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EIGHT of the alleged September 11th Hijackers are Alive
Eight men accused were NOT on those planes.
So, WHY has Bush been allowed to proceed with war!!!!!!!!!

Look Familiar? Remember the fabled 2nd Oaklahoma City Bombing Suspect?

OK City happened between the time Jose was released from prison but before he left the country. If Jose is the operative that the FBI worked so hard to persuade everyone did not exist, then this would explain why the Government has backed off from the "Dirty bomb" story so quickly, why Jose is being held in secret and not even his attorney is allowed to speak with him. Jose has "spook" written all over him.

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...Map describing US Foreign Policy.

General Articles about The New War... (Updated... 10/05/02)
10/05/02 Burning the Constitution (sobran) Bush has sworn to uphold a Constitution he hasn’t taken the trouble to read. He has lawyers to read it for him and tell him what he wants it to mean. It always turns out to mean that he is entitled to have his way. Since Lincoln, many presidents have discovered that the Constitution is a charter for one-man rule. Bush stands in what is by now a long tradition. 10/05/02 Flight 93 flight recorder missing final three minutes! (philly.com) THE FINAL three minutes of hijacked United Flight 93 are still a mystery more than a year after it crashed in western Pennsylvania - even to grieving relatives who sought comfort in listening to its cockpit tapes in April. 10/05/02 US 'has nuclear hit list' (BBC) The Bush administration has reportedly ordered the Pentagon to prepare contingency plans for attacking seven countries with nuclear weapons. 10/05/02 J.C. Penney Catalog: GI Joe Commandeers Barbie's Dream House (antiwar.com) Thumbing through the J.C. Penney Christmas Catalog, Antiwar.com's Administrative Assistant Anastasia Kellar came across this horrific picture in the toys section. 09/24/02 Daniel Pearl and the Paymaster of 9/11 (CRG) UPDATED: A mere week after the destruction of the World Trade Center, authorities were gradually building toward an official announcement that would definitively link Osama bin Laden to the events of September 11 - a wire transfer of $100,000 to lead hijacker Mohamed Atta. To an increasingly skeptical public, here was the "smoking gun", a bona fide money trail that would demonstrate how al-Qaida planned and financed the operation. 09/24/02 The Propaganda Preparation for 9/11 (CRG) The mystery surrounding the death of John O'Neill: In the immediate aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center, the finger of guilt was directed toward the only plausible author for such a sophisticated and ruthless act of terror - Osama bin Laden. 09/24/02 Bush Senior: Hating Saddam, Selling Him Weapons (alternet) In an interview with CNN's Paula Zahn, former president George Bush spoke recently of his "hatred" of Saddam Hussein. "I hate Saddam Hussein," said Bush."I don't hate a lot of people. I don't hate easily, but I think he's, as I say, his word is no good and he's a brute. He's used poison gas on his own people. So, there's nothing redeeming about this man." 09/24/02 Iraq Is A Fuse, But Cheney Built The Bomb! (bankindex) Sept 22- As said two days ago, in a first impression reading, the two relevant documents issued by the George W. "43" Bush White House as draft U.S. policies, echo the fabled King Canute's wild, and useless ranting against the wind and the waves. The first document is a fraudulent blank check payable to Infamous Folly, an unconstitutional, proposed draft U.S. Declaration of War against Iraq. The second, is a meandering, incoherent, but deadly potpourri of White House Presidential utterances, pasted, after the style of Georges Braque, on a sheaf of paper, "The National Security Strategy of the United States." 09/19/02 SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION? YOU'RE A TERRORIST SUSPECT! (whatreallyhappened.com) Read it yourself on the inside page of the brochure. Defending the Constitution is cause to label you a terrorist suspect. Even referring to it is grounds for suspicion that you are a terrorist, with all the harassment that the suspicion implies! 09/19/02 Why are the cowards in the White House calling for blood? (newmassmedia.com) Because it isn't their own blood at risk. The US Government is broke. Unless the oil of the Middle East is converted into a product sold by American oil companies, the trade deficit, itself the result of decades of manufacturing-unfriendly policy, will combine with the unpayable government debt to bring the whole system down. The boys on DC have deluded themselves into imagining that what is good for their own wallets must be good for the nation as a whole (as opposed to people living in the real world who realize that Americans would be much better off if the government and its crushing debts went away) and see grabbing the oil as the only way to prolong the reign of the present ruling class, and do not care how many of your children have to be spent to steal that oil. 09/19/02 Administration won't release 9-11 data (upi) The administration has denied lawmakers investigating the Sept. 11 attacks permission to reveal whether the president or other White House staff received warning of potential terrorist attacks against the United States, including plans by al Qaida linked terrorists to use hijacked planes as weapons. 09/19/02 Videos of collapse of WTC7 (whatreallyhappened.com) Indications of controlled demolition? 09/19/02 The President as Incompetent Liar (TENC) Bush's Claim that he Saw TV Footage of 1st Plane Hitting WTC 09/19/02 Experts agree Israel has most to gain from Saddam ouster (ipost.com) And how clever to have once again tricked the Americans into fighting their battles for them! 0917/02 Giuliani Caused #7 WTC Collapse (www.baltech.org/lederman) "Hey, World Trade 7 fell down like because, because, because, um, the mayor stored thousands of gallons of diesel fuel in an office building. Yeah, that's it. Diesel fuel. It's just a coincidence that every single load bearing member on the ground floor failed at the exact same moment in time. Coincidence. CO-IN-SEE-DUNCE! Trust us. We're the government." 09/17/02 Congress will vote on Iraq 'well before the election,' Daschle says (sfgate) NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Contact all your congressional representatives who are up for re-election and send them a simple but loud and clear message that you will NOT vote for any candidate who votes for war. Now is the time to make yourself heard. Find your congressional representatives at www.congress.org and LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. Remember, the pro-war people pay public relations companies to pretend to be real citizens and write and mail congress to try to trick them into thinking the American people want to pour their taxes and the blood of their children all over the Middle East oil fields. If you do not make yourself heard, the PR tricks will work. 09/17/02 9/11 and The Smoking Gun that Turned On its Tracker (CRG) It was supposed to be the key chain of evidence linking the September 11 hijackers to Osama bin Laden - a wire transfer of $100,000 to lead hijacker Mohamed Atta. For a public increasingly skeptical of evidence culled from passports in the rubble and flight manuals in the glove compartment, here was the "money" shot, a financial trail leading to the fall of the Twin Towers. Yet less than five months later, the man initially fingered as the paymaster of 9/11 would be sitting in a Pakistani jail, accused of a wholly different crime - the murder of Daniel Pearl. (Special thanks to himbo@attcanada.ca for sending this to me) 08/07/02 Government declares itself to be above the law (miami.com) "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..." -- The Declaration of Independence. 