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9/11 Mastermind Admits Killing Reporter
In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. Mohammed confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday March 14, 2007 by the Pentagon. Mohammed claimed responsibility for planning, financing, and training others for bombings ranging from the 1993 attack at the World Trade Center to the attempt by would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes. (AP Photo)
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Its all George Bush's fault. He made these people do these things. The United States of America is at fault for its faulty interventionist foreign policy and creating all this animosity against her. Therefore we deserved 9-11,the beheadings, assasination attempts, and any terrorist activity against us.
(warning: comments are laced with sarcasm and facetiousness. I just wanted to beat the liberal commies to the punch.)
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#1 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:36 AM EDTNice sarcasm. I dream of a newsvine where "liberal commies" are tossed about with the same reckless abandon as "neocons".
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Craig there is truth to your sarcasm, Bush is responsible for the war in Iraq. Not the Liberal Commies as you imply.
Consider this.
I want you to imagine the most patriotic American you can imagine, Ok do you have that person in mind. Ok great.
Now.
Does this person also believe in these values?
Freedom of thought for individuals
Limitations on power (especially of government and religion)
The rule of law
The free exchange of ideas
A market economy that supports free private enterprise
A transparent system of government in which the rights of all citizens are protected
What would you call a person who believes in these values?
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no one deserves terror, but it is a simple fact that it is easier for this insane man to recruit people to attack us based on our foreign attitude and policies. And bush was barely in power during 9/11. But what Bush is doing is increasing the amount of people with animocity of the us and hense more terrorists. There will always be insane people, we can just reduce the likelyhood they will be listened to,
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I don't think its a one to one relationship more like some neocons are jews, but not all... certainly not all... and what's wrong with being a Jew?
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Yeah, that's a vast overgeneralization valeyard, borderline anti-Semitic. Do you actually know any Jewish people? I have dozens of Jewish friends, and most of the ones I know are quite liberal. Every single one I know hates the Iraq War and favors a two-state settlement in Israel. In fact, a nontrivial number of the ones I know have longish hair and listen to hippie jam bands like String Cheese Incident. Not exactly neoconservative hawks. And hardly all neocons are Jewish. Not unless Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, etc. all had secret conversions. So don't make offensive overgeneralizations and think it's a funny joke.
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Jimmytex is right. This administration is as goyish as any. Sure there are Jewish neocons, Wolfowitz, Feith, etc. - so what? I think their names get trotted out to draw attention and accountability away from the "deciders" - Bush, Rummy(ex), Cheney. They're gentiles - so what? Neo-conservatism is non-denominational hogwash.
If anything, the American Jewish community is in general still doggedly liberal, against the war, and reject the notion that the Iraq war somehow benefits Israel. I don't even think AIPAC refelects a majority opinion among American Jews.
{over & out}
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You got me Craig19, for the first 2 sentences I thought you were serious.
You must understand, I live a little to the north of the US, and my Country is filled with people who would make those statements without the sarcasm.
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#2 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:43 AM EDTOh gosh! Wit from the frozen wasteland. I lived in Canada for 5 years and I wasn't so much impressed with how "peaceful" Canadians were, but more with how passive aggressive they were.
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Ill take passive aggressiveness any day instead of a gunshot to the abdomen.
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How credible is this guy's confession? Was he the mastermind behind everything? Or did 3 years of captivity and torture enhance his creativity? Is this a public relations move to try to salvage the Bush presidency or is this guy for real?
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#3 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:09 PM EDTIs this a public relations move to try to salvage the Bush presidency or is this guy for real?
Some people will scream "conspiracy theory" over anything. Go away.
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While others get their 'conspiracy theories' given to them by their newspapers and digest them whole while bleating hypocritically at others who they sort of figure are less, 'rationa'l than them because they aren't part of their 'herd'.
You're welcome to stay.
Lets see, he's responsible for 9/11 'from A to Z' [funny phrase for a non english speaker]
The Liberty/oops library tower "conspiracy" [you're in on that one right?] and mr Pearls beheading.
I hear Jimmy Hoffa's still unaccounted for.
He may well be responsible for these crimes but you know what, unless you trust the word of someone in CIA captivity for three years, he may well not be.
Complicated having a mind of your own isn't it? Maybe stick to the funny pages, you could do with the practice.
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I agree - sounds a bit fishy.
As if the first two years of waterboarding and torture, he gave us nothing! And neither did his laptop.
The past year must have been a bitch!
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Dear Josh Sheepford,
Like a lame attempt to poke fun at my last name. ;)
Seriously though...are you 12?
