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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 08:44 PM Sep 2021

The other 9/11

... "The loss of any human life, wherever it takes place, is a huge blow to parents, children, husband, wives, brothers and sisters, to the whole family, friends and the whole community wherever that life grew up.

"Long before the 9/11 in 2001 in the USA, there was another equally horrifying 9/11 in my home country of Chile.

"There is a huge amount of media about 9/11 in America - but no-one ever seems to remember the events in Chile.

"There were 3,197 lives cruelly lost, including young, old, women and men. Forty eight years later, still more than 2,000 Chilean political prisoners remain 'disappeared' in the sea and unmarked secret places throughout Chile ...

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/911-man-who-fled-chile-21536496

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The other 9/11 (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2021 OP
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Sep 2021 #1
Some remember. nocoincidences Sep 2021 #2
k&r for visibility. Thanks for posting! alwaysinasnit Sep 2021 #3
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