Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Total911.info/A LibertyForum original by RatCat Feb 1, 2004Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Lee Hamilton recently wrote a commentary entitled "Pursuing bin Laden." Most of the information in the editorial can be regarded as a fairy tale for the masses. Afterall, Mr. Hamilton's current job is to convince the American people of the dangers of al Qaeda and that we must surrender all of our constitutional rights so that the federal government can protect us - and assume power over all state and local functions.
Mr. Hamilton asks,"Where is Osama bin Laden? We have heard from him via video and audiotape. But despite one of the most aggressive manhunts in history, his capture has proven elusive."
Many people would never question anything their government officials tell them. But I can't help asking how many different men are they are going to get to play the part of Osama bin Laden in those tapes?
This is a photo of the Osama that made his appearance just before the 2004 November election - presumably to remind us that he was still around and remains a threat. John Kerry now says that this video cost him the election.
Here we have previous photos of bin Laden and on the far right is the bin Laden who took credit for 9/11 in a December, 2001 video:
Our government officials expect us to accept, without questioning, that all these people are Osama bin Laden.
A German TV show found that the White House's translation of the December 2001 bin Laden "confession" videotape was "not only inaccurate, but even manipulative". Prof. Gernot Rotter, professor of Islamic and Arabic Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute at the University of Hamburg said: "The American translators who listened to the tapes and transcribed them apparently wrote a lot of things in that they wanted to hear but that cannot be heard on the tape no matter how many times you listen to it."[Link]
An audio tape released in November 2002 was declared authentic by U.S. officials. The Associated Press reported "U.S. experts who have heard it generally support the conclusion by U.S. law enforcement officials that it probably is bin Laden speaking" and provides the first evidence in a year that bin Laden survived U.S. bombing in Afghanistan.
However, a Swiss research institute, the Lausanne-based Dalle Molle Institute for Perceptual Artificial Intelligence, said it is 95 percent certain the tape does not feature the voice of bin Laden. The institute compared the voice on the tape with some 20 earlier recordings of bin Laden.
Read more, with all sources cited, at the link. .....---
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