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Article #11Re: Conspiracy Theories
From: Robert Hay
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:40
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:40
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If you would like more information on the War on Terrorism Conspiracy and evidence goto: http://plaza.powersurfr.com/freedomfiles/ "DetaxCanada" <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote in message news:fF1X7.13440$XC5.12659@www.newsranger.com... > GW Bush on 9/11 Conspiracy Theories > > "We must speak the truth about terror. Let us never > tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks > of September the 11th, malicious lies that attempt to shift the > blame away from the terrorists themselves, away from the guilty." > GW Bush speaking before the UN GeGeneral Assembly 11/10/2001 > > When President Bush spoke of "outrageous conspiracy > theories" he was for the first time acknowledging something of > great significance. There are informed viewpoints completely > missing from the propaganda war being relentlessly waged on > Americans about 9/11 and its aftermath, viewpoints which are > as opposite from the official story as it is possible to get. > > The Bush administrations' official story has three > basic premises. > To briefly summarize, the first is that Islamic terrorists based > in Afghanistan who hate American freedom plotted and executed an > attack on America - an attack which the U.S. government had no > prior knowledge of nor any connection to. > > The second premise is that in order to wage and win a war on > terrorism we must invade Afghanistan and every other nation > harboring, funding or otherwise supporting terrorists and that > a simultaneous suspension of domestic civil liberties is necessary > for internal security. > The third basic premise is that our government is all good while > theirs is the very personification of evil, the "evil-doers" as > President Bush likes to call them. > > The "conspiracy theories" Bush is referring to similarly > have three basic premises and many divergent subsets. The first is > that the attack was known about (and possibly, planned) by various > elements of the U.S. government before 9/11 and was allowed to take > place in order to bring about certain conditions, including the > suspension of our guaranteed civil liberties. The second premise is > that even if bin Laden and the al Queda network based in Afghanistan > were immediately responsible for the attack that those supporting, > funding and protecting them are not for the most part based in > Afghanistan but are in fact closely connected to the Bush > administration and to the allies President Bush has taken such > efforts to rally to our side. The third premise is that a U.S. > built oil pipeline through Afghanistan which has been in the > planning stages for more than a decade is the real goal of the > war and that a U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was in the works > long before September 11th. > > For earlier Essay associated with this topic.]. > http://baltech.org/lederman/9-11-unpopular.html > > What makes these alternative viewpoints, "conspiracy > theories"? It certainly isn't a lack of evidence. > > In the American criminal justice system there are three > basic kinds of evidence; direct, circumstantial and exculpatory. > > Direct evidence of a crime might include a confession, > fingerprints, DNA samples, credible witnesses or a surveillance > tape proving guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. Circumstantial > evidence is anything that lends credence to a defendant being > guilty but in itself is not sufficient to prove guilt beyond a > reasonable doubt. Exculpatory evidence on the other hand disproves > a defendants' guilt or contradicts other evidence proving their > guilt. In a recent NYC case involving exculpatory evidence, a > homeless man charged with a vicious sidewalk assault on a tourist > was found to be on a store surveillance tape recorded at the same > time the assault took place. In the American system of criminal > law prosecutors are required to share all exculpatory evidence > with the defense. > > The official story as told by the Bush administration > and the U.S. corporate media is constructed of "evidence" the > government frankly admits would not be admissible in any court > of law. If anything, the Bush administrations' version of events > is itself a very weakly constructed "conspiracy theory" challenged > at every turn by an enormous amount of exculpatory evidence, much > of it from the Bush administration itself. No wonder Bush insists > on trials by military tribunals for suspected terrorists, trials > in which virtually none of the evidence will be revealed to the > defendants or their Bush-appointed defense attorneys. > > It's absurd to claim that such trials will have any > similarity to those at Nuremburg after WWII. The accused Nazis > were given every opportunity to mount a full defense and were > directly confronted by hundreds of witnesses for the prosecution > who they were able to fully cross-examine. > > There is one very striking similarity to Nuremberg > however. Like today's accused terrorists, the Nazis were funded and > supplied by some of Americas' wealthiest businessmen including > GW Bush's grandfathers who operated Wall Street banks, shipping > companies and other businesses as fronts for the Nazis [1]. > > Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and the largest sources of > financing for terrorism are also intimately connected to the Bush > family and to Wall Street, to some of Americas' leading corporations > and to members of both Bush administrations. > > The need for complete control of all information and media > coverage along with a 24 hour a day propaganda effort to depict support > for the Bush administration as a patriotic duty becomes obvious once > one has even briefly considered the exculpatory evidence. Not only > might it be difficult to convict the so-called terrorists in a > legitimate court of law but support for either the war or the Bush > administration would be virtually impossible once the full facts > were known. > > Nevertheless, being a loyal American I must support the > Presidents' position in the war on terrorism with one additional > point. The American people should hold President Bush to his own > professed standard as explained in the following quote. > > In his remarks, the president again laid out what the > White House called the Bush Doctrine. > > "If you harbor terrorists, you are terrorists. If you > train or arm a terrorist, you are a terrorist. If you feed a > terrorist or fund a terrorist, you're a terrorist, and you will > be held accountable by the United States and our friends." > > NY TIMES 11/22/2001 Bush Says War May Go Beyond > Afghan Border > > In other words, the President, the CIA, his father and > many of their business partners, cabinet appointees and so-called > allies are - based on the President's own words - terrorists. > > Only by bringing them to justice can we ever hope to win > the war on terrorism. > > Posted by > Eldon Warman (Because Canada and Canadians are also getting sucked > into this miry swamp.) > > >
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