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9/11 Commission Report
I was just wondering if anyone else has gotten the 9/11 Commission Report
I purchased it at Barnes and Nobles the day it was released and initially skimmed through it. I am now reading it. It is in narrative form - not legalese. So it's easy to read and very interesting. You can also download it - but I wanted the book. This thread is to discuss what is in the 9/11 Commission report. One thing I was surprised by are the number of phone calls which came from the hi-jacked planes. I knew there were several calls - but when they are laid out in the book - it shows just how many there were. This is a call from Peter Hanson to his father Lee Hanson. Peter was on flight 175... Quote:
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07-31-2004, 04:12 PM | #2 |
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Christ, it's reading things like that, that make your hair stand on end.
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Ugh . No way I'm buying a book like that. That's awful .
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It is extremely interesting and if you want to know what happened on that day, what led up to that day -things concerning Bin Ladin, world terrorism and the responses of America - it is a VERY informative and important book to read.
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i'd read it if i could get it.
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That does sound interesting... maybe I'd download it if I had my own computer right now, but more likely, I'd buy the book (if this dinky town had a bookstore). (Two liquor stores and no bookstores... go figure. )
What did the book have to say about the role of the Bush administration?
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what area of b.c. are you in nurvingiel?
about the book, it sounds interesting, i've read a couple excerpts of it. It would be kinda of interesting to see what procedures were taken while everyone was watching it.ill look around for it but probably wont buy it,probably just get it from the library
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The main downfall was probably due to having the wrong sort of mentality in both administrations though - a "cold war" one, as opposed to a "terrorism" one (ie having to deal with splinter cells, and sleeper cells now, instead of one "evil" entity).
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There were plenty of chances at dealing with Al Qaeda. The thing is it does mention the Sudan - that was where the world criticized Clinton for going after bin Ladin and bombing the factory. I haven't gotten to that part yet, other than the history of Al Qaeda in Sudan and his many buisinesses and factories he owned there - so not sure what it mentions about this yet. But I know that because of world opinion - he backed off. But I do agree that Bush probably didn't think that Al Qaeda was as big of a threat either. I will have to read the whole report which I hope to get done by Tuesday.
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Thanks for the link to the PDFs JD. The news here have reported what is said in Key Findings and Key Recommendations with some elaboration, but I will try to read the full report too, if I'm able to manage.
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yes, thanks for the links JD
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As a side note, Kerry says he will handle homeland security better than Bush. What do you guys (Americans) think of his statement? Maybe this question is better suited to the Election thread... *wanders away*
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I would also suggest reading chapter two of the report whihc goes over the history of Al Qaeda, their motives, their justifictions, their dealings (which is rather interesting - because it also mentions how both Iraq and Al Qaeda set up meetings to make deals) - The Foundation of the New Terrorism Quote:
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Do you think we had AUTHORITY to stop Hitler?
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You must always go to extremes musn't you? Hitler is beside the point. I fully agree with you that the lifeline of the west must be preserved, my comment was meely warning that there is a infinetesimally fine line between safeguarding one's own interests and interfering in the domestic affairs of sovereign states.
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And Hitler isn't extreme - becuase you're statement indicated that we shouldn't be doing anything to protect the flow of oil in the middle east - as if if Al Qaeda was to take control of the oil fields - then oh well - it was their choice. Bin Ladin wants to recreate the world in the fundamentalist islam image - including the west.
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