09/08/11

Permalink The Anniversary of 9/11

Another World Is Possible: The Twin Towers were the only buildings that were hit by airplanes on September 11, 2001. The planes however did not bring the towers down. The towers collapsed and came down because of demolition charges, just like WTC7 did. They were all demolished. Now, what you see in this photo (left), from 9/11, is a box girder that had been cut by an explosive charge at an angle of approx. 45 degrees. Thermite, (nano-thermite) a highly explosive material, was in fact found on the crime scene. Thermite is commonly being used in the demolition business and shaped charges are standard practice. These demolitions have to be prepared weeks in advance. It can take months to set the charges, and set them correctly. - This implies an inside job.

WTC7, in addition to housing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which kept all the records from the Enron and WorldCom scandals (the largest bankruptcies in history), also "housed high-level government offices including the FBI, CIA and the Secret Service. [Repeat: WTC7 also housed high-level government offices including the FBI, CIA and the Secret Service.] WTC7 was also the storage facility for millions of files pertaining to active cases involving international drug dealing, organized crime, terrorism and money laundering." (Serendipity).

Does it then seem reasonable to assume that Osama bin Laden, allegedly operating out of a cave somewhere in Afghanistan, could have been preparing the demolition of the WTC buildings for, weeks on end, right under the noses of FBI, Secret Service and the CIA? We don't think so. And considering the millions of secret files, referring to cases where the Government itself was actively involved in criminal activity, doesn't it also seem likely that these government agencies at some point would have wanted to get rid of all these files?

Anyway, the WTC buildings were demolished. This is a fact. We now believe highly placed elements in the FBI and the CIA must have been among the perpetrators of terror on 9/11. This horrendous crime could not have taken place unless these agencies had actively participated in committing it. But who wanted this mega crime to be committed? Essentially, who did 9/11? - Everything points in one direction only: Israel.

Washington's Blog: The Anniversary of 9/11
The People's Voice: Dr. Wyndham’s Reply to NIST About Their WTC 7 Final Report


Permalink 9/11 Is the LitmusTest

Heretic Productions present; Les Visible's, 9/11 Is the LitmusTest


Permalink US soldier killed BBC reporter in Afghanistan

The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan has admitted it "mistakenly" killed BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak in July. - Isaf said a US soldier mistook the Pashto service journalist for an insurgent when troops responded to a militant attack in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan province. Khpulwak was one of 19 people killed. Nato launched an inquiry after initial reports that Khpulwak had been killed by insurgents were questioned. The BBC said it recognised that Isaf had provided clarification, ending a period of uncertainty, but it would study the details of the findings on receiving the full report. Director of BBC Global News Peter Horrocks said: "Ahmed Omed's death further highlights the great dangers facing journalists who put their lives on the line to provide vital news from around the world. It is essential that journalists are given the best possible protection whilst reporting in dangerous situations so that the world can hear their stories.

MSNBC: NATO: US soldier killed BBC reporter mistaken for suicide bomber


Permalink Congressional Hawks Push for Even Bigger 2012 Iraq Force

Following up on yesterday’s reports that President Obama intends to ignore the 2008 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and keep 3,000 troops in Iraq past the December deadline, hawkish members of Congress are looking to see if they can get that number raised even more. - House Armed Services Committe Chair Buck McKeon (R – CA) said occupation commanders told him they “shouldn’t go below 10 thousand,” while Sen. Lindsey Graham (R – SC) said 10,000 was the “bare minimum.” The military forces will be part of the overall US occupation force, but this figure doesn’t include the thousands of military contractors which will remain, nor does it include the 5,000-plus State Department contractors that will be part of the “State Department Army” for Iraq.

John Glaser: Iraq Drawdown Signals New Client State Status, Ongoing Occupation


Permalink In Afghanistan, 5 NATO tankers torched

Militants have attacked a NATO supply convoy in eastern Afghanistan, setting five fuel tankers on fire, Press TV reports. - A local official says a guard for a private security company escorting the convoy was killed and nine others were injured in the attack in Wardak province. A Taliban spokesman has claimed that the militant group carried out the attack, torching ten fuel trucks and killing six guards. Militants frequently target trucks carrying supplies for US-led foreign soldiers in Afghanistan. Pro-Taliban militants often claim responsibility for such attacks, saying that the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US airstrikes on Pakistan's tribal regions.

