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9/11: Time for a Second Look- Lecture by Prof. David Ray Griffin

Posted by seumasach on April 21, 2009

voltairenet.org

 18 APRIL 2009

From
Brussels (Belgium)

My lecture is called “9/11: Time for a Second Look.” In suggesting that it is time for people to take a second look at 9/11, I have in mind primarily people who decided long ago that the attacks of 9/11 happened essentially the way the Bush-Cheney administration and the official reports about 9/11 said they happened, and who therefore decided that the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement, which disputes that account, is comprised of crazy conspiracy theorists with no capacity to evaluate evidence objectively. Having formed these views long ago, such people, including most journalists, have been impervious to any arguments presented by the Truth Movement. They simply roll their eyes and move on.

However, both the Truth Movement and the available evidence have changed dramatically in the past 3 years. Because of these changes, it is not rational to reject the claims of this movement out of hand, without taking a second look. If you are a person who has had such an attitude, you cannot, in the face of these changes, simply roll your eyes without exhibiting the very irrationality of which you accuse the people you dismiss as “conspiracy theorists.”

My lecture is also addressed, albeit indirectly, to fellow members of the Truth Movement. Some members have decided that, now that Bush and Cheney are out of office and the Obama administration has reversed some of their 9/11-based policies, getting the truth about 9/11 revealed is no longer so important. Other members of the movement, seeing that the Obama administration is still presupposing that al-Qaeda attacked America on 9/11, have concluded that there is no hope that this truth will ever be revealed, so we might as well give up. To such people, I suggest that getting the truth revealed is just as important as ever, because many 9/11-based policies, especially the war in Afghanistan, have not been reversed. I also suggest that, because of the changes in the political landscape combined with developments in the 9/11 Truth Movement, we now have, really for the first time, a realistic chance of getting a genuine investigation. Read the rest of this entry »

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A Danish scientist Niels Harrit, on nano-thermite in the WTC dust

Posted by seumasach on April 13, 2009

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David Ray Griffin in London to talk on 9/11

Posted by seumasach on April 11, 2009

Professor David Ray Griffin, renowned author of a series of eye-opening books that recount his painstaking research into the attacks of September 11, 2001, begins his new European tour in London on 14th April. Stressing the fact that the time has come for a second look at the events of that fateful day the evening will be comprised of a lecture and a questions and answers session with Professor Griffin. It is the first date of a European tour taking in 7 countries over the next month. 9/11: Time for a Second Look – Prof. David Ray Griffin Tuesday 14th April 2009 City University, Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre The Tait Building, Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB 6:30 doors, starts at 7pm. Tickets are £5.50 (incl 50p booking fee) and can be obtained via: http://www.timeforasecondlook.com/london

We Are Change London London Truth Action — List moderator london911truth@fastmail.fm

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11th September 2001: a Global Provocation

Posted by seumasach on March 18, 2009

Leonid Ivashov

Voltairenet.org

17th March, 2009

Translation at foot of each paragraph

Politologue russe influent, issu des milieux nationalistes, le général Léonid Ivashov était chef d’état-major des armées le 11 septembre 2001. Ce jour-là, il avait placé ses satellites en alerte pour observer les manœuvres militaires aériennes annoncées aux USA, mais c’est un tout autre spectacle auquel il fut confronté. Au vu des analyses de cet événements par ses experts, il a écarté l’hypothèse Al-Qaïda et conclu à une provocation de l’élite financière anglo-saxonne.

[Influential Russian political scientist, of the nationalist school, Leonid Ivashov was Chief-of-Staff of the Russian armed forces on September 11th. On that day, he placed his satellites on alert to observe the announced US air force military manoeuvres, only to be confronted with something quite different. After an analysis conducted by his experts, he discarded the Al-Queda hypothesis and concluded that it had been an Anglo-saxon provocation.]

Sur cette base, il développé la vision stratégique russe du monde post-11-Septembre. Nous reproduisons ici un de ses articles, représentatif de sa pensée et de celle des officiers supérieurs russes. Le lecteur sera surpris de constater que ce qui est considéré comme un délire dans les pays de l’OTAN est une vérité d’évidence en Russie, comme d’ailleurs dans de nombreux autres régions du monde. Au-delà de la question d’établir la vérité, l’honnêteté intellectuelle exige de comprendre et d’accepter la relativité des points de vue. Cet article sera particulièrement précieux pour les militaires français au moment où le ministre de la Défense a engagé une chasse aux sorcières contre les enseignants de l’École de guerre qui ont osé rendre compte de la diversité des interprétations du 11-Septembre.

