Posted on 09/16/2001 12:33:42 PM PDT by t-shirt
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Mohamed Atta, 33, pointedly left his bag in Boston's Logan Airport on Tuesday as he boarded American Airlines Flight 11, which he probably piloted a little while later into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.
Being a terrorist didn't keep Mohamed Atta from living openly in America.
The suicide note and other clues found in that bag led investigators to Hamburg, Germany; Venice, Fla.; Canada and Portland, Maine.
(Excerpt) Read more at accessatlanta.com ...
Who was protecting this guy from questioning and deportation?
And on the other 2 stories above the guys was suspected of being involved in the USS Cole bombing and yet the FBI never picked him up, and he (this monster) too went on to to carrying out his part in the mass murder of so many innocent American citizens unhendered by FBI.
Be sure to read the whole thread.
WebPosted Sun Sep 16 13:38:19 2001
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
WASHINGTON - Another man has been arrested by police investigating Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States, but few details have been released.
The suspect was picked up in an apartment in Jersey City, across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Police have not released his name or the charges he faces.
It's the second confirmed arrest in the case. On Friday, police said they took a man with a fake pilot's licence into custody at one of New York City's airports. He's considered a "material witness" in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Officials have also detained about two dozen people on possible immigration violations. Little is known about the cases. But published reports in Saudi Arabia say some of the people being held in the U.S. are Saudi nationals, and that the kingdom has appointed lawyers for them.
FROM SEPT. 14, 2001: FBI releases names of 19 alleged hijackers
American investigators have released identities for 19 alleged hijackers, including seven pilots, who commandeered the four passenger jets used in the terrorist attacks.
The passport of one suspected hijacker has been found near the wreckage of the skyscraper, the FBI said Saturday. But agents did not reveal the name on the document or any other details, including when it was discovered.
Crews are still working around the clock to clear away debris, looking for possible survivors and recovering bodies. Coroners from Ontario arrived on the weekend to try to help identify the remains.
FROM SEPT. 15, 2001: Americans begin burying their dead
As rescue workers slowly dug through the rubble, the first of thousands of funerals were held in several cities across the United States – one day after national memorial services were held in Washington, Ottawa, London and several other cities around the world.
FROM SEPT. 15, 2001: War will be 'sweeping, sustained': Bush
U.S. President George W. Bush held a meeting with his national security team at Camp David. He warned Americans that they should expect a long and difficult war.
"I will not settle for a token act. Our response will be sweeping, sustained and effective," Bush said. "We have much to do and much to ask of the American people."
Written by CBC News Online staff
Bush and Cheney had better start looking into the administration of x42 and bitch with a serious vengeance.
There is no question, as we are so sure of Bin Laden's leadership in this atrocity, so too is there no question as to x42 and its administration's complicity in setting our beautiful nation up for this attack.
The bitch is still in office and if New York can get their act together, they'll realize they have been set up by their 'elected' bitchitor.
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This guy was above the law!
It's as if he was treated like a diplomat or something...???
Sunday, 16 September, 2001, 19:19 GMT 20:19 UK
BBC
US preparations for military strikes are increasing
Senior US officials have issued warnings that up to 60 countries supporting perceived terrorists face the "full wrath" of American military might.
What this war is about is our way of life and our way of life is worth losing lives for
-- Donald Rumsfeld
US Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would engage in a "multi-headed effort" to target terrorist organisations and up to 60 countries believed to be supporting them.
The US, Mr Rumsfeld told American TV, "had no choice" other than to pursue terrorists and countries giving them refuge, following Tuesday's suicide plane attacks on New York and Washington.
Vice-President Dick Cheney said US strategy was to "aggressively go after" Osama Bin Laden, the Afghan-based Saudi-born dissident identified by the US as the mastermind of Tuesday's attacks.
The statements came as President Bush consulted his top advisers at his Camp David retreat on plans for a military response to the attacks, in which more than 5,000 people are believed to have died.
In other developments:
US Attorney-General John Ashcroft says he will ask Congress for stronger anti-terrorism laws, including wider phone-tapping powers
Pakistan is sending a delegation to Afghanistan to persuade the Taleban to hand over Osama Bin Laden Mr Bin Laden issues his first direct denial of involvment in the attacks
Afghan citizens flee built-up areas fearing imminent US air attacks
A man is arrested in New Jersey in connection with the attacks - the second confirmed arrest in a massive investigation involving 4,000 FBI agents
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reports that 180 bodies have now been recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, while 5,097 people remain missing US Vice-President Dick Cheney says that after Tuesday's attacks, orders were given to shoot down any further unauthorised passenger flights over New York and Washington Officials have made it clear that, apart from air or missile strikes, the use of ground troops may be under consideration, to destroy the network behind last Tuesday's attacks, and then try to eradicate state-sponsored terrorism.
