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Re: Flurry of Calls Among Saudi Staff and Spy Coincided with 9/11 Hijackers’ Arrival

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Post by q1w2 » Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 10:47 PM UTC

sn0w_crash wrote: post #93

The one thing about 9/11 that nobody has been able to explain to me, even my most skeptical friends, is where is any footage or photographs of the plane that hit the pentagon? I’m not talking about scattered debris. Or burnt desks and papers. I’m talking about the plane. Or what’s left of it. Anyone seen any actual footage or photos?

There was only one security camera on at the time with only a few frames of the plane before impact - but it's not good footage. I saw it a long time ago.

Remember that this is in the time before cell phone cameras.

Re: Flurry of Calls Among Saudi Staff and Spy Coincided with 9/11 Hijackers’ Arrival

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Post by mardifoufs » Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 12:28 AM UTC

q1w2 wrote: post #120

mardifoufs wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's going on in Yemen is pretty similar to what's going on in ukraine right now. And the KSA also has a putin-like tendency of sending death squads to murder international opposition. The only reason why they seem to not be as bad for westerners is because middle eastern lives are given almost 0 value here in the west. So you'll always get some hand wavy rationalisation to justify not doing anything about the KSA,…

The fact that your comment doesn't include the word Iran anywhere tells me something.

What does it tell you? Obviously the houthis are supported by Iran, and I don't even have any particular love for the houthis themselves. But I don't blame them for getting Iranian support, just like I don't blame ukraine from getting foreign support. You take what you can get in those situations.

Not that it matters but I'm sunni muslim, so my outlook is not even sectarian imo.

Re: Flurry of Calls Among Saudi Staff and Spy Coincided with 9/11 Hijackers’ Arrival

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Post by bayesian_horse » Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 9:14 AM UTC

q1w2 wrote: post #119

bayesian_horse wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't say there was. But when the culprits weren't clear, Iraq was a legitimate suspect for a time.

It was never unclear. The Administration knew the same day that it was Al-Quaeda. One of the stewardesses on the first plane to hit the tower called and told the control tower the seats the hijackers were in (2A & B), which led to their identification and connections to al-quaeda - same DAY.

I mean I may be wrong about this. Still I don't see evidence that it was clear on that day that Saddam Hussein was not responsible in any way. Saddam Hussein had motives to act against the US, did so in the past, and I really doubt that they had conclusive evidence Saddam Hussein didn't and would never work with Al-Qaeda.

The very job of the DOD is to have such attack plans in the drawer. That's all I'm going to say on this.