9/11 and the World Trade Center leasing of the Twin Towers

The lease for the twin towers at the World Trade Center (WTC) was bought just weeks before September 11th by businessmen Larry Silverstein and Frank Lowy, who both have very close links to Israeli leaders, including current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who stated that what happened on 9/11 was “good for Israel”. Buying the World […]

Media lynching of Ron Paul underway

An opinion expressed by a 22-year CIA veteran, recently retired from the agency The past ten days have seen a spate of pieces on Google News damning Congressman Ron Paul for “blaming” America for the 9/11 attacks. This is just the start of what will become a wave of ever-more shrill and lie-filled attacks on […]

9/11 conspiracy

Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in a cynically-humorous 5-minute video by Corbett Report.

9/11 helped US achieve its goals in Afghanistan and Central Asia

Some political analysts say the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan was aimed at protecting and promoting its interests in the region, not defeating Al Qaeda and Taliban. Muhammad Ameen Wakman, professor of political science at Kabul University, said the US had planned to come to the region before 9/11. The US objectives in the region […]

9/11 made the US into what we loathe

Veteran correspondent Chris Hedges reflects on the 10 years since 9/11: Reporters in moments of crisis like 9/11 collect data, facts, descriptions, basic information, and carry out interviews as swiftly as possible. We make these facts fit into familiar narratives. We do not create facts but we manipulate them. We make facts conform to our […]

9/11 and the antidemocratic decade that followed

Ten years after 9/11, we have failed miserably in our attempts to bring about justice for our countrymen who died that day. Indeed, whatever success America has had in routing out terrorists over the past decade has been overshadowed by the new society in which we live. A month after the World Trade Center crumbled […]

9/11 10 years later and still unanswered questions

As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, following are some still-unanswered questions posed by Jesse Richard: 1. Why did the news agencies report that WTC 7 collapsed almost 1/2 hour before it did, even though it was not hit by a plane, only had a few floors on fire, and gave no indication that […]

War is not only good for business – the business of America is war

Trends analyst Gerald Celente said it, and it’s true. America’s business is war, more war, multiple wars, permanent wars, pillaging one nation after another for wealth, power, and dominance, while homeland needs go begging. September 11, 2001 served as pretext to consolidate power, destroy civil liberties and human rights, and an opportunity to wage permanent […]

Osama bin Laden and 9/11 will live on despite his death

For three years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden denied being behind the attacks. Bin Laden stated: “Following the latest explosions in the United States, some Americans are pointing the finger at me, but I deny that because I have not done it. The United States has always accused me of these incidents, which have been […]

9/11 plan was reported to US authorities months BEFORE it happened

In February 2004 the 9/11 Commission’s investigators were provided with specific documents and names of related witnesses, including the full name and contact information of the key “FBI Asset/Informant” in an FBI case titled ‘Kamikaze Pilots.’ However, the commission chose not to contact or interview any of these witnesses. [Background: In the early 90s the […]