[agrandis]

I absolutely believe that there is no credible evidence for mechanical failure or any of the other theories the Feds floated (bomb, meteorite, lightning), and I absolutely do believe a missile brought down the plane, and I do suspect it could have been Islamic terrorists, but this article is weak on substance. Misleading headlines to articles like this don't do much for the cause of getting to the truth about TWA 800.

Oddly enough, I expect some people here who have pooh-poohed the missle theory (the government wouldn't LIE to us, would they?), to jump on board now, if there is an Iraqi connection, if it will serve the cause to start a fun war.

P.S. If the missile was delivered by Islamic terrorists, Clinton was politically stupid to cover it up! But maybe he had his reasons. "MOHAMMAD FERRAT"

[Steve0113]

If the missile was delivered by Islamic terrorists, Clinton was politically stupid to cover it up!

Not at all. This happened four months before the 1996 elections, and the bent one didn't want it to be known that terrorists were killing Americans on his watch. It would've been a formidable campaign issue, and he knew it.

[agrandis]

That would surely have been his political thinking. But why didn't he use it like he used the OKC bombing, and just pretend it was some evil entity called "the militias," egged on by Rush Limbaugh, Christians, and anti-Clinton cowboys in Wyoming? I don't have the answer. There's something strange about the whole case.

And one thing strange about it is that it is confirmed that one of the names on the passenger list was Mohammad Ferrat, from Algeria. Ferrat was a friend of Ron Brown's, and was supposed to be on Brown's ill-fated flight, but scrubbed in the last minute. What an unlucky guy! That is a coincidence that keeps nagging at me, since I don't tend to be a wild-eyed coincidence theorist.

[Sal]

Was that the guy who cancelled out of the Ron Brown flight at the last minute?