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Was America Attacked by Muslims on 9/11? by David Ray Griffin Page 1 of 18 page(s) |
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The assumption that America was attacked by Muslims on 9/11 also lies behind the widespread perception of Islam as an inherently violent religion and therefore of Muslims as guilty until proven innocent. This perception surely contributed to attempts to portray Obama as a Muslim, which was lampooned by a controversial cartoon on the July 21, 2008, cover of The New Yorker.
As could be illustrated by reference to many other post-9/11 developments, including as spying, torture, extraordinary rendition, military tribunals, America's new doctrine of preemptive war, and its enormous increase in military spending, the assumption that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by Muslim hijackers has had enormous negative consequences for both international and domestic issues.1
Is it conceivable that this assumption might be false? Insofar as Americans and Canadians would say "No," they would express their belief that this assumption is not merely an "assumption" but is instead based on strong evidence. When actually examined, however, the proffered evidence turns out to be remarkably weak. I will illustrate this point by means of 16 questions.
1. Were Mohamed Atta and the Other Hijackers Devout Muslims?
The picture of the hijackers conveyed by the 9/11 Commission is that they were devout Muslims. Mohamed Atta, considered the ringleader, was said to have become very religious, even "fanatically so."2 Being devout Muslims, they could be portrayed as ready to meet their Maker---as a "cadre of trained operatives willing to die."3
But this portrayal is contradicted by various newspaper stories. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Atta and other hijackers had made "at least six trips" to Las Vegas, where they had "engaged in some decidedly un-Islamic sampling of prohibited pleasures." These activities were "un-Islamic" because, as the head of the Islamic Foundation of Nevada pointed out: "True Muslims don't drink, don't gamble, don't go to strip clubs."4
One might, to be sure, rationalize this behavior by supposing that these were momentary lapses and that, as 9/11 approached, these young Muslims had repented and prepared for heaven. But in the days just before 9/11, Atta and others were reported to be drinking heavily, cavorting with lap dancers, and bringing call girls to their rooms. Temple University Professor Mahmoud Ayoub said: "It is incomprehensible that a person could drink and go to a strip bar one night, then kill themselves the next day in the name of Islam. . . . Something here does not add up."5
In spite of the fact that these activities were reported by mainstream newspapers and even the Wall Street Journal editorial page,6 the 9/11 Commission wrote as if these reports did not exist, saying: "we have seen no credible evidence explaining why, on [some occasions], the operatives flew to or met in Las Vegas."7
2. Do Authorities Have Hard Evidence of Osama bin Laden's Responsibility for 9/11?
Whatever be the truth about the devoutness of the hijackers, one might reply, there is certainly no doubt about the fact that they were acting under the guidance of Osama bin Laden. The attack on Afghanistan was based on the claim that bin Laden was behind the attacks, and the 9/11 Commission's report was written as if there were no question about this claim. But neither the Bush administration nor the Commission provided any proof for it.
