Tag: toxic dust
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scientists find active ‘super-thermite’ in wtc dust
from raw story: A team of nine scientists have unearthed startling data from dust gathered in the days and weeks after the World Trade Center towers collapsed on 9/11. They discovered that scattered throughout the dust samples were red and gray chips of ‘active thermitic material’, or an un-reacted pyrotechnic explosive. Thermite is used in…
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9/11 updates: jimmy carter says yes & so should you
jimmy carter supports a new 9/11 investigation from anthony the activist: Members of We Are Change Ohio got a chance to meet up with the former President Jimmy Carter while he was in Chicago on his latest book signing tour. We asked him if he would support the victim’s family member’s demand for a new…
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9/11 updates: lawsuits, liability, chat logs & flukes
nyc ruling limits airlines’ liability for 9/11(or: lucky larry wants more)from ap: A judge says developer Larry Silverstein cannot recover more from the aviation industry than the $2.8 billion value of the World Trade Center if his lawsuits succeed. Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein made the determination in a ruling filed Thursday. The decision carried Wednesday’s…
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9/11 first responders to visit west virginia school
from wvde: John Feal, founding president of the FealGood Foundation and a demolition expert who worked at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will bring his message to Upshur County students and residents on Friday, Oct. 24. Feal and up to seven other first responders will meet with students at Buchannon Upshur…
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9/11: memorial delays, cloned heroes & hopsicker
9/11 memorial to be completed by 2012?from gothamist: Now that the Port Authority doesn’t want to give “unrealistic” or “phony” timelines about projects at Ground Zero, it’s clear many projects won’t be completed. Like the long-awaited 9/11 Memorial. Back in 2006, when construction started, it was thought the memorial would be completed by 2009, but…
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9/11: tribunals, patsies, martyrs, mccain & more
judge critical of gitmo trials is dismissedfrom thinkprogress: Army Col. Peter Brownback III, a judge who was hearing a war crimes case at Guantanamo Bay and “publicly expressed frustration with military prosecutors’ refusal to give evidence to the defense,” has been dismissed. Brownback had threatened to suspend the proceedings against Omar Khadr “unless prosecutors handed…
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9/11 updates: tribunals, torture, toxic dust & fahrenheit
uk government loses case against supposed ‘9/11 pilot trainer’ demolition to resume at new york skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire “the government has made it impossible to defend them” military judge denies motions to delay arraignment of 9/11 suspects US military officers challenge official account of 9/11 case against 9/11 mastermind in jeopardy…
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Court: Whitman Not Liable For Lies About 9/11 Toxic Dust
from reuters: The former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cannot be held liable for assurances she gave about air safety following the September 11 attacks in New York, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Christine Todd Whitman led the agency at the time of the attacks and was sued by people who…
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9/11: contradiction, confrontation & documentation
alleged hijacker booked post-9/11 flightsfrom paul joseph watson: Astounding newly released FBI documents (3.98mb PDF) obtained via the Freedom Of Information Act show that alleged 9/11 hijacker Hamza Al-Ghamdi had booked future flights to San Francisco and Riyadh, suggesting that he was unaware of his eventual fate aboard United Airlines Flight 175, the plane that…
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9/11?’s: insider trading, phones, protests & willie!
will kucinich investigate 9/11 insider trading?from jones report: Congressman Dennis Kucinich revealed that he is initiating an investigation into the insider trading that took place leading up to 9/11, particularly in regards to put options placed on American Airlines and United Airlines stock. Kucinich said that he had personal questions about the implications insider trading…
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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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news on the march
estimate says iran nuke program stopped in 2003from iht: A new U.S. intelligence report concludes that Iran’s nuclear weapons development program has been halted since the fall of 2003 because of international pressure – a stark contrast to the conclusions U.S. spy agencies drew just two years ago. and now, for more on this story…
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9/11 workers outraged by new rudy claim
from aftermath news/newsday: Rudy Giuliani drew outrage and indignation from Sept. 11 first-responders yesterday by saying he spent as much time – or more – exposed to the site’s dangers as workers who dug through the debris for the missing and the dead. Speaking to reporters at a Cincinnati Reds ballgame he caught between fund-raisers,…
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hero 9/11 rescue dog dies of cancer
from nbc5: A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died of cancer. Owner Mary Flood had 12-year-old Jake put to sleep Wednesday after a last stroll through the fields and a dip in the creek near their home in Oakley,…
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Whitman On Hot Seat Over 9/11 Aftermath
from ap/my way: Ex-EPA chief Christie Whitman denounced as “downright falsehoods” the criticism of her assurances that it was safe to breathe the air around the fallen World Trade Center. “There are people to blame. They are the terrorists that attacked the United States, not the men and women of all levels of government,” Whitman…