In the face of terrorism, we can continue to do what we do best. The American dream is fortunately more powerful than the actions of the cowards who organized these acts.  September 11, 2001 Westport, Conn.

Here are words of people from around the world who wrote letters of sympathy.

This web page is www.oocities.org/rememberseptember11/letters.html

Condolences from Venezuela to all U.S.people in a day like today. It is really unbelievable and very sad.     How can someone celebrate other´s misfortune??? Children and adults celebrating in Afganistan...... Those images where harsh!     Regards. Continue doing what you do best.     Daniela Q. Daniela Q. e-mail adress: danibabe81@hotmail.com ======================================== God bless your country in this sad and terrible moment. I'll pray for victims and for the dead. Leticia Q. ======================================== I can’t tell you how terribly shocked I am and we are.  You can’t believe what’s going on in Germany. All radio stations play slow music, cars are moving slowly, all humans are deeply shocked and paralysed. TVs only report on the American drama. My deepest regards to all human being in America. I am deeply in sorrow, Yours Hildegard PS: I watched the situation on the internet, right then when it happened. ======================================== I hope that you are well so far.  We all are deply shocked and sorry for what happened yesterday. Manuela, Austria    Sept. 12, 2001 =========================================== HELLO, HEREBY I AM SENDING MY CONDOLENCES IT IS AN ABSURD TRAGEDY REGARDS ALEJANDRO ===============================================

SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS ------------------------------------------- (Government Press Office) 12 September 2001 All of the papers comment on yesterday's deadly terrorist attacks in the US: Ha'aretz writes: "The terrible terrorist attck that was unleashed on the United States yesterday was not directed against the American administration, nor against its policies in this or that part of the world. It was an attack planned by people who want to destroy a whole system of values, in effect all that the civilization of "the West" represents - liberty, democracy, economic power, and military capability... The citizens of the U. S. are not alone on this terrible day. those who believe in its values stand by their side to strengthen America in this uncompromising war against terrorism." Yediot Ahronot defines terrorism as "a malignant global disease that no one nation can exterminate and eliminate," and adds, "For this, coordinated, vigorous multi-national cooperation is needed." The editors note, "For almost a year, the State of Israel has been facing a brutal terrorist onslaught alone," and add that Israeli counter-terrorism efforts have frequently met with no small amount of international criticism. However, the paper now believes that "Given the horriffic scenes in Washington and New York, the eyes of many will be opened." The editors suggest that many western nations will now be reviewing their counter-terrorism efforts even as "we Israelis - out of a sense of a shared fate - painfully remind them: We told you so." The paper declares, "Terrorism is the Nazism of our time," and asserts, "Just as holding diplomatic negotiations with the Nazis during WWII was unthinkable, no one can negotiate with terrorists in the new millenium." Hatzofeh ventures that "the goal of terrorism is to break the will to be free," and hopes that yesterday's terrible events "will mark the beginning of the end of terrorism." The paper says, "The understandings that it is no longer possible to show restraint and that democracy has the right to defend itself against the forces of fundamentalism, are now more widespread than ever," and calls for "unprecedented resources" to be devoted to the global war on terrorism. Ma'ariv suggests that the perpetrators of yesterday's terrorist attacks wanted "to strike at the heart of the wealthy, developed western world, expose the weak points of an open and democratic society, and undermine the security of its residents." The editors believe that if the perpetrators indeed belonged to some Islamic organization, "Islamic leaders around the world will have to undertake an introspection and soul-searching that they have so far avoided vis-a-vis Israel: Has Islam become a religion that encourages use of the suicide weapon?" and aver, "If this is not done, this will be a indelible moral and religious stain." The paper wonders at the intelligence failure prior to the attack and states that this crisis will be the test of US President George W. Bush's as-yet-unproven leadership abilities. The paper declares that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has come off badly from the attacks, because "In his decision to use terrorism in his struggle with Israel, he has linked himself to the enemies of civilization, even if he did so on behalf of an objective that has many supporters." The Jerusalem Post writes: "Terrorism is a global scourge that must be fought globally. Until now, the democracies have fiddled with and indulged the states where terrorism has been cultivated and grown. America's goal should be, one way or another, to defeat or remove the regimes that have declared war against her. If the democracies do not unite to defend themselves, our world will become as tragically unrecognizable as the New York skyline." [Sever Plotzker and Rubik Rosenthal wrote today's editorials for Yediot Ahronot and Ma'ariv, respectively.]