[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 133 (Monday, September 10, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H10325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TARGET: U.S. AIR BASE
(Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, apparently the U.S. air base at Ramstein,
Germany, and the Frankfurt airport were targets last week of a foiled
terrorist attack.
German authorities arrested three outlaws as they were mixing
chemicals to make explosives. And guess what, all three individuals
were Islamic radicals belonging to a fringe group called Islamic Jihad
Union linked to al Qaeda--yet another example of criminals who kill in
the name of religion and hate.
These Islamic radicals don't believe in building a better world, but
believe in blowing it up. The war on terror is a global war whether we
like it or not, and a fight between civilization and the uncivilized.
It is a fight over life versus death. It is a fight over peace versus
anarchy. It is a fight over the right to be left alone versus chaos.
The international terrorists who wish to kill Americans must be tracked
down wherever they are and dealt with as law and justice demands.
Those Americans who fail to acknowledge who these criminals are and
have us retreat from this world conflict know little about the way the
world is and seemingly live blissfully ignorant in the world of never,
never land.
And that's just the way it is.
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