So i do believe what Osama says, unlike what George Bush or the neocons say, which is the alternative.

regards

After completing my undergraduate study I spent a couple of years “finding myself” in odd jobs–forsaking the high paying but meaningless tech bubble jobs most of my peers found so appealing. 2 years later I found myself back at Harvard, my alma mater, working in an administrative support capacity. More cynical than ever after witnessing the excesses of the 1990s bubble economy, 9/11 was my wake-up call to move from detached intellectual interest in world affairs to a rekindling of my youthful idealism–how had things gone so wrong I wondered? And why on earth could no one see the inappropriateness of the Bush administration’s response to these events?

Early reports of revealing stock trades prior to 9/11 clued me in to the fact that there was something more to this story that was not going to be forthcoming. One day I received, from whom I cannot recall, one of the early “conspiracy theory” emails, this one referring to the fact that the damage at the pentagon (amongst other factors in the alleged crash of AA77) raised more questions about the days events than there seemed good answers for. Down the rabbit hole, as they say, and subsequent forays into early video documentaries led me to the astounding and as yet unexplained collapse of world trade center building 7, as well as the case for explosive demolition of the twin towers. While I still believe that the Pentagon events deserve scrutiny, my focus has remained sqaurely on the issue of explosive demolition of the buildings that day. I would in fact recommend the website of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (www.ae911truth.org) over those suggested by a previous poster, btw.

The nature of the alleged hijackings is most definitely a point of serious contention amongst truthseekers, and perhaps our best spokesman Prof. David Ray Griffin has expressed the view shared by an increasing number that the account of arab muslim hijackers is extremely suspect. The idea that an existing al Qaeda conspiracy was taken advantage of, a position called LIHOP in 9/11 truth shorthand (i.e. the administration let it happen on purpose) has fallen mostly out of favor save for some stubborn hangers on who seem untroubled by the highly suspect nature of the evidence presented for the hijackings (much of which seems to have been planted in such a way as to satisfy most people who choose not to be skeptical.)

Troublingly, many have tried to implicate Pakistan’s ISI in the plot based on Indian allegations of connections between the ISI and the alleged hijackers–problem of course being that it is not clear that those alleged hijackers were anything but actors and did not in fact hijack anything that day. Planes as we know can be flown by remote navigation, with our without passengers onboard, and claims that DNA from passengers was identified are barely credible given the ease with which such results could be fabricated with no one ever being the wiser. With compensation running over a million dollars for anyone whose family member was killed in the attacks it would not be surprising to find that any number of victims are in fact cases of fraud. That fraud permeates these events is clear, see for example this story–http://www.wtcdemolition.com/blog/node/481

Suffice to say one should wade carefully into the waters of the so-called truth movement, since there is no question that within it are represented the various interests that would prefer that their version of the truth be the one pursued and/or accepted.

I should finish by saying that what brought me to this was a heartfelt desire to once and for all establish where our problems lie with regard to relations between different peoples of the world. I was very active in the local antiwar movement before dedcicating myself instead to the more proximate root cause in my opinion, which requires exposure of the 9/11 lies before anything can really change. In these efforts I was stymied by a rather interesting group of activists on Harvard’s campus in which Indian nationals happen to be heavily represented. Drawing from my experience in bothe the controlled antiwar movement and the 9/11 truth movement I have developed a particular perspective that is at odds in many ways with those of the posters Victronix and Nicholas above, both of whom with which I am familiar.

Thank you again for your essay which has given us all food for thought–I look forward to reading more of your work when it becomes available!

‘USAMA BIN LADEN: In the name of Allah (God), the most beneficent, the most merciful. Praise be to Allah, Who is the creator of the whole universe and Who made the Earth as an abode for peace, for the whole humankind. Allah is the Sustainer, who sent Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) for our guidance. I am thankful to the Ummat Group of Publications, which gave me the opportunity to convey my viewpoint to the people, particularly the valiant and momin (true Muslim) people of Pakistan who refused to believe the lies of the demon (Pakistani military dictator General Pervez Musharraf).

I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle. It is the United States, which is perpetrating every maltreatment on women, children and common people of other faiths, particularly the followers of Islam. All that is going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and Israel. There is also a warning for those Muslim countries, which witnessed all these as a silent spectator. What had earlier been done to the innocent people of Iraq, Chechnya and Bosnia? Only one conclusion could be derived from the indifference of the United States and the West to these acts of terror and the patronage of the tyrants by these powers that America is an anti-Islamic power and it is patronizing the anti-Islamic forces. Its friendship with the Muslim countries is just a show, rather deceit. By enticing or intimidating these countries, the United States is forcing them to play a role of its choice. Put a glance all around and you will see that the slaves of the United States are either rulers or enemies of Muslims.

The U.S. has no friends, nor does it want to keep any because the prerequisite of friendship is to come to the level of the friend or consider him at par with you. America does not want to see anyone equal to it. It expects slavery from others. Therefore, other countries are either its slaves or subordinates. However, our case is different. We have pledged slavery to God Almighty alone and after this pledge there is no possibility to become the slave of someone else. If we do that it will be disregardful to both our Sustainer and his fellow beings. Most of the world nations upholding their freedom are the religious ones, which are the enemies of the United States, or the U.S. itself considers them as its enemies. ‘
http://911review.com/articles/usamah/khilafah.html

I especially like your concept of the Arab international brigades that came to Afghanistan in the 1980s (many of them with Osama Bin Ladin) as the CIA’s tool and ally in keeping a check on the main Pakistani ISI operation to train the native Afghan mujahedeen.

That fits well with the “Safari Group” formed by Bush in 1976-77 as CIA director (an alliance of national intel agencies including Saudi Arabia’s who cooperated in accomplishing each other’s dirty work during a time when the CIA was under scrutiny) and, of course, with the long business partnership of the Bush and Bin Ladin families.

Thanks again.

I appreciate your thoughtful analysis here.

The best references to send people to regarding the WTC demolitions are:

http://www.wtc7.net
http://911research.wtc7.net
http://stj911.org
http://www.journalof911studies.com