Bandar Bush's Successor - Head of Saudi Intelligence for 24 Years

Saudi Bond and George Smiley

Bandar's successor as ambassador is Prince Turki bin Faisal, the ambassador in London for the past three years, who was head of Saudi intelligence for 24 years before that. If Bandar is Saudi Arabia's James Bond, Turki is the kingdom's George Smiley (of John Le Carre fame).
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By the time the defeated Soviets slunk out of Afghanistan in February 1989, bin Laden had been elevated to hero status in Saudi Arabia. So when bin Laden asked to see Turki Aug. 2, 1990, the day Saddam Hussein invaded Iraq, he was not kept waiting. What followed was described by Turki as one of history's most expensive laughs. Bin Laden told Turki he knew the royals were thinking of inviting the U.S. Army to the kingdom to push the Iraqis out of Kuwait, but that this was not necessary as bin Laden's "Afghan Arab" fighters could do the job. Turki laughed and a furious bin Laden stormed out of his office.

Mid Week Open Thread

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Post some links, post some comments.

Mainstream Media Plays the Religion/Race Card When Discussing 9/11 Doubters

Today a handful of articles popped up all over the media about a certain someone who doubts the official story of 9/11.

Were the articles about the 9/11 Families Who Fought To Create 9/11 Commission Declaring It A Failure?

Were the articles about the congressional briefing on the failures of the 9/11 commission?

Were the articles about the zogby poll showing that half of the citizens (approx. 9 million) of New York state beleive our government had prior knowledge and conciously failed to act?

Five More New 9/11 Related MP3 Downloads

Just added the following tracks to the 9/11 Related Music Special Feature:

  • Addek - Critikal Timez
  • Appono Astos - Fight the Corruption
  • Righteous Babe - Self Evident
  • Michele Paris - Justice
  • Inner Surge - Bury the Evidence

Be sure to check them out along with all of the other songs here!

Special thanks to Frank for the submissions!
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C-SPAN BOOK TV to Broadcast Author Nafeez Ahmed featured at Beyond Downing Street Town Hall Meeting

C-SPAN BOOK TV to Broadcast Author Nafeez Ahmed featured at Beyond Downing Street Town Hall Meeting

C-SPAN's BookTV has informed 9/11 CitizensWatch that they will broadcast the Beyond Downing Street Town Hall meeting featuring Nafeez M. Ahmed, author of The War on Truth: 9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism, on Saturday, July 30 at 8PM EST, Sunday, July 31 at 1PM EST and 1:15AM Monday, August 1st (late Sunday night).

This presentation by eminent researcher Ahmed was recorded at the American University during the Washington, D.C. Emergency Truth Convergence [www.truthemergency.us] last Saturday, July 23 from 4-5:30PM.

Critics Cite Omissions, Cover-Ups On First Anniversary of 9/11 Commission Report

Critics Cite Omissions, Cover-Ups On First Anniversary of 9/11 Commission Report - Len Bracken

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the first anniversary of the 9/11 Commission Report, family members and experts challenged its veracity and comprehensiveness at hearings convened by Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) on July 22.

Congresswoman McKinney set the tone by reminding the assembled citizens and media in the stately Cannon Office Building hearing room of administration’s opposition to the commission, of the conflicts of interest among its members and of the omissions in the report. Many of the alleged hijackers are alive in Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Egypt, she said, yet the report failed to mention this. She lamented that the report did not cover the final $100,000 payment to hijacker Mohamed Atta from Saeed Sheikh or Bin Laden’s connection with the mujaheddin. Much “inconvenient information” was left out of the report, she said. Co-chair the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, Lorie Van Auken, whose husband died in the World Trade Center, shattered the notion that the report is an accurate account by presenting numerous cases where it is suspect, such as the three-minute discrepancy with the seismic record of the flight 93 crash and the failure to investigate the claim by the administration spokesman that there were no warnings when in fact there were many. The report somehow skipped over the FBI’s thwarting of a request to search Zacorais Moussaoui’s computer by editing the request and finally blocking it. According to Van Auken, the so-called Reno Wall excuse for this was unjustified and an FBI lawyer who looked into the affair had never seen a refusal for a search request such as this. Moreover, the FBI official responsible for blocking the request, David Frasca, was rewarded with a promotion and large financial bonus.

Another New 9/11 Related Music Entry

Special Feature: 9/11 Related Music

Just uploaded a new track entitled 'You Lied' from 'Away With the Fairys'. It is a 7+ minute song that covers a bunch of subjects including 9/11. It is quite an impressive song. You can check out the lyrics here, and you can download the MP3 in the topic linked above. Definitely worth the listen.
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The War in Iran, and the Next 9/11

What Is the Plan If There's Another 9/11?

The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing--that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack--but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections.

Center for Cooperative Research Update on Military Exercises Leading Up to 9/11

Complete 911 Timeline: Military exercises up to 9/11
Paul Thompson has updated his 9/11 timeline. His newest update is about 9/11 related military exercises. This update provides extensive coverage of events prior to 9/11 involving aircraft being used as weapons as well as the wargames of 9/11.

Between 1991 and 2001: NORAD Exercise Simulates Crash into Famous US Building (WTC)
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Between October 24 and 28, 2000: Military Holds Exercise Rehearsing Response to a Plane Crash at the Pentagon

Rove Opened Pandoras Box on Causes of 9/11

Letters | ROVE OPENED PANDORA'S BOX ON CAUSES OF 9/11 - Philadelphia Daily News

KARL ROVE did a dumb thing when he recently said that Democrats wanted to provide therapy and understanding to the 9/11 "attackers" while Republicans prepared for war. His ignorant, smoke-screen remark has allowed the book of "Official Story of the Sept. 11 Attacks" to be reopened.

Why did the Secret Service allow Bush to remain at Booker Elementary? There was an airport five miles from the school; did they just join hands and pray that no plane was hijacked from there?

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