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Firemen douse Rudy’s image as 9/11 hero

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1530535.ece

From The Sunday Times

March 18, 2007

Firemen douse Rudy’s image as 9/11 hero
Union bid to halt White House run

Sarah Baxter, New York

FIRE battalion chief Jim Riches brought up his son to be one of New York’s “bravest”, like him. The young Jim followed his father into the New York fire department and died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

What followed turned his heartbroken father into a relentless opponent of Rudy Giuliani, then mayor of New York. With other families of 9/11 victims, Riches has vowed to torpedo Giuliani’s prospects of winning the White House by attacking his greatest source of strength, his reputation as a hero that day.

“We’re going to follow him around the country,” said Riches. “We want all of America to know he is not the man he says he is.”

Rosie defends 9/11 mastermind/Suggests U.S. tortured, 'robbed him of humanity' to get false confession

Source: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54724

Thursday, March 15, 2007

MEDIA MATTERS

Rosie defends 9/11 mastermind
Suggests U.S. tortured, 'robbed him of humanity' to get false confession

Posted: March 15, 2007
5:16 p.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

(Rosie O'Donnell discussing Khalid Sheik Mohammed's confession. Photo: Media Research Council)

Rosie O'Donnell, hosting ABC's popular "The View" morning show, came to the defense of terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed today, suggesting the government elicited a false confession from the 9/11 mastermind by using torture, robbing him of his humanity and treating him like an animal.

A transcript of Mohammed's confession to 31 terrorist attacks was released today, but O'Donnell argued it came only after having a "hood on his head and being beaten to death."

The hood was a reference to the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq in which U.S. military personnel were punished for humiliating prisoners.

Bin Laden’s Confession; is that what it is

Source: http://www.muckrakerreport.com/id375.html

Bin Laden’s Confession; is that what it is?

March 15, 2007 -- The tape released by the Pentagon on December 13, 2001 in which Osama Bin Laden is seen describing the events of 9/11 to a paraplegic visitor, Khaled Al-Harbi, is as close to a confession of prior knowledge as anyone is going to get at a dinner gathering.

Bin Laden: So if the plane hits the building here [gestures with hands], the portion of the building above will collapse. That was the most we could hope for, the most we expected: that the floors above the point of entry would fall. We were at one of the canyons at the time of the event, and we knew since Thursday that it would be on Tuesday. So we had the radio on.

That is enough for me, still, there are those who doubt and might say, well, the event had already taken place and Bin Laden knew enough detail to make up a story and take credit. Yes, there are those who might say that and for various reasons.

Minneapolis / Confession doesn't stop conspiracy theories

Source: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/16904830.htm?source=rss&channel=twincities_local

Posted on Thu, Mar. 15, 2007

Minneapolis / Confession doesn't stop conspiracy theories
Some suspect sinister plot behind 2006 Uptown slaying of Zebuhr, a Scholars for 9/11 Truth member

BY EMILY GURNON
Pioneer Press

A teenage gunman admitted shooting Michael Zebuhr in a panic during a robbery in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood a year ago, but the Internet still buzzes with conspiracy theories about who killed the visiting doctoral student and why.

Zebuhr's death, which prompted outcries against random violence, also sparked talk of sinister plots involving the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a government coverup.

Even with shooter Billy Ray Deshawn Johnson scheduled to get a 30-year prison sentence today, the conspiracy theories live on.

Zebuhr, 25, was a Clemson University student and member of a group called Scholars for 9/11 Truth, which contends there is evidence the U.S. government orchestrated the Sept. 11 attacks, or at least allowed them to happen.

WE DID IT! HISTORIC VICTORY FOR WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION!

Source: http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20070313155344338

Tuesday, March 13 2007
We did it! Update to: TAKE ACTION: House Vote on Landmark Whistleblower Bill Endangered by Poisoned Pen Amendments
(Update note) Great work, everyone!! Now... let's push this through the Senate. Gee, why would they want to veto whistleblower protections.. hmm?

Sent by the National Whistleblower Center (whistleblowers.org), this action should be taken by every reader, immediately. We encourage you not just to send an email, but to call your Representative and follow up with a fax--"Please Vote NO on Amendments 3 and 4 to H.R. 985, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act." (For quick access to information on how to contact your Rep, see the link to Congress.org's handy tool, in our left-hand column here under "Get Involved.") If we are ever to truly determine and expose the truth of 9/11/01, it must be possible for whistleblowers to come forward without fear of retaliation. Just this weekend we learned, through an FBI whistleblower, that illegal, warrantless spying has been more widespread than we even imagined. Please help support more in coming forward.
— Ed.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: I was behind 9/11, transcript says

Here is the PDF transcripts of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Abu Faraj al-Libi and Ramzi Binalshibh (in that order):

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/03/14/transcript_ISN10024.pdf

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/03/14/transcript_ISN10017.pdf

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/03/14/transcript_ISN10013.pdf

Source of article (and link to CNN video of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed):

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/15/guantanamo.mohammed/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: I was behind 9/11, transcript says

Story Highlights

• Transcript is from Saturday hearing at Guantanamo; released by Pentagon
• Mohammed: "I was responsible for the 9/11 operation, from A to Z"
• Transcript says he's responsible for other attacks, including Bali bombing
• Mohammed is among 14 prisoners identified by U.S. as "high value"

From Mike Mount
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has admitted responsibility for the 9/11 attacks and a catalog of other terrorist acts, according to an edited transcript of a tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Al-Qaida No. 3 says he planned 9/11

Here is the most recent news on this subject:

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070315/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_terrorist_confession

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2007

Al-Qaida No. 3 says he planned 9/11

By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confirmed his notoriety as al-Qaida's most ambitious operational planner when, according to military transcripts, he confessed to planning and supporting 31 terrorist attacks, topped by 9/11, that killed thousands of innocent victims since the early 1990s.

