PIN THE TAIL…!!!
By: Tariq A. Al-Maeena
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As
war drums beat louder and American troops are being rushed to the gulf
and the subcontinent, a number of disturbing questions are beginning to emerge.
Questions that point toward a stench that do not necessarily seem to be coming
out of Afghanistan. Asides from the $10 question of who has the most to gain
from all of the meaningless terror of Sept. 11, there are other niggling
pointers to a far more devious plot than what has been reported or could be
imagined.
To
begin with, why did CNN use footage from 1991 showing
Palestinians celebrating a Scud attack during the Gulf War, broadcasting it as
alive shot on Sept. 11, 2001? Shown repeatedly on Headline News and CNN in the
USA, this footage probably inflamed more Americans and evoked anti-Arab
emotions than the attack itself. It was only moments after the attacks that
these scenes were displayed. Just how long does it take to gather a
bunch of people, abandoned and hungry and jump up and down in front of the
camera in Palestine? And did anyone notice the time zone? A spokesman at
the BBC has confirmed use of this old footage by CNN. They have
copies of such material in their film vaults.
Then
there is the mystery of the ‘no-shows’; those employees who failed to
show up for work on the day of the bombings. We are talking about thousands
here. And believe me, they are not as tardy as we are in this part of the world
when it comes to attendance and punctuality. Did this not cross anyone’s minds?
And what about the reports on the 5 Israelis atop a high tower who were filming
the events as they unfolded, hooting and hollering? All we know is that
they were eventually deported. How convenient!!
All
four black boxes were supposedly destroyed and rendered unusable.
This in spite of the fact that they are designed specifically for plane crashes
which result in insurmountable conditions…Yet one of the hijacker’s passport
supposedly survives fire and heat of over 1000 degrees Farenheit
and is found in perfect shape? CNN reported that one of the hijackers’ passport
was in the area ‘around’ the World Trade Center. What kind of idiots do they take
us for?
Aside
from the idiocy of any suggestion that a passport would survive a plane crash
that is allegedly so severe that it destroys the virtually
indestructible Black Box, we are also led to believe that a
passport, made of nothing but paper ‘flew away’ out of the
hijacker’s pocket, down a few blocks from the WTC grounds. Why a few blocks
away? Could it be because Bin Laden wanted to make sure it was in a place out
of everyone’s sight?
Then
there was the identifying of suspects. They threw just about every
Arab in the barrel, including one who had been dead for a couple of
years! Also included were some living fold who came out and reported there true
whereabouts. One was in his home in Jeddah, and the other operating a
flight out of Tunis.
And
the car found in the underground parking lot at the airport in Boston.
How convenient that Arabic material was strewn all over the back seat
for one and all to see. If Bin Laden was indeed behind all of this, then
his planning is really made up by nothing more than chumps. And a flight
handbook in Arabic? Give me a break!! Talk to any flight crew member, and
they would scoff at you. Training material is always in the language of the
equipment one is training to fly on. And the aircraft flown were assembled
in Seattle!!
And
probably the greatest contradiction in this whole scenario is the FBI
report that two of the Arabic hijackers were involved in a bar altercation
in Florida some time before the bombings. This was over the price of drinks.
Now I’ve come across some fanatics, and let me assure you that not one of them
would be preparing to meet his Maker in a state of inebriation, or with alcohol
coursing through his veins. Makes the whole concept of jihad meaningless
if you ask me. Or was it simply to draw attention to their presence,
another red herring if you will?
Yes,
something is not right here. And consider this…it was only
through the Freedom of Information Act that a couple of decades later we
came to know the real truth about some historical events. That Robert
Kennedy was at the bedside of Marilyn Monroe moments before she died. Or that
J. Edgar Hoover, the then director of the FBI had advance information on the
plot to assassinate JFK, including the when and where.
Remember
the ‘rebel without a cause’ that macho figure of screen actors, Marlon Brando?
Who can forget his tearful apologies to the Jews after he was made to return to
CNN and retract an earlier statement? And this from a guy who snubbed Hollywood
and the Oscars with more than a statement!
It
is understandable that the American people are upset. Rational and
humane people everywhere have similar feelings over the tragic loss of innocent
lives. But a war is being planned out based on assumptions, suspicions,
inferences, half-truths and previous incidents. If Bin Laden is indeed
guilty, then hang him.
But
before George Bush goes full out with his ‘wanted-dead or alive’
posters and compounds this tragedy with more innocent blood, let
the full might of his investigative bodies dig out the real truth.
Pinning the tail on the wrong donkey would be of great disservice to the
American people, and to innocent people everywhere else. And once again,
US foreign policy may find itself falling flat on it’s backside!!
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