"In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false."
|
|
| rock and roll means fuck "In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false." |
|
|
Saturday, August 02, 2003 the dam breaks... Report on 9/11 Suggests a Role by Saudi Spies "WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — The classified part of a Congressional report on the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, says that two Saudi citizens who had at least indirect links with two hijackers were probably Saudi intelligence agents and may have reported to Saudi government officials, according to people who have seen the report." from the NYT to the LAT... Saudi Government Provided Aid to 9/11 Hijackers, Sources Say "WASHINGTON -- The 27 classified pages of a congressional report about Sept. 11 depict a Saudi government that not only provided significant money and aid to the suicide hijackers but also allowed potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to flow to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups through suspect charities and other fronts, according to sources familiar with the document. One U.S. official who has read the classified section said it describes "very direct, very specific links" between Saudi officials, two of the San Diego-based hijackers and other potential co-conspirators "that cannot be passed off as rogue, isolated or coincidental." Said another official: "It's really damning. What it says is that not only Saudi entities or nationals are implicated in 9/11, but the [Saudi] government" as well." it was only a matter of time. those 28 pages have been the worst kept secret in washington since before the report was released. this puts the bushies and the saudis, not to mention the hapless FBI, in quite a pinch. the war in iraq was sold as not only a hunt for those nasty WMDs that have yet to be found, but also, in a really manipulative and cynical way, as some sort of retribution for the events of 9/11. ahem. this document is very interesting as much for what it says as for what it doesn't say. what is interesting to me is that there seems to be precious little being said in the press about the big, absent 800lb gorilla, iraq. there really isn't much there about the iraqis, nothing of signficance anyway. but, there is plenty about the saudis. absent any WMDs, we went to war with iraq for what again? it seems to me that if we were really after those responsible for 9/11, we would have steered those M1A tanks south from kuwait. i am also of the opinion that there is a reason that this info is coming to light now, not last dec/jan when the report was done. if this comes out in january of 2003, there is no iraq war. max cleland thinks so as well: "The report was completed late last year, but its publication was delayed by endless wrangles with the administration over what could be declassified. Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, who served on the committee, said the report's release was deliberately delayed by the White House until after the war in Iraq was over because it undercuts the rationale for the war. The report confirms that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. "The administration sold the connection to scare the pants off the American people and justify the war," Cleland said. "What you've seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends." make no mistake. there's gonna be hell to pay. posted by downtown | 1:24 PM |
|
Cost of the War in Iraq
(JavaScript Error)
 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. |
|
|
|
|
 |
||||
|
|||||
