Tuesday, October 16 2012   -   9/11 Consequences

October 15, 2012
by Karen McVeigh, UK Guardian
RawStory.com

Five Guantánamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks were back before a military tribunal on Monday for pre-trial hearings after months of delay.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – the alleged mastermind of 9/11, the worst terrorist attack in US history – and his four co-defendants sat quietly at the defence tables, watched by military guards. Defendant Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi responded to the judge’s questions about his request for additional legal counsel, according to the Associated Press, before the hearing was adjourned.

The calm start to the proceedings was in sharp contrast to the previous hearing in May, which was marred by protests, outbursts and the defendants’ refusal to answer questions from the judge. It lasted 13 hours.

The hearings, in Camp Justice, the war court compound at the US naval base in Cuba, are expected to focus on secrecy and transparency, but will cover a range of issues from whether the prison camps can force the men to attend their own trials to what they can wear in court, the Miami Herald reported.

 

Tuesday, October 16 2012   -   Research/Evidence

October 15, 2012
by Kevin Ryan
Digwithin.net

Abu Zubaydah, a man once called al-Qaeda’s “chief of operations” appears to be at the center of an unraveling of the official myth behind al Qaeda. After his capture in early 2002, Zubaydah was the first “detainee” known to be tortured. The information allegedly obtained from his torture played a large part in the creation of the official account of 9/11 and in the justification for the continued use of such torture techniques. Yet in September, 2009, the U.S. government admitted that Zubaydah was never a member or associate of al Qaeda at all. These facts raise an alarming number of questions about the veracity of our knowledge about al Qaeda, and the true identity of the people who are said to be behind the 9/11 attacks.

Unlike other alleged al Qaeda leaders, including Khlaid Sheik Mohammed and Rasmi bin Alshibh, Zubaydah has never been charged with a crime. As these other leading suspects await their continually-postponed military trial, Zubaydah is instead being airbrushed out of history. Why would the U.S. government want us to forget Zubaydah, the first and most important al Qaeda operative captured after 9/11?

The 9/11 Commission called Zubaydah an “Al Qaeda associate,” a “long-time ally of Bin Ladin,” a “Bin Ladin lieutenant,” and an “al Qaeda lieutenant.”[1] The Commission’s claims were somewhat contradictory in that Zubaydah was, in the Commission’s report, represented as both an al Qaeda leader and simply a terrorist colleague who collaborated in the training and recruiting of operatives. For example, the Commission reported that Zubaydah “helped operate a popular terrorist training camp near the border with Pakistan” [Khalden Camp], and that Bin Laden had an agreement with Zubaydah to “conduct reciprocal recruiting efforts whereby promising trainees at the camps would be invited to join al Qaeda.” It was unclear why a “Bin Laden lieutenant” would need such a reciprocal agreement with Bin Laden.

Other claims made by the 9/11 Commission were that “KSM and Zubaydah each played key roles in facilitating travel for al Qaeda operatives,” and that “Zubaydah had been a major figure in the millenium plots.” These claims are supported primarily by the torture testimony of Zubaydah and others, and by Zubaydah’s “diary.”

In an amazing turnabout in 2009, an attorney for Zubaydah wrote in The Guardian that the majority of the accusations against Zubaydah were understood by all parties to be false. In fact, he wrote, they “were known to be false when uttered.“[2] Attorney Brent Mickum said that his client, said to be the “number three man in al Qaeda,” was never a member or associate of al Qaeda and that — “These facts really are no longer contested: [Zubaydah] was not, and never had been, a member of either the Taliban or al-Qaida. The CIA determined this after torturing him extensively.” In fact, he “was never a member or a supporter of any armed forces that were allied against the United States,” and he was never the “head of a military camp that trained terrorists. That allegation is false at all levels.”

