[PoisedWoman]

Fascinating. With both planes hitting at vulnerable areas, it sounds like very sophisticated planning took place. Who has the brains and money to do that? Bin Laden. Sadaam. And who else?

[Senator Pardek]

Not vulnerable areas - it was, as the article alludes to, the heat from the fire. A couple of hours ago, i ran into a guy who was 2 blocks away and saw the first tower collapse.

It was the sheer weight that did it after the metal melted.

[independentmind]

Who has the brains and money to do that? Bin Laden. Sadaam. And who else?

Someone with a fairly sophisticated military. I DO NOT believe that Bin Laden could have pulled this off by himself.

[UnChained]

Fascinating. With both planes hitting at vulnerable areas, it sounds like very sophisticated planning took place. Who has the brains and money to do that? Bin Laden. Sadaam. And who else?

The heat of the fires brought down the buidings. WTC #7 fell entirely as a result of fire, there was no impact. Send a airliner full of fuel into those buildings anywhere and you would have a very big fire. After a short while in a fire, structural steel becomes as stiff as cooked spagetti.

C'mon now, must we endow our enemies with surpernormal cleverness? This operation wasn't all that massive. Eight fairly clever and dedicated people was enough to pull it off.

I disagree with the original post that tried to convince us that the terrorists had to have detailed plans of the buildings and advanced structural analysis skills and precision flying skill. Maybe they did but it wasn't really neccesary.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Chinese... I don't count them out as tactical advisors... they were after all one of the staunch supporters of the terrorist regimes in the mideast... and we took out such an intel office by "accident" under clintong.

They have been supplying saddam's regime with fiber optic technology for their military... They are part of this picture. I feel it.