But the BBC Washington correspondent says the US would like to build a firm coalition of states supporting its action before launching any retaliation, even if that means some delay.
Opinion polls show strong support among Americans for the use of military force against whoever was responsible for last Tuesday's attacks.
Mr Bush has singled out Osama Bin Laden as the prime suspect.
But his top officials stressed on Sunday that the problem was much wider than just one man.
Vice-President Cheney singled out the Egyptian group Islamic Jihad on NBC's Meet the Press programme.
Threat to Taleban
And he issued an emphatic warning to Mr Bin Laden's hosts, Afghanistan: "They have to understand, and others like them around the world have to understand, that if you provide sanctuary to terrorists, you face the full wrath of the United States of America."
The Saudi-born dissident issued a statement on Sunday denying any involvement in the attacks.
"The US is pointing the finger at me but I categorically state that I have not done this," he was quoted as saying by the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency.
Hopes of finding anyone else alive in the New York ruins have receded
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has meanwhile welcomed Pakistan's decision to allow the US full co-operation, possibly including the use of its airspace.
Mr Bush has backed this up by telephoning Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to thank him for his government's support. The Taleban has warned Pakistan that it faces war if it allows the US to launch an attack from its territory.
Noble Eagle
At the same time, the president's military advisers are concerned that the immediate threat of attacks on US civilian targets is not over and a plan - Operation Noble Eagle - has been launched to improve defences.
The extent of the damage at the Pentagon has become clearer
Warplanes are patrolling the skies above major US cities and military installations, warship battle groups are on guard off the country's east and west coasts, and tens of thousands of reservists have been called up to protect the homeland.
Throughout New York memorial services are being held on Sunday, with thousands expected to attend the main ceremony at St Patrick's cathedral.
The message from White House aides is that Mr Bush wants ordinary Americans to defy those who carried out the attacks by returning to the normal course of their lives as soon as possible.
New York's Stock Exchange, which has been closed since the attack on the heart of the city's financial district, is due to reopen on Monday - as is the US baseball season, suspended as a mark of respect.
The BBC's David Loyn
"This is a new kind of war and it will not end quickly"
Sandy Berger, Former US National Security Advisor says ground troops may have to be deployed in Afghanistan
The BBC's David Frost speaks to William Farish, US Ambassador to Britain In other developments:
US Attorney-General John Ashcroft says he will ask Congress for stronger anti-terrorism laws, including wider phone-tapping powers
Pakistan is sending a delegation to Afghanistan to persuade the Taleban to hand over Osama Bin Laden Mr Bin Laden issues his first direct denial of involvment in the attacks
Afghan citizens flee built-up areas fearing imminent US air attacks
A man is arrested in New Jersey in connection with the attacks - the second confirmed arrest in a massive investigation involving 4,000 FBI agents
New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reports that 180 bodies have now been recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, while 5,097 people remain missing US Vice-President Dick Cheney says that after Tuesday's attacks, orders were given to shoot down any further unauthorised passenger flights over New York and Washington Officials have made it clear that, apart from air or missile strikes, the use of ground troops may be under consideration, to destroy the network behind last Tuesday's attacks, and then try to eradicate state-sponsored terrorism.
Those on board United Airlines Flight 175, which destroyed the World Trade Center were named as:
Marwan Al Shehhi,
Fayez Ahmed,
Mohald Alshehri,
Hamza Alghamdi
and Ahmed Alghamdi.
On board American Airlines Flight 11 which also crashed into the World Trade Center were:
Waleed M. Alshehri,
Wail Alshehri,
Mohamed Atta,
Abdulaziz Alomari
and Satam Al Suqami.
Six hijackers were named on board American Airlines Flight 77 which crashed into the Pentagon building:
Khalid Al-Midhar,
Majed Moqed,
Nawaq Alhamzi,
Salem Alhamzi
and Hani Hanjour. United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside, had four hijackers on board:
Ahmed Alhaznawi,
Ahmed Alnami,
Ziad Jarrahi
and Saeed Alghamdi.
The hijackers' native countries were identified
. Seven of the hijackers were trained as pilots.
Most of the hijackers on board the flight which crashed in Pennsylvania were from Florida.