It turns out that Mickum’s report was correct and that “Abu Zubaydah’s supposed relationship with al-Qaida is a complete myth.”[3]

 

Tuesday, October 16 2012   -   Truth Movement News

October 16, 2012

On Saturday, October 20th, from 1-4pm, Come and listen to author, anti-war activist and Gold-Star Mother Cindy Sheehan, and author, local advocate for 9/11 Justice Jon Gold.

FREE ADMISSION!!!

Cindy will talk about her latest book. Revolution: A Love Story.

Revolution: A Love Story is the story of how citizens of any country can create a better world for their families, communities, nations and then ultimately, the world. It's inspiration to Occupy Revolution and a love note to Venezuela.

Jon will talk about his book, 9/11 Truther.

9/11 Truther is a story about an everyday American who saw that something was wrong with what we were told about 9/11 and tried to do something about it.

Extensive Question & Answers session afterwards

SEE YOU THEN!!!

For questions, contact Bill Perry at 215 945 1269.

Endorsements:
Delaware Valley Veterans for America
Brandywine Peace Community
Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network
Philly VietNam Vets Against War
Veterans For Peace, Chapter 96 (S. Jersey)
Veterans For Peace, Chapter 21 (N. Jersey)
BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action
Occupy Philly's Labor Working Group
Students For Justice In Palestine

Be sure to use the 37th Street Entrance.

[Flyer follows.]

 

Tuesday, October 16 2012   -   Truth Movement News

"The Crimes of the 1%"

November 10 Conference details: book early for discount.

Contact: Ian Henshall
Reinvestigate 911 ( www.reinvestigate911.org)
Accountable Democracy ( www.accountabledemocracy.org.uk)

To get the £8 advance fee, reduced from £12, please book now by phoning our sponsor Coffee Plant during office hours (0208 453 1144) or going to the Coffee Plant website where we have set up a special page to book tickets: www.coffee.uk.com/tickets. The group ticket price is cheaper still.

We hope we have got a really good line-up for you. You have probably noticed that RI911 has launched Accountable Democracy as an official lobby group and the sponsor of the Crimes of the One Percent Conferences. This does NOT mean we will be abandoning the false flag terrorism issue, just that we will be raising the many other instances of looting and warmongering by the one percent.

Accountable Democracy is also sponsoring ADTV a TV programme making initiative. This should reach many thousands more people when ADTV goes public on youtube and satellite. This is the last conference before that, which means that we are relying on the people like you on this list to show interest as you have done in the past.

[Flyers follow with description and speaker lineup.]

 

Monday, October 15 2012   -   In the Media

Published on October 2, 2012
by RTAmerica

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad both delivered two of the most controversial speeches at the latest session of the United Nations General Assembly. And while the Israeli's speech was aired in full on CNN, the Iranian's address has been ruthlessly cut and the viewers have missed some very important points. What are the ramifications of this kind of selective reporting?

RT's Liz Wahl is joined by Amber Lyon, a three-time Emmy award winning journalist who suggests that sensationalism, hype and downright propaganda is being used to push America into a war with Iran.

Editor's Note: Watch this clip... Amber Lyon talks at length about extensive propaganda being aired by CNN, as well as the fact that the network where she was formerly employed has still not aired, nor given her any reason for not airing, a documentary about Bahrain she produced for the network. After investigation she learned Bahrain was actually paying CNN to produce and air reportage favorable of the Bahraini government. This goes well beyond the Iran/Israel issue and naturally leads one to ask what other issues may CNN, and other networks, have censored or promoted...

 

Wednesday, October 10 2012   -   Resources and Materials

Censored 2013 Addresses Crucial News Ignored by the Corporate Media

October 10, 2012
Project Censored

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The book's additional chapters include original analysis on drones and targeted killing, "GuatánamoSpeak," the democracy movement in Kashmir, corporate education "reform," the status of Iraqi refugees, the 1970 Kent State massacre, and the global network of the ruling 1%. Each chapter deconstructs the official narratives and propagandized news frames featured in corporate news coverage and this volume includes the latest on Junk Food News and News Abuse and updates from last year’s top censored stories.

