Posted on 07/22/2004 10:47:47 PM PDT by FairOpinion
The thing that struck me as so pathetic was the woman who wrote the story seemed to suggest that she just knew what those men were thinking.
Prior to 9-11, in August 2001, Woods became suspicious of the ME men, he reported it to the pilot and flight attendant, describing specifically what made him suspicious. They, in turn, reported it to the FAA. There is no public info, at least Woods didn't mention anything about what happened to the info after that, whether the FAA ignored it, or passed it on to the FBI, who didn't take it seriously.
After 9-11, a friend of Wood's encouraged him to report to the FBI the incident, and he did. This time, the FBI did take it seriously, recognized that his report was about the genuine hijackers.
From the interview, it was clear to me that Woods is not given to paranoia and hysteria, that he observed some specific behavior, which made him very suspicious. After 9-11, when he talked with the FBI, they told him, not to repeat publicly the specific behavior he observed, probably so as not to alert any potential terrorists, as to which specific behavior they need to change.
That's only SEVEN.
Who were the OTHER SEVEN?
We have 14 people in a 7-men band?
Where is the proof that those shown in the picture were the ones on the airplane?
It's always "Ooops! We made a mistake..." three days after every suspicious event.
The "authorities" don't want to disrupt commerce; they want the democrats to win; and they instinctively fall back on their training to obscure the facts.
Musicians. Yeah, right. All of them playing a dirge, no doubt.
From your link:
"the gents at Powerline received a note from that group's tour manager explaining the band was still in Syria when all this happened. "
So if the group's manager said they were in Syria at the time, how can people claim it was that band on the plane?
Believe it or not, I was reading your posts, not going by FO's replies. So apparently however you were phrasing things, FO is not the only one who thought you "need convincing" of something. ;-)
don't chew my arse...
here some more...
http://michellemalkin.com/ (start from here)
WNBC investigative reporter Scott Weinberger reported on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show tonight that the 14 Syrians on Northwest Flight 327 ALL had expired visas. He said that law enforcement officials xeroxed the men's paperwork without looking at the dates. The visas had expired nearly a month earlier, according to Weinberger.
Just because they were musicians by trade doesn't mean that they couldn't also be terrorists in training.
Sure, the FBI gets many reports. But they are the professionals, who are supposed to be able to sort through all that, and maybe throw out 99% of them, but they are supposed to know which 1% to keep.
They are facing the same thing today -- they are asking for tips, and I am sure 99% of those turn out to be nothing.
The problem is that if we are wrong once, many will die.
your not reading the whole thing... there is 2 bands (one that everyone thought is was at first was in syria still, that only left one other.
READ READ READ
Do you have any idea what it cost for 14 people to fly round trip across this country? And just so they can do a show at a bottom shelf, San Diego dive?
Does Bush have to put up with strange diaperheads wandering around Airforce One at 30,000 feet? Why should he expect any of us to put up with this bull sh*t?
pinging you to this thread... speaking of what I wrote about in my email.
maybe you should start a new thread, breaking news possibly over this...
WNBC investigative reporter Scott Weinberger reported on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show tonight that the 14 Syrians on Northwest Flight 327 ALL had expired visas. He said that law enforcement officials xeroxed the men's paperwork without looking at the dates. The visas had expired nearly a month earlier, according to Weinberger.
This does not give me much confidence in the background checks that the Joint Terrorism Task Force, FBI, and LAPD may or may not have conducted on the men before letting them walk away. Would you trust the terrorism investigation of officials who apparently neglected to verify whether these men--coming from a designated state sponsor of terrorism--WERE EVEN IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY?!?!?!
http://michellemalkin.com/
"the 14 Syrians on Northwest Flight 327 ALL had expired visas"
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Thanks! This is info I was not aware of.
"Terror in the Skies Again" now ranks with those bad news bears. I believe every word of this story is true, regardless of what the men with long erasers and short memories now say.
You need to chill out and not think that everyone is going against your opinion... Read Michelle's website!
http://michellemalkin.com/
It has been a roller coaster investigation, now it is looking BAD again for the FBI AND maybe this BAND is not so innocent after all. I mean EXPIRED VISAS and they let them move on. Are the back in Syria?
I'm out y'all, until tomorrow.... :-)
Stay safe, stay alert, stay prepared.
The obfuscating cover stories get more absurd every day.
Soon they'll have Jerry Goldsmith leading the plane in song for a medley of his greatest hits.
It's pretty amazing.
I think the media is deliberately covering up these stories, they want people to forget and make fun of the terrorist threat, because if people are aware of the very real, very serious danger, they will flock and vote for Bush, NOT Kerry.
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