OMG! CONDI (and BUSH & Now SCOTT) Still Thinks IRAQ = 9/11

AQ is the most wanted, hunted group on the face of the earth.

Harboring them is seriously illegal; and holds dire consequences.

Therefore, AQ must either 1) live, eat and work in a country that doesn't know of their presence, or
2) Have the cooperation of the country they live, eat and work in.

Unless a country is in chaos, or has poor law enforcement, the country will discover AQ is operating there. Wouldn't you say?

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I see that you ignored "reportedly," "apparently," "There are indications . . ." You may very well be right about this, but this report does not categorically state that these things are facts.

A best guess is not a bad basis for making a decision. But it is not, and never can be a fact.

Together with the recent staff reports of the 9-11 commission (found at www.9-11commission.org), the Clarke book is worth reading for a history of our lack of anti-terrorism protective measures from 1981 to the present. One can learn that Clarke and a few others were alone in their cries of "wolf"; that they saw the threat of al Quaeda coming to the U.S. homeland and not just to targets abroad. But few listened and most did nothing to deal with the threat, causing Clarke to become a very frustrated official who eventually asked to be relieved on his job a few months before 9-11

Ashcroft asked the inspector general to investigate why the INS sent visa approval notices for Atta and Al-Shehhi to the Florida flight school in March, more than six months after the terror attacks.

It is apparent to me I have been discussing this wilth people who have no concern for veracity.

Lash - have you forgotten the first WTC attack in 1993?

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Together with the recent staff reports of the 9-11 commission (found at www.9-11commission.org), the Clarke book is worth reading for a history of our lack of anti-terrorism protective measures from 1981 to the present. One can learn that Clarke and a few others were alone in their cries of "wolf"; that they saw the threat of al Quaeda coming to the U.S. homeland and not just to targets abroad. But few listened and most did nothing to deal with the threat, causing Clarke to become a very frustrated official who eventually asked to be relieved on his job a few months before 9-11

1981


24 years ago



The Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton administrations knew there was something brewing. Or at least, some members of their administrations and some employees at government agencies were aware and concerned.

There are whacks of references on that.

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International effort to destroy A-Q?

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Have you forgotten that while some law enforcement agencies were looking for A-Q members in the U.S., they were travelling in and out of the U.S. - and in two cases got their visas after they'd crashed into the WTC

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Ashcroft asked the inspector general to investigate why the INS sent visa approval notices for Atta and Al-Shehhi to the Florida flight school in March, more than six months after the terror attacks.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/05/national/main511204.shtml