Guantanamo trial views graphic September 11 video - by Randall Mikkelsen - Reuters
No, not "Zero", not "Loose Change Final Cut", no, not "In Their Own Words". Terrorstorm? No." The Power of Nightmares?"
Give up? "THE AL QAEDA PLAN" by Master Obfuscator Evan Kohlmann.
Guantanamo trial views graphic September 11 video
By Randall Mikkelsen
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver unveiled a graphic video on Monday of the September 11 attacks and other al Qaeda operations that is likely to play a repeated role in pending war crimes cases.
The video is entitled "The Al Qaeda Plan," an echo of "The Nazi Plan" made by Oscar-winning director George Stevens as evidence in the Nuremberg war crimes trials of German leaders after World War II.
"Oh my God" was heard repeatedly as crowds watched the twin towers of the World Trade center collapse on September 11, 2001, in a vivid highlight of the movie shown over defense objections at the terrorism conspiracy trial of Salim Hamdan.
The six-member panel that will decide Hamdan's fate also saw footage of charred bodies stripped of flesh in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa and the body of a U.S. soldier dragged through the streets in Somalia in 2003.
Control tower conversations with one of the doomed September 11 planes were also included.
"The Al Qaeda Plan" was made for $25,000 by terrorism consultant Evan Kohlmann for the Office of Military Commissions, which is conducting the trials of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo. Its 90 minutes of video clips depict the history of al Qaeda from its formation in 1988 through the September 11 attacks.
The commission's lead prosecutor, Col. Lawrence Morris, said the tape would be used in other trials but no decision had been made whether to use it in the trial of accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Hamdan's attorneys objected that the footage would prejudice the jury. "They're trying to terrorize the members," defense attorney Charles Swift told the court.
But prosecutors said the video helped illustrate the goals of al Qaeda training and ideology. "It is a very important part of the prosecution's case," said prosecutor Clayton Trivett.
Commission Judge Keith Allred approved the video, after first saying it would serve more to prejudice the case than to prove a point. "The planes crashing into the towers and the people screaming doesn't prove anything," he said.
A pivotal point of contention is the significance of Hamdan's role in al Qaeda. The Yemeni native was caught in November 2001 with two surface-to-air missiles in his car.
Defense attorneys say he was a lowly driver, but the prosecution has sought to portray him as a trusted bodyguard who helped bin Laden evade capture and stay alive.
The two sides have also skirmished over an expert's testimony on the laws of war. With Hamdan being tried as a war criminal under a 2006 U.S. law, the prosecution is seeking to show the United States was in a continuing armed conflict with al Qaeda well before the September 11 attacks.
Hamdan's attorneys have sought to demonstrate that the battle with al Qaeda did not reach the state of armed conflict until the September 11 attacks, which could make it harder for the prosecution to prove Hamdan's actions count as a war crime.
Separately on Monday, the Pentagon announced it had filed charges against another detainee at Guantanamo and released three from the detention center.
The Pentagon said Abdul Ghani was accused of attempted murder, material support for terrorism and conspiracy over accusations he fired rockets and planted bombs aimed at U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002, and tried to kill an Afghani soldier in 2002.
The Pentagon said it had released three detainees -- one to Afghanistan, one to the United Arab Emirates and one to Qatar. It said more than 65 Guantanamo detainees are eligible for transfer or release subject to talks on where they will go.
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25,000?
So why was the $100,000 needed in the final days?
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US-created terrorism documentary shown at Gitmo tribunal
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Guantanamo_trial_views_graphic_911_video_0...
Gitmo trials are BULLSHIT
Thanks Joe for posting this.
No surprise that they are continuing the lame-assed charade.
made by Oscar-winning director George Stevens
The file entitled "Nazi Concentration Camps" was entered as evidence at the 1945 Nuremberg Trials of Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, and 22 other Nazi officials at the end of World War II. It presented a stark picture of the atrocities of the Holocaust and ensured than no one would ever doubt the meaning of the charge "crimes against humanity."
Al Qaeda A Manufactured Myth For Public Consumption
9/11 was apparently carried out by incendiary demolition materials and "hot-wired" aircraft auto-pilot systems guided by GPS satellite networks - an Inside Job involving private industry and government facilitators.
