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Originally posted by jensy
they seem to have left so many holes and imperfections that they manage to be caught out by a bunch of paranoid part time internet detectives. Not only this but as of yet not a single one of you has in any way shape or form been prevented or discouraged from preaching this bizarre and altogether contradictory argument.
Originally posted by jensy
reply to post by mmiichael
Nor should you stop questioning, it is man ability to question and reason which has allowed the advancement to the world in which we live. What I object to is the egotistical traits of some to believe they have come to the ultimate conclusion.
Personally I have never taken much of an interest in 9/11 conspiracy theories. I have lived my life between London and New York and had the dubious fortune of being just north of the city at the time of the attacks. As such I have a self confessed sensitivity to replaying the kind of panic and fear which I and those around me experienced.
What troubles me is not the existence of holes and contradictions in the ‘official’ story so much as the failure of the world’s only hyper-power to predict and pre-empt such an attack. Further more people who attempt to string together loose evidence which as demonstrated in this thread, can be pulled apart easily I find just as reprehensible.
Jensy
Originally posted by Crakeur
How about the advanced warning that has been shown to be an exaggerated tale about a vague text that didn't specify location at all? can we now say that two of your facts used to back up your claim are, in fact, wrong?
When you put an idea out for people to believe, and you back your idea up with facts, you should know if the facts are, actually, correct.
One theory has the 767’s involved in the WTC attacks––as coming from the USAF KC-767 tankers that were outfitted with remote-control electronics.
Boeing submitted a revised bid for the KC-X in April 2007, the KC-767AT Advanced Tanker based on a newer version 767-200LR long-range freighter aircraft (rather than the 200ER) with Pratt & Whitney PW4062 engines. The contract was awarded to the Northrop Grumman KC-30 in February 2008.
Boeing has appealed against the award and has asked the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the decision in relation to the evaluation award criteria established for the competition. The GAO sustained the protest and in June 2008 recommended that the USAF reopen the bidding process. In September 2008, the US Department of Defense cancelled the competition, citing the need to defer any decision for the next presidential administration taking power in January 2008.
In July 2001, the Italian Air Force ordered four 767 tanker transports in the combi variant with deliveries scheduled to begin in mid-2008. The aircraft is designated B-767 and Alenia Aeronautica is assisting in development and production. The maiden flight of the first aircraft was in May 2005
www.informationclearinghouse.info...
Remarkably, the Urban Moving Systems Israelis, when interrogated by the FBI, explained their motives for "celebration" on the New Jersey waterfront a celebration that consisted of cheering, smiling, shooting film with still and video cameras and, according to the FBI, "high-fiving" - in the Machiavellian light of geopolitics. "Their explanation of why they were happy", FBI spokesman Margolin told me, "was that the United States would now have to commit itself to fighting [Middle East] terrorism, that Americans would have an understanding and empathy for Israel's circumstances, and that the attacks were ultimately a good thing for Israel".
When reporters on the morning of 9/11 asked former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the effect the attacks would have on Israeli- American relations, he responded with a similar gut analysis: "It's very good", he remarked. Then he amended the statement: "Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy [for Israel from Americans]".
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if the men were cheering for political reasons, as they reportedly told the FBI, they obviously believed they were witnessing a terrorist act, and not an accident.
After returning safely to Israel in the late autumn of 2001, three of the five New Jersey Israelis spoke on a national talk show that winter. Oded Ellner, who on the afternoon of September 11 had, like his compatriots, protested to arresting officer Sgt. Dennis Rivelli that "we're Israeli", admitted to the interviewer: "We are coming from a country that experiences terror daily. Our purpose was to document the event". By his own admission, then, Ellner stood on the New Jersey waterfront documenting with film and video a terrorist act before anyone knew it was a terrorist act.