On Thursday, the Department of Justice had said there were 18 hijackers. The additional hijacker in its latest statement was on the plane which crashed into the Pentagon.
source: BBC
Senate Backs Military Retaliation
September 14, 2001
By ALISON MITCHELL and PHILIP SHENON
New York Times
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - The Senate and the House voted today to approve a $40 billion emergency aid package to hunt down the terrorists who struck at New York and Washington and to help in the recovery.
The Senate voted, 96 to 0, for that amount, twice what President Bush originally sought. The House vote was 422 to 0.
By a vote of 98 to 0, the Senate also gave President Bush support for military retaliation against the terrorists who masterminded this week's attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Of the $40 billion emergency aid package, half is to be used immediately to respond to the attacks and to counter terrorism and to provide disaster recovery and other relief at the locations where four hijacked planes crashed: the Pentagon in Virginia; Pennsylvania where one of the hijacked airplanes crashed, and New York City, where two planes slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The other half would be included in spending bills for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
The House is expected to vote on Saturday on the resolution giving the president the authority to move against the terrorists.
Congressional leaders worked late into the night on Thursday to craft both pieces of legislation, with lawmakers eager to rally around the president in a show of bipartisan resolve. At the same time, they were reluctant to give President Bush open-ended approval for any military action, saying they were trying to preserve the traditional role of Congress.
The negotiations had been interrupted earlier Thursday when a telephone bomb threat caused a frenzied evacuation of the Capitol for about 45 minutes. The incident came as the Senate was putting itself on record against discrimination against Arab-Americans and House members were getting a new briefing on the investigation into Tuesday's attacks.
Canadian entry, exit lists studied
By MARK BIXLER
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 15, 2001
Federal investigators are looking into the possibility that some suspects in Tuesday's terror attacks entered the United States from Canada, casting a rare spotlight on a porous 4,000-mile border well-known to smugglers.
One part of a global investigation has led authorities to small towns near remote border crossings in Maine. Investigators have reviewed passenger lists at ferry crossings and spoken with the owners of B&R's Moose Mart in Jackman, Maine, population 718.
Despite the activity, authorities have declined to say whether they believed some of the terrorists crossed the Canadian border.
A suspect in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing escaped across that border. And last year, a guard in Port Angeles, Wash., arrested an Algerian man who had just arrived on a ferry from Victoria, British Columbia. The man, Ahmed Ressam, had 130 pounds of explosive material in his car. He was convicted in April of planning to bomb Los Angeles International Airport. He testified he went to Afghanistan in 1998 for sabotage training in a camp believed to be run by Osama bin Laden, suspected in attacks Tuesday on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Before the attacks, guards at the 105 legal crossing points between Maine and Washington generally tried to facilitate legal crossings. They would conduct random vehicle checks and ask occasional questions, but the emphasis was on making it easier to cross, especially after the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1993.
Experts say this created a climate in which terrorists with even a modicum of sophistication could enter the United States.
"Up until fairly recently it's been extraordinarily easy to cross the U.S.-Canadian border," said David Mutimer, acting director of the Center for International Security and Studies at York University in Toronto.
Terrorism experts pointed out that Ressam's arrest was something of a fluke -- his nervousness aroused suspicion. A more composed criminal might have escaped detection, said Jim Walsh, a political scientist and terrorism expert at Harvard University.
"Any terrorist worth his salt obviously is going to refrain from suspicious activity," he said.
Immigration and customs officers on both sides of the border were on heightened alert after hijackers struck this week.
"We might ask more questions. We might open more trunks. We're just being more vigilant," said Callie Gagnon, a spokeswoman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Vermont.
FBI and INS agents also were pursuing leads suggesting that some terrorists came through Canada. One of the leads took INS agents to Bay Ferries Ltd. in Bar Harbor, Maine, which runs a ferry between Maine and Nova Scotia. An agent collected a list of all passengers who entered the United States on a Bay Ferries vessel this year, said Risteen Masters, a company spokeswoman. It was difficult to know the significance of the request since the company routinely turns its passenger manifest over to the INS, she said.
Investigators were summoned to B&R's Moose Mart on Wednesday after Ray Stevens recalled four Arab customers who stopped by on Aug. 17. The store is just off Route 201, about 16 miles from the border, and most customers are Canadian tourists heading south.
Stevens has lived in Saudi Arabia, and chatted with the men in Arabic, said his wife, Beth Stevens. He called agents and gave them a credit-card receipt from a sale to the men, but his wife said they do not know whether agents believe the men were connected to the attack. Police in Portland, Maine, told reporters two men believed to be among the terrorists flew from that city to Boston, where two of the hijacked planes began their fateful journey.
