The Battle For Ground Zero, Part 118

More than 300 additional bone fragments have been recovered from Ground Zero in just the past four days, which is causing new grief for families whose lost loved ones on 9/11.

Two Fire Department battalion chiefs and retired firefighters joined in the search for remains this week after 9/11 family members complained that recovery experts should help the construction workers dismantling the building.

The Lower Manhattan Development Corp., which bought the building for $90 million and is paying to tear it down, has added an archaeologist and an investigator from the ME's Office to oversee the work.

The new procedures "have [yielded] and will continue to yield findings of potential human remains, which will be treated with the utmost care, respect and dignity," LMDC spokesman John Gallagher said.

Ten bone fragments were found on the rooftop when the cleanup began last fall, and more than 80 others have been recovered in recent weeks.

One has to wonder whether other areas around Ground Zero were searched thoroughly enough. And there's been another fraud arrest of a FEMA worker who bilked more than $1 million from disaster relief funds.

The Post also comments on the problems with the memorial foundation.

The Moussaoui trial keeps rolling along and he's got no remorse and no regrets. And his statements at trial are specific and enunciate the Islamist goals:

In a lengthy explanation of why he hates Americans, Moussaoui said Islam requires Muslims to be the world's superpower as he flipped through a copy of the Quran searching for verses to support his assertion. He said one verse requires Muslims "to fight against all who believe not in Allah."

"We have an obligation to be the superpower. You have to be subdued," Moussaoui said. "America is a superpower and you want to eradicate Islam."

Want to know why there was 9/11? Or the USS Cole? Or the 1998 embassy bombings, or any of the hundreds of other terrorist attacks over the years? Or the 1993 WTC bombing? It's because these militant Islamists demands nothing less.

UPDATE:
This website has a list of audio and visual exhibits used in the Moussaoui trial (via LGF).

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