-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! ‘Freedom vs. Fear’ Bush to Address Nation on War on Terrorism; WTC Missing Numbers Rises Sept. 20 — President Bush plans to tell the nation and Congress televised speech that "freedom and fear are at war," while the number of missing and presumed dead at the World Trade Center site in New York City today shot up to 6,333. In his speech, which begins at 9 p.m. ET, Bush will tell Americans the nation is "awakened to danger and called to defend freedom" and will warn foreign governments, "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists," according to excerpts released from the White House. "We will direct every resource at our command — every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence and every necessary weapon of war — to the disruption and defeat of the global terror network," according to the excerpts. As the president prepared his address, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced the grave news this afternoon that the number of missing and presumed dead in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers has risen to 6,333. The previous estimate was 5,422. More than 6,000 were also injured there, he said. Earlier today, Bush rejected the suggestion of Islamic clerics in Afghanistan that the Taliban invite Osama bin Laden to leave the country voluntarily, when he wishes. The Bush administration had demanded that bin Laden be turned over to the United States to face charges that he was involved in last week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "We want action, not just statements," Secretary of State Colin Powell said today. "The sooner he leaves and is brought to justice the better off I think the world will be." The Taliban has said it wants evidence linking bin Laden to the horrific attacks in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, but State Department officials say there is already ample evidence proving the exiled Saudi is involved in terrorist activity. A U.N. resolution passed last year on the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa said that bin Laden should be turned over to face justice. He has also been linked to the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. Meanwhile, about 100 U.S. warplanes prepare to leave for the region as part of a U.S. operation tentatively dubbed "Infinite Justice." The name of the mission still awaits White House approval. Government sources said the order calls for several dozen B-52 and B-1 bombers, plus intelligence-gathering aircraft to be in the region by Sept. 24 or Sept. 25. List of National Guard and Reserve units mobilized. Clerics: U.S. Attack Would Start Holy War The council of clerics, convened by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, also said a holy war should be declared on the United States — and any nation that aids it — if an attack is launched on Afghanistan. Omar has said he would abide by the decision of the clerics. Some reports say the reclusive leader is close to bin Laden. The clerics also asked that the United Nations and Organization of the Islamic Conference investigate allegations that bin Laden played a role in the attacks. Meanwhile, a report in the London Times said the United States and Britain are finalizing plans for what could be a 10-year battle against terrorists. According to the report, allied nations would not invade Afghanistan, "D-Day style," or stage a Gulf War-type of attack. Instead, it would be a concentrated battle designed to capture or destroy terrorists and their facilities, as well as put political and economic pressure on nations that support them. Building International Support The military movement authorized Wednesday is the strongest sign yet of U.S. resolve to hunt down bin Laden and his organization in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks. Bush and Powell continue to talk with foreign leaders to build international support for striking at bin Laden and other suspected terrorists. According to the White House, Bush will make clear tonight that the U.S. fight is against terrorist extremists, not against all Muslims in America and throughout the world. "The enemy of American is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them," Bush plans to say. Saudi Arabia pledged its support today to help the United States fight terrorism. The message came from Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal, who met with Bush at the White House. Bush is also scheduled to meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair later today, while Powell has meetings scheduled with the foreign ministers of China and Italy on Friday. China has been sending mixed messages about American moves in response to the attacks on New York and Washington. "We will be listening very closely to the Chinese when we meet them on Friday to determine exactly what they are saying regarding a [U.N.] Security Council resolution," a senior administration official said. "We hear noises from unnamed 'Chinese Foreign Ministry' sources in the media demanding Security Council approval, but that is not what they are saying to us officially so far." To help get ready for war, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld signed the order Wednesday to position the aircraft at bases used by the U.S. military in the Middle East and on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. They could begin leaving as early as today. Several thousand support personnel also will go to the region, but the order does not include ground troops. A third aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, will join two others already in the region. "This is certainly no longer just a routine deployment after last week," Secretary of the Navy Gordon England told the Roosevelt crew before it departed. "Now is the time for us to pick up the mantle to destroy terrorism and remove this cancer." Using Bin Laden as an Excuse? Taliban leaders argue that the United States is using bin Laden as an excuse to destroy their nation. In an interview with ABCNEWS' Nightline on Wednesday, Taliban representative Suheil Shaheen described U.S. demands for bin Laden as "arrogant" and "intimidating." "We were the first to condemn this terrorist act in New York and we share the pain of all the families," Shaheen said. "If America has evidence involving Osama bin Laden in this act, surely we will put him on trial because we allowed him to stay in Afghanistan as a guest." But if the United States were to take military action to get bin Laden, Shaheen warned of "grave repercussions." Asked to describe them, Shaheen said it would provoke a "fury among the Muslim nations in all the world and it would be seen that the Americans are following a selfish policy. The attack is politically motivated." High-level government officials in Pakistan, one of only three nations to officially recognize the Taliban regime, sent a warning to Taliban leaders that Afghanistan faces large-scale U.S. military attacks if it does not turn over bin Laden. (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan.) A Nation on Edge The Justice Department expects to have 50 new "sky marshals" trained this week, to provide security on the nation's commercial airlines, officials said Wednesday. The goal is to have 100 more trained every three to four days. The department will be going to the 35,000 federal law enforcement agents who travel as part of their job, and possibly stationing them in first class to protect the cockpit. The FBI investigation continues to expand, with law enforcement agents seeking 190 people for questioning about the hijackings, which they think were carried out by 19 men. Government and law enforcement sources say that additional terrorist actions may have been planned and that some of the 37 people on an FBI "watch list" who have had flight training had airline reservations this weekend. 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