NATO convoys attacked in Afghanistan
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French soldier killed in Afghan war
US-led soldier killed in E Afghanistan
2 US-led soldiers killed in Afghan war


Permalink Baha Mousa inquiry: 'Serious discipline breach' by army

An Iraqi man died after suffering an "appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence" in a "very serious breach of discipline" by UK soldiers, a year-long inquiry has found. - Its chairman, Sir William Gage, blamed "corporate failure" at the Ministry of Defence for the use of banned interrogation methods in Iraq. Baha Mousa died with 93 injuries in British army custody in Basra in 2003. Prime Minister David Cameron said such an incident should never happen again. "The British Army, as it does, should uphold the highest standards," he said. "If there is further evidence that comes out of this inquiry that requires action to be taken, it should be taken."

Craig Murray: The Partiality of Lord Goldsmith
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Permalink Libyan Leader Muammar Qaddafi Speech on September 8th, 2011

To our brave Libyan people that are resisting; the land of Libya is your property and your right from the days of your grandfathers and great grandfathers.

Those that attempt to revoke it from you; are the insiders , foreign backed mercenaries and stray dogs, those foreigners that have resided in Libya for a long time that attempt to take the land of your grandfathers away from you. This is impossible we will never leaver the land of our grandfathers, their families back then where spies for Italy, and nowadays are spies for France and Britain the same sons are following in the footsteps of their fathers and grandfathers; the steps of dishonor. These rats and armed scum; are examples of their grandfathers. Each one of them is a clone and a mock-up of traitor-ship, they aren’t Libyan, ask about any of those that are backed by NATO; that destroys Libyan infrastructure and kills Libyan children; you’ll find that his grandfather and his dad where traitors. They carry the genes of traitors. Do you think those who carry the genes of traitors from their grandparents and great grandparents are going to decide the fate of the Libyan people? These people when they realize that the Libyan people have turned up the ratchet and have refused to accept them they revert to the dirty tricks of the villainous Arab TV channels and the gulf donkeys. They ask them to come up with any lie to save them, they tell them we feel the earth tremble under our feet; and we feel the masses advances towards us, and that we will lose the ground that we have gained, please save us with a lie or a rumor that will destroy the morale of the resistive Libyan people. That will destroy the morale of the sons of the Al-Fatah revolution.[...] They don’t even have a diplomatic or economic plan. They want to destroy the country; you saw what that the armed rebels did when they entered Tripoli, they looted it. They looted homes and stole the gold that belonged to the women. Each individual ran back to his tribe with the stolen booty (loot) , laid down his weapons and claimed that he is victorious. The Libyan people shouldn’t be silenced by such individuals and his great past. We shouldn’t leave our land to such menial cowards to steal the land of our grandfathers that are backed by the crusaders; that are now looking back at their failed colonialist plot and are repeating their calculations. They will be left on the battlefield alone, to resort to things that affect your morale the most. The last thing from them was that we saw Qaddafi’s convey enter Niger; what nonsense this isn’t the first time conveys have been seen in the area, from Mali, Chad & Algeria entering and exiting the Sahara desert. It’s as if it’s the first convey ever to enter Niger, be careful and look here and stay determined against these lies and false propaganda. They should be rubbed to dust. [كلمة القائد معمر القذافي]


Permalink Amnesty International Ignores Atrocities Against Black People in Libya

The "triumphant" rebels have been targeting supposed loyalists in the territories they control. There have been reports of the mass abuse of black people, who are suspected of being mercenaries from sub-Saharan Africa on Gaddafi’s payroll. Among the victims are nationals from Chad, Sudan, Ghana and Nigeria, many of whom came to Libya as guest workers and had no chance to flee when the violence erupted in the country. “Anyone with dark skin, they say he's a mercenary,” the Emirate newspaper The National cites a local resident as saying. Some reports claim hundreds of black people have been rounded up, arrested or even summarily executed in the first days after Tripoli was captured.