PDBs, $100,000 money transfers and pre-9/11 warnings of pending Al Qaeda attacks on the U.S. are manufactured phantoms for public consumption and for legitimate law enforcement to chase - but only to the Pakistani border, the Fear Factory operated by the international military-industrial complex.
Al Qaeda is apparently little more than a manufactured patsy collective mentored and financed by cooperative foreign intelligence at the direction of western intelligence.
Nicely Put!
I say it would be nice to have the defense bring in Steven Jones and Richard Gage at this point and watch the film again!
Patsy Associations Are Important But Not Alleged Capability
Money trails are only important because they may indicate suspect associations.
Funds may only have been provided to sustain patsy appearances of mythological operational capability. (For example, paying for small Cessna aircraft flight lessons when what was required is knowledge of modern and complex Boeing and Honeywell flight management systems.)
Cessna aircraft knowledge had no bearing on the attacks.
Allegedly ignored warnings of incapable terrorists ready to carry out attacks may have made the administration look incompetent but these "ignored warnings" were very important because they enhanced the myth of a capable terrorist threat in the mind of the public.
You bet
it is a manufactured myth. These trials are a joke and a sham. I feel sorry for the poor "Terrorists" (patsies) that are being tried. What chance do they have? Lets see some real trials with the NWO boys as defendants. Guys like the Rockefellers and Rothschild's. ........................."Down with the NWO."
The Power of Nightmares
The defense should introduce The Power of Nightmares as rebuttal.
The Power of Nightmares for starters
9/11 Documentaries http://www.911docs.net/#911_Documentaries
* 7 Days in September (2002)
* 9/11 (2002)
* 911 and the British Broadcasting Conspiracy (2007)
* 9/11 Chronicles Part 1: Truth Rising, The (2008)
* 9/11: A Closer Look
* 9/11: The Birth of Treason
* 911 Eyewitness
* 9/11: The Great Illusion, part 1
* 9/11: The Great Illusion, part 2
* 9/11: A Conversation with Jim Fetzer
* 9/11 Commission Report bars 503 1st responder eyewitnesses
* 9/11 Firefighter Sets the Historical Record Straight
* 9/11 First Responder Heard WTC 7 Demolition-Style Countdown
* 9/11 Truth vs Mainstream Media
* 9/11 Truth Groups Question Lee Hamilton
* 9/11 was an inside job told to troops in Iraq
* 9/11 WTC 7 Bomb Witness
* Alex Ansary Interviews David Ray Griffin
* Alex Jones interviews Charlie Sheen
* Alex Jones Interviews Steven Jones
* Barrie Zwicker on Winnipeg TV
* Bush: "Nobody's ever suggested that the attacks of September the 11th were ordered by Iraq"
* Charlie Sheen on 9/11 (Showbiz Tonight)
* Chat with former Boston Center Controller Robin Hordon, A
* Countdown /w Keith Olbermann - 9/11: Five Years Later
* Countdown /w Keith Olbermann - The Nexus of Politics and Terror
* Dylan Avery interview with Associated Press
* David Ray Griffin & David Shayler on BBC
* David Lynch Goes Public With 9/11 Questions
* Dr. James Fetzer on Hannity and Colmes (Fox News)
* Dr. Kevin Barrett and Terrell Arnold talk with Hesham Tillawi about 9/11
* Elephant In The Room: Kevin McPadden, 9/11-1st Responder, The
* Hardfire: Liberty Issues in Focus What really happened on September 11, 2001? Part 1, Part 2
* In a Conspiracy Time - I en Konspirations Tid
* Inside Edition on Rosie O'donnell & WTC 7
* Interview with First Responder John Feal
* Interview with Mike Ryan, Dying 9/11 First Responder
* Kevin Barrett on For The Record (Fox News)
* Kevin Barrett on Hannity and Colmes (Fox News)
* Lone Gunmen pilot episode predicts 9/11, The
* Loose Change Guys vs. Mark Roberts on Hardfire
* Loose Change Vs. Popular Mechanics Debate
* Martin Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Story
* Michael Meacher and Andreas Von Bülow express their serious doubts about 9/11
* Michael Moore Has Serious Questions About 9/11
* Outside the Box #78 (Featuring Jim Fetzer)
* Planet Mancow - Conspiracy Theory of the Week (Fox)
* REAL Rudy: Radios, The
