surely the FAA has an SOP that dictates they alert the air force in cases where aircraft are off cource for more than a few minutes or are incommunicado. why were the planes of 9-11 not shot down? if the military were busy then what happens next time they are "busy"? why is there not an investigation of the response of the DoD for this event?
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I actually believe the fourth plane (United 93) was in fact shot down.  I don't believe the passengers brought the plane down. I don't think anyone is going to know for sure for a long, long time and I think the story about the passengers bringing the plane down was circulated because America desparately needed a hero to believe in then. \n\nThat said, the SOP's have been changed, because the SOP's back then were not adequate. If you drive down VA Rte 110 which goes very close to the Pentagon, you may catch a glimpse of anti-aircraft weaponry placed around the facility.  And the response time for a fighter jet to get in the air is a lot lower. We had never had a situation like that before and we got caught unprepared.
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The Pentagon was hit by a plane on 9/11, bud, so try reading a paper occasionally.\n\nThe 'proof' about the Pentagon conspiracy theory is based mainly on one ambiguous photo of the damage done to the building after the plane hit. This is mostly the work of a French journalist Thierry Meyssan who wrote the book 9/11: The Big Lie soo after it happened.
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I like to call it.. "the air force". Also.. "the navy". an airplane flying miles overhead dropped bombs on all major targets.. they also used bunker busters to get the "cavemen".. then the navy shot bombs from miles at sea. They also attacked at night so the Iraqs would only heard the bombs dropping.\n\nSo my answer to your question is the fact that they lacked the technology to with stand the US.  So many soldiers were dead before American/British/etc. troops even moved in.
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No, I don't beleive that it was a hoax, but I do beleive that there are things that our government has covered up. \n\nI beleive that planes hit the towers because I witnessed it and bodies were found, etc.\n\nI beleive that it was not a plane that hit the pentagon but one of our own missiles. Why...I'll never understand. There were no bodies of anyone on the plane and the damage to the pentagon does not coincide with any impact of a airliner of that size. \n\nI beleive that there was no crash in Pennsylvania either. There is too much evidence, or should I say lack of. There was never any wreckage found. No bodies! No anything but a few strategically placed pieces of fabric. \n\nWhat horrifies me is what happened to all of these people?\n\nI do not beleive in conspiracy theories at all, but after watching this. It has changed my life forever. I see you have a link to the 1st one. Here is the link to the 2nd edition. It's long but well worth it. Please watch!\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848\n\nI lost 2 very dear friends that day. I will never forget, it breaks my heart that things like this happened. \n\nI just wish the government would release the rest of the information and finally tell us the truth!
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They threatened the people on the planes with boxcutters (not plastic knives), but they claimed they had a bomb, and we will never know if they actually did. \n\nWhat's more, the people on board probably thought there was a good chance they'd make it out alive. After all, in the 70s, tons of planes were hijacked and the crews and passangers rescued or returned safely. People used to hijack planes all the time to make political points, particularly Palestianians.\n\n9/11 also happened because law enforcement got too lax, encouraged by a lazy, fat American public. We got complacent, and they hit us bad. \n\nYou know you would? Listen up, buddy. When someome has a boxcutter to your throat, you're in a plane flying at 300 mph thousands of feet high, you're not so brave. Especially if you think that they might have a bomb, and you rush them, they'll detonate it and kill everyone. Also, you'd have to rush a small cockpit, and the pilots could be killed, which would make the plane crash.\n\nThink and gather facts before you talk, please.\n\nThe Wise One\n\nP.S. eva the diva, you are a sad, pathetic, horrifying person. You talk of human life like they are nothing more than objects. You should be ashamed of yourself. What has made you so cynical? Where is your proof of this "New World Order"?\n\nNutcase.\n\nP.P.S. Sorry I'm not into kissing moron ass.
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The Boeing 767 is equipped with "triple INS" which is a navigation system that updates the aircraft's position on a continuous basis and allows it to be flown directly to any point on the earth.  Anyone knowing the basics of INS navigation could have easily flown those planes to New York, Washington DC, Katmandu or anywhere else.\n\nHowever, there is a simpler explanation in this case.  Both of the planes that hit the WTC towers were hijacked over eastern Massachusetts.  The hijackers then simply flew down the Hudson River to Manhattan.\n\nIn the case of the other two aircraft, there isn't an easy answer, (since there isn't a river to follow directly) but both of them apparantly got lost enroute.\n\nBTW: This is an excellent example of how the two New York attacks were carried out completely differently from the Washington DC attacks.
