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Quotes in the news relating to 9-11

"Dear God, please save us from the people who believe in you."
A prayer scrawled on a wall in Washington DC soon after 9-11, As noted by Maureen Dowd in a column in the New York Times.

``This place may be bombed, and we will be killed. We love death. The U.S. loves life. That is the big difference between us."
 Osama bin Laden, to a visiting reporter. From War on Terror, Newsweek, November 26, 2001

``Everybody hates death, fears death. But only those, the believers who know the life after death and the reward after death, would be the ones who will be seeking death."
Letter allegedly penned by Mohamed Atta, found in his belongings after the terrorist attack.
From Time, October 8, 2001

``...Israel (is) the Middle East's only democracy and its purest manifestation of Western progress and freedom... ."
    ``Thus, the soldiers of militant Islam do not hate the West because of Israel. they hate Israel because of the West..."
Benjamin Netanyahu, in his September 20,2001 remarks in the United States Congress

 Jan 14, 2002                    Newsweek

God as inspiration or terror:
From Perspectives
    `` `We were  out by the pool. We were ready to take cover.' A tourist in Palm Beach County, Fla., who called police after a skywriter wrote GOD IS GREAT overhead. The pilot meant the message to be  inspirational, but it caused widespread panic because residents thought it was a terrorist threat."

``No, we are not with you, and we are not terrorists."
Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme religious leader. on his country's refusal to support the U.S., from Time, October 8, 2001

``We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and - in  contrast with  Islamic countries - respect for religious and political rights..."
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on his hopes that the West will `conquer' Islamic civilization. Other world leaders condemned the remarks.
From Newsweek, October 8, 2001

"Melt their weapons, melt their hearts, melt their anger with love."
Shirly MacLaine, outlining her antiterrorism policy on her Web site
From Perspectives, Newsweek October 8, 2001

"Bob Woodward's assurance that President Bush is religious and resolute does not relieve any of my concerns about his character or intelligence. After all, so is Osama bin Laden."
Barbara Petzing, Providence Journal, May 10, 2002

Misc terrorism and related

"I expect a great reward in heaven. I am looking forward to glory."
Another al-Qaeda terrorist? Close.
Paul Hill, former minister convicted of killiing an abortion doctor and his escort, on the eve of his execution
From Verbatim, Time September 15, 2003

"According to the Muslim faith, a terrorist who touches a pig is not eligible for the 70 virgins in heaven,"
Kuti Ben-Yaakiv, on getting rabbinical approval to train pigs to guard Jewish settlements in the West Bank
From Perspectives, Newsweek November 10, 2003

"To do my duty, I must obey God."
Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice, on refusing a federal court order to remove the 5,289-pound  monument of the Ten Commandments he installed in the state Supreme Court lobby.
From Perspectives, Newsweek December 29, 2003

”Israel must be wiped off the map.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, at a student rally in Tehran. Two days later, after prompting international outrage, he said he stood by his remarks.
From Notebook, Time November 7, 2005