I think "Sheepford "was quite clever, actually.
You don't think?
I would have never of thought of that at age 12.
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The United States of America is at fault for its faulty interventionist foreign policy and creating all this animosity against her.
This is a true statement. That does not mean, however, that we deserve the beheadings, terrorism, and assassination attempts. These things should be treated as criminal matters as they always have in the past. Invading countries is not the answer to a loose multi-national organization.
Check out this video for the possible reasons for over militarizing the prosecution of these criminals.
Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4924034461280278026
Check out this video for the possible reasons for hyping the looming threat of Al Qaeda
The power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8217638438978899371 part 1
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2839463332690200955 part 2
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4729189253956590972 part 3
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#4 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:57 PM EDTIs it true that he also confessed to the murder of Princess Diana, and has indicated between screams that he was the second shooter on the grassy knoll?
This man's confession is totally credible. Now, would anyone like to buy my car?
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#5 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:58 PM EDTOh, car? No, not interested. But if you want to sell me the London Bridge, I'd be interested.
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Wait - isn't he the guy who convinced Van Halen to trade out David Lee Roth for Sammy Hagar? Shameless.
- 2 votes
The "Flashdance" T-shirt so doesn't work for him.
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#7 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:47 PM EDTI heard he admitted to killing J.F.K. and selling smack to Elvis.
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Those waterboarding t-shirts will be on the catwalk in Milan next season ;-)
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Im.. too sexy for this shirt
too sexy for this shirt.
too sexy - ow that hurts!
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Some fckin mastermind... he got caught... Usama is still at large...
Yeah yeah, I know its a cheap shot you neocon fart faces... but still, Usama is at large, and the military tribunal document admits:
The detainee served as the head of the al-Qaida military committee and was Usama bin Laden's principal al-Qaida operative who directed the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States.
Usama is the mastermind... ultra misleading titled articles (and FOX news commentary!!)
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#8 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:48 PM EDTOverall how can we trust that the information in the tribunals is true?
It would be a different story if this person were prosecuted in an open court where he could have real presentation and nothing was hidden behind closed doors.
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#9 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:51 PM EDTDoes anyone else think it an interesting quirk of timing that these confessions come at a convenient time to sway media attention away from the Justice Department shenanigans? How do we know that these confessions actually took place to the degree and manner stated since we only have the transcripts to go by? These transcripts could have been created at any time and edited in any manner. Yes, I am a bit cynical.
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#10 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:14 PM EDTYou ask good questions, that our government provides no transparency for us. It is unfair for the justice department of America to let the US infringe upon the rights of other HUMANS. These tribunals are kangaroo courts, the evidence is hidden, some of the testimony is hidden, the verdict is hidden, and the members of the court room are hidden... what exactly is known about these tribunals other than they distract the media (in some sort of freakish frenzy) with coverage of facts they have no way of checking, or sources they have no way of following up on...? Answer that one Uncle Sam!
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That was my first impression. I heard it on NPR the other morning and thought, "There goes the Justice Department issue." It's not conspiracy, so don't call me a conspiracy theorist. It's a gutless political move that America is tired of (see 2006 election results.)
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Sorry Abdul Majid, I was trying to sell the London Bridge but the first guy I approached turned out to be the rightful owner even though he looks just like an ordinary tourist. Just my luck. And then I had to give him everything in my wallet to keep him quiet.
However, I do happen to have a secret herbal remedy that will give you a twelve inch pianist.
To be serious though, the sad fact is that if people are continuously interrogated most of them will eventually believe whatever they are told they have done. That is the good reason we have rules in our criminal system in the UK about how long people can be kept without charge. Under torture people will admit anything. It might be true, or it might not. People have been known to admit murdering themselves, if a list of their victims is put in front of them.
If this man is for real then let the evidence be examined in an open court. Then we might find it more convincing.
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#11 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:23 PM EDTIf they hadn't told us that testimony could be used even under coercion, then this may be believable. The fact that we can do anything we want to make you say what we want with no questioned asked makes any testimony from these prisoners unacceptable......... WHERE IS OSAMA?
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#12 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:38 PM EDTSoooo, the alleged mastermind of 9/11 was a Pakistan-born Kuwaiti who used to fight the Russians in Afghanistan with CIA backing. Good reason for invading Iraq?
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#14 - Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:59 PM EDTAny connection with Dublin? Cause I fancy a pint of Guinness, in the name of securing world peace of course.
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Been there! The Guinness certainly tastes different there, despite them saying that the stuff you buy in the UK is the same now.
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