Another unlikely group suspected of being Gaddafi stooges is 23 Ukrainians, who were arrested for allegedly being mercenary snipers. Ukraine had been a major source for professionals such as doctors and engineers under Gaddafi’s rule, with Libyan companies offering wages several times higher than what they could earn back home. The group, which includes a woman and several old men, was working for an oil firm. They arrived in Libya in during the conflict, which is the main point of suspicion for the new authorities, since no other evidence was found. All the Ukrainians deny being combatants and say they served as engineers, cooks and other civilian specialists at an oil field. They said the rebels who arrested them took all their possessions and some have been beaten and tortured. “For some reason they think that Slavic people are snipers. We have nothing to do that. We came here to earn money peacefully,” Vladimir Doglov told RT's correspondent in Tripoli.


Permalink Rep. Lehtinen urges Obama to wield U.N. veto against Palestinians

MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should say clearly and publicly the United States will use its veto on the U.N. Security Council to block any Palestinian bid to gain U.N. membership, a senior Republican lawmaker said on Wednesday. - Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a conservative who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the call as Obama's administration made diplomatic moves to try to head off a Palestinian plan to gain statehood recognition at the U.N. General Assembly session that begins on September 19. Washington fears the Palestinians' statehood initiative at the United Nations could further snarl flagging U.S. efforts to revive Middle East peace talks, which broke down last year following a dispute over Jewish settlements. "I think President Obama should have come out clearly and said we will veto this," Ros-Lehtinen told Reuters in a telephone interview shortly after flying from Miami to Washington on Wednesday.

Stephen Lendman: HR 2829 Targets Palestinian Statehood


Permalink GOP debate audience cheers Perry’s execution record - Video

Republican voters at Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate expressed their approval of the death penalty by giving Gov. Rick Perry’s record on executions some of the loudest applause of the night.

“Your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times,” NBC’s Brian Williams told Perry as the conservative audience broke into cheers and applause. “Have you struggled to sleep at night with the idea that any one of those might have been innocent?”

“No, sir, I’ve never struggled with that at all,” Perry flatly stated. “In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you’re involved with another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face the ultimate justice in the state of Texas, and that is you will be executed.”


Permalink Ron Paul: Government set up the stage for 9/11 - Video

At the Republican presidential debate in California, the libertarian-leaning Texas lawmaker suggested that the September 11th attacks resulted in part from big government regulations. "Just remember, 9/11 came about because there was too much government," he said. "Government was more or less in charge. They told the pilots they couldn't have guns, and they were told never to resist. They set up the stage for all this." Paul was also asked about his call to demolish the TSA and how he would replace it.

After saying airlines should be responsible for the securities of passengers - not government bureaucrats - Paul added: "And look at the monstrosity we have at the airports." "These TSA agents are abusive," he said. "Sometimes they're accused of all kinds of sexual activities on the way they maul people at the airport."


Permalink 'US infiltrates 9/11 Truth Movement' - Audio

The US government has spent millions of dollars to infiltrate the 9/11 Truth Movement so that it fails to ask any of the important questions, a senior editor has told Press TV's US Desk. - “In answering the questions ten years later about 9/11, if you turn to the American peace movement, I don't think you are going to find the real questions,” said Gordon Duff, senior editor at Veterans Today, on Tuesday. Duff further added that the truth will remain hidden as the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaches, due to “controlled news and because of the millions of dollars spent infiltrating the peace movement and the 9/11 Truth Movement.” “The lies are being repeated more and more. More wild, more outlandish, more false, and every effort is being made to deceive the American people on a scale, never before seen,” Duff said.

Stephen Lendman: Media Manipulation of 9/11 Truth


Permalink US offering to reinstate visas to some Honduran coup officials

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The U.S. State Department is offering visas again to Honduran officials who had them revoked after taking part in a June 2009 coup that deposed former President Manuel Zelaya, a U.S. Embassy official confirmed Tuesday. - “The Department of State has determined that some of the Hondurans whose eligibility for visas was restricted following the June 2009 coup d’etat are again eligible to be considered for visas,” said a U.S. Embassy spokesperson who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to discuss the new policy. Gabriela Nunez, finance minister under the post-coup, interim President Roberto Micheletti, said she received notice in June that she could reapply for a visa. Nunez said Tuesday she didn’t know if other Honduran officials were eligible, but others said some were already traveling to the U.S. The U.S. revoked more than 1,000 visas of Micheletti officials after the coup. President Porfirio Lobo has since been democratically elected, and Zelaya has returned to the country.