One obvious question among many comes to mind: If these men were trained as professional spies, why did they exhibit such outright oafishness at the moment of truth on the waterfront? The ABC network source close to the 20/20 report noted one of the more disturbing explanations proffered by counterintelligence investigators at the FBI: "The Israelis felt that in some way their intelligence had worked out - i.e., they were celebrating their own acumen and ability as intelligence agents".
The questions abound: Did the Urban Moving Systems Israelis, ready to "document the event", arrive at the waterfront before the first plane came in from the north? And if they arrived right after, why did they believe it was a terrorist attack? What about the strange tale of the "art students"? Could they have been mere hustlers, as they claimed, who ended up repeatedly crossing paths with federal agents and living next door to most of the 9/11 hijackers by coincidence? Did the Israeli authorities find out more about the impending attacks than they shared with their U.S. counterparts? Or did the Israeli spies on the ground only intercept vague chatter that, in their view, did not warrant breaking cover to share the information?
On the other hand, did the U.S. government receive more advance information about the attacks from Israeli authorities than it is willing to admit? What about the 9/11 Commission's eliding of reported Israeli warnings that may have led to the watch-listing of Mihdhar and Hazmi? Were the Israeli warnings purposely washed from the historical record? Did the CIA know more about pre-9/11 Israeli spying than it has admitted?
Originally posted by Crakeur
I'm LEARY of anyone who didn't review the links
If y'all would read the posts and stop LEARing at old articles,
Originally posted by Crakeur
reply to post by GoldenFleece
I'm LEARY of anyone who didn't review the links I provided that showed that the Odigo message was an exaggeration of what actually happend. It was, without a doubt, odd as hell but the 2 employees who received the messages were in Israel when it happened and the messages did not indicate WHERE the attack was to take place. If you follow the links I provided and not stick to articles that predate mine, you will see that the propagandists seized upon the incomplete aspect of that story.
Much like the propagandists seized upon phony stories about 4000 Israelis and only one dead jew.
The thread was moved to the hoax forum because the foundation for the theory was based, in part on hoaxes. Not every aspect of the article was a hoax and that is rather clearly pointed out in the title change and the admin edit made by SkepticOverlord, who made the hoax forum call and moved it.
If y'all would read the posts and stop LEARing at old articles, you'd see that the world continued to research and report on these issues well beyond the dates of your linked articles.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
I'm incredibly interested in the truck with the mural on it though which was full of explosives...
That and the mossad agent being on the plane... that blew my mind.
But why, why would a mossad agent fly to their death? I understand Jihadis... but a Mossad agent? Are they as stupid as these religious fanatics?
Originally posted by Crakeur
reply to post by GoldenFleece
I'm LEARY of anyone who didn't review the links I provided that showed that the Odigo message was an exaggeration of what actually happend. It was, without a doubt, odd as hell but the 2 employees who received the messages were in Israel when it happened and the messages did not indicate WHERE the attack was to take place. If you follow the links I provided and not stick to articles that predate mine, you will see that the propagandists seized upon the incomplete aspect of that story.
It was, without a doubt, odd as hell but the 2 employees who received the messages were in Israel when it happened and the messages did not indicate WHERE the attack was to take place.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by lee anoma
I don't know about 'Odigo', but in mike's OP he suggests that only ONE person of Jewish faith died in the WTC that day, with the innuendo that text messages might have been sent to more than just two people in ISRAEL!
As I understand it, this has been shown to be demonstrably false,
Originally posted by mmiichael
No truck full of explosives. As I recall, a map with places circled on it - pretty standard for a moving company. Boxcutters - also pretty standard for people cutting open boxes. Dogs trained to sniff out things like explosives reacting - yes, they reacted, but no explosives found.
Originally posted by Crakeur
reply to post by GoldenFleece
I'm LEARY of anyone who didn't review the links I provided that showed that the Odigo message was an exaggeration of what actually happend.
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Originally posted by GoldenFleece
And I see you guys (or maybe just you) still think I'm John Lear. How lame. Continue your LEARiness, but you're wrong about this too.