* Rudy's 9/11 Failures of Leadership Exposed by Fire Fighters
* Sierra Club Chronicles: 9/11 Forgotten Heroes
* Skies over America, The (NBC)
* SPEAKING OUT - An interview with Craig Bartmer
* William Rodriguez on Fox News
* William Rodrizues on The Real Deal
* World Exclusive: WTC7 Survivor Barry Jennings Account
* 911: The Greatest Lie Ever Sold
* 9/11 In Plane Site - The Director's Cut
* 9/11 Mysteries (2006)
* 9-11 New World Rising (2007)
* 9/11 Octopus
* 9/11: Press for Truth (2006)
* 9/11 Ripple Effect (2007)
* 911: The Road to Tyranny (2002)
* 911: The Road to Tyranny Extras
* Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 911
* An hour long smorgasbord of content from Louder Than Words
* Building the World Trade Center (1983)
* Bush's Response to 9/11
* Confronting the Evidence
* Conspiracy Theories
* Destruction of Building 7, The
* Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (2006)
* Empire Of Oil: The Hidden History Of 9/11
* Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
* Explosive Reality, The
* Face the Facts
* "Flight 77" The White Plane
* Google Spider Goats (2007)
* Great Conspiracy: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw, the (2005)
* Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004)
* Improbable Collapse (2006)
* In Their Own Words: Untold Stories Of The 9/11 Families (2007)
* Justice for 9-11!
* Loose Change 2nd Edition (Recut)
* Loose Change: Final Cut (2007)
* Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State (2005)
* Painful Deceptions
* Pandora's Black Box - Flight of American 77
* Pandora's Black Box - Flight of United 93
* PentaCon, The
* Protocols of Zion (2005)
* Reichstag 911
* Secret Evil of 9/11, The
* Secret History of 9/11, The (2006)
* SEPTEMBER 11: Evidence to the Contrary (Redux 2006)
* September 11 Revisited
* Summary of 9-11, A
* Take Back 911
* Terrorstorm - Special Edition (2007)
* Three Nights At Ground Zero
* Truth and Lies of 9-11, The
* Ultimate Con, The (2007)
* What's The Truth?: How Indeed Did The Twin Towers Collapse?
* Who Killed John O'Neill?
* WTC - The First 24 Hours (2002)
* Zeitgeist (2007)
* 9/11 - 7/7 Connection, The
* 9/11 Coincidence Theory
* 9/11 + The Neo-Con Agenda American Scholars Symposium
* 9/11: The Myth and the Reality Featuring David Ray Griffin
* Alex Jones' Keynote Speech at the Chicago 9/11 Truth Conference
* American Scholars Symposium
* Confronting of the Evidence: A Call to Re-open the 9/11 Investigation
* David Ray Griffin - 911 Commission Report: Ommissions and Distortions
* David Ray Griffin - 911 and the American Empire
* David Ray Griffin - Ommissions and Distortions in the 9/11 Commission Report: A Significant Pattern
* David Ray Griffin - Should the truth be revealed or concealed?
* Dr. Steven Jones - Boston 911 Conference
* Dr. Steven Jones - Why I Doubt the Official 9/11 Story
* Flight 77: The Flight Data Recorder Investigation Files
* Forensic Analysis of September 11, 2001: Questioning the Official Theory
* Jeff King MIT Engineer on 911
* Kevin Ryan: A New Standard for Deception
* NIST engineer denies the existance of Molten Steel
* Norman Mineta's Testimony Before the 9/11 Commission
* Peter Dale Scott - Richard Cheney, Continuity of Government, and 9/11
* Richard Gage, AIA, Architect - How The Towers Fell
* Richard Gage in Keene, NH at Keene State College
* Steven E. Jones WTC Lecture
* Steven E. Jones 9/11 Update April 6 2006
* Subversive Lecture of Tinfoil Hat Lady, The
* Toxic Lies - The Betrayal of Heroes
* Underlying Politics of 9/11, The
* War and Globalization - The Truth Behind September 11
* William Rodriguez: 9/11 Hero
Docudrama for Fools
Any Al Qaeda "history" documentary should include its humble origins as a jointly funded group founded by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to combat Russia in Afghanistan. If this little propaganda video doesn't include this important historical fact, then it's pure drivel.
The shock value of showing charred remains from the WTC and elsewhere is not to prejudice the jury, but to buy their submission. If they don't vote for the U.S. hogwash, then it's demotion time in the military.