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How the 9/11 Terrorists Got Here
Townhall.com ^ | August 25, 2021 | Terry Jeffrey

Posted on 08/25/2021 5:48:36 AM PDT by Kaslin

The commercial aircraft that al-Qaida terrorists flew into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001 -- killing 2,977 people -- did not take off from some foreign land before flying toward targets here in the United States.

They were all domestic flights that took off from American cities and were headed toward American cities.

American Airlines Flight 11, which struck the north tower of the World Trade Center, took off from Boston and was heading to Los Angeles.

United Airlines Flight 175, which struck the south tower of the World Trade Center, also took off from Boston and was heading to Los Angeles.

American Airlines Flight 77, which struck the Pentagon, took off from Northern Virginia and was heading to Los Angeles.

United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, took off from Newark and was heading to San Francisco.

Almost three years after the 2001 attacks, the staff of the national commission that Congress created by statute to investigate the event published a report on "9/11 and Terrorist Travel."

This report began by making a fundamental point: "It is perhaps obvious to state that terrorists cannot plan and carry out attacks in the United States if they are unable to enter the country."

We let the hijackers in. But did they come here legally? Did they follow our visa and immigration laws? Not according to this 9/11 Commission staff report.

"The story begins with 'A Factual Overview of the September 11 Border Story,'" says the preface to the report. "In it, we endeavor to dispel the myth that their entry into the United States was 'clean and legal.' It was not."

"Three hijackers carried passports with indicators of Islamic extremism linked to al Qaeda; two others carried passports manipulated in a fraudulent manner," the report explained. "It is likely that several more hijackers carried passports with similar fraudulent manipulation. Two hijackers lied on their visa applications. Once in the United States, two hijackers violated the terms of their visas. One overstayed his visa. And all but one obtained some form of state identification. We know that six of the hijackers used these state issued identifications to check in for their flights on September 11. Three of them were fraudulently obtained."

More than two dozen al-Qaida terrorists whom the commission associated with the 9/11 conspiracy tried to enter the United States. Most of them succeeded.

"Twenty-six al Qaeda terrorist conspirators -- eighteen Saudis, two Emiratis, one Egyptian, one Lebanese, one Moroccan, one Pakistani, and two Yemenis -- sought to enter the United States and carry out a suicide mission," said the commission's staff report. "The first of them began to acquire the means to enter two years and five months before the 9/11 attack."

"The 19 hijackers applied for 23 visas and obtained 22," said the report. "Five other conspirators were denied U.S. visas. Two more obtained visas but did not participate in the attack for various reasons."

One thing these terrorists tended to have in common when they applied for visas to enter the United States was a newly minted passport.

"Most of the hijackers applied with new passports, possibly to hide travel to Afghanistan recorded in their old ones," said the report.

The terrorists who actually piloted the hijacked planes had another thing in common. This was a remarkable ability to enter, leave and re-enter the United States.

"The four pilots passed through immigration and customs inspections a total of 17 times from May 29, 2000 to August 5, 2001," said the report.

Ziad Jarrah, who flew United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, "was the most frequent border crosser, entering the United States seven times."

Had they only let this terrorist into the United States six times, he would not have been on that flight.

Mohamed Atta, who flew American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower, and Marwan al Shehhi, who flew United Airlines Flight 175 into the south tower, "came in three times each, entering for the last time on May 2 and July 19, 2001, respectively."

Had they only let these terrorists in twice, they would not have flown into the twin towers.

Hani Hanjour, who flew American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, had made repeated journeys to the United States in the 1990s before coming back as a student -- who never went to school -- in 2000.

"Hani Hanjour was the only hijacker to enter on an academic visa, arriving on December 8, 2000," said the report. "He had already attended both English and flight training schools in the United States during three stays in the 1990s. Hanjour was also the only pilot who already had a commercial pilot's license prior to entry, having acquired it in 1999 in Arizona."

"Hanjour did not attend school after entering on a student visa in December 2000, thereby violating his immigration status and making him deportable under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(B)," said the report.

He, of course, was not deported.

This staff report concluded that "all of the hijackers violated some aspect of U.S. immigration law."

The good news is that our government has succeeded for nearly two decades in preventing another terrorist attack like 9/11. The question now: Will it continue to do so?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; afghanistan; terroristattack
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To: 1Old Pro

The criminal cabal is simply distracting us with something akin to get another Titanic movie. The Deep State is working to solidify their narrative in the world’s collective (hive/Borg) mind.

