Tag: 9/11
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ imperialist propaganda
second thoughts on ‘charlie wilson’s war’ from chalmers johnson: When imperialist activities produce unmentionable outcomes, such as those well known to anyone paying attention to Afghanistan since about 1990, then ideological thinking kicks in. The horror story is suppressed, or reinterpreted as something benign or ridiculous (a “comedy”), or simply curtailed before the denouement becomes…
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‘new york defender’: wtc game still bothers some
from gothamist: For the past few years, the French game and humor site called Uzinagaz.com has been featuring an online video game which challenges players to prevent jetliners from flying into the Twin Towers. As the game progresses, the planes arrive with increasing frequency and eventually each tower collapses in a plume of digital dust.…
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larry ‘pull it’ silverstein makes more money off of wtc
from daily press: The World Trade Center site’s owner will pay millions in fines for falling at least a month behind on a deadline to turn over part of the site to a private developer building office towers there. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will pay between $9 million and $13.5…
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final midnight mass at ground zero
from monsters & critics: The first midnight Mass at ground zero was celebrated as workers were still clearing debris from the World Trade Center after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Increased construction is picking up at the World Trade Center site in New York. The last Mass was held Monday night, giving police, firefighters, recovery…
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argenbright, pentapower, indoctrination & uk ufo’s
9/11 airport security pariah tries a comebackfrom atlanta journal-constitution: Six years ago, Argenbright was a pariah. Two of the four hijacking teams passed through screening stations manned by Argenbright Security. U.S. Attorney Gen. John Ashcroft later called a press conference to condemn the company for “an astonishing pattern of crimes that could have directly jeopardized…
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northcom, 9/11, biometrics & secession
northcom: constitution not importantfrom rogue government: The United States government is now actively directing the attention of the U.S. military towards the American people. Using the phony war on terror, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) are creating a militarized control grid specifically to enslave the American people. cia withheld…
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US: suspect is kin to 9/11 hijacker
from ap: A Saudi terrorism suspect facing possible charges before a military tribunal at Guantanamo has been identified as a brother-in-law of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers. Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi, who is accused of helping to organize an al-Qaida plot to attack a ship, is a brother-in-law of Khalid al-Mihdhar, a Saudi…
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ helped give us 9/11
‘war’ isn’t pretty, woman from news & observer: The movie pretty much cops out at the end by glossing over that Wilson’s noble, patriotic actions may have contributed to the 9/11 attacks down the line. This was brought to full attention in Sorkin’s original draft of the script, but the real Herring reportedly threatened legal…
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ny emergency radio network fails first major test
from the inquirer: A $2 billion installed radio network intended to connect emergency responders throughout the New York state failed its first major test. This all sounds a lot like 9/11’s radio fiasco shown in Robert Greenwald’s film about how poorly Motorola’s radios worked during the infamous Twin Towers disaster in New York City. Think…
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Police Brutality & Torture Are Normal After 9/11
State control of the police-justice-law triumvirate guarantees low quality of service, high prices, inefficiency, injustice and chaos.
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news on the march
creationist stabs evolutionistfrom the australian: A Fruit-picking trip to southern New South Wales ended in the death of a Scottish backpacker who became embroiled in a bizarre row about creationism and evolution. English backpacker Alexander Christian York, 33, was today sentenced to a maximum of five years jail for the manslaughter of Scotsman Rudi Boa…
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nyc shuts 9/11 remains sifting facility
from ap: The city has closed a facility where debris was sifted for Sept. 11 victims’ remains, but the search won’t end until after the World Trade Center site is rebuilt, a city official said Tuesday. Ongoing construction around ground zero — including the dismantling of a toxic skyscraper that caught fire in August —…
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outrage over 99¢ game based on 9/11
from jersey journal: Crass commercialism of the holidays isn’t new. But it may have reached a new low at a Bayonne dollar store that offers a game that exploits one of the worst tragedies in the history of the United States. The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, where more than 2,600…
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the golden suicides
When Theresa Duncan, 40, took her own life on July 10, followed a week later by her boyfriend, Jeremy Blake, 35, their friends were stunned & the press was fascinated: what had destroyed this glamorous couple, stars of New York’s multi-media art world, still madly in love after 12 years? Nancy Jo Sales reveals the…
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lee hamilton: cia obstructed the 9/11 commission
from depauw university: “Did they obstruct our inquiry? The answer is clearly yes,” says Lee Hamilton, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, in the wake of reports the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogations of two al-Qaida suspects. “Whether that amounts to a crime, others will have to judge,” adds Hamilton, a 1952 graduate of DePauw University,…