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posted by admin
on Sunday January 04, @01:35PM
from the truthout.org dept.
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By William Rivers
Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 05 January 2004
There have always been 'third-rail' issues in American politics,
subjects that, if touched upon, will lead to certain political death. For a long
while, and until very recently, Social Security was one of these issues.
A new one, surrounding the attacks of September 11, has been born
in this political season. If September 11 is discussed, the only allowable
sub-topic to be broached is whether or not the Bush administration is capable of
keeping us safe from another onslaught.
Friday's edition of the Boston Globe had a case in point on the
front page. An article titled 'For Bush, Readiness is Key Issue' stated that,
"In speech after speech, President Bush has emphasized his administration's
pledge never to forget the lessons of Sept. 11. He says the top goal of his
administration is to prevent another attack." The Globe article contained, in
the next paragraph, the standardized rejoinder: "And while Democratic opponents
of the administration are unanimous in their hope that that vulnerability is not
exposed with deadly results, they have also argued that Bush has done far too
little to protect the country from another attack. He has refused to adequately
reimburse state and local officials for homeland security costs, they argue, and
has ignored dangerous gaps in air cargo and port security."
Thus, the 'preparedness-gap' becomes the whittled-down talking
point du jour. This is a whiff of colossal proportions, the implications of
which will echo down the halls of history unless someone develops enough spine
to speak the truth into a large microphone. The talking point is not difficult
to manage. It was splashed in gaudy multi-point font across the front page of
the New York Post in May of 2002.
Two words: 'Bush Knew.'
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| 911: NYC 9-11 Truth Takes Back Ground Zero |
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posted by ewing2001
on Sunday January 04, @10:49AM
from the GFP dept.
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"The Bush Regime Engineered 9-11"
Overwhelming Majority of New Yorkers Supports the Truth Movement!
Police illegally and forcibly move two people holding a sign
NYC calls for International Day of Solidarity – Every Saturday of Every Week!
Respectful Dialogue on the Streets of NYC
Homeland Security Spies?
Where’s a Respectable Memorial for those who died at Ground Zero?
By Michael Kane
January 4th, 2004
The NYC Truth Movement permanently, and completely, took back Ground Zero from the Neo-Conservative false-patriotic agenda. In true New York fashion, 911 Truth activists unveiled the now legendary banner, which read, “THE BUSH REGIME ENGINEERED 9-11” in front of the World Trade Center footprint.
At least 20 women over the age of 40, of all ethnic backgrounds said, “god bless you for being here”. Dozens of photos were taken by New Yorkers and tourists from all over the world (oddly enough, including tourists from Saudi Arabia), and people were dying to get our information. 90% of the people were open to hear what we had to say, 9% were not, and less than 1% were very frightened of us so they did what any frightened animal does, bark as loud as they can.
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| Iraqgate: New Evidence about Fake Intel Data |
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| Claim: Hollinger bought Newspapers without bidding process |
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| War: U.S. bombs Baghdad, holds Reuters Staff near Fallujah |
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posted by ewing2001
on Friday January 02, @10:32PM
from the Reuters/AP dept.
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U.S. Bombs S. Baghdad After Copter Crash
U.S. Holds Reuters Staff Near Chopper Crash in Iraq
AP Photo by Jerome Delay
AP -January 3 BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military bombarded southern Baghdad with artillery to root out insurgents believed to be launching mortar shells and rockets, hours after a U.S. military helicopter was shot down west of the capital, killing one soldier.
...there was confusion since Reuters news agency reported that its team at the scene was fired at by U.S. troops and three were later detained by the military.
Reuters -January 3, 2004
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American soldiers on Friday detained three Iraqis working for Reuters as they covered the aftermath of a U.S. helicopter crash near the volatile town of Falluja.
A Reuters driver who was working with the three said they had earlier been fired on by U.S. troops as they filmed a checkpoint close to the site where a Kiowa observation helicopter was shot down by guerrillas.
One pilot was killed and another injured in the crash.
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| Christmas Terror "Suspect" was 5-year-old child |
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posted by ewing2001
on Friday January 02, @03:39AM
from the AP/Guardian dept.