It took extreme 1st Amendment suppression to squelch truly scientifically-grounded voices telling of Fauci-authorized, US taxpayer-supported Gain of Function research, spike protein enhancement, and CCP/WTO/WEF collusion, to be replaced with non-stop Fauci/CDC/Big Pharma lies for 18+ months.

Back in the day, the false (GHWB/C|A) JFK assassination narrative was easier for the Brennan types to manufacture. If anyone ever needed a Rosetta Stone to see how the intel agencies can be successful in crafting a false narrative that only after many decades is overturned toward the truth, we have look no further than UFO denials that have now been retracted in partial disclosure.

The official lies narrative being overturned came a bit more quickly with Trump-Russia collusion, which nonetheless effectively drown out the traitorous Obama Administration spy activity of Candidate, President-elect and President DJT. The DS narrative stoked a fanatical fervor against loosely-anchored PDJT meanness among the delusional Left, nonetheless giving plausible cover to two completely fraudulently based impeachments.

Why do we allow the Left’s false conspiracy narratives to be seen as prevailing by default at the their first reflexive shout of “conspiracy theorist!”? It’s the age-old scare-the-right ploy: Say “Racist!”. Say “conspiracy theorist!” Watch them scatter and be disavowed by the RINOs, neo-cons and Bushites! Even their fora self-muzzle in harmony with trolls sometimes being given more leash and tolerance.

The way WTC#7 was demolsihed in controlled fashion is incontrovertible evidence of pre-planted explosives on its foundation columns. With that context, the similar way both Twin Towers came down be necessarily tells everyone those towers had pre-planned explosives, facts that contradict the cabal’s lies and all their atte.lts to squelch the truth. When a witness’ perjury on the stand in court is exposed,the jury is admonished that NOTHING that witness says need be given weight, as if it was true. The government has lied repeatedly if not without fail and nothing it says should be accorded the mantle of truth, so as to establish a narrative on anything beyond “The sun came up in the east yesterday.”

The 9/11 “planes” were holographic projections that were visible from only certain camera angles. Witnesses and some videos deny the presence of planes. Since unedited videos show missing planes where other angles show planes, these must be explained and only holographic images allow for that completely. Where the projections appeared to contact the buildings was known ahead of time, allowing for Marvin Bush’s people to plant explosives precisely, making way for the videotaped illusions prevailing in billions of people’s eyeballs.


21 posted on 08/25/2021 8:46:30 AM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: rx
The way WTC#7 was demolsihed in controlled fashion is incontrovertible evidence of pre-planted explosives on its foundation columns. With that context, the similar way both Twin Towers came down be necessarily tells everyone those towers had pre-planned explosives, facts that contradict the cabal’s lies and all their atte.lts to squelch the truth. When a witness’ perjury on the stand in court is exposed,the jury is admonished that NOTHING that witness says need be given weight, as if it was true. The government has lied repeatedly if not without fail and nothing it says should be accorded the mantle of truth, so as to establish a narrative on anything beyond “The sun came up in the east yesterday.”

The 9/11 “planes” were holographic projections that were visible from only certain camera angles. Witnesses and some videos deny the presence of planes. Since unedited videos show missing planes where other angles show planes, these must be explained and only holographic images allow for that completely. Where the projections appeared to contact the buildings was known ahead of time, allowing for Marvin Bush’s people to plant explosives precisely, making way for the videotaped illusions prevailing in billions of people’s eyeballs.

Not this bull$hit again! It was the Muckin' Fuslims, with hijacked aircraft, dammit! Not the Jews, or Bush (GW or Marvin), or the NWO or anyone else. By noon on 9/12/01 Mecca should have been a smoking, radioactive glassed-over ruin. All non citizen Muslims should have been deported within a few weeks and all citizen Muslims placed under surveillance.

22 posted on 08/25/2021 2:49:29 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Kaslin

How?

The front door.


23 posted on 08/26/2021 3:24:20 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Travis McGee

Planes, trains and automobiles...


Or on foot if we have to!

24 posted on 08/26/2021 3:29:14 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rx
The 9/11 “planes” were holographic projections that were visible from only certain camera angles. Witnesses and some videos deny the presence of planes. Since unedited videos show missing planes where other angles show planes, these must be explained and only holographic images allow for that completely. Where the projections appeared to contact the buildings was known ahead of time, allowing for Marvin Bush’s people to plant explosives precisely, making way for the videotaped illusions prevailing in billions of people’s eyeballs.

