Angela Mailander wrote: > I do respect the feelings for your country that you > have expressed. > "When four of the world's premier jet fighters crash, the military pays attention. When every F-15 in the world is ordered to stay on the ground, the rumor mill gets in gear."
Read more: 'The Real Story Behind the F-15 Stand-Down: News Analysis' By Joe Pappalardo Popular Mechanics, November 16, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/39hxqm "And what are the chances that an operation of such size-- it would surely have involved hundreds of military and civilian personnel--could be carried out without a single leak?" 'Why the 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Won't Go Away' By Lev Grossman Time, Sunday, Sep. 03, 2006 http://tinyurl.com/prx43 "Recently, Rosie O'Donnell, a co-host of ABC talk show The View, made comments on the show that renewed controversy over the collapse of World Trade Center 7." "I do believe that it's the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel." - Rosie O'Donnell Read more: 'Rosie O'Donnell 9/11 Conspiracy Comments' Popular Mechanics, March 30, 2007 http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/911myths/4213805.html "America was NOT "under attack" when those first alerts were received; certainly ATC and FAA had NO WAY of knowing so early in the proceedings that the jets which had broken communications and gone off-course were part of any "attack." Source: 'Air Defenses Stood Down On 911' By R. Anderson Rense, 12-23-1 http://tinyurl.com/3y73jc "The article also makes no mention whatsoever of the numerous war games scheduled for the morning of 9/11 which confused air defense personnel as to the true nature of the attack as it unfolded, as is documented by the recent release of the NORAD tapes." Source: 'Debunking Popular Mechanics' 9/11 Lies' By Paul Joseph Watson PrisonPlanet, August 10 2006 http://tinyurl.com/rmnwl "This absurd idea that NORAD had no radar coverage over much of the continental US is distilled from the 9/11 Commission Report. Predictably, the article makes no mention of evidence that war games were planned for the day of 9/11/01." 'Popular Mechanics Attacks Its "9/11 LIES" Straw Man' by Jim Hoffman 9-11 Research, February 9, 2005 http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/pm/ "These theories are generally not accepted as credible by political leaders, mainstream journalists, and independent researchers who have concluded that responsibility for the attacks and the resulting destruction rests solely with Al Qaeda." Source: 'September 11, 2001 attacks' Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks "Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, and The Skeptic's Dictionary have published articles that debunk various 9/11 conspiracy theories." 'Claims that US defenses were deliberately disabled' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories Claim: FEMA workers were dispatched to New York City on the evening of 10 September 2001, which proves the federal government had advance knowledge of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Status: False. Source: Snopes, October 1, 2002 http://www.snopes.com/rumors/fema.htm 'Internet hoaxes' http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blxterror.htm "News of the devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon swept across the Internet at light speed on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. So did rumor, gossip and hearsay." 'Rumor Watch: 9/11 Terrorist Attack on U.S.' http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa091101a.htm 'Complete 9/11 Commission Report' http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm