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Dennis Kucinich called already on Dec 27th, "terror alert a government scare tactic", for "political gain while confusing Americans and accomplishing little"
Name Mixup Behind Air France Groundings
AP/Guardian -Friday January 2, 2004 3:31 PM
PARIS (AP) - Six cases of mistaken identity were behind the pre-Christmas grounding of six Air France flights between Paris and Los Angeles over terrorism fears, a police official said Friday.
The names of six passengers were similar to those of terrorist suspects provided by the FBI, prompting the French government to halt the flights, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Pierre Debue, director of the French border police, said one name on the list turned out to be that of a 5-year-old child. The Wall Street Journal on Friday said two other suspected terrorists turned out to be an elderly Chinese woman and a Welsh insurance agent.
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| UK Documents: U.S. planned War for Oil in 1973 |
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posted by ewing2001
on Wednesday December 31, @12:13PM
from the Independent-UK dept.
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America preparing a war for the Gulf oil in 1973
Was America preparing a war for the Gulf oil in 1973?
Papers released under the 30-year rule show Britain worried about Middle East conflict and what to buy for a royal wedding
By Cahal Milmo
U.S. Planned to Seize Oil in '73 CrisisNY Times -January 2 2004
Independent UK -01 January 2004
The British Government believed America was preparing for a lightning war in the Middle East to end the 1973 oil crisis, including an invasion of Kuwait, documents released today to the National Archives show.
The Joint Intelligence Committee, the body that acts as the link between the intelligence services and Downing Street, warned the Prime Minister, Edward Heath that Washington was planning to seize oil fields in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait to secure the Western economies.
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| 911: Nine hundred and Eleven Missing Pieces |
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posted by ewing2001
on Wednesday December 31, @09:02AM
from the NY-Press dept.
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July 5, 2001: "[s]omething really spectacular is going to happen here"
(Richard Clarke, top counter-terrorism official)
"...So many, many questions. Why did World Trade Center 7 collapse? No airplane hit that building, and before September 11, no steel skyscraper had ever collapsed because of a fire..."
On September 12, 2003, the widow Ellen Mariani filed a civil RICO suit in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania naming George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Norman Mineta, Peter G. Peterson, Condoleezza Rice, George H.W. Bush and Kenneth Feinberg
Nine
hundred and Eleven Missing Pieces
What don’t we know, and why don’t we know it?
By Alan Cabal 2003/No. 53
NY Press -Title Story 2003/53 The Southern
Solstice has passed, and with it the deadline for 9/11 families to file their
claims with the "Feinberg Fund," as it has come to be known. Of an
official death toll of 2976, claims have been filed by for 2,851. The claim
involves signing off on any future litigation against the government, the airlines,
the airports or any security firms. One hundred
and twenty-five claims remain outstanding, but little has been written about
any of these families. Where is the coverage of those insisting on finding out
what really happened on that day before they sign away their "claims?" First to
stand up were five widows: Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Mindy Kleinberg
and Lorie van Auken. Breitweiser’s husband was killed in his office at
Fiduciary Trust on the 94th floor of the South Tower, while Casazza, Kleinberg
and van Auken are Cantor-Fitzgerald widows. They began lobbying for answers
early in 2002, navigating the labyrinth of American bureaucracy and hammering
the bureaucrats for direct answers to direct questions. In September 2002, Breitweiser
testified at the first televised public hearing before the Joint Intelligence
Committee Inquiry (JICI) in DC.
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| LeakerGate: Ashcroft recuse himself from an investigation |
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| 9/11: NYPD warned 9:10 AM after 1st attack: "A criminal act" |
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posted by ewing2001
on Monday December 29, @12:16PM
from the AP/Newsday dept.
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This is BEFORE Bush left the school where he
was reading to the kiddies about goats
Transcript Updates (12/30)
Newsday -December 29
NEW YORK -- Minutes after hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center, police alerted airport control towers that they considered it "a criminal act," according to newly released Port Authority transcripts.
The agency on Monday released the final set of transcripts from emergency communications during the Sept. 11 terror attack. The disclosure comes four months after the Port Authority released 2,000 pages of documents detailing what was said in thousands of other emergency calls that day.
In the newly disclosed transcripts, a caller from the Port Authority police desk tells Chris McCary, a La Guardia Airport control tower employee, that "they are considering it a criminal act."
"We believe that, and we are holding all aircraft on the ground," McCary answers. The exchange, reported at 9:10 a.m., came seven minutes after the second plane struck the twin towers.
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