Published by Seven Stories Press, Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution is available now directly from Project Censored (www.projectcensored.org). It will be available in bookstores around the country on October 30, 2012.

 

Thursday, October 4 2012   -   Get Involved

A Benefit for “NO LIES RADIO”

Sunday October 7, 2012 - 7pm

Northern California Premiere of “Operation Terror”
in Berkeley, California

The Hollywood 9/11 Thriller that is Banned from the Theaters

Co-sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Committee

James McCullough from the mysterious “Council” gives a special assignment to CIA agent Aaron Delgado to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and pin the blame on Muslim Terrorists. Delgado and fellow agents, Phillip Singer and Chase Jordan, work with a group of unsuspecting engineers to develop unmanned jets that will hit their assigned targets. The Army and the FBI begin to uncover the plot, forcing Delgado to intervene. The CIA agents also have to deal with an increasingly suspicious George Poole, the lead engineer working on the drones, who becomes skeptical on how the remote controlled planes will be used. A battle between good and evil ensues as the plot to attack America becomes a hard-hitting reality.

 

Wednesday, October 3 2012   -   Research/Evidence

October 2, 2012
Compiled by University of Waterloo 9/11 Research Group

The following articles are peer-reviewed journal papers that address issues surrounding the day of 9/11/2001 from a critical perspective. Academics are encouraged to take an interest in 9/11 research.

March 2012 | Launching the U.S. Terror War: the CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
Journal: The Asia-Pacific Journal
Author: Dr. Peter Dale Scott (University of California, Berkeley)
Link: http://japanfocus.org/-Peter_Dale-Scott/3723

February 2012 | Temporal Considerations in Collapse of WTC Towers
Journal: Int. J. Structural Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp.189-207
Author: Dr. Gregory Szuladzinski (PhD, Structural Mechanics; FEIA & Member of ASCE)
Link: http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=47711

 

Wednesday, October 3 2012   -   Resources and Materials

October 3, 2012
Intro by Jon Gold
Source: Amazon.com

Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRD). It is an independent, non-profit transdisciplinary research network promoting equality, sustainability and security. The IPRD (www.iprd.org.uk) analyses violent conflict in the context of global economic, ecological and energy crises.

He is a bestselling author and international security analyst, specializing in the historical sociology & political ecology of mass violence. Currently focusing on the intersection of global ecological, energy and economic crises, and their linkages with terrorism and state-militarization. His blog is available here, and his latest book and film are available here.

Nafeez was very influential to me over the years. Thank you for this wonderful review.

A bitter dose of heartfelt rationality in a field muddied by conspiracy industry dimwits.

 

Monday, October 1 2012   -   9/11 A/V Galleries

Commentary isn't even needed here ... just watch this:

http://vimeo.com/49798570

JESSE VENTURA - Every War Starts With A False Flag Operation! from Uyghur on Vimeo.

Jesse Ventura, live on mainstream television with Piers Morgan September 17, 2012. Amazing...

 

Thursday, September 20 2012   -   Get Involved

September 20, 2012
This just in from the remarkably effective, long-standing Colorado 9/11 Visibility Team:

Breaking News! "9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out" has, for the last ten days, been the FIRST most watched and FIRST most shared video on the national PBS website — a surprise to us all! Please use this opportunity to suggest to your friends that they watch this excellent film at http://video.pbs.org/. PBS lends great credibility to all of our work, so now is the time to spread the word!

Thanks to you all!

The Colorado 9/11 Visibility Team

Program for September

Colorado 9/11 Visibility educates the public about information which clearly shows that we have been lied to about what happened on September 11, 2001. In doing so, we understand that there is a context which allows this kind of atrocity to occur. This month we are pleased to show "The Crisis of Civilization," which explores this bigger picture.

Video: The Crisis of Civilization (77 minutes)
What type of societal system actually requires “terrorists,” state-sponsored false flag operations and other deceptions, a controlled media and electoral process, the gutting of our civil liberties, environmental degradation, classism (dispossession of the majority and great privilege for the very few), economic and political instability, and yes, even war? ...