The gruesome attacks range from the suicide hijackings of Sept. 11, 2001 — which killed nearly 3,000 — to a 2002 shooting on an island off Kuwait that killed a U.S. Marine.

Many plots, including a previously undisclosed plan to kill several former U.S. presidents, were never carried out or were foiled by international counterterror authorities.

Senate security bill approves many post-9/11 recommendations

Source: http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTM0NzImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3d...

Senate security bill approves many post-9/11 recommendations

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

By HERB JACKSON
STAFF WRITER

The Senate approved a sweeping bill Tuesday to implement many of the remaining recommendations of the 9/11 Commission and provide other security initiatives. Here is a look at some of the key provisions of the bill and how they could affect North Jersey communities.
What's in the bill

Tunnel improvements:Rail tunnels under the Hudson River that are nearly a century old would get upgrades including emergency escape stairwells from a $400 million provision added by Sen. Frank Lautenberg. Some 6,000 Bergen and Passaic county commuters use the tunnels on NJ Transit daily.

Reid Praises Senate Passage of Critical 9/11 Legislation

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070313/pl_usnw/reid_praises_senate_passage_of_critical911_legislation

Reid Praises Senate Passage of Critical 9/11 Legislation

Tue Mar 13, 6:25 PM ET

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Jim Manley or Rodell Mollineau, both of the Office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), +1-202-224-2939

WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on the Senate's passage of landmark legislation to fully implement the recommendations of the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions

I had to buy online the pretty expensive PDF to this article, so I would love to pass it on to anyone who wants a copy. Just email me if you're interested.

Source: http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JENMDT000133000003000308000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=Yes

Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions

J. Engrg. Mech., Volume 133, Issue 3, pp. 308-319 (March 2007)

Zdenek P. Bažant,1 F.ASCE and Mathieu Verdure2

1McCormick School Professor and W.P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering and Materials Science, Northwestern Univ., 2145 Sheridan Rd., CEE/A135, Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail: z-bazant@northwestern.edu

2Visiting Fellow, Northwestern Univ., 2145 Sheridan Rd., CEE/A135, Evanston, IL 60208; on leave from Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.

(Accepted 16 September 2006)

Conspiracy theories: the rumors are out there

Note: Yesterday evening, 03/12/07, I ordered the previous issue of Skeptic magazine wherein the “9/11 conspiracies" are covered at length:

https://www.skeptic.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SS&Product_Code=magv12n4&Category_Code=BIE

I was not able to find this issue on any of the newsstands in my area. And I have been told by Skeptic magazine that there is no electronic version of their magazine. So to get my copy in just a few days, I have purchased the fastest shipping available for my order. As soon as I get it, I'll post it for everyone to read. :)

Source: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_5410504

Conspiracy theories: the rumors are out there

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times

El Paso Times

Article Launched: 03/11/2007 12:20:13 AM MST

Forum on conspiracy theories at: http://dev.elpasotimes.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1173652834/0#0

El Pasoans and other readers around the world recently chuckled over a story about an alleged crop circle in the Upper Valley that turned out to be the work of El Paso artist Michael Alford.

Las Vegas' Stardust casino imploded

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/stardust_implosion;_ylt=ApuzOX.zd06v3uBmhxAjUTnBaMYA

Published: Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Las Vegas' Stardust casino imploded

By RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer

From Stardust to just dust. The Las Vegas Strip's first mass-market casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.'s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon.

Hundreds of people partied beneath tents and on makeshift patios before Boyd chairman Bill Boyd's four grandsons pushed a plunger to detonate the former Stardust casino. The blast generated a massive dust cloud that chased the revelers into cars, buses and nearby casinos.

"It hurts. We cried," said Sheila Navarro, 51, a school supplies buyer from Oxnard, Calif., who took shelter in the nearby Frontier casino-hotel. She came with three sisters, her mother, an aunt and a brother-in-law to say farewell to the casino she's gambled at for more than 30 years.

"It's very hard for me to find another casino to go to," she said. "Maybe in two years, three years, I'll have different feelings, but right now, my heart is broken."

9/11 Families Demand GOP Stop Blocking Commission Recommendations

Note: The four comments at end of the following article are interesting:

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-geiger/911-families-demand-gop-_b_43224.html

Published: Monday, March 12, 2007

9/11 Families Demand GOP Stop Blocking Commission Recommendations

Painfully aware of the avalanche of irrelevant amendments that Republicans have put forth in an attempt to stall or derail the 9/11 Commission recommendations from getting a Senate vote, families of those who died on September 11 have sent a harshly-worded letter to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), demanding that the GOP put national security before politics.

September 11 suspect gets Guantanamo hearing

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/ts_nm/guantanamo_hearings_dc

Published: Monday, March 12, 2007

September 11 suspect gets Guantanamo hearing

U.S. military officials have held initial hearings for three terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, the Pentagon said on Monday.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said a three-member panel examined the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at a closed hearing on Saturday at the U.S. military prison camp on Cuba.

Mohammed is among 14 prisoners identified by U.S. authorities as "high-value" terrorism suspects and transferred to Guantanamo last September from secret CIA prisons abroad.

The hearings to determine whether the suspects meet U.S. authorities' definition of an enemy combatant began on Friday, the Pentagon said.

The cases of two suspects -- Ramzi bin al Shaibah, a Yemeni also accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks, and alleged senior al Qaeda figure Abu Faraj al Libi of Libya -- were examined on Friday, Whitman said.

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