08/07/02 The Enemy Of Humanity - How Should We React? (Rense.com) People are dying in the Middle East. Thousands more will die before the year is out. It doesn't matter that some are Palestinians, Israelis, Iraqis or Americans. It doesn't matter that some are soldiers or civilians. All are ordinary people who want to live their lives in peace. All are held hostage by "leaders" Bush, Sharon, Arafat-- who are puppets of a sinister force that uses war to murder and enslave mankind. All wars are against humanity. 08/07/02 WE DON'T NEED CITIZEN SPIES (findlaw) The Problem With The Bush Administration's Proposed "Operations TIPS" 08/07/02 New questions surface about Mohammed Atta (the-movement.com) Note comment by Rudi Deckers that Atta's flight school tuition was wired in from, "official address like it had to do with the NATO or something." 08/07/02 Saudi Arabia Won't Allow U.S. Troops (washingtonpost) Saudi Arabia has made clear to Washington – publicly and privately – that the U.S. military will not be allowed to use the kingdom's soil in any way for an attack on Iraq 08/06/02 AIRPORT SECURITY CONFISCATES 2 INCH PLASTIC TOY RIFLE FROM G.I. JOE DOLL! (BBC) Rumors that the same security people confiscated a large quantity of illegal drugs earlier in the day remain unconfirmed since no drugs were ever turned into the evidence locker. 08/06/02 WAS 9-11 ALLOWED TO HAPPEN? (geocities) And will more 9-11s be allowed to happen until Bush gets his war for the oil? Alternate site for this article is HERE. 08/06/02 More evidence of foreknowledge of 9-11 (time.com) Contrary to claims of "poor communications", note that the warning went right to the very top. 08/06/02 Bush and Cheny in intimate business contact with the real prime suspects of the WTC/Pentagon crashbombing frame-up (apfn) Here is document backup for the frame-up reconstruction... 08/06/02 Bush Aides Deny Getting Plan to Fight Al Qaeda prior to 9-11 (yahoo) This is total bovine excrement, as the US was informing other nations of a plan to invade Afghanistan months before 9-11. 08/06/02 US turning Saudi into "enemy" (MSNBC) "U.S. officials give it an ultimatum to stop backing terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields and its financial assets invested in the United States." Definition of an Enemy to the US: Got Oil? 08/06/02 US moves to add Saudi Arabia to the "enemies" list (BBC) Like Bush said in the speech that announced the "War on Terror", other nations would either be with him, or against him. Why pay for their oil when we can just declare them 'enemies' to justify stealing it? 08/05/02 THAT VERY STRANGE FCC WARNING ON ALL MODERN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (whatreallyhappened) Your equipment must allow itself to be interfered with! 08/05/02 BREAKING: Federal Judge Orders DOJ To Release Names Of All 911 Detainees (FoxNews) WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Department of Justice to release the names of all people who are being detained in the investigation into the Sept. 11 terror attacks. 08/05/02 BREAKING: THERE WERE BOMBS PLANTED IN THE WTC! (People.com) "We were the first ones in the second tower after the plane struck. I was taking firefighters up in the elevator to the 24th floor to get in position to evacuate workers. On the last trip up a bomb went off. We think there was bombs set in the building." Many experts have said that the destruction of the WTC looked like a controlled demolition. 08/05/02 US and Israel sign treaty to ignore International Criminal Court (cnsnews) Hitler and Mussolini had something like that, didn't they? Sounds like someone is preparing to commit a few war crimes huh? In Bush's Own Words: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." What have YOU got to hide Georgie? 08/05/02 Special Forces Soldier: Troops Had bin Laden Pinpointed in November, Let Him Get Away (ayettevillenc.com) A Special Forces soldier says that troops had Osama bin Laden pinpointed in Afghanistan in November, but leaders took too long to decide to go after him and he slipped away. Yep, they're trying real hard to "smoke out" the "Evil-Doers" huh? 08/02/02 Ridge Will Model Homeland Security Force On WWII German SS (subgenius.com) The Office of Homeland Security will initially be run by former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. It should be noted that Ridge got in trouble a few years ago for praising the efficiency of the Third Reich's civilian administration. Ridge also spoke highly of Mussolini's ability to keep the Italian trains running on time. 08/02/02 Learning to love Big Brother: George W. Bush channels George Orwell (sfgate) "1984" was intended to be read as a warning about the evils of totalitarianism -- not a how-to manual. 08/02/02 Eugenics and Engineered Wars, the harsh reality (bankindex) One of the most alarming of the Global Controllers’ doctrines is that of eugenics – controlling human reproduction in order to reduce the number of those that they perceive as inferior to create a 'master race' with 'desirable' genetic characteristics. 08/02/02 Bush administration moves to stifle discovery in 9/11 lawsuits (wsws.org) Got something to hide, Dubya? 08/02/02 Letting down our guard in the war on terrorism (indystar) A government pamphlet from 1999 proves the US did expect hijacked aircraft to be used as weapons. So why, when jets can be scrambled after UFOs so quickly, were fighters kept on the ground while 4 hijacked aircraft wandered the skies between New York and Ohio? 08/02/02 Another FBI Agent Blows the Whistle (laweekly) New evidence that the Bureau quashed another terror probe before 9/11 08/02/02 Over 100 American soldiers missing in Afghanistan (pravda) US Department of State still ignores the fact. Body bags and elections don't mix. 08/01/02 The Case for Bush Administration Advance Knowledge of 9-11 Attacks (fromthewilderness) What the so-called Independent 9-11 Investigation will NOT examine. 08/01/02 The Charade of Democracy. Lifting the Curtain on the Invisible Government (bankindex) In 1913, Congressman Charles Lindbergh said: "When the President signs this bill; the invisible government by the Monetary Power will be legalized…The day of reckoning is only a few years removed." 07/31/02 20 Things We've Learned Nearly a Year After 9/11 (counterpunch) As we approach the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it might be useful to see how far an ordinary citizen's knowledge has progressed one year on. So here, in the way of a summing-up, based on journalistic documentation, is a list of things we Americans have learned since last September -- some of which might prove useful in the run-up to the November elections. 