[On this basis, he developed a Russian strategic vision for the post-9/11. We reproduce here one of his articles, representative of his thinking and that of his superior officers. The reader may note that that which is taken for a delirium in the NATO countries is regarded as self-evident truth in Russia, as in other areas of the world. Beyond the question of establishing the truth, intellectual honesty demands the understanding and accepting of other points of view. This article will be particularly valuable for the French military at a moment when the Defense department is conducting a witch hunt against teachers at the War College who dare to present alternative interpretations of 9/11.]

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Understanding the Judicial cover-up of 9/11 & the sinking of the ‘Estonia’

Posted by smeddum on February 14, 2009

UNDERSTANDING THE JUDICIAL COVER-UP OF 9-11 
& THE SINKING OF ESTONIA

“I would like some truth and accountability 
— and I want the public to hear it.” 

– Mike Low, father of Sara E. Low, 
flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11.


11/2/09
The most steadfast fighters in the prolonged struggle for the truth of what really happened on 9-11 are the relatives of three victims who died at the World Trade Center.  These dedicated families represent the last plaintiffs from the nearly 3,000 victims of 9-11.  While I know of one other unresolved wrongful death lawsuit, all the other families of victims have reached out-of-court settlements.  Although the 9-11 tort litigation is of immense historical importance to all Americans, it remains one of the most under-reported stories of our time.     Read the rest of this entry »

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High-Level CIA Officer: It Is Time to Re-Open the 9/11 Investigation

Posted by seumasach on February 6, 2009

 

George Washington’s Blog

5th February, 2009

A decorated 20-year CIA veteran, who Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh called “perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East”, and whose astounding career formed the script for the Academy Award winning motion picture Syriana (Robert Baer) said “the evidence points at” 9/11 having had aspects of being an inside job .

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Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War

Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009

 

 

 

One absolutely key element is missing from this analysis: by keeping the bulk of the US army, sworn to defend the constitution, engaged abroad the way is left clear for Northern Command, a special and unconstitutional force, to seize control inside the USA.

Prof. Peter Dale Scott

Global Research

8th January, 2009

Paulson’s Financial Bailout

 

It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, and the normal procedures for orderly consideration of a bill were dispensed with.

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Career Army Specialist sues Rumsfeld, Cheney, saying no evacuation order given on 9/11

Posted by seumasach on January 5, 2009

Career Army Officer Sues Cheney, Rumsfeld for 9/11 complicity for failing to issue a warning that American Airlines Flight 77 was about to hit the building despite receiving knowledge of its approach some 20 minutes in advance. The Lawsuit mentions, inter alia, that on the eve of the attack Defendant Rumsfeld had conducted a press conference at the Pentagon in which he publicly announced that some 2.3 trillion dollars in Defense Department funds could not be accounted for.

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Ariz. police say they are prepared as War College warns military must prep for unrest; IMF warns of economic riots

Posted by seumasach on December 21, 2008

 

“U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., both said U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson brought up a worst-case scenario as he pushed for the Wall Street bailout in September. Paulson, former Goldman Sachs CEO, said that might even require a declaration of martial law, the two noted.”

Phoenix Business Journal

17th December, 2008

 

A new report by the U.S. Army War College talks about the possibility of Pentagon resources and troops being used should the economic crisis lead to civil unrest, such as protests against businesses and government or runs on beleaguered banks.

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Northcom Chief Vows to Address Worries About New Homeland Unit

Posted by seumasach on December 21, 2008

With the US armed forces, sworn to the defence of the constitution, in decline and depleted by the Iraq and Afghan quagmires,  a new “homeland” command, set up in 2002 under Eberhart, the man responsible for air defence on 9/11, is  already in place.  This force is set to play a key role as the American people are  marginalised by the financier interests which control the country.

 

CQ Politics

17th December, 2008

A senior military official pledged Wednesday to address congressional concerns about a new homeland emergency response task force that is designed to respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear attack.

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is Dead- Asia Times, 2002

Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2008

Raising the question of precisely who is being tried at a US miltary tribunal in Cuba. Will they ever show us a picture of him other than the usual one of a bedraggled looking individual?

A chilling inheritance of terror
By Syed Saleem Shahzad

Asia Times

30th October, 2002

KARACHI – Ever since the frenzied shootout last month on September 11 in Karachi there have been doubts over whether Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed head of al-Qaeda’s military committee, died in the police raid on his apartment.

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