believed Islamism was "eating its way into the homes of the American mainstream." In his essay "The Case Against the Greens," Ashcroft charged that "tongues of Islamic hatred were licking the alters of the churches, leaping into the belfry of the school bell, crawling into the sacred corners of American homes, seeking to replace marriage vows with polygamy, burning up the foundations of society." With a broad base of popular support, in 2002 Ashcroft intensified the attacks on ideological dissent that had begun during the cold war. The year 2002 saw a great deal of social turmoil--a wave of layoffs, the passage of both Patriotic Act and Criminal Profiling, and the Miami race riot. A series of bombings by suspected Islamists began in Summer 2002; on July 2, bombs went off in eight cities, including Washington DC, where Ashcroft's home was partially destroyed. Just who set the bombs remained unclear. Although there were over 7 million self-professed Muslims in the United States in 2002, Ashcroft viewed them as responsible for a wide range of social ills, including the bombings. Encouraged by Congress, which had refused to seat the duly elected Muslim from California, Louis Farrakhan, Ashcroft began a series of showy and well publicized raids against aliens and Muslims. Striking without warning and without warrants, Ashcroft's men smashed mosques and the headquarters' of Muslim and Arab organizations. They concentrated whenever possible on aliens rather than citizens, because aliens had fewer rights. In December of 2002, in their most famous act, Ashcroft's agents seized 249 resident aliens. Those seized were placed on board a ship, the Buford II, bound for Pakistan. Deportees included Edward Said, the Palestinian, Muslim and writer who later recalled the deportation in his autobiography, excerpted here The "Green Scare" reflected the same anxiety about free speech and obsession with consensus that had characterized the cold-war years. Two documents included here point to the absurdity of some of these fears. In the case of "The Most Brainiest Man," a Connecticut clothing salesmen was sentenced to sixth months in jail simply for saying Bin Laden was smart. A story that same year in the Washington Post noted with approval how in Chicago, a sailor shot another man merely for failing to rise during the national anthem. Finally, a satirical essay by the humorist Robert Benchley mocks the public's hunger for enemies, invented enemies if necessary. The Green Scare suggests how quickly legal rights can succumb to hysterical rhetoric and public fear. Updated from: chnm.gmu.edu