Do you think there really was an Al-Qaeda threat in Los Angeles?
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To some degree the answer is "Yes", there is an ongoing threat of another attack somewhere in our country.\n\nThat being said, this is a very valid question.  To any thinking person, the Bush administration has lost most of it's credibility.  The old adage applies, "Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me".\n\nThere may have been a plot but I believe that what we've heard about it is probably exaggerated.  I think the real news story here is the timing between the disclosure of the "plot" and the controversy over the Domestic Spying Program.\n\nAlso, Jonathon Alter's column in this week's "Newsweek" discusses this.  Good reading.
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anything is possible!terrorists will hit anytime anywhere! its just bad luck to be there when it happens and you cant live your life in fear so just forget about it and go on with your life!! fear is alqaida's main objective and its succeding to some degree!!!dont add to it be strong!
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Maybe because those are the people who already bombed the World Trade Center and because they were the most active terrorists in the world at the time. It's not like al-Qaeda just came out of nowhere on 9/11.
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inspite of what evry one wants to believe, the whole 911 thing was plotted by the american government and osama bin laden is a cia agent.\nproof:\n# it is common knowledge that the us was considering many courses of action in iraq to keep the oil safe before the 911 incident, after that they decided to attack iraq, but what the hell has iraq got to do with 911? huh?its a war on terror. just what the hell is terror?\n#nobody considered the plausability of the idea that getting poor ignorant arab youths to the us to train on small airplanes would be enough for them to acquire the skills necessary to drive a commercial airliner at such speed into such a small target,imagine you were trying to run a car at 200 mile an hour into  a garage door, how easy is that? besides nowhere did we ever hear of a black box being uncoverred and handed to neutral authorities or the recovery of te bodies of the peo-ple involved.\nwhat about the fact that both towers collapsed completly(like an implosion they do on old buildings)to quote the cnn reporter commenting live when it happened , how neat was that?\n# all 911 did was give the USA reason to invade afghanistan whichis  a strategic location near russia and china, and to control its production of opium.\nalso they got an excuse to destroy iraq and drive the oil prices up so that companies owned by bush and baker and rumsfield would profit.\nalso it was used to decrease the civil liberties of the american citizen, turning america gradually into a police state.\namong a lot of other things.\nall  of this makes the administration appear (lucky) to have had this occur during its time,\nbut there is no such thing as luck.\nits a scenario plotted by the cia and carried out by the media to draw a blanket infront of the american citizen  to ensure his  slavery to the corporation  -state.
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I totally agree! If you have nothing to hide, why worry? \n\nIf it will get terrorist caught, drug dealers brought down, child predators put away, rapist thrown behind bars, etc.\n\nWhat a wonderful world it would be..\n\nPersonally, I thought the CIA flagged calls from terrorist all along! I was so surprised to find out that it wasn't so. I feel much safer knowing that this is being done now... Maybe that is why we haven't had another 911.
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islalamofascists were responsible for 9/11. You can find tons of doctored video. There is not doubt at all about who is responsible.
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who did it? well it wasnt the butler in the hallway wilh a candlestick. how many different arab leaders are there in U.A.E.?i wouldnt know.however, it had to be a terrorist group of the arab world. look at the names listed they were all arabic.as for the official story, what we read and saw on the tube was as official as it gets.information concerning this tragic day possibly was edited just to be on the safe side. what i mean is that the story probably had more to it than what was said ,but with the turmoil in the world today, the increasing price of oil and fingers pointed at everyone, why say anything to start trouble? personally i dont think our country is the most advanced in defense or technology.our computers are made up of japans experts and as far as i know our defense systems are made with the same technology. i think there a a few small nations in the world that have come a long way as we have but secrets must be kept.hopefully im wrong but,i have read and surfed the web,i had found many items of interest that are questionable.im not a trouble maker and i think any information gotten will be sufficient enough to sustain my curiosity. i served during vietnam and i enlisted and would do it again. this country is my home and i was proud to serve.
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Of course the terrorists wouldn't do it if they didn't get publicity.\n\nI don't know if Al Jazerra has a direct link to terorism, but they are sympathic to the terrorists' causes.
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I believe that Bin Laden was responsible for the attacks, yes. Unfortunately, people have (a reasonable) tendency to question anything 'official' or 'government-related', so they turn to explanations involving aliens, missiles, CIA, Freemasons, and the Mossad.\n\nHere's the thing : Why the hell would a country send four airplanes to smash into their own buildings, and to kill their own people? That's just stupid.\nAnd if the government is lying, then what happened to the victims? The planes? Saying "it's a conspiracy" tells the families of the dead, and the survivors, that they died for nothing.
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I would say so.... there wont be a total security, so i pray it's not where i am or i'm going to be.\nreal terrorist are the ones that don't look like them. just like the 2001 attacts...they came to the US legally, studied in american schools. etc...
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I think the terrorists planned to use 9/11 because it would indicate that the "day the U.S. called for help." But in my thoughts, I don't think the terrorists got as far as they hope. From historical references, people claimed there were more terrorists but Bush grounded all flights, and the towers held long enough to keep thousands more safe.
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9/11 is a conspiracy and the perpretators are the one who is fighting fake terrorists. It was a well planned attack to create fear and to erode the freedom rights of the American people.\nCan't you see, now they are spying on your homes, peeking at your emails and tapping your phones to control you?\n\nBe aware but don't fear because justice will finally prevail and the truth will come out. The days of the Bushmen are numbered.
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Yup! Our freeways out herre in L.A. were wide open! Also, there was no wait in our emergency rooms, (which are normally full of them!).
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I think there was more to the high-jacking than we have been told. Why I do not know...There has been a lot of talk about the way the twin towers fell. \nThank you for sending this I have enjoyed.
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1. Who made 9/11 attacks:\na. Physically "Al Qaeda", practically we (US) have some blame on our selves because our middle-eastern policy is very biased towards Israel and we supported dictatorial regimes for a loooong time.\n\nb. Is it a political deceit: Yes & No. \nNo because the attacks did happen and because in 99.99% Al Qaeda was responsible. \nYes because, the US government plays the fear to launch its own geostrategic interests on the name of fighting terrorism. By the same token the British could have labeled the Boston Tea party as American terrorists.\n\n2. No one has ever the complete answer except the ones that did it. B. Laden admitted that he organized it.\n\n3. The only thing you can rely from a politician is that you can not rely on them. Some say politics is the art of the marrying the ideal with the feasible.\n\n4. Catching Saddam was much easier. Saddam does not have an international underground network.\n\n5. The Taleban where Stationary targets and did not launch a guerilla warfare. No member of Al Qaeda walks with an "Al-Qaeda member" stamp on his forehead. They blend with the local population that sometimes is supportive.\n\n6. Guerilla war is much more difficult than Desert Storm. The Iraqi army was sitting ducks. \n\n7.
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Terroristic threatening.
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Oh, man, it would like a buffett!\n\nI can see it.  They'd be like kids in a candy store.  They'd derail all the trains, crash hazardous chemicals into the city centers of 100 cities.  Blow up big building on the INSIDE with 100 suicide bombers standing next to all the main support beams.  \n\nMan, Osama's rooting for this.  Heck, he'd probably get a condo in Palm Springs!