 

Wednesday, September 19 2012   -   First Responders/Health Effects

18 September 2012
By Michael McAuliff
HuffingtonPost.com

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers vowed to "never forget" 9/11 again last week, but it appears many already had -- in the budget sequester legislation Congress passed last summer to try and cut the deficit.

The sequester set up automatic budget cuts of some $1.2 trillion over 10 years, and legislators were careful to spare veterans from most of those, recognizing their sacrifices in the war on terror. But apparently no one remembered to also exempt 9/11 responders and others who first answered the call after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that started that war.

And now the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act that President Barack Obama signed on Jan. 2, 2011, faces $38-million worth of cuts in 2013 alone if the sequester is not avoided, and could lose something approaching $300 million over the current planned life of the program.

The news is not going over well with advocates in the 9/11 community, who had thought that the 9/11 programs were safe because they were passed as mandatory spending programs outside of the annual discretionary budget process.

"This is unacceptable," said John Feal, a construction worker who founded the FealGood Foundation advocacy group after losing half his foot at Ground Zero in the cleanup.

"This is just another slap in the face from Washington, D.C.," Feal said. "Last week, Republicans and Democrats talked about remembering 9/11 and unity all across the nation, and all that patriotic stuff, and now we're getting this thrown on our lap."

 

Tuesday, September 11 2012   -   Editorials

Catherine’s Anniversary Prayer — September 11, 2012

By Catherine Austin Fitts

Lord, we gather in prayer on the eleventh anniversary of 9-11;
We thank you for the many blessings you have given us,
among them the gift of life;
Let our hearts be in your heart, our mind in your mind;
Help us to speak life into this anniversary and this day.

We pray for those who lost their lives on 9-11;
We pray for the families who lost loved ones;
We pray for those who lost friends and colleagues;
We pray for those who lost companies, jobs, and resources;
We pray for those who risked their lives and health and whose courage and sacrifice lifted us through this time;
We give thanks for the grace they have brought to this earth;
We pray for the people and the land of New York, Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia;
We pray for all who have suffered and sacrificed in the wars and politics these events were used to justify.

We pray for the perpetrators of the events of 9-11;
We pray for those who exploited these events;
We pray for all who have profited;
We pray for all of us whose participation in unhealthy thoughts, disinformation and
systems has facilitated more killing, more war;
May that which has been stolen be restored;
May we all be restored to your love and your peace.

We give thanks to the millions of people who have contributed to our understanding of these events;
We give thanks for independent media;
We give thanks for independent journalists and investigators; authors, engineers, architects and scientists, concerned citizens;
Lord, protect them, encourage them, lift them up and let them feel today our appreciation and our admiration;
They have stood between us and the abyss:
They are “the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.”
Let our resources gather to replenish and refresh them— their best is yet to come.

Lord, we know you have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a strong mind;
Allow the light of truth to shine and spread; to restore, to heal; and to illuminate pathways to heal hearts and rebuild the wasted places.

Today, on this special day, we celebrate that all things are possible.

We give praise and restoration in the name of Jesus,

Amen

 

Tuesday, September 11 2012   -   Get Involved

September 11, 2012

              

The 9/11 Truth Film Festival will be livestreamed at NoLiesRadio.org.

 

Monday, September 10 2012   -   In the Media

September 10, 2012

This just in ...

Approaching the 11th “Anniversary” of 9/11... What facts and evidence about 9/11 remain unreported by the media, and why? What does this have to do with what has happened to our country since that tragic day?

Jeanie Keltner and David Kimball will address these topics on Jeanie's Access Sacramento Cable TV Show “Soapbox!” tonight, Monday, September 10, 2012 at 8 PM.

Monday, September 10, 2012 8PM – 9PM Pacific
Host: Jeanie Keltner
Guest: David Kimball
Access Sacramento Channel 17 (Sacramento – Cable TV)

Please tune in or check it out here:

www.accesssacramento.org

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