Two weeks after 9/11, Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking to Tim Russert on "Meet the Press," said he expected "in the near future . . . to put out . . . a document that will describe quite clearly the evidence that we have linking [bin Laden] to this attack."8 But at a press conference with President Bush the next morning, Powell reversed himself, saying that although the government had information that left no question of bin Laden's responsibility, "most of it is classified."9 According to Seymour Hersh, citing officials from both the CIA and the Department of Justice, the real reason for the reversal was a "lack of solid information."10
That same week, Bush had demanded that the Taliban turn over bin Laden. But the Taliban, reported CNN, "refus[ed] to hand over bin Laden without proof or evidence that he was involved in last week's attacks on the United States." The Bush administration, saying "[t]here is already an indictment of Osama bin Laden" [for the attacks in Tanzania, Kenya, and elsewhere]," rejected the demand for evidence with regard to 9/11.11
The task of providing such evidence was taken up by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who on October 4 made public a document entitled "Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States." Listing "clear conclusions reached by the government," it stated: "Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, the terrorist network which he heads, planned and carried out the atrocities on 11 September 2001."12
Blair's report, however, began by saying: "This document does not purport to provide a prosecutable case against Osama Bin Laden in a court of law." This weakness was noted the next day by the BBC, which said: "There is no direct evidence in the public domain linking Osama Bin Laden to the 11 September attacks. At best the evidence is circumstantial."13
After the US had attacked Afghanistan, a senior Taliban official said: "We have asked for proof of Osama's involvement, but they have refused. Why?"14 The answer to this question may be suggested by the fact that, to this day, the FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorist" webpage on bin Laden, while listing him as wanted for bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, makes no mention of 9/11.15 
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The Voice of Reason
Comment from Ratings: David Ray Griffin is a well known scholar who can see through the bull s**t of the government's conspiracy theory and express the truth clearly for the rest of us using honesty, lucid thinking, logic and common sense, things rarely found in journalism today. Thank you Dr.Griffin!!! by N Soren (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:54:19 AM  (0+)
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Dr. Griffin's work is well known to those who distrust the o
Comment from Ratings: Dr. Griffin has written at least five books, all characterized by scholarly precision, even-handed consideration of the evidence, thoroughness, and an admirably moderate tone of voice in responding to critics. The case he makes for reinvestigation is air-tight. His work has been invaluable, and when we discover the truth of the events of 9/11, Dr. Griffin will have been essential to the education of the American people. by Carol Cleveland (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 26 comments [42 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:46:55 PM (0+)
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Comment from Ratings
Comment from Ratings: Superb! Really a condensed and updated "New Pearl Harbor" in Web form. by Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 409 comments [85 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:44:09 PM (0+)
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I laughed too
at the NIST report of the building 7 collapse, if it's possible to laugh at such a thing. Office paper fires. Right! No more need to debate whether jet fuel could realy burn hot enough. Also, it didn't collapse in freefall time because the collapse started before the "visible collapse". Brilliant! It took them seven years to come up with that but it was worth the wait. by Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 409 comments [85 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:49:17 PM (0+)
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Best Analysis Available of the "Muslim Hijackers"
Comment from Ratings: Griffin has really put it all together here, for the first time anywhere. He shows there are simply no grounds to continue to believe the US was attacked by Muslims on 9/11. Anyone who fell for the story should revise their worldview asap. by Tod Fletcher (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:38:34 PM (0+)
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Was America Attacked by Muslims on 9/11?
Comment from Ratings: Outstanding contribution exposing the hoax that underlies US foreign policy. by Jim Fetzer (30 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 63 comments [31 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:17:33 PM (0+)
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Muslim is not same as radical muslim.
Do I believe the hijackers were muslim? Probably. The statement about muslims not drinking etc. is not exactly true. I have a good friend who is muslim from Morocco. He used to act as "tour guide" in the US for some of the Saudi royal family when ever they visited. He has been to their palace many times as well. They are close friends. I will not mention names. I have had many conversations with him, going back before 9/11 about the "teaching" of islam vs the "practice" especially among the wealthy ruling class. Two things I have been told contradict the teachings. These royal families palaces are well equipt with fully stocked bars, typically hidden, where they enjoy the best alcohol alone and with their friends...all muslims. Young muslem men in the royal family have "teachers" purchased for them from among young teen girls in the Philippines and brought to Saudi Arabia for the sole purpose to serve as sexual play toys. The adult muslim men often travel to sex-tourism locations in Burma and Thailand where they drink and party with often under-aged girls. This was all told to me by a muslim on the inside that I knew very well and who was always a decent and trustworthy friend. I have no reason to doubt him nor is there any reason for him to lie about this. So does this really mean that because these radicals partied on ther final days they are not really muslims? Not at all. by Paul Kruger (39 articles, 1 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 304 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:58:20 PM (0+)
