The Nation September 12, 2011

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VOL. 7, NO. 1891 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

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Emotions as US marks Sept 11

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HOUSANDS gathered yesterday morning at New York’s ground zero and stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks read aloud. “They were our neighbours, our friends, our husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children and parents,” said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who, along with President Barack Obama, helped lead the commemoration on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. “We have asked their families to speak their names out loud, to remind each of us about the person we lost in New York, in Washington and in Pennsylvania. They each had a face, a story, a life cut short from under them.” A moment of silence spread across New York City at 8:46 a.m. (local time) - the time when American Airlines flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre. Houses of worship tolled their bells. After Obama read a Psalm, 167 pairs of family members began reading the names of those who perished. The reading was interrupted by another moment of silence at 9:03 a.m. - the time when United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower. The solemn ceremony at the site of the World Trade Centre came amid a heavy security presence permeating the area in lower Manhattan, as authorities continued their search for possible plotters of another terrorist strike. Information considered credible but unContinued on page 4

•Alicia Bergstein (centre) comforts her children Devin Bergstein (left) and Adrianna Bergstein while visiting the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Center site in New York ... yesterday. Daniel Bergstein, Alicia’s husband and the childrens’ father, was killed on 9/11. See also pages 2 and 3. PHOTO: AFP

Bombings: Tight security at Defence Hqtrs, others Explosions in Jos as govt plans review S •Air Marshal Petinrin

ECURITY was tightened yesterday at the Defence Headquarters and other service buildings in Abuja. Besides, all officers and men in all the services and those at the Defence Headquarters now undergo security checks before being allowed into their offices. It is all part of the precautionary measures against Boko Haram (Western education is evil), the Islamic fundamentalist group that has claimed responsibilities for the spate of bomb-

The Armed Forces and others cannot afford to take anything for granted on a sensitive date like September 11, which al-Qaeda and their affiliates could take advantage of to strike. From Yusuf Alli, Abuja

ings in the land. Soldiers yesterday cordoned off a part of Muhammadu Buhari Way, which leads to the Defence Head-

quarters, Navy, Air Force and Army headquarters. Special patrol vehicles coded DHQ 442, 445 and armed soldiers were deployed in all roads leading to these buildings.

Also, there was a heavy security check on the road from the International Conference Centre on the way to the Army Headquarters. Both the centre and the nearby high-rise Radio House are also being protected. Although it could not be immediately ascertained what informed the sudden security build-up at the Defence Headquarters, a source said “it is based on intelligence report and the Continued on page 4

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