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lucky2bealive, I don't want to disagree with you but I don't believe you are going to find anywhere in the historical records that Bin Laden claimed responsibility for the 9/11 bombings. What he has done is praise the matyrs of that event. However, there would be more clarity and the issue can be put to bed finally if the government gave us the names of all the people that died in the various events. Where are the planes that crashed? Do you really believe that a building like the Pentagon would have cameras that are intermittent and take pictures every 7/8 seconds. Come.. Come. We are talking about the most technologically advanced country in the world. Something smells fishy and the stench cannot be dispersed until the Government come clean. Have you ever seen reports of the examination of  the so called crash sites?
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How about you do some more research, and then tell us what YOU think.  A little common sense will get you thinking the right way.  Good luck.\n\nhttp://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/911_pentagon_757_plane_evidence.html\nhttp://www.ccdominoes.com/lc/LooseChangeGuide.html\nhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/911_documentary_removed/\nhttp://wtc.nist.gov/\nhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html\nhttp://911myths.com/
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This answer is in reply to rliedtky's answer to this question.   Listen.  I dont care how many people you have claiming there was a 757 or a small plane, or a missle...  it DOESNT MATTER.  Eye witness accounts are all going to be different regardless of what actually happened.  It's a version of the truth.\n\nAnd the truth we may never know, but one thing we DO KNOW is .... well it was NOT a 757 like our government said it was.  The eyewitness accounts you speak of (which I have never heard of before) claim the "757" hit its left wing on the ground and then slammed into the pentagon.  Well, this is just simply impossible.\n\nIf the plane's wing broke off while hitting the ground and then hit the building, and this is why we have a 16ft hole in the pentagon, well then, there would be parts of the wreckage ALL over the grass of the pentagon lawn.  In addition, there would be wreckage to be removed from inside the pentagon.  \n\nThe facts???  \n\n-the pentagon video released to us shows NO EXPLOSION until CONTACT with the plane and the building.  Meaning, a PLANE will NOT hit the ground without making a huge fireball.\n\n-lets say the wind DID break off the plane, and the plane STILL did not touch the grass, how was the hole 16ft wide???  The middle of the plane is 24ft wide and 44ft high.  The other wing would of still been attached to the plane and would of had to hit the building SOMEWHERE!\n\n-WHATEVER hit the pentagon went through 3 walls and 9 feet of steel before coming out the other side, in again, a perfect 16ft wide hole.\n\nNOTE:  There was NO wreckage removed from the pentagon.  NO bodies from people on the plane recovered.  AND TO THIS DAY we still have not been able to see what REALLY hit the pentagon.\n\nIf you have a brain rliedtky, instead of questioning my education on this matter,  you should re evaluate your information sir or ma'am.   And until you are able to see what actually hit the pentagon, you will not be able to answer ANY questions except for the fact that is WAS IMPOSSIBLE for a 757 to of done this damage.\n\n\nI personally feel you along with 90% of america will choose to trust in your faithful government over ANYTHING ELSE because the TRUTH is something you will not be able to accept at this point in time.\n\nI am NOT making ANY money from speaking about this topic.  I am doing this because I REALLY CARE and LOVE my country, and I feel we need to re-think our political values on this nation.  Our government had any and EVERY thing to do with 9/11 and people need to know ALL of the facts, not just what mainstream media and the goverment are speaking of.\n\nAfterall, it's impossible for ANYONE to make and educated decision on ANYTHING without knowing ALL OF THE INFORMATION.  \n\nI spend 40-50 hours a WEEK researching this material for my show, and I promise, if i felt it was not SOLID FACTS, I would not report it, NOR would my staff allow me to do so.\n\nThank you for reading,\n\nJoshua Fourrier\nwww.AirAzonaRadio.com\njosh@airazonaradio.com
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Fighter escort is not the norm, it is only used under certain circumstances (9/11 being the most obvious recent example).  They will try to utilize a military base if one is available, preferrably a U.S. base, since security is not as much of an issue.  Air Force One usually has everything on board that it would need for a trip, with the exception of fuel, which they can get at a U.S. base or the aircraft can be refueled in the air.
