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At about 6 a.m. Sept. 11, Longboat Key Fire Marshall Carroll Mooneyhan was at the front desk of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort as Bush prepared for his morning jog. From that vantage point, Mooneyhan overheard a strange exchange between a Colony receptionist and security guard. A van occupied by men of Middle Eastern descent had pulled up to the Colony stating they had a "poolside" interview with the president, Mooneyhan said. The self-proclaimed reporters then asked for a Secret Service agent by name. Guards from security relayed the request to the receptionist, who had not heard of either the agent or plans for an interview, Mooneyhan said. The receptionist gave the phone over to a nearby Secret Service agent, who said the same thing: no one knew of an agent by that name or of any poolside interview. The agent told the occupants of the van to contact the president's public relations office in Washington, D. C., and turned them away from the premises, Mooneyhan said. In light of the attacks, Mooneyhan wonders if what he witnessed is related to the events of Sept. 11.
When Commander Masood asked him to translate for two Arab journalists who had been waiting patiently for nearly three weeks to interview the legendary guerilla leader, he readily agreed. As the interview started Masood Khalili says both he and his old friend realized something was terribly wrong.
"The last smile, it was a poisonous smile I will never forget it," he said. "When I watched the cameraman and he said he was ready - I smiled at him to thank him with a smile - saying good, you are ready. His smile to me the way he looked into my eyes, always I will remember that." As he turned to repeat the question to Commander Masood, Masood Khalili says he felt fire rushing towards his face. He says he knew immediately he and his old friend were about to die.
Im not sure if this was previously discussed. If so can a Mod please move this thread where they see fit. Secret Service is literally secretive. Apparently was never investigated by the 9/11 commission. According to investigative journalist Daniel Hopsicker (www.madcowprod.com), three nights before President Bush arrived at the Colony Resort, several credible eyewitnesses reported 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta at a hotel just two miles down the beach, the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites.
Also, according to Hopsicker, "On the night before the [9/11] attack, Zainlabdeen Omer, a Middle Eastern resident of Sarasota, [FL] told police that a friend he knew as 'Ghandi,' who had made threats against the President in the past, had just arrived in the city." Omer indicated that his friend may be involved in an imminent assassination attempt on the president, and also warned of an imminent terrorist attack.
In response, Secret Service agents searched an apartment in Sarasota and arrested four occupants from Sudan. The men were questioned and released, and the Secret Service determined that Omer's warning had been an unfounded "coincidence." Score another one for those crazy "coincidence theorists," who think every suspicious connection or fact is just a coincidence.
At about 6 a.m. Sept. 11, Longboat Key Fire Marshall Carroll Mooneyhan was at the front desk of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort as Bush prepared for his morning jog. From that vantage point, Mooneyhan overheard a strange exchange between a Colony receptionist and security guard. A van occupied by men of Middle Eastern descent had pulled up to the Colony stating they had a "poolside" interview with the president, Mooneyhan said. The self-proclaimed reporters then asked for a Secret Service agent by name. Guards from security relayed the request to the receptionist, who had not heard of either the agent or plans for an interview, Mooneyhan said. The receptionist gave the phone over to a nearby Secret Service agent, who said the same thing: no one knew of an agent by that name or of any poolside interview. The agent told the occupants of the van to contact the president's public relations office in Washington, D. C., and turned them away from the premises, Mooneyhan said. In light of the attacks, Mooneyhan wonders if what he witnessed is related to the events of Sept. 11.
When Commander Masood asked him to translate for two Arab journalists who had been waiting patiently for nearly three weeks to interview the legendary guerilla leader, he readily agreed. As the interview started Masood Khalili says both he and his old friend realized something was terribly wrong.
"The last smile, it was a poisonous smile I will never forget it," he said. "When I watched the cameraman and he said he was ready - I smiled at him to thank him with a smile - saying good, you are ready. His smile to me the way he looked into my eyes, always I will remember that." As he turned to repeat the question to Commander Masood, Masood Khalili says he felt fire rushing towards his face. He says he knew immediately he and his old friend were about to die.
Originally posted by infinityoreilly
My father had an idea about Afganistan that kind of blew my mind. Instead of military action and the inevitable alliances with the Drug Lords that run the show there, why not just pay the opium farmers for their crops? Offer more than the Drug Lords and when the SHTF take out those same Drug Lords and the Taliban.
Farmers happy, no seedy alliances, and take the dope and destroy it!