07/31/02 We Must Think Carefully About the Price of Ignorance and the Consequences of Silence (commondreams) A hushed American public has accepted a dearth of information since Sept. 11 regarding the events surrounding that day and the aftermath. We have seemingly abdicated -- almost gratefully, it appears at times -- the right to know. 07/31/02 Only 22 New Agents Added To Canadian Border Since 911 (seattlepi) They are not even trying to protect us. Can you now see that the US Government WANT'S another terrorist attack to happen? ...One More Terror Attack On US, Goodbye Civil Rights 07/30/02 Americans overwhelming reject Bush's Homeland Security plan (homelandsecurity.org) On July 16th, the President released his National Strategy on Homeland Security . This document is designed to provide direction and a general framework for the numerous federal, state, and local branches of government engaged in homeland security activities. Based on your reading of the document, do you support the President's overall national security plan? 07/30/02 'Homeland Securty' Was Planned Well In Advance Of 911 (Rense.com) You can conclude from these NSPD's that we have lost the authority of the three Branches of Government. The Judicial Branch and the Congressional Branch now have no authority over the Executive Branch... If these conclusions are in fact, "FACT"! We do indeed have TYRANNY! 07/29/02 Death Of Free Speech And Individualism In NWO America (Rense.com) By Edgar J. Steele. This is the text of of Mr. Steele's speech given at annual conference of Council of Conservative Citizens in Atlanta, Georgia on June 22, 2002. 07/29/02 Letter To Companies Who Send TIPS Employees To Homes (Rense.com) WHEN THE GOVERNMENT FEARS THE PEOPLE THERE IS LIBERTY; WHEN THE PEOPLE FEAR THE GOVERNMENT THERE IS TYRANNY 07/29/02 Shhhh! The FBI Is Listening (actforchange) The USA PATRIOT Act, hastily passed by Congress with almost no debate, broadened police powers immensely -- and has put committed librarians onto the frontlines of Americans' perennial effort to protect the civil liberties guaranteed by our Constitution. 07/29/02 US accused of air strike cover-up (timesonline) AMERICAN forces may have breached human rights and then removed evidence after the so-called wedding party airstrike that killed more than 50 Afghan civilians this month, according to a draft United Nations report seen by The Times. 07/27/02 Foundations are in place for martial law in the US (smh.com) The time when you can go on pretending this is some silly fringe conspiracy theory is running out. Dictatorship is really happening here in the United States, because you sit still and do nothing to stop it. 07/27/02 Operation TIPS-TIPS: Report TIPS informants (www.all-the-other-names-were-taken.com) Big Brother. The Night Watch. Now the USA is building a program where over a million Americans will act as informants about any suspicious activity they observe among their neighbours and the people they visit in a professional capacity. 07/27/02 One More Terror Attack On US, Goodbye Civil Rights (moscowtimes) The acorns of any presidential administration never fall very far from the tree -- thus, the remarks made last week by one of George W. Bush's appointees to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission give us a pretty fair indication of what the future will look like if the Regime's seeds of tyranny ever come to full flower. 07/27/02 Your Grocery List Could Spark A Terror Probe (Rense.com) The saga began with a misguided fit of patriotism mere weeks after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, when a corporate employee handed over the records-almost literally, the grocery lists-to federal investigators from three agencies that had never even requested them. In a flash, the most quotidian of exchanges became fodder for the Patriot Act. 0727/02 'Model' Emergency (Dictatorial) Health Bill Passing In Many States (worldnetdaily) A federally generated "model" health bill critics say gives governors absolute power in the event of a "health emergency" is steadily progressing through the states, say health and legislative monitoring organizations who are tracking its progress. 07/27/02 How are people CONTROLLED ? Charley Reese tells you just how... (bankindex) The first principle of people control is not to let them know you are controlling them. If people knew, this knowledge will breed resentment and possibly rebellion, which would then require brute force and terror, and old fashioned, expensive and not 100 % certain method of control. 07/27/02 Regime Change in Iran? (weeklystandard) Once this war in Iraq gets going it will not stop there. Already the propaganda groundwork is being laid to go into Iran. 07/27/02 BREAKING: New documentary evidence points to an Israeli connection to 9/11 (antiwar.com) Many people write to me and ask: "Why do you hate Israel so much?" My answer to them is: No, I don't hate Israel - but I am beginning to hate Israel's government, and here's why... 07/25/02 President doesn't have absolute military authority over Americans (sptimes.com) No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress. Congress passed this law in 1971 in response to concerns the executive branch could overstep its authority during a national emergency and hold, without charge, Americans deemed dangerous or disloyal. So why are two Americans in that very predicament today? 07/25/02 Homeland Security Summer Camp! (miami.com) All that's missing is that little "Youth Corps" pin. 07/25/02 US to block UN vote on torture convention (timesofindia) Okay now, pay attention, The US has arranged for its troops to be immune from war crimes prosecutions, and now is going to single-handedly block the UN from checking to see if prisoners are being subjected to torture. The US is also trying to block international inspections of conditions in US prisons. 07/25/02 Congressional Democrats Following Bush Impeachment Script (newsmax) Key congressional Democrats have begun investigations into questions regarding President Bush and Vice President Cheney's involvement with energy companies they used to run with the express goal of impeaching both Bush and Cheney. 07/25/02 CIA Develops Secret Plan To Foster Political Dissent In Iran (Rense.com) Um... isn't that "terrorism" under our Own Governments definition?According to H.R. 3162, "The Patriot Bill," Sec. 802, (a)(5)(B)(ii), "the term 'domestic terrorism' means activities that appear to be intended to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion." Again: If the activity appears to be intended to influence the policy of a government - not just the United States government - by intimidation, it's domestic terrorism. 07/21/02 Recapturing America (senderberl.com) An entire novel available to you for free! Recapturing America lets Americans mentally capture, perceptually understand, and emotionally feel over thirty years of American history, including our foreseeable future as a Nation, in a novel of unequaled brevity and clarity for the scope of the written work. Bush's Grim Vision 07/21/02 Bushgate: The Bush Scandal Impeachment Warning System (democrats.com) George W. Bush promised to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Instead, Bush has run the most scandal-ridden administration since Richard Nixon produced Watergate. Worst of all, Bush has no guilt or shame! If you believe George W. Bush should be impeached, sign our petition. 