<HTML>Hi All:
I am really amazed that of all the intelligence that is so evident on this board that none of you have looked deeper towards the root causes of all of this. You keep saying it was an attack on America, and perhaps you are correct but I see it now as a statement, misguided for sure and deserving of the death penalty for sure, but a statement of hatred. But was it directed at the America poplulation at large ? I see it as an attack on the global money and power brokers who have for years allowed their financial interest to play with the world like a chessboard and back various governments when they could help their finances.
Some interesting co-incidences to consider:
Timothy McVeigh was executed exactly 3 months prior to the crashes.
I heard an early report that witnesses to the 1993 bombings were on one of the planes and that the case against the suspects was to be decided this week in of course New York.
There is presently a court case pending to determine whether the USA actually has any of their gold reserves left or whether it may have been sold to other interests.
There are many reports in various financial papers around the world that the US economy and maybe even the world economy was in danger of collapse due to over inflated stock prices and manipulation of the gold market by various major banks situated in the US.
Lloyd's Of London held the insurance of the Trade Towers which was insured against acts of terrorism. If they were to have to pay they would be bankrupt. ( Not sure if they will have to pay now that it has been declared an act of war )
And consider this. During the second world war the banks throughout the world were allowed to remain open and untouched even amid the destruction that was going on everywhere. When asked to analyse why, a banking official stated: " Leaders come and go, but money is forever "
And finally consider this: It has now reasonably been proven that the US government were well aware that the Japaneese were planning to attack Pearl Harbour but may have done nothing so they would have an excuse to enter the war. You may feel comfortable entrusting the government of a country that blew up with two atomic weapons, thousands of innocents to guide our world but I for one do not.
Call it Anti-American, call it anything you damn well please but the facts remain the facts. Even now certain rights that have been fought for are quietly being recinded. See below for a few I have managed to find.
"Secretary of State Colin Powell said on CNN that the administration is
reviewing all CIA rules, and considering lifting the agency's ban on
assassinations and easing restrictions requiring that informants be screened for criminal histories."
Meanwhile, Attorney General John Ashcroft said he will present Congress with a legislative package this week to strengthen the government's legal arsenal against terrorists. The package, he said, will include stiffening penalties for people found to have harbored or assisted terrorists and broadening the government's rights to wiretap telephones.
All of this, officials said, is necessary because the nature of the nation's
new enemy is different from the conventional enemies of past wars. Comments the president reiterated on Sunday."
-- U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Sunday he would ask Congress to rewrite anti-terrorism laws to strengthen the penalties for people who
support terrorism and to give law enforcement greater authority to conduct
surveillance.
He said that under current law a court authorizes a wiretap for a particular
phone, not a person. "It doesn't make sense," Ashcroft said, in an age when multiple phones are common. Wiretaps should be focused on individuals, not the hardware, he said.
-- Bush administration officials are reviewing all the rules governing CIA
and other intelligence activities abroad, ranging from the ban on
assassinations to rules requiring informants to be checked for their
criminal and human rights records, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told
CNN on Sunday.
Sunday, 16 September, 2001, 22:15 GMT 23:15 UK
<i><b>America widens anti-terror 'crusade' President Bush and his senior officials say terrorist networks in up to 60 countries could be targeted following Tuesday's suicide plane attacks.</b></i>
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Troubling times ahead for all of us I am afraid. I wonder how many on this and the board over yonder are included in this list of 60 countries.
Don Barone</HTML>
