They Say He Had Terrorist Ties

"The War in Afghanistan is Irrelevant... (0.00 / 0)

when it comes to stopping Terrorists"
Pat Robertson on Chris Matthews' Hardball

"I am not a Blogger...But I play one on the internet."

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by: tessa @ Mon Dec 28, 2009 at 19:04:31 PM CST

I Blame joe Too (0.00 / 0)

http://original.antiwar.com/ju...

We are asked to believe that a highly privileged young man, with everything to live for, was suddenly seized with a desire to commit suicide as an act of jihad: that he disappeared from his life of ease, on a street lined with Mercedes Benzes and Ferraris, in a fashionable district of London, and traveled to Yemen, where he received what may have been a defective bomb, which was sewn into his underwear by his jihadist trainers. This bomb then went undetected in Amsterdam airport, where the security arrangements are said to be tight (and a personal interview is conducted), and where he was let on a plane headed for the US in spite of explicit warnings given by his own father.

I'm not buying it, and, furthermore, in the context of Haskell's testimony, another narrative seems just as likely: that this was a staged incident, a false flag operation, launched by those who have everything to gain by ramping up the atmosphere of hysteria and fear that regularly precedes America's wars

"If those in charge of our society...can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves." ~~Howard Zinn

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by: lakezoarian @ Mon Dec 28, 2009 at 21:29:38 PM CST

Schipol (0.00 / 0)

Now that I think of it, in July 2007, I had a one way flight from Schipol in Amsterdam to Hartford, and I was interrogated for some 15 minutes about why I was travelling one way. I repeated my itinerary - from Birmingham, UK, to Dublin via ferry, for six weeks at Trinity College, by plane to London for three weeks, then by ferry to Netherlands for a few days. They probably thought I was more of a drug smuggler, but it was an extensive interview.

The U.S. hegemon needs a reason to justify the escalation of the war on terror in Yemen, and to claim the oil reserves in Yemen.    

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by: ken_krayeske @ Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 16:18:54 PM CST

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Ew! Is that a clip-on? (0.00 / 0)

How gauche!  

I won't carry my weapons in ANY tie that can't be secured with a St. Andrew knot, or a half Windsor at the very least!  

Connecticut Bob

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by: Bob Adams @ Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 09:49:12 AM CST

geez.. and I had my knitting needles confiscated (0.00 / 0)

but tbh they were Addi Turbos which are fierce (I was PISSED)

next time I'll be sure and store them in my tie

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by: nolopro @ Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 18:12:48 PM CST