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In a message dated 4/3/2003 11:52:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hi Nagesh - this is certainly true. And Clinton has > been "slammed" for it, with reason, of course. > No Vivian! It is not true. It is bogus propaganda. I was hoping you would read the information on the Snopes.com link that I had provided in my last post on this thread. Snopes.com is a well-known and highly respected site that exposes internet rumors and chain letter emails. I am sure Goanet does not want to perpetuate such lies. What has been alluded to in the above quote by Vivian is just such a lie. Here once again is the snopes.com link that tells us why: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/atta.htm This lie is also exposed in the following webpages: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/atta.html http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/hijacker.htm I append below what is written on the above webpage. Cheers, Santosh http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/hijacker.htm THE PILOT OF ONE OF THE HIJACKED 9/11 AIRLINERS WAS IN CUSTODY, BUT RELEASED AT PRESIDENT REAGAN'S OR PRESIDENT CLINTON'S -FICTION! Summary of eRumor: The email says that in 1986, a pilot named Atta was captured and imprisoned in Israel for blowing up a bus. As a part of the famous Oslo Accords, Israel was to release "political prisoners," but was reluctant to let any prisoners go free who had "blood on their hands." One version says it was at the insistence of President Ragan and Secretary of State George Shultz, Atta was freed. Another says it was insisted upon by Bill Clinton and Warren Christopher. The Truth: According to several news sources, including the Boston Globe, which was among those that originally published the story, this turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. An article from 9/19/01 says that Second Circuit Court of Appeals records showed that the man arrested in connection with the bus attack in Israel used an alias that was the same as the name of the hijacker, Mahmoud Atta. Even that suspect, however, was not in custody so where the story about Reagan the Oslo accords came from, we don't know. The Oslo accords were signed in 1993 and Ronald Reagan left office in 1989. Additionally, we've not been able to find any provisions in the Oslo accords as described. There were provisions for the release of a large number Palestinian prisoners. The original version of the eRumor included the Reagan connection. Someone along the way decided to pin the blame on Bill Clinton and a new, revised version started circulating with his and Warren Christopher's names inserted. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
