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The hijackers were radical Islamists
Posted by Raven on September 13th, 2005
Yes Kim is right…I do like this Tancredo congressman a lot. Looky here.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Colorado congressman is asking the Interior Department to reconsider the crescent-shaped design of the memorial to those aboard a plane hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, because some may think it honors the terrorists.
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., says the design, called “Crescent of Embrace,” could invite “controversy and criticism.” In a letter sent Tuesday to National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Tancredo said many have questioned the shape “because of the crescent’s prominent use as a symbol in Islam – and the fact that the hijackers were radical Islamists.”
September 14th, 2005 at 12:48 am
Tom Tancredo is spot on and we need more people talking about this stupid anti-American design. We should not erect anything that has the terrorists organization known as islam crap in it.
Damn Moslims
September 14th, 2005 at 8:59 am
A bit more info…
“Funded with a mix of public money and private cash (including a $500,000 grant from Teresa Heinz’s far-left Heinz Endowments)…
“Some design contest jury members reportedly raised concerns about the jarring symbol of the hijackers’ faith implanted on the hallowed ground where the passengers of Flight 93 were murdered. But their recommendations to change the name of the memorial (to ‘Arc of Embrace,’ or some such whitewashing) were ignored. Memorial architect Paul Murdoch, whose firm emphasizes ‘environmental responsibility and sustainability,’ did not return calls and e-mails seeking comment, but he did emphasize to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that his creation was about ‘healing’ and ‘contemplation.’”