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More superb work from the Dean of 9/11 Studies
Comment from Ratings: David Ray Griffin and I will be discussing this article, and his new book The New Pearl Harbor Revisited, this Saturday 9/14, 3-4 pm Central on http://www.wtprn.com by Kevin Barrett (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 19 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:17:18 PM (0+)
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Dr. Griffin
Welcome to Op Ed News! Please post more! by George Washington (188 articles, 27 quicklinks, 189 diaries, 219 comments [17 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 6:59:02 PM (0+)
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This is great
by Keith Mothersson (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 74 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:13:33 PM (0+)
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Reply: Questions
If these 19 guys didn't board the planes, where are they now? Who were the passengers on cell phones talking about if not these guys who didn't board the plane? Who did the passengers rush on Flight 93? Just curious. by Mad Jayhawk (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 652 comments [56 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:42:27 PM (0+)
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Reply: I have the feeling, Mad
that you didn't actually read the article. I presume you are not interested in it because you have already made up your mind on 911. Dr. Griffin explained in great detail with full references how unlikely it was that such calls actually came from the aircraft involved. by Oh (7 articles, 5 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 321 comments [41 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:38:34 AM (0+)
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one of the best presentations's I've read
Comment from Ratings: One of the reasons I like this presentation more than most is that it leaves the problematic nature of the fall of the towers to last, and a minor role at that in making his case. The towers and their collapse represents an exceedingly complex phenomena about which we have limited evidence. All these other contradictions of the official conspiracy theory are based upon simpler, human-scale events and common-sense reasoning. The case is made by them. by Bob F (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments [3 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:55:00 PM (0+)
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Reply: I don't agree that it's minor
On the contrary, the tower collapses only require looking at the videos everyone saw and common sense. Really, you don't need degrees in physics or engineering to understand. You don't have to take anyone's word about standard protocols for dealing with wayward planes, or whether cell phone technology in 2001 was capable of hitting a tower at 30,000 feet. Just think about metal failure--not even melting--causing the pieces of a building to behave as though suddenly released. But I agree with you about Dr. Griffin's writing. by Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 409 comments [85 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:29:09 PM (0+)
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I agree with the dead president up there...
...it is very good to see you posting on Op Ed News, Dr. Griffin. Welcome. by scott creighton (25 articles, 11 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 244 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 at 8:39:16 PM (0+)
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what's real?
Bob F, I think you might be interested in this short examination of the new NIST WTC7 report. It might clear up the question of what we know about the collapses. by gravity32 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 201 comments [38 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:35:46 AM (0+)
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Reply: Gravity32,
That is one of the best presentations I have ever seen. Simple, and all the physics is correct. Only flaw is it relies on the video frame rate, but that is easily cleared up. by Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 409 comments [85 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:48:01 PM (0+)
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Excellent article
Thank you for this well-researched and objective look at the evidence (or lack thereof.) I really appreciate the citations too. I often wondered why they updated the cell phone systems after 9/11 to allow people to make cell phone calls from the air. Is it because they knew people were going to start testing their cell phones to see if this whole story actually checked out? I wonder. by Ron R. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 152 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:17:57 AM (0+)
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Excellent piece of work by Prof Griffin
Comment from Ratings: Incredibly detailed analysis of all the available data. by Jaswant Krishnayya (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:54:48 AM (0+)
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A True Patriot of the Highest Calibre
Comment from Ratings: David Ray Griffin voluntarily took on the most important issue of our times and applied his unshakeable integrity and considerable research skills to the task. His dissection of the 9/11 Myth is critical knowledge for every American, and, possibly, for the survival of humanity. Read it, share it, and prepare for the Revolution to overthrow this criminal atrocity masquerading as benign leaders before they destroy all our lives and livelihoods as well as our planet. by Gary Via (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:29:28 AM (0+)
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Russia to Air "9/11 Truth" Documentary to 30 Million
Comment from Ratings: BREAKING NEWS! 9/11 TRUTH IS NOW UNSTOPPABLE! Russian television is to give prime time airing 9/11 film on the eve of this week's seventh anniversary of the attacks in New York and DC to audience of over 30 million! Public showing of Italian Truth film could lead to international tribunal. by Amanda Lang (23 articles, 14528 quicklinks, 442 diaries, 731 comments [17 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:33:56 PM (0+)
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Mad Jayhawk -- Hope this helps...