Pfft!

Box cutters are EASY!

The really hard part was hiding so much airplane debris in the building before collapse!

25 posted on 08/26/2021 3:32:53 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Kaslin

If resident Biden is flying them in and sorry excuses for governors like Georgia’s are inviting them to their states, it seems breaking immigration laws may be a moot point. God bless and watch over America.


26 posted on 08/26/2021 3:59:00 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

No doubt..

And throw in a virus to keep us scared and divided..


27 posted on 08/26/2021 4:13:06 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: Elsie; JimRed

Expletive- and raspberry-laden derision don’t begin to refute sound argument.

The official narrative is entirely inadequate to explain why there is merely an 18-foot diameter whole into a comparatively lightly-reinforced 1941-built Pentagon, which supposedly absorbed the impact of a Boeing 757 while at the Twin Towers the expected size impression is made into 1968 heavily reinforced steel.

Of course, even that doesn’t explain why most of the debris at the supposed impact point on the North Tower demonstrates the fingerprints of shaped charges and not the inward-shaped impression of the high-kinetic-energy impact of a 400mph, fuel-laden jetliner.


28 posted on 08/26/2021 6:57:53 AM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: Elsie; JimRed

Expletive- and raspberry-laden derision don’t begin to refute sound argument.

The official narrative is entirely inadequate to explain why there is merely an 18-foot diameter whole into a comparatively lightly-reinforced 1941-built Pentagon, which supposedly absorbed the impact of a Boeing 757 while at the Twin Towers the expected size impression is made into 1968 heavily reinforced steel.

Of course, even that doesn’t explain why most of the debris at the supposed impact point on the North Tower demonstrates the fingerprints of shaped charges and not the inward-shaped impression of the high-kinetic-energy impact of a 400mph, fuel-laden jetliner.


29 posted on 08/26/2021 6:57:54 AM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: rx
Of course, even that doesn’t explain why most of the debris at the supposed impact point on the North Tower demonstrates the fingerprints of shaped charges and not the inward-shaped impression of the high-kinetic-energy impact of a 400mph, fuel-laden jetliner.

It was them danged Deep State window washers that planted the needed explosives on the outside of the North Tower beforehand.

30 posted on 08/26/2021 11:52:07 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rx
 
 
 
HOW wide??
 
 
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a5659/debunking-911-myths-pentagon/
 
 

31 posted on 08/26/2021 12:04:43 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie; JimRed
Surely there's no evidence window washers Israeli art students were planting explosives on the side of the North Tower!

Oops! Except there is such evidence!


32 posted on 08/26/2021 1:13:04 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: Elsie
Yeah, "HOW wide??"


33 posted on 08/26/2021 1:23:44 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: rx

Yup; it’s a picture of something all right.

What is the stuff in boxes? and what is the proof?

Where was it taken? and where is the PROOF?

Who are those people? and who has the proof?


34 posted on 08/26/2021 2:28:20 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Yes, it's something all right! (See video.)
Here are the Israeli's that had foreknowledge.
Here's the police report of explosive residue found.
See how Mossad and the DS just let them fly back to Israel!
35 posted on 08/26/2021 8:50:05 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: Elsie
Yes, it's something all right! (See video.)
Here are the Israeli's that had foreknowledge.
Here's the police report of explosive residue found.
See how Mossad and the DS just let them fly back to Israel!
36 posted on 08/26/2021 8:50:05 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: rx

Show me the proof that photos of these “art students” were indeed taken inside the towers.

Show me proof that the aircraft we watched flying into the towers were holographic projections, while you’re at it. Are we all on a big ol’ holodeck?


37 posted on 08/27/2021 10:45:19 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Quilla
God bless and watch over America.

Why should he, when a large plurality of the population have rejected him?

38 posted on 08/27/2021 10:50:16 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed; generally; rodguy911; Cats Pajamas; smileyface
What do you take me for, your research slave?   See video.

If WTC7 was a controlled demolition, which Silverman affirmed with his "pull it" quote (see also copious additional supported facts from the above video), which it was, Occam's Razor instructs us that all three buildings were controlled demolitions.


39 posted on 08/27/2021 7:50:15 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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