07/21/02 Bush's Grim Vision (consortium) In the nine months since Sept. 11, George W. Bush has put the United States on a course that is so bleak that few analysts have – as the saying goes – connected the dots. If they had, they would see an outline of a future that mixes constant war overseas with abridgment of constitutional freedoms at home, a picture drawn by a politician who once joked, "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier – so long as I'm the dictator." 07/21/02 When right-wing fembots attack (Salon.com) Ann Coulter dishes out a fresh bookful of hypocrisy, distortion and half-crazed rants. Can't conservatives find a better champion than this? 07/20/02 MUST READ: Is Arthur Andersen Tallying Poll Numbers, Too? (Rense.com) This is how it works people: They fake the polls telling you that Bush has a high approval rating. If you do not support Bush they you are made to believe you are in the minority and that most people are in approval. You are then made to feel afraid to openly criticize Bush for fear that you will be persecuted. Considering that this administration has often characterized dissenting viewpoints as being 'anti-American' and undermining the 'war effort,' this is designed to intimidate those who don't agree with bush. When they tell you Bush has a 70% approval rating yet another poll shows that 68% believe his coziness with big business undermines his ability to crack down on corporate corruption then you know that one of these polls is in grave error. He lost the popular vote and post-election recounts in Florida shows that he actually lost the election! How then can it be possible for him to have this high approval rating? They simply quote some number and never show you any actual proof of it's validity. I have only encountered about 1 out of 10 people who approve of Bush and those persons are getting their information exclusively from the administration-biased media. Start getting your news from alternative sources (like this website) and quit paying attention to the US Government controlled media people. They are lying to you and you don't have to take it anymore. Also note at the end of this article how the CIA has recently 'hacked' a poll to skew results in favor of the administration! 07/19/02 Trade Deficit Hits Record $37B (washingtonpost) The United States trade deficit ballooned to a record $37.6 billion in May, reflecting Americans' ravenous appetite for foreign-made cars, TVs and clothes. Still think Bush is a good president? 07/19/02 Insanity Or Security? (Rense.com) The tradition of citizen informants has roots going back at least to the French Revolution. During the terror, citizens were encouraged to inform on neighbors and even children to inform on their parents. More than a few harmless people went to the guillotine just on the basis of a hateful neighbor denouncing them. 07/19/02 Dictatorship at your doorstep (isil.org) Why "Anti-Terrorism" Laws Threaten You 0719/02 GIANT CONCENTRATION CAMPS. IT'S THE FEDERAL PLAN. YOU'VE GOT TO WARN EVERYONE NOW. ---SOYLENT GREEN -- IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE -- IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!!! (ewsmax) The agency plans to create emergency, makeshift cities that could house hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Americans who may have to flee their urban homes if their cities are attacked. 07/18/02 Judge Rejects Guilty Moussaoui Guilty Plea (CNN) A federal judge rejected attempts Thursday by Zacarias Moussaoui, indicted in connection with September 11 attacks, to plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges during a court hearing. NOTE: I have noticed that other sites like this one are apparently ignoring this story. These are sites that complain about "Spin" and "Propaganda" and media omissions yet are seemingly unwilling to report this story. Nobody is being proven wrong about a conspiracy even though Moussaoui plead guilty ... does it occur to any of you that this startling revelation comes just as Bush and Cheney are under criticizm for possible corperate fraud and despirately need a press victory? If Moussaoui is loyal to Bin Laden then why would he plead guilty now when it benefeits his supposed enemies the most? Also here is a man who was supposed to be a suicide bomber yet he now seeks to avoid martyerdom? This doesnt make any sense people. This guy is NOT Al Quaeda. Lets not forget that all 19 supposed hijackers were on FBI watch lists. The FBI just happened to lose track of them all just long enough for them to successfully pull of the attacks of September 11th. Hours after the attacks they had all 19 susptects pegged, complete with pictures and supposed stolen IDs. Yet not one of the hundreds of security cameras in the airports managed to photograph any of them. And none of their names were on any of the passenter lists. Keep in mind that the Government only needed ONE GUY to link Arab "Terrorists" to these attacks and conveniently found their patsy in Moussaoui. Now it appears he is attempting to make a plea to avoid the death penalty. Somewhat out of character for a dedicated US hating suicide bomber doncha think? How much you wanna bet he gets life in some secret military prison where we, the public, will have no way of prooving if he is actually there serving time and not instead being protected by the real conspirators and placed in a witness protection program? 07/18/02 'US recruited Islamic radicals in 1980s' (jang.com) 07/18/02 Are you a REAL AMERICAN? (Salon.com) Tom Tomorrow's cartoon This Modern World appears regularly in Salon. 07/17/02 Bush's plan for dictatorship (timesonline) "We don't need that silly old Posse Comitatus Act anyway!" 07/17/02 Ignorance in America (iht.com) Power combined with ignorance is frightening. 07/16/02 The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (lawca.com) 07/16/02 "What Does a 99-cent Bic Lighter Tell Us About the Bush War on Terrorism?" (Michael Moore) 07/16/02 The Revolution will be Televised, by US! (Bankindex) 07/16/02 The TIPS home page (citizencorps.gov) 07/11/02 Panel Finds No 'Smoking Gun' in Probe of 9/11 Intelligence Failures (washington post) [Imagine my shock. (I wonder if Congress had Arthur Anderson doing the paperwork). Keep in mind that Congress also had two investigations into possible foreknowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor and in both of those came to the same conclusion, that the US had genuinely been caught by surprise. Then in 1994, documents were declassified that proved FDR not only knew the attack was coming but deliberately followed an 8 step plan to provoke the Japanese into the attack. The same declassified documents confirmed that Congress had been given altered and fraudulent documents by the Navy and the White House during those first two investigations.] --commentary by whatreallyhappened.com 07/11/02 How the Bush Used 9/11 to Remap the World (counterpunch) 07/11/02 The Memory Hole More stuff the government would rather you not know 07/11/02 Suspect in Fake Visa Scam Could Be Released (FOX News) 07/11/02 US Backs Off Court Immunity Demand (guardian) 07/11/02 Seeking New Light On TWA Flight 800 (insightmag.com) 07/09/02 Poll - Majority Think White House, Pentagon And NWO Behind 911 (Ecclesiastic Commonwealth Community) More than six months has passed since the 9-11 disaster. Who do you honestly believe actually caused and was the major force behind the destruction of the World Trade Center? NOTE: This pole has been rigged since it's initial results indicated that 48% believed the New World Order was behind the attacks while only 18% thought the Taliban/Al Quaida were responsible. Please read more about this here... Government caught rigging online polls again! (Rense.com) 07/09/02 Poll: Half(wits) willing to suspend freedoms (detnews.com) 07/08/02 Afghan vice president assassinated (MSNBC) 07/08/02 9-11 victims by nationality (september11victims.com) Only 1 Israeli citizen killed. This ends the claim that a great number of Israelis were victims of the attacks. 