"Two 9/11 widows raise funds to help bereaved Afghan women; They hope medal will help the cause" by Denise Lavoie, Associate Press | August 4, 2010
As a widow of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Susan Retik was showered with love and support from family, friends, and even strangers who sent food, flowers, and cash.
And then we showered the Afghan women with bombs.
But when she watched the news and saw war widows in Afghanistan, she knew they had no such support system.
Where did she see them on the news?
Retik and another Massachusetts woman who also lost her husband on Sept. 11, 2001, decided to raise money for widows in Afghanistan, the same nation where their husbands’ killers had trained as terrorists....
No mention of their CIA handlers, etc.
I'm not trying to be cold; however, this s*** offends me when we are slaughtering so many of them over a lie.
Think what you want about their culture. It doesn't justify murdering them under the banner of liberation when we all know AmeriKa is there for oil pipelines, drug profits, and power projection for the Central Asian energy region.
Retik, 42, cofounded Beyond the 11th, a nonprofit foundation that has raised more than $600,000 over the last six years for job skills training, literacy classes, small business development, and other programs to help Afghan widows.
I'm sure they could do without the bombs and missiles, too.
Retik, of Needham, says she hopes that the award will focus attention on the plight of Afghan widows from areas touched by conflict.
“After Sept. 11, I just felt the whole world supporting me and lifting me up,’’ Retik said. “But these women don’t have any of that.
“In Afghanistan, women are already not treated like men, and when a woman is widowed, her status is knocked down a notch.’’
Retik and the group’s cofounder, Patti Quigley, started by making a donation from the money they received after the Sept. 11 attacks from insurance, their husband’s firms, and strangers.
They also raised money by riding their bikes from New York, where their husbands were killed, to Boston, where their flights to New York began.
Retik was pregnant and had two other children when her husband’s plane slammed into the World Trade Center.
“I remember thinking, how am I going to get through this?’’ she said. “But immediately people helped me.’’
Years later, Retik remarried and had another child.
“I feel like I’m OK; I’m all good,’’ she said. “But these women in Afghanistan need our help and attention, so if winning this award can shine a light on them, then it makes me that much prouder to receive it.’’
--more--"Ever notice anytime the wars really start going sour with the public the MSM whips out the "we have to be there for the women" charge?
"Needham woman is hailed by Obama for aid to Afghan widows" by Katrina Ballard, Globe Correspondent | August 5, 2010
A Needham woman who lost her husband in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and cofounded an organization to improve the lives of Afghan widows received the 2010 Citizens Medal from President Obama at a White House ceremony yesterday....
The group raises money for widows and their children in Afghanistan, a country that had provided refuge for the planners of the attacks....
Did they?
Susan Retik Ger, who was among 13 people who received the award, was nominated by Kumu Gupta of Quincy who saw “Beyond Belief,’’ a 2006 documentary about her work. Gupta, who was born in India, said she was touched and inspired by the way Retik Ger overcame her own misfortunes and bridged the culture gap between East and West.
The citation, read aloud yesterday by a military aide at the White House, said in part, “The United States honors Susan Retik Ger for advancing women’s rights and demonstrating the power of America’s ideals.’’
As opposed to the power of its drone aircraft and war machine that is murdering them?
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And it figures that the Globe wouldn't give you a photo I am looking at in my printed paper:
"Women chanted slogans against NATO and US forces to protest the deaths of civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan (Boston Globe August 2 2010)."
Yeah, I'm sure those women appreciate the rights and the way they were so fatally delivered.
Related: Memory Hole: How I Came to Love the Veil
Another reason I no longer believe the lying, Muslim-hating, war-promoting, agenda-pushing, Zionist AmeriKan MSM.
I no longer believe Muslim men hate their women, whip them, and drink their blood.
For being such monsters they sure do pump out a lot of kids.