After the attacks, American diplomats urged Canada to scrutinize more closely the people who come into that country. Canada has a more liberal immigration policy than the United States, and the U.S. already has begun to pressure Canada to change that. The goal is to make sure people crossing from Canada into the United States were checked before they came into Canada.
Most of the northern border is unmanned, though the federal government considers it a guarded border -- sensors and cameras keep watch in some places where people do not. But the border has become popular with smugglers. People from the United States smuggle alcohol and cigarettes into Canada because taxes on those products are higher north of the border. People in Canada spirit illegal immigrants into the United States.
Even so, the United States pays far more attention to the Mexican border because so many more people try to cross that border without permission. Agents detained 1,643,679 people trying to cross illegally from Mexico in 2000, compared with 11,957 trying to sneak in from Canada, said Nicole Chulick, INS spokeswoman in Washington.
It is impossible to say how many terrorists or would-be terrorists have crossed either border, of course. But Walsh, the terrorism expert at Harvard, said the number is probably very low. He said it is rare for attackers to cross oceans to carry out an assault.
"The fact is, we haven't had that many acts of terrorism in the U.S. homeland," he said. "Most terrorism incidents, including suicide bombings, take place in local zones of conflict."
News/Current Events News
Posted on 09/13/2001 17:07:20 PDT by DataPro01
David Shippers, former House legal counsel for the impeachment investigation and author of Sell Out, was interviewed by Quinn on his radio show this AM. Shippers had some very interesting things to say....some examples, Shippers claims that he contacted the Justice Dept weeks agon with warnings that a large terrorist strike involving southern Manhattan was imimnent. He was ignored. He also states that our best Middle Eastern terrorist expert, an FBI agent, has yet to be consulted.
Essentially, Shippers is stating that when all is said and done the American public will find that the authorities had lots of information on a potential strike yet did nothing...and that the quick arrests are because of this fact...and the brave actions of flight attendants who phoned in the seat numbers of the terrorists before they were killed.
I think this information needs to be heard and discussed...and have been urging national news shows to interview Shippers ASAP. Shippers interview with Quinn can be heard archived at www.warroom.com/archives the Wed 9/12 show. 1 Posted on 09/13/2001 17:07:20 PDT by DataPro01 [
and have been urging national news shows to interview Shippers ASAP. Shippers interview with Quinn can be heard archived at www.warroom.com/archives the Wed 9/12 show
Two of the terrorists pilots were from Suadia Arabia. And both pilots were a member of the Saudia Arabia Armed Forces. Which included military exchanges programs with America.
So, our military trained them with military equipment, the U.N. International School trained them for pilots,
the Federal Government issued them Visa and Federal Pilot Licenses. I think our government should accept some of the responsiblity of this act on our citizens.
Without our government help, this terrorists act could not have been pulled off.
START DIGGING FOLKS!!!!
Atta's presence on a State Department watch list would not prevent him from entering the United States, officials said, but it would have given them a reason to monitor his movements.
Still, he had no apparent trouble enrolling in flight school in July 2000 when he showed up at Huffman Aviation International in Venice, Fla. He used his real name, a practice he continued throughout his movements leading up to the hijacking.
Atta may have been carrying an M-1 training visa to attend flight school, as were at least two of the hijackers in Tuesday's attack, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Saturday.
Also unfolding in that search is a glimpse of a frightening and patient plot to wreak havoc on the United States using this country's open, democratic systems - and at times its bureaucratic bumbling - to aid its execution.
"I will not settle for a token act. Our response will be sweeping, sustained and effective," Bush said. "We have much to do and much to ask of the American people."
Thank you, Mr. President!
By ROBERT O'NEILL The Associated Press 9/16/01 11:11 PM
BOSTON (AP) -- Federal authorities are checking whether a suspected terrorist took a tour of the control tower at Logan International Airport three days before planes from the airport were hijacked, the FAA confirmed Sunday.
The FAA initiated an internal investigation after receiving a tip, said Jim Peters, spokesman for the New England regional office of the Federal Aviation Administration.
There is no log kept of tower visitors, and no security video. That means everyone who worked at the tower must be interviewed, Peters said.
The FAA, as a courtesy, allows pilots to tour the tower, though access is restricted. An air traffic controller at Logan, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said foreigners usually need permission from an FAA regional office before being allowed into the tower. The controller said he had not seen anyone matching the description of the hijackers in the tower.
The FAA regional office in Burlington, Mass., refused to comment, referring questions to spokesmen in New York.
The FBI says 10 men hijacked two passenger jets bound from Boston to Los Angeles on Tuesday morning and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City. Two other hijacked jets crashed into the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
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