07/08/02 US loading up new Afghan government with known drug traffickers (ist-socrates.berkeley.edu) 07/08/02 Who are America's real enemies? (guardian) 07/03/02 Rise of a new imperialism (smh.com) 07/03/02 Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure (ABC News) 07/03/02 THE BILDERBERG SYNDROME, Part One (skolnicks report) 07/02/02 EIGHT of the alleged September 11th Hijackers are Alive (worldmessenger) Eight men accused were NOT on those planes. So, WHY has Bush been allowed to proceed with war!!!!!!!!! 06/27/02 America the F-U nation (adbusters) 06/26/02 Ridge and O'Neill Dined with Terrorist Supporters (townhall.com) 06/22/02 ''America's dark heart'' (yellow times) 06/22/02 Suspicious activity that needs to be explained (centerforcooperativeresearch) 06/18/02 Let's Step Out Of The Box For A Moment, Shall We? A reply To The Anticonspiratorialists (swans) By Jon Phalen... Now permanently posted on this site - Sharing my deep skepticism about 9-11 with others, I can't help but notice the way some people reach frantically for ways to make a conspiracy scenario as implausible as possible. The narrowest and most literal definition of the term 'conspiracy' is easily their favorite device... (Jon Phalen) MUST READ!!! -UPDATED 06/18/02 06/18/02 BIG WAR NEEDED WHICH ENGINEERS MASSIVE WEALTH TRANSFER (free world alliance) 06/17/02 Urban myth or conspiracy? (MySA) 06/15/02 Speculation that Powell may quit caps bad week for Bush cabinet (newstelegraph) Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, is becoming so frustrated at being undermined by the White House that he may stand down after the mid-term elections, according to some American diplomats. 06/15/02 The blueprint to get our freedom back (bankindex) by Robert Gaylon Ross, Sr. 06/15/02 We won't deny our consciences (guardian) Prominent Americans have issued this statement on the war on terror. 06/14/02 Now showing on satellite TV: secret American spy photos (guardian) 06/14/02 Top-Secret Prisoners In The USA (alternet) 06/13/02 Moussaoui denies role in Sept. 11 attacks (sfgate) 06/12/02 The Whores Of War - And DynCorp (Rense.com) Tales of War Profitiering. It looks like this fony war has turned out to be very profitable to some. 06/10/02 JUDICIAL WATCH DEMANDS REPUBLICANS AND WHITE HOUSE CEASE AND DESIST FROM ILLEGAL, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES (JucicialWatch) 06/10/02 9-11: The politically incorrect conspiracy (online Journal) ~ 06/06/02 THE HARD FACTS NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT ! ! ! ! (bankindx) The Federal Reserve and the National Debt 06/04/02 Let's Step Out Of The Box For A Moment, Shall We? A reply To The Anticonspiratorialists (swans) Sharing my deep skepticism about 9-11 with others, I can't help but notice the way some people reach frantically for ways to make a conspiracy scenario as implausible as possible. The narrowest and most literal definition of the term 'conspiracy' is easily their favorite device... MUST READ! 06/04/02 Conspiracy Caution (Introduction To Jon Phalen's Article) (swans) An interesting counter-perspective to the above article. 06/04/02 Why Should We Trust You? An Open Letter to the United States Congress, by A. E. Summar 06/04/02 EMPEROR'S CLOTHES ARTICLES ON 9-11 A GUIDE 06/04/02 PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON JUNE 10TH ASKING THE 9-11 QUESTIONS THE GOVERNMENT WON'T ANSWER (unasweredquestions) My question is, "What is the evidence that links arrested Israeli spies to 9-11 and why did the US Government classify it?" 05/29/02 India, Pakistan Move Nukes to Border (jang.com.pk) 05/29/02 'They think we're stupid' --John Montgomery (smirkingchimp) Here are some quotes from the George W Bush Defender's Handbook... 05/29/02 Exposing America's manufactured evidence and hidden agendas (mediamonitors) 05/29/02 FBI now trying to cover its OKC embarrassment with claimed link to Osama (sfgate) For the new readers, the FBI was exposed during the final stages of Tim McVeigh's trial to have concealed and destroyed evidence that supported eyewitness testimony of additional perpetrators and additional bombs at OK City. The additional perps were thought to be undercover informants carrying out the bombing for political purposes with McVeigh the convenient patsy, hence the FBI's efforts to conceal the existence of the accomplices. The FBI has been trying to find a way to explain its odd behavior ever since. 05/29/02 FBI to focus on analysis, intelligence (MSNBC) 05/23/02 Body discovered in park identified as Chandra Levy (CNN) 05/22/02 Hasan bin Sabban and the Hashishans: The model for the CIA and the Mossad (Disinfo.com) 05/22/02 Making Citizens the Enemy (Newsmax.com) 05/14/02 Urgent - Fox News: Israelis Had Ryder Truck With Explosive Residue (Rense.com) A Budget truck was pulled over in Oak Harbor, Washington last Tuesday near the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and found to have traces of TNT on the gearshift and traces of RDX plastic explosive on the steering wheel, Fox News has learned. (Looks like our "Friends in Israel" were planning a bit of terrorism against the US... bet you the Arabs would have been blamed.) And Tom Ridge didnt bother to inform the public of this obvious Terrorist Threat! Thanks Alot! Now you see who the REAL terrorists are! 05/10/02 911 Top 500 Questions New - Updated (Rense.com) 05/10/02 An Open Letter To Our Fathers And Grandfathers Of WWII You Won The Battle But Lost The War (Rense.com) 04/30/02 WWIII Is Coming 'Whether They Like It Or Not' -Top Sharon Aide (Rense.com) 04/29/02 Will the Real Paranoids Please Raise Their Hands? - www.lewrockwell.com 04/28/02 Why? - An Extraordinary Series Of 911 Questions - Rense.com 04/28/02 911 - Essential Final Questions - Rense.com 04/28/02 Frat Boys Rule The Earth - sfgate.com 04/28/02 Radical Warmongers drive US policy - Yahoo News 04/28/02 The courage of Cynthia McKinney - finalcall.com 04/25/02 Army tests Biological Weapons in Keys - www.miami.com 04/23/02 Luigi Fasulo Did Not Crash into Milan Skyscraper By Accident - roboplanes 04/12/02 Mother of All Lies About 9/11 Barbara Olson's "Phone Call" a Fake? - Joe Vialls 03/29/02 Crony Capitalism Goes Global - thenation.com 03/21/02 CBC Video: Mother of 5 killed by IDF in refugee camp - CBC 03/21/02 Carlyle Group Cashing In again - Rense.com 15 Schoolgirls Die As Religious Police Force Them Back Into Blaze - Rense.com A Prayer for America - truthout.com People Are Playing With The Apocalypse - Rense.com Alleged