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Posted on 04/02/2006 10:29:53 PM PDT by Coleus
WASHINGTON – Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., is calling for a congressional investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing because of evidence of a foreign connection and a conspiracy broader than Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. In a memo written to Rep. Henry Hyde, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rohrabacher said he has spent 12 months personally investigating the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 and concluded "there is ample evidence to justify an investigative hearing into this historic crime." The focus of the probe, he suggests, should be "Was there a foreign connection to the Oklahoma City bombing?"
"The official position today, defended by the FBI and Justice Department, is that the OKC bombing, which left 168 persons dead, was planned and executed solely by two disgruntled veterans, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, with the limited involvement of Michael Fortier," writes Rohrabacher. "After my inquiry I have concluded that others were involved and that information about the bombing is being kept from the public and from the Congress. The jurisdiction of my Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations extends only to the possible international and foreign involvement in the crime. Even within that framework there is ample evidence to justify an investigative hearing."
Rohrabacher worked closely in his personal investigation with Jayna Davis, author of the WND Book, "The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing." The congressman said there are two major targets of inquiry which indicate a foreign connection to the OKC bombing:
"First, Terry Nichols and, to some degree, Timothy McVeigh appear to have had contact with Arab, Muslim, or Middle Eastern terrorist elements prior to and during the implementation of the bomb plot," he wrote. "Second, just as significant, there is evidence of a personal relationship between Timothy McVeigh and Andreas Carl Strassmeier, a German national who was promoting violent insurrection to white supremacists at their nearby stronghold called Elohim City."
Rohrabacher concludes in his memo to Hyde: "(I)t is highly likely that the Arab connection and or the Strassmeier connection played a significant role in the planning and execution of the murderous bombing of the OKC federal building. In both possible scenarios, the official investigation fell short and further investigation has been discouraged ever since."
He suggested a one-day or two-day hearing and suggested subpoenas be issued to former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former Attorney General Janet Reno. "The bombing of the OKC federal building was the greatest slaughter of innocent Americans until 9/11," Rohrabacher writes. "It is possible there was an al-Qaida connection. It is possible there was a Strassmeier connection. There is ample reason to disbelieve the official version of this horrific crime. It is up to us to begin setting the record straight."
Previous stories:
Docs: Secret Service took thousands of phone records
'Compelling' evidence of another terrorist
Agent: Feds told of threats to blow buildings
Oklahoma City FBI surrenders documents to court
Congressman to FBI: Turn over documents
FBI must turn over investigation docs
Ex-Green Beret involved in attack?
FBI has secret docs it's reluctant to give up
Withheld evidence to sink case against Nichols?
Declassified FBI memo reveals twists in probe
Reporter's Oklahoma City coverage vindicated
Was FBI early arrival in Oklahoma City?
Another suicide or another cover-up?
Read WorldNetDaily's extensive coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing case.
I had forgotten about that, wasn't there a sketch released of this guy?
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Jayna Davis bump!
He was trying to get the Nobel Peace Prize and then wanted to replace Kofi Anna. If Clinton let out the truth about OKC then he would have had to respond. That would have meant War in the Middle East and the end of his shot at the Peace Prize.
That is why he never responded to the Cole, the Khobar towers, Etc, Etc. He wanted to be remembered for bringing peace to the middle east. He didn't care that even if he had succeeded that it would have been temporary, that way even when that peace failed he could always say that the next president screwed it up.
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Wasn't it a "Federal" building that was attacked?d Terrorist attacks that happen on US soil is all of our business.
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Well put. The flight 800 one bugs me and I think the Bush's let Clinton off of the hook because he probably told him he was afraid that making a terrorist attack public would hurt America.
President Clinton had invaded Haiti, bombed Bosnia, sent cruise missiles into Afghanistan and Sudan, bombed Iraq, and waged the entire 1999 war against Serbia by the time the USS Cole was attacked in 2000.
Frankly, WJC's chances for the Nobel Peace Prize were greatly reduced when he burned and leveled the Branch Davidian compound near Waco back in 1993. His involvement in Somalia hardly led to world peace, either.
So while the NPP angle makes for a good theory, it doesn't match enough facts on the ground.
Yes, and didn't he bear a striking resemblance to Jose Padilla?
You're smokin' -- or drinkin' -- something too strong for the system. The OKC bombing has always been a NATIONAL issue.
***I had forgotten about that, wasn't there a sketch released of this guy? ****
there was one of the third man who rented the Ryder Truck. The extra leg was (If I remember correctly) female (DNA) African-American.
Dana is a pretty level headed guy, there must be a lot here for him to go this far.
What did he do, just wake up?
Ah, it was a US Federal building that was bombed, a Federal investigation in to it, and a Federal trial and execution of McVeigh ....
So Oklahoma can deal with any state issues...
And the rest of us other US citizen's in the remaining 49 state's and Federal territory's can deal with the Federal issues
Your probably right, but it didn't keep him from trying.
"Isn't this Oklahoma's issue? California ought stay the hell out of it."
Do you want it investigated, or not?
If you do, why hasn't an Oklahoma congressman done the work to move it forward.
Dana did, and has. He heads a committee with responsibility.
Not to detract from the Jayna Davis book, which I haven't read yet, there is another book on the subject- Others Unknown- about the same or similar subject matter, written by Stephen Jones, Chief defense counsel for Timothy McVeigh, subsequently fired by McVeigh. Author states that proceeds from the paperback will be donated to non-profit or charity orgs. Very interesting read, I recommend it.
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