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Originally posted by esdad71
Bin Laden, as early as the last few years, has admitted to AQ's role in 9/11.
In a statement issued to the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, bin Laden said, "The U.S. government has consistently blamed me for being behind every occasion its enemies attack it.
"I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seems to have been planned by people for personal reasons," bin Laden's statement said.
"I have been living in the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan and following its leaders' rules. The current leader does not allow me to exercise such operations," bin Laden said.
On the other side of the world, Saudi terrorist-financier Osama Bin Laden on Wednesday denied responsibility for Tuesday's attacks in a statement published by a Pakistani newspaper, although he praised the terror strikes nonetheless. U.S. intelligence and security officials reportedly indicated on Tuesday that they were in possession of evidence directly linking his network to the terror strikes, and most terrorism experts agreed he was the prime suspect in an operation of unparalleled sophistication.
The Afghanistan-based fugitive's statement follows a pattern of denying responsibility but praising the perpetrators that has become something of a Bin Laden signature following terror attacks attributed to him.
Originally posted by esdad71
Bin Laden, as early as the last few years, has admitted to AQ's role in 9/11.
Originally posted by esdad71
I know about his initial denial, but did he or did he not claim responsibility later on? That is my question.
Like our government couldn't fake a video. Even Saddam had multiple doubles.
I guess OBL was just schizophrenic, or maybe couldn't decide whether or not he "did it", and Saddam's ability to produce body doubles is just totally unmatched by any Western nation's capabilities.
Originally posted by Trauma
Don't even bring the firemen into this.
When they finally released the tapes of the firemen in the wtc, it seems that they had the fire under control and were going to attempt to "knock it down with 2 lines".
Originally posted by Trauma
One thing that always got me was that if the terrorists were knew so much about us, why would the hijackers upon approaching the pentagon not just simply crash into the front of the pentagon and inflict the most damage, instead of performing an impossible turn and hitting the tough side.
Originally posted by ignorant_ape
i will answer the " 2 hoses " quickly -- how many lines do you think they could bring to bear ? how many stair wells were choked with debris ?
just because they were " only " using 2 hoses at a specific istant , does not automatically mean that only 2 hoses were required .
more likley that given the need for Ba [ breathing apparatus ] , the height of the fire , and need to rotate men and other demands on the FDNY that only 2 hoses could be brought to bear at that time .
Battalion Seven Chief: "Battalion Seven ... Ladder 15, we've got two isolated pockets of fire. We should be able to knock it down with two lines. Radio that, 78th floor numerous 10-45 Code Ones."
Originally posted by Zaphod58
However, even looking at that quote, NOWHERE does it ever say they were FIGHTING the fire, and had it under control as the OP claims. And as was stated, that was the LOWEST floor after the impact.
Originally posted by esdad71
The fires on the lower floors came from the initial impacts of the jets. Many people cite only the elevator shafts which few connected from top to bottom due to design. Ventilation shafts were found to also carry the explosive fires and smoke throughout the building after the impact. This was shown the fire in the 70's also which is how it spread.
Many people were killed in the elevators and on specific sky lobby floors.