U.S. Intelligence Officer Attacked In Canadian Jail - Eyes On America Two Detainees in Cuba Get Brain Damage After Torture - afghannews Congress Not Advised Of Shadow Government - washingtonpost SHADOW GOVERNMENT - EXPOSED - halturnershow.com White House junta is undermining democracy - news-journalonline For their eyes only - Guardian Unlimited Shadow Government Is at Work in Secret - washingtonpost U.S. Shadow Government Plan in Place Since Sept 11 - Reuters Patriotic Dissent - thenation.com Hey Stupid! - SierraTimes.com The Unholy Alliance: Christianity & The NWO - Rense.com The Myth of the Red and the Blue America - webpan.com Signs of a Cover-up at the Pentagon - www.movement.v21net.co.uk Mystery death of scientist - Times Online IF CIA & GOV. WEREN’T INVOLVED IN 9-11 ATTACKS WHAT WERE THEY DOING? - copvcia.com Congress Considers Manditory Draft - WorldNetDaily SHOULD WE GIVE UP BEING AMERICANS TO SAVE AMERICA? - Yahoo Official WTC Death Toll Declines Further To 2,843 - Rense.com What really happened on Sept. 11th? - visiontv Anti-Americanism has taken the world by storm - guardian.co.uk US Switches Sides Again - www.whtt.org Pipelineistan, Part 2: The games nations play - atimes.com Pipelineistan, Part1: The rules of the game - atimes.com 'We Felt Safer Under The Taliban' Say Kabul Residents - Rense.com An Angel at the WTC? - ArtBell FEMA IN NEW YORK THE NIGHT BEFORE? - whatreallyhappened Declassified documents point to US war crimes in Iraq - mediamonitors Deadly Deception, Pretexts for War - www.twf.org 911 - Letting It Happen - Rense.com THE GRAND DECEPTION - newswithviews The UNOCAL guy: Continue to bomb, "Just in case" - citizen The 9/11 You Were Never Told About - Part 1 - Rense.com The 9/11 You Were Never Told About - Part 2 - Rense.com THE PROOF OF A 9/11 FRAMEUP - whatreallyhappened Missing Pieces To The Amazing 911 Mystery Puzzle - Rense.com Kill, Kill, Kill - counterpunch Did You Notice The US Is Having A Coup? - rense.com Intelligence Specialist: US Govt Faction Behind 9-11 - Conspiracy Planet UFOs 'spotted' on 11 September footage - The Register Japanese Site Shows TWO UFOs At Time Of WTC Impact - Rense.co Click Translate to view Did the WTC Have Help Collapsing? - serendipity How Hitler/Bush obtained Dictatorship! - Encyclopedia Britannica A War in the Planning for Four Years - CRG Timeline of Events 9/11 - www.copvcia.com IF I WERE THE GOVERNMENT.... - whatreallyhappened THE RISE OF THE FOURTH REICH - whatreallyhappened A Blueprint for World Dictatorship - whatreallyhappened Congress not allowed to read "police state" legislation before vote! - Insight Five Lies about this War - Whatreallyhappened This War is a Farce - Mirror.co.uk Russia slams U.S. over war effort - WorldNetDaily Russian MP claims US carried out September 11 attacks - Ananova Reasons to doubt the official story of who is to blame. - whatreallyhappened.com Overhead Photo of Ground Zero - Art Bell THE USA INFORMED OTHER NATIONS OF THE AFGHAN INVASION LAST SUMMER! - WhatReallyHappened ARE AMERICANS THE VICTIMS OF A HOAX? - WhatReallyHappened.com 9-11 OVERVIEW - WhatReallyHappened.com Fake Terror - The Road to Dictatorship - WhatReallyHappened.com Toward the Brink - consortiumnews.com
Miscellaneous... (Updated... 09/19/02)
09/19/02 Carlyle To Buy Britain's Secret Weapons Labs (observer) Not even Tom Clancy could have dreamt it up. The government plans to sell a stake in its top secret defense laboratories - responsible for inventing the sort of hardware that would make 007's Q green with envy - to a shadowy American organization that boasts ex-Presidents and Prime Ministers as special advisers... The Carlyle Group, as some of you know, is the large defense industry investment group where George Bush (the elder) is a top consultant. Can you say "War Profiteering boys and girls?" 08/01/02 Traficant's report on TWA 800 (webarchive) If you linked to the report at the Congress, that link is now dead, so use (and archive) this one. 07/31/02 Major China Threat To US Detailed In Two New Reports (insightmag) ...Chinese leaders believe that, "despite overwhelming U.S. military and technological superiority, China can still defeat the United States by transforming its weakness into strength and exploiting U.S. vulnerabilities through asymmetric warfare, assassin's-mace weapons, deception, surprise and pre-emptive strikes." 07/31/02 MILOSEVIC "TRIAL" BLOWS UP IN HAGUE PROSECUTOR'S FACE! (tenc.com) As Ex-Security Chief Testifies he was Tortured to Lie 07/31/02 Fighter Plane's Laser Weapon May Blind Civilians (newscientist) American defence contractors are developing a laser weapon for fighter aircraft that may be powerful enough to blind people on the ground, even if they are relatively far from the target, New Scientist can reveal. 07/30/02 Florida Recount Funded by Enron/Halliburton The Bush Family's Made Men (TheDailyEnron) The Bush/Cheney 2000 campaign waited until the last day - July 15, 2002 - to file papers showing just who paid for the Florida recount efforts that landed them in the White House. Americans now know that two corporate scofflaws, Enron and Halliburton, played key roles in the Bush/Cheney victory. And, in Florida it seems another Jeb Bush business deal has surfaced - and it ain't pretty. 07/21/02 Expert: Palm Beach's New Voting Machines Have Problems (tbo.com) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The voting machines that replaced butterfly ballots and hanging chads are checked by an "Enron-style of auditing" and don't provide voters any assurance that their votes are being cast, an expert testified Tuesday. Are they preparing to steal another election? 07/19/02 Trade Deficit Hits Record $37B (washingtonpost) The United States trade deficit ballooned to a record $37.6 billion in May, reflecting Americans' ravenous appetite for foreign-made cars, TVs and clothes. Still think Bush is a good president? 06/12/02 Official TWA 800 Findings Challenged (aim) Let's face it, the FBI and NTSB were caught red-handed lying and altering evidence in the TWA 800 case. The government's claim that the dead have privacy rights will soon be challenged in a landmark court case. Stay tuned! 06/12/02 Senate Approves Raising Debt Limit (foxnews) Translation: A government hopelessly bankrupt and mired in debt has just decided to borrow even more money and stick an already over-taxed population with the payments. 06/12/02 US demands jeopardise Milosevic's war trial (ft.com) 06/07/02 The Business of America Is Out of Control (commondreams) Signs of discontent in the land. 06/06/02 THE WHITEWASH CONSPIRACY (propagandamatrix) 06/4/02 Still Silence From 9-11 Stock Speculation Probe (Newsmax) Because the trail leads back to CIA and the FBI. 05/29/02 Government misplaced $17.3 billion (with a "B") last year (NY Post) Project Hammer: Covert Finance And The Parallel Economy - Rense.com This Is Your Government On Drugs! - Guerrilla News Network WHITE HOUSE BUYS ANTI-TERROR SUPER BOWL SPOTS - adage.com U.S.Air Force Linked to Electronic Warfare Attack - ecologynews One Million German POWs Killed After WWII By US And France - Rense.com India, Pakistan and the Bomb - Scientific American Pak N-scientists had plans to deliver anthrax by balloon - hindustantimes 50 nations in bomb sights of US- moscowtimes Bush turns America's fury towards Saddam - news.telegraph