by Sheila Samples (54 articles, 6158 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 597 comments [28 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 5:54:52 PM (0+)
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Sharky's
The Dutch connection , Rudi Dekkers and Huffman Aviation Venice Fl. http://www.madcowprod.com/05072006.html by Keystone (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 299 comments [78 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:32:20 PM (0+)
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"...Had To Have Been An Inside Job"
Excellent masterpiece of scientific argumentation and scolarly deduction painstakingly assembled by a devout Truth-Seeker. Bravo Dr Griffin. You sure are the guru of truthers. Thank you for this great enlightment though I have already read most of what you have published so far by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:16:17 PM (0+)
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Thank you...
for this wonderfully clear piece of truth. by Bob Smith (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 270 comments) on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:53:39 PM (0+)
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9/11 Conspiracy Theories.
Comment from Ratings: This is a very, very, very long article by a guy who really enjoys seeing his stuff in print and has a lot of time on his hands. His back round as a theology professor doesn't qualify him as an investigative reporter,a t least not to me. Just another hare brained conspiracy theorist. by joel kauffman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 6 comments) on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:37:40 PM (0+)
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Griffin is wholly out of his depth .....
.... and treats 9/11 like it's a religion, because, I guess, that's his specialty. Unfortunately, that's the wrong specialty. by Alan Williams (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 858 comments) on Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 1:15:05 AM (0+)
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Here Come The Truth Debunking Trolls
Joel Kaufman an Alan Williams, Where is your top gun hero and boss BWO and where is Tom Murphy and the cretin CB Brooklyn? Aren't we going to have an assembly of trolls here for a presentation to Dr Griffin ? We would love to see you make an a**hole of yourself in the presence of the most respected authority in the field of scientific reasonning. Go ahead please, come forward and show him the degree of government's perversity in smearing truth-seekers. Shame and sh*t on you trolls who have sold your honor and the honor of this great nation to its enemies for personal gains. by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 3:14:47 AM (0+)
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Reply: ...And here comes the Movement Unofficial Cheerleader
"Shame and sh*t ..." Ramsheyi, are using alliteration now? Wow! Wonders DO exist within the Movement! And for the record, Mr. Griffin puts his pants on in the morning the same way we all do - one leg at a time. I think even he would agree with that statement. Therefore, be careful when you place someone on such a high pedestal for it is an terribly long drop for one to suffer. by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 5 quicklinks, 16 diaries, 2100 comments [55 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:13:46 PM (0+)
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Stop
The only tool available to those of us who wish to remain free is our money. We need to make a clear and concerted effort to convince Americans to withhold taxes. Nothing else will work, the system is a juggernaut and working within the system will equate to failure. Anything short of this will bring failure. Great editorial by a critical and original thinker. My fear is that editorial such as this and continued exposure of original and intellectual thought will create massive attempts to shutter it by a runaway government. While the sham press attempts to hypnotize the masses with untruths, lies and propaganda, which is working by the way, the elitist leaders are plundering earths resources. While we argue non-issue political ideology the elitist corporations and bankers control the strings on the puppets of government. While the deceitful Democratic and Republican parties attempt to fool the masses into believing they are different the government moves towards a police state without addressing the issues of poverty, economics, energy and monetary policy. by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 9:16:56 AM (0+)
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Reply: How Naive
Jeff Prager, Gangsters in power don't give a damn to your tax money. They don't need it. They buy hamburgers for their dogs with that kind of money. When they need money they just print it. They have a super giant printing machine called the Federal Reserve which produces truck-loads of dollar bills non-stop 24/7. Be assured that the gangsters have figured out everything in advance. Short of a genuine popular revolutionnary uprising there is no salvation for the sheeple. Wakeupfromyourslumber by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 13, 2008 at 5:55:14 PM (0+)
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Reply: How Naive?
