9/11: al-Qaeda didn’t act alone

[Valin]

The Telegraph:

For their new book, 'The Eleventh Day’, Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan trawled through thousands of documents, piecing together a definitive account of the attacks.
Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
20 Aug 2011


The World Trade Center after being hit by the second plane Photo: REX FEATURES

On September 11, bereaved family members will mark the 10th anniversary of the cataclysmic terrorist attacks on American cities. They will gather around the pools of remembrance at the newly opened memorial, where the names of the 2,982 known victims who died on the day and in the earlier bombing of 1993 are engraved on parapets of bronze. President Obama and his predecessor, George W Bush will be on hand.

Two official inquiries have investigated the who, the how, and the why of 9/11. A decade on, however, many questions remain. Osama bin Laden and his terrorist cohort plotted and executed the operation, but did they act alone? Only days after the onslaught, President Bush's defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said the terrorists "live and work and function and are fostered and encouraged, if not just tolerated, by a series of countries… I know a lot… It's a sensitive matter."

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The Iran connection is spelled out in a document filed by American attorneys working on a civil action known as the Havlish case. Fiona Havlish is the widow of an insurance consultant working for AON, the reinsurance giant, who died on 9/11 at the World Trade Center. She and six other bereaved relatives – including the widow of one of the airliners' pilots – joined Iran to a suit brought against bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden

[Valin]

I the process of reading this now....so far very good and even handed. + I've learned a thing or two.

[righteousmomma]

I can understand the attitude of the "government" and people like Condi and Rumsfeld and Cheney et al pre 911.

The Country was introspectively happy and asleep.

Lets put all this in perspective.

A 911 sort of attack was a foreign concept to most. Terrorism was a foreign concept.

I can only imagine the outcry from the press and the Dems et al as they would have labeled the Bush government as war mongers, oil money lovers above all else and scare monsters.

 

Different world then.

 

Yet look at what is happening today in post 911. The government's attitude and policies pale in comparison.

 

I AM scared and the co -exist/peace at any price/intelligentsia in control now in government and press may do far worse than "let the American people down".

 

Speaking of perspective:

The inquiry's co-chairmen, Democrat and Republican alike, said release of the censored material would not compromise national security. More than 40 senators demanded that the censorship be lifted – in vain. Senator Graham, the Democratic co-chair, has charged that Bush "engaged in a cover-up", that it was "as if the President's loyalty lay more with Saudi Arabia than with America's safety."

President Obama told the widow of one of the 9/11 victims after his inauguration that he was prepared to get the suppressed material released. More than two years on, it is still withheld.

[Valin]

I can understand the attitude of the "government" and people like Condi and Rumsfeld and Cheney et al pre 911.

The Country was introspectively happy and asleep.

Lets put all this in perspective.

A 911 sort of attack was a foreign concept to most. Terrorism was a foreign concept.

 

It is amazing how sharp 20/20 hindsight is. One of the things I've gotten so far from the book is just how screwed up things were on that day. No body really knew what was going on and even those who did couldn't communicate with anyone. The whole system collapsed. The good news is, it could have been a whole lot worse.

 

President Obama told the widow of one of the 9/11 victims after his inauguration that he was prepared to get the suppressed material released. More than two years on, it is still withheld[/b].

 

As much as I want to know, there are things we don't need to know. As over used/misused as it is there really is a reason for the government to keep things secret.

[righteousmomma]

As much as I want to know, there are things we don't need to know. As over used/misused as it is there really is a reason for the government to keep things secret.

 

Exactly!