November 30, 2009

9/11 Families Must Rise Up Against KSM Trial

Debra Burlingame, New York Daily News

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My brother was Charles (Chic) Burlingame, captain of American Airlines Flight 77, which was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

Now I am one of the organizers of a rally being held at noon this Saturday in Foley Square to stop President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and members of Congress from bringing sworn enemies of the United States into this country - from bringing war criminals captured on the battlefield, lawfully held as war detainees, into civilian court.

It doesn't have to happen. We who are opposed to the decision must make ourselves perfectly clear to the powers that be that we will not tolerate this decision.

Two weeks ago, 300 family members of 9/11 victims sent a letter to the President telling him we adamantly oppose this...

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TAGGED: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Eric Holder, Charles (Chic) Burlingame, Obama, Attorney General , President , Captain, captain of American Airlines Flight, America, United States, Foley Square, Congress, Pentagon

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