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED - Description From This Site: [The history the government hopes you DON'T learn!] A very good site! MUST SEE!!!

The Emperor's New Clothes - Description From This Site: [Jared Israel - I started the Emperor's Clothes Website to reach the people with accurate information about Yugoslavia. Since then it has dealt with many issues, but the main focus is analyzing media coverage of Yugoslavia and the Balkans.]

International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) - [We are assembling International A.N.S.W.E.R. to call for worldwide rallies against war and racism. On September 29, there [was] a national march and rally at the White House in Washington DC, as well as marches on the West Coast of the U.S. and around the world. We call[ed] on all people of conscience and progressive organizations to take up this call and organize rallies around the world.]

THIRD WORLD TRAVELER - Description from this site:[puts up magazine articles and book excerpts that offer an alternative view to the corporate media about the state of democracy in America, and about the impact of the policies of the United States' government, transnational corporations, international trade and financial institutions, and the corporate media, on democracy, human rights, and social and economic justice, in the Third World, and in the United States. THIRD WORLD TRAVELER also provides information and links to aid international travelers.] Posted in The New War.

Vialls Investigations Exposing Media Disinformation - [This web site covers three major investigations conducted since 1992. The first is an investigation into the murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan Embassy in London during 1984, and links to the CIA and Israeli Mossad. The second is an investigation into the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland during 1988, and the trial of the two accused Libyans at Camp Zeist (Kamp Zeist) in Holland. Once again with links to the CIA and Mossad. The third and last investigation takes a long hard look at the Port Arthur Massacre in Tasmania, Australia, a crime for which intellectually impaired Martin Bryant was convicted without trial.]

