Posted on 06/14/2004 8:18:15 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16
The independent commission probing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has found evidence suggesting the attacks were intended to be carried out in May or June of that year, but were postponed by al Qaeda leaders because lead hijacker Mohamed Atta was not ready, according to sources privy to the panel's findings. New evidence gathered by the commission, including information obtained from U.S.-held detainees, indicates that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, mastermind of the attacks, persuaded al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to postpone the attacks by several months because of the organizational problems, according to the sources, who declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the commission's investigation.
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Emphasis mine.
Shows you what polite, sensitive questioning can accomplish.
Interesting in light of the fact that Mohammed Atta probably went to Prague at that time and met with Iraqi agent Al-Ani. So -- Iraq was in the middle of organizing the timeline of 9/11.
Interesting in light of the fact that Mohammed Atta probably went to Prague at that time and met with Iraqi agent Al-Ani. So -- Iraq was in the middle of organizing the timeline of 9/11.
It will surprise me if the media whores for the dnc actually report this, and if they do, it will be interesting to see how they will spin it to somehow make it Bush's fault that 9/11 wasn't prevented.
If I recall the final date was set in July and the operation was given the code name "Porsche 911."
I'm suspicious of anything emanating from the "independent" 9/11 commission.
That being said, it wouldn't surprise me if this aspect turns out to be true. It wouldn't have been *discovered* by these clowns, but told to them. Evidently they have no compunction about *leaking* such information and must have some politically tactical reason for doing so.
The Washington Post IS the "media whores." They already have.
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I've always believed they picked that day for the weather. Since the sky was stunningly clear, they could fly right down the Hudson. I don't believe these guys knew how to navigate by instrument, though I may be mistaken.
In spite of Kean's breathless huckstering of this week's upcoming committee revelations, this is perhaps the only interesting tidbit.
Was there some special significance or urgency in selecting May or June, or was Bin Laden and/or Saddam just anxious to get the foul deed done ASAP?
I have always believed that Bin Laden planned the attack on the WTC and Pentagon (Capital & White House, too!)on the premise that Al Gore would be the President of the United States. GW Bush screwed that up, but the plan carried on. The original intent was to cripple the Government and cause the economic system to breakdown. The WTC and Washington were "the great target"! It was a one shot deal, that if it worked with no response from the US Government to speak of, then other targets would be pursued. I think Bin Laden made the choice to go ahead and gamble that GW Bush would be so stunned, he would hesitate for months to retaliate, if not years. He had the valid good proof in hand that Bill Clinton did nothing to protect America from attack and that Al Gore would do exactly the same. Bush became a wild card and he played his hand and lost! This would be a vastly different America today if Al Gore had been elected President, or if Bill Clinton was still in charge. An America most Americans would never want to see! I just hope and pray the American people wise up and make the right choice this November. It would really not say much for the USA if we made our own death choice by ballot! And...believe me that is what is at stake!
The attack on the WTC and other sites was in correlation to the assasination of the leader of the NA in Afghanistan. We had SF on the ground there before 9/11 going after OBL with the help of the NA. Same old scenario we have used countless times, the same one we gave OBL against the Russians. Why would OBL think we would change tactics, but after 9/11 we did. IMHO OBL was quite surpised we came after him directly. He was looking to create another Vietnam in Afghanistan to rally AQ, boy did he get a wrong number.
I'll bet the delay was probably so that they could also prepare the anthrax attacks for deployment shortly afterwards.
Your point is consistent also with the June 2001 Prague meeting with Atta and Al-Ani. There's reason to believe that anthrax was passed by Iraq to Atta at that meeting, which was the basis for requiring Atta to fly over for a face-to-face meeting.
The date of Sept. 11, 2001, was picked at least a year in advance. Here is a link that explains why I think this true:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/685662/posts?page=58#58
(#58 specifically, not the whole thread). There are also two other links there, containing additional information.
So, I wonder, why is this story about a delay being put out now?
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