We are told by the United States government that five Arabs somehow got through this initial screening procedure. How did they do this?
Airlines keep a list of passengers on board. This is for insurance purposes, should there be a crash. It is also for the purpose of notifying relatives after a crash. It is also for the purpose of in-cabin screening. "Has everyone paid who is on the plane?" And, finally, is there a hijacker on board?
On American Airlines Flight 11, there were no Arab names on the passenger list. So, how does the government know who the hijackers were?
Why does CNN's Web page list 92 dead, when there are only 86 name listed? Who was the non-Arab?
I have seen nothing about government accusations against American Airlines for substandard check-in security procedures. In fact, I have seen nothing about the discrepancy between the published names and the published numbers regarding how many people were on board.
Let's go to American Airlines Flight 77. This plane crashed into the Pentagon.
We are told that 64 people were on board. I count 56, including 6 crew members. There is no explanation offered for the absence of 8 names. There is no Arab name on this list.
Something is definitely wrong here.
What about United Airlines? Did the company's employees follow the same check-in procedure? Presumably, they did. I checked Flight 175, which crashed into the south tower.
There were 56 people on board, according to CNN's summation. The summation says there were 2 pilots, 7 flight attendants, and 56 passengers. I counted the names. The total is 56 -- the number attributed to the passengers. Nine names are missing. None of the listed names are Arab.
This leaves United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. It had 45 people on board, according to the summation.
Again, there is a discrepancy. Only 33 names appear on the list. A dozen names are missing. Among the missing names are the four Arabs who allegedly hijacked the plane.
So, the published names in no instance match the total listed for the number of people on board.
In no case does an Arab name appear on a list, let alone one of the alleged hijackers.
Why are there no Arabs listed on any of these lists, let alone the specific Arabs identified by the Attorney General and the head of the FBI in an Associated Press story?
how could 19 Arabs evade the check-in procedures?
STEP TWO: ON-BOARD SEATING
These were all cross-country flights. The planes were loaded with lots of fuel, which is why they were selected: flying bombs. On cross-country flights, passengers still are given meals, not just pretzels and soft drinks. The number of meals is supposed to match the number of people on board, or at least come close.
Flight attendants have a list of passengers and their assigned seats. This is to enable them to identify passengers who have requested special meals, such as kosher meals. It is also to enable them to identify people who have not bought a ticket. Flight attendants are supposed to know who has been assigned to which seat.
It is September 11. Here is the situation: there are an extra five men on three flights, and four extra men on Flight 93.
You have already seen the photos of these men. If I had been a flight attendant, and I saw five extra men who looked like they did -- young, Arabic, and without tickets -- I would have asked them to explain why they were on board. I would not have assumed that they belonged there.