Antiwar.com - Description From This Site: [This site is devoted to the cause of noninterventionism, and we have many regular readers who are pacifists, leftists, "greens," and independents, as well as many on the Right who agree with our opposition to imperialism. But our own politics are libertarian: our opposition to war is rooted in the concept that war is the health of the state, as Randolph Bourne put it. With every war, America has made a "great leap" into statism. In 1952, Garet Garrett, one of the last of the Old Right "isolationists," said it well: "Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal enmity. Either one must forbid the other or one will destroy the other." This is the perception that informs our activism, and inspires our dedication. Noninterventionism abroad is a corollary to noninterventionism at home.]

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Welcome to the White House (satire) - Description From This Site: [WHITEHOUSE.ORG is a digital parody of the Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government. WHITEHOUSE.ORG uses the names and images of public figures for purposes of satire. Any other names are invented. The content of this web site should in no way be construed as factual. WHITEHOUSE.ORG is intended for mature audiences, and should not be accessed by persons under 18 years of age. ]

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United Flight 93 Crash Theory Home Page - Description From This Site: [This website explores different theories of Flight 93's crash... Comment: They say the tape is too horrible. Then they say the voices are indiscernible, then they say the families will find no comfort there. Indeed. The FBI has never stated heroes were ever in the cockpit. No official ever has. If you find such a statement please email me a link. My question is this: why not release the Flight Data Recorder info? There is nothing horrific on it. There is nothing there that will aid and abed terrorists. It's simply data about the aircraft as it flew and crashed. There's only one reason. Because it shows the plane losing an engine, flipping upside down and crashing in a way that they don't care to explain.]

CounterPunch - Description From This Site: [CounterPunch is the bi-weekly muckraking newsletter edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Twice a month we bring our readers the stories that the corporate press never prints. We aren't side-line journalists here at CounterPunch. Ours is muckraking with a radical attitude and nothing makes us happier than when CounterPunch readers write in to say how useful they've found our newsletter in their battles against the war machine, big business and the rapers of nature. We're in our sixth year now and have exceptionally loyal readers, who have delighted in our irreverent and biting approach. Time and again they tell us they're sick of dull, predictable writing. They want fresh facts, a newsletter that they can enjoy rather than just endure--and we give it to them. Barbara Ehrenreich says, "CounterPunch makes me think. It makes me laugh. Above all it tells me things I didn't know." Here at CounterPunch we have many friends and all the right enemies. And, guaranteed, you'll never see any of us on the pundit line up at MSNBC. We try to stay beyond the pale. Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair ]

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Centre for Research on Globalisation - Description From This Site: [The Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG) is an independent research and media group of progressive writers, scholars and activists committed to curbing the tide of "globalisation" and "disarming" the New World Order. The CRG webpage at http://globalresearch.ca based in Montréal publishes news articles, commentary, background research and analysis on a broad range of issues, focussing on the interrelationship between social, economic, strategic, geopolitical and environmental processes. ]

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Common Dreams NewsCenter - Description From This Site: [Breaking news & views for the progressive community. An eclectic mix of politics, issues and breaking news with an emphasis on progressive perspectives that are increasingly hard to find with our corporate-dominated media. NewsCenter's roots go back to the early 90's when Common Dreams Editor Craig Brown (bio) was the chief-of-staff to a progressive member of Congress. With access to an incredible supply of daily newspapers, magazines, journals and briefing papers, members of Congress are deluged with information but have very little time to scan through it - much less read it. Brown created a daily 'newsclips' operation for the congressman and the staff. Early every morning interns and staff would scan dozens of designated publications looking for new articles or opeds from a list of issues that were of greatest interest to the congressman and staff. By 9 am, all staff had a photocopied/collated copy of the 'Daily Clips' to carry with them all day and read in between the chaos. The magic of the internet has made it possible to create a 'Daily Clips' for you - but even better, our NewsCenter is updated constantly -- 365-days a year. And provides you with easy access to the 'rest of the media'. ]

Cursor.org - Description From This Site: [Media criticism, almost of necessity, is something of a twelve-headed dog; in the current debased climate of public reportage and opinion there are simply never enough sets of teeth to go around. And in these days of intense and exasperated scrutiny, media criticism may just be America's favorite participation sport. All across America, in living rooms and offices and bars, popping off about the media and its absurdities and excesses has become a sort of democratic version of Mystery Science Theater, with people everywhere talking back to the television, ranting in the privacy of their cars, and tossing aside the morning newspaper in frustration.

We at CURSOR are certainly no strangers to this populist bile, and of the many wonders of the World Wide Web, perhaps foremost is the opportunity it affords cranks and crackpots like ourselves to strut our stuff for an audience, however imaginary that audience may be. We do believe, however, that there are others out there just like us, fed up with the bottom feeders, bandwagon jumpers, pig pilers, glad handers, and opium peddlers of the media. We believe that the tired old saw about the journalist¹s responsibility being to "Afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted," is increasingly irrelevant when members of the media are so often accorded a celebrity status that places them in the upper echelons of the comfortable; and where what is passed off as comfort is too often purely manipulative and exploitative and what passes for affliction is usually little more than the sniping of dimwits and morons.

So what, then, does CURSOR aim to do? What is its mission? Well, for starters, to examine and recognize the public¹s wide complicity in the media¹s crimes of absurdity, inanity, and pandering, to take a look at our ongoing obsession with the cult of media personality (See: Budd Rugg, Media Parasite). We aim to provide links -both local and national‹to other sites of integrity and fresh insight, sites which exhibit a depth of news analysis or criticism or scorn that is too often missing in this market; to offer colorful and truly alternative takes on the stories of the day as well as on the continually eroding media ethics and standards nationwide; to bring together in one place some of the freshest and funniest writing currently available on the web.

And, finally, absolutely, we intend to afflict the comfortable and, well, afflict the comfortable. Please weigh in and let us know what you think. Your ideas, opinions, and suggestions are always welcome here at CURSOR.]