On the contrary my friend. Should I print what I really think? Contact me when a revolution in the streets takes place and I'll be in the front of the line because NOTHING less will work. Until then, because that hasn't happened yet, close your bank account and stop paying taxes because the internet has a limited life. by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:33:19 AM (0+)
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I believe the Mossad did the emplosions
Silverstein, the leassor of the WTC buildings was a Jew. The Government picked up 120 Israel Art students after 9/11 and they all had Explosive and demolition training and were Mossad agents, were escorted back to Israel after some time in detention in the USA. I think they had the time and the expertise to have done the Demolition of those buildings. Along with the help of Cheney giving the stand down order to Norad from his bunker. Six of those Art Students were seen giving the High five and laughing as those buildings were falling. They were later caught and arrested but released later with all the rest of supposed art students, that were Mossad agents. by Mel Smith (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 60 comments [21 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:06:08 AM (0+)
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Reply: 9/11 Was A Zionist Job
PNAC, modern day version of The Protocols, is a Zionist agenda. Zionists have taken over all decison-making bodies of the US government. 9/11 was an Inside Job. The core of the Inside is Zionist. So, 9/11 was a Zionist job, period. In fact this is the hardest part of the Truth to come out. If we look at the evolution of 9/11 truth we discover that the gangsters are willing to sell us the idea that it was a Let-It-Happen event through negligence/Intelligence shortcoming etc. Later on and under pressure they would concede that it was indeed a Made-It -Happen intentionnal massacre, but under the entire reponsibility of a low-level officer who would come forward and say :'The buck stops here' as in the case of Iran/Contra criminal case, exonerating the real, behind the scene, perpetrators . Truth should not stop there. We have to go after the criminals who have haijacked the government, the Zionists, and that requires a thorough public awareness. by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:29:12 AM (0+)
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Excellent work David
I too believe 911 was an inside job, and will continue to hold that belief until the day the powers that be give the world what we need...a new investigation! The 911 Commission report is full of unanswered questions, some of their conclusions are not even scietifically plausible. They did'nt even address Building #7 in the initial report. If it were'nt for the intermet, they probably would get away with this fraud. Now more people are waking up and a majority of Americans don't believe the government and don't trust the MSM. The truth is coming out and justice will be served. The victims of this false flag operation scream from their graves for justice. by ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 256 comments [45 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:17:05 PM (0+)
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Reply: Some actual evidence might be nice
by Alan Williams (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 858 comments) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:04:43 PM (0+)
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Reply: Evidence Is Written On The Wall
Alan Williams, We don't need a whistleblower to come out from behind the scenes and shout it 'I will tell you everything'. No, our eyes tell us the truth and there is enough to see if we keep them wide open. In the same token, you do not need to brag it that you are a troll. The nonsense , the garbage , the stupidity you post here are more than proof to us that you are here to defend the criminal gangsters inside the government who dit it. For us truthers gathered here there is no doubt that 9/11 was an inside job. There is absolutely no doubt that you and BWO and Tom Murthy and some others who post aberrations are shills and trolls and paid mercenaries sent here to derail and to confuse. Arguing with people like you is like hitting my head against a wall, it will get me nowhere and it would waste my time. And that's exactly what you are after : wasting our time and energy. Go to hell by ramsheyi (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 793 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Sep 15, 2008 at 3:06:25 AM (0+)
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Reply: Translation .....
Translation: I have no meaningful evidence, other than my own personal anger and political agenda. Thank you for confirming thus so vividly. by Alan Williams (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 858 comments) on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:36:41 AM (0+)
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Keep Fighting David
Comment from Ratings: There are millions of people around the world who are with you and all the 911 truthers. God Bless you. by ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 256 comments [45 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 2:20:01 PM (0+)
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