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We need a REAL investigation if we are ever to find out Becuase despite the evidence people would rather hear it from a politician than learn the facts themselves.\n\nJust look at the pictures of the hole people!\n\nFlight 77's radar stops near Ohio/Kentucky border and is the only one of the four hijacked planes that wasn't able to be tracked all the way. (Flight Explorer, Washington Post) \n\nPentagon crash happened right in the middle of the only section being renovated to bolster it against an attack which severely limited damage and loss of life. (USA Today, Army) \n\nGas station and hotel's security cameras recorded Pentagon crash, but FBI arrived within minutes and confiscated films. (CNN, National Geographic) The FBI still wont allow americans to see 83 of them. Surely one of them shows something.\n\nLive at Pentagon crash, CNN reporter says there's no evidence a plane crashed anywhere near the building. (CNN) \n\nStudent ID of Flight 77 hijacker reportedly found at Pentagon, still able to read his name on it. (9/11 Commission) This happened a lot that day....
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with the creation of the dept of homeland security, many police depts are getting more extensive training.. however i may be confused in the context of your question... if an enemy was on a mil base.. the military would respond... the military would only assist law enforcement if a state of emergency is declared.. does this answer your question??
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Its mainly because its a ground combat war. SFs are the best trained to deal with these situations. Its seems this is the way war is going to be for a while. They are even extended AF basic training so that we can get more training to deal with this type of combat because we are being used more on the ground then we are in the air.
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I think it very convincing. I remember wondering why there was no exterior plane wreckage the day it happened. If it was a missile or a military plane the government would want to hush it up as it would be difficult to pin that on Islamic nationalists unless they had help. It is a bit like the anthrax attacks. One of the 9-11skyjackers was treated for an anthrax skin lesion, an extremely rare condition before 9-11. There was also a very direct link between one of the skyjackers and the first anthrax victim. His former landlord worked in the same building. Yet the government avoided investigating any links and tried to find a scapegoat.
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The official story regarding the plane that crashed into the Pentagon is that it was totally consumed by burning fuel and left no wreckage. One of the many things that happened 9/11/2001 that had never happened before or since. What really mystifies me though is how many dismiss the notion that their was some government involvement in what transpired on 9/11 without even considering an alternative scenario other than the one the government has given.
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i want a pilot to answer me.i am not a susspecting person.i have been flying single prop planes as a hobby for the last 15 years.i cant immagin how can a man who just compleated his primery flying training flies a jumbo jet,aim it to a building and hit it so accurately\nhow both the hita came in places that led to the collapse of both the towers in a short time\ni really wonder,could the engeneers who designed the tower  know that such critical points exist in their towers.i dont belive in consperacy theoty,but honestly i am unable to immagine this.i am totally against terrorisim,totally against killing even an insect.i cant immagin the savage act of killing 3000 innocent people at all.
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No official report corroborates your claims.  You're really embarrassing yourself.  The use of profanity only shows you lack understanding, intelligence, and logic skills.  That is why you let a novice fiction filmmaker spoon-feed you information contradicting everything you saw on that day.  I am sorry for you.\n\nThe terrorists on flight 77 did not need to take off nor land the plane.  The take-off part had been done for them.  They never planned to land.  So what does it matter if they had trouble with landings?\n\nImpossible turns?  Could it be that the terrorists didn't know what they were doing?  I doubt they planned to make those insane maneuvers.  The first attempt at the pentagon was botched, so they had no choice.  They were planning to die anyway, why wouldn't they attempt an "impossible" maneuver?\n\nLight poles at the pentagon were knocked from their break-away bases (new safety design), unlike the poles the filmmaker references in another accident.  Oh, and ripped out of the ground is not damaged???  The poles did exactly what they were designed to do.\n\nhttp://911myths.com/\nhttp://www.ccdominoes.com/lc/LooseChangeGuide.html\nhttp://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/911_pentagon_757_plane_evidence.html\nhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/05/911_documentary_removed/\nhttp://wtc.nist.gov/\nhttp://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html\n\nNow please shut up.