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"The Ashland Daily Tidings" -- a newspaper in Ashland, Oregon -- is the first newspaper in America to call for an independent council to investigate 9-11. AND they are calling on all American newspapers to demand the same.
Ashland Daily Tidings
Opinion/Editorial
November 11, 2006In honor of our veterans, we call for truth Anniversaries cause us to instinctively pause and reflect, just as our leg jolts forward after a well-positioned tap on the knee. In honor of our veterans — to whom we owe a debt we can never repay — the least we can do on this Veteran's Day is look back at the decisions made that sent our troops into battle, and the roles we played in those decisions. Perhaps upon reflection, our reaction may change.
The fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 served as the reflex hammer touch to the knee of American conscience. As the country attended memorials and revisited painful memories of 9/11, the reflection also opened our collective mind once again to the many unanswered questions, legitimate concerns and conflicting evidence in the official description of those events.
For us at the Daily Tidings the event served to open discussion among us about this complex subject, about the conspiracy theories that abound in Internet chats, blogs and so-called investigative reports and most importantly, the questions regarding the media's role in this ongoing issue.
A month later we have found very little we all agreed on. We especially disagree on the role of the media. Since the Tidings doesn't cover New York City, Washington, D.C. or the federal government, the ambiguity is shaded with absolution.
Nevertheless we are each members of the fourth estate, an essential conglomeration of individuals who adhere to professional guidelines, and who care passionately about this demanding and often thankless opus. With that membership — we can all agree on some level — comes a responsibility to giving the public the accurate information it needs to make informed decisions. Thus, somewhere in all the banter, we stumbled on one thing we at the Tidings' truly can agree on.
Apparently, we are not alone. Based on the results of this hallmark 2006 election, the American people are finally asking for change. They don't like our involvement in Iraq. They voted out many members of the party that put us there. Perhaps they are also ready to question the events and decisions that put us there as well. Perhaps they are ready to ask what really happened on Sept. 11.
We think so. And we call on our colleagues to join us in asking questions.
Every single American daily newspaper must demand of our congressional leaders and those in the executive branch that an independent council be formed to completely and thoroughly investigate the deaths of nearly 3,000 American citizens in the attack of 9/11 — an attack that took place on American soil.
Forget the conspiracy theories for a minute and set aside the political gamesmanship. We are a country that spent five years and $100 million investigating President Clinton. We probed the depths of the Iran-Contra scandal — a debacle that would have never come fully into the public eye had a special investigator not been appointed.
This administration has spent far more energy and time seeking the leak of Valerie Plame's identity and Barry Bonds' use of steroids than it has in fully explaining how three skyscrapers crumbled in an instant and nearly 3,000 people were killed. While an independent investigation may never fully answer every question, it will help to heal the wounds of this nation and widespread distrust of our leaders this attack has caused.
This historic tragedy ranks among the worst days in American history. We owe it to every American — but especially those who do battle on our behalf at the behest of our leaders — to spare no expense and allow no party loyalty to dissuade us. The government works for us. If it failed us, either in malfeasance or incompetence, then we must know that. If our current actions around the world are shaped by misinformation, we must know that too. Finally, if what we now believe to be true is only further proven, we would do well to hear the evidence that confirms it. If the government's version of the events of that day are absolutely true, then scrutiny will amplify that truth and lay to rest the skepticism that remains to this day.
If, however, the questions that remain serve to shed light on new information, that too serves the public. And it is the responsibility of this trusted media industry to dig, probe, investigate and uncover the truth behind government events and decisions that impact the public. On this Veterans Day, we can do no less on behalf of the brave men and women who have been sent to the Middle East based upon rationale that stems directly from the events of 9/11. While we pay homage to all veterans of the Armed Forces today, we are reminded of our duty to watch closely those leaders in the White House and Congress who make the decisions to send our troops to war.
We invite every single American daily newspaper to join us in our demand for an independent council to completely and thoroughly investigate the deaths of nearly 3,000 American citizens in the attacks of 9/11.
America will be better informed, and this is our job.
http://www.dailytidings.com/2006/1111/stories/1111_editorial.php
Posted : 11/11/2006 2:19 pm
Good find, Devere. And it's a daily newspaper too, not one of those small weekly papers.
The nearest to a "smoking gun" I'm aware of, and I admit I haven't studied the subject very much, is that only 1 Israeli died in the twin towers. I never did learn how many Israelis worked there on a daily basis, however. But the number must be in the hundreds, I would think.
“To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize” —–Voltaire
Posted : 11/11/2006 5:32 pm
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Good find, Devere. And it's a daily newspaper too, not one of those small weekly papers.
The nearest to a "smoking gun" I'm aware of, and I admit I haven't studied the subject very much, is that only 1 Israeli died in the twin towers. I never did learn how many Israelis worked there on a daily basis, however. But the number must be in the hundreds, I would think.
Yes. I haven't heard much recently about the Israeli deaths in 9-11. In front of a fair sized group presentation about 9-11, I asked one of the national top people in the 9-11 movement about the Israeli connection to 9-11 and he said there was some evidence of Israeli involvement -- he didn't shy away from it. As for the Israeli deaths, he said, if true, that was essentially the Mossad doing their job -- protecting their citizens. He said a number of countries, including Israel, knew an attack was imminent and warned the U.S. I thought his answer was too dismissive re the Israeli deaths. It's worthy of some research.
Posted : 11/11/2006 6:10 pm
Yes. I haven't heard much recently about the Israeli deaths in 9-11. In front of a fair sized group presentation about 9-11, I asked one of the national top people in the 9-11 movement about the Israeli connection to 9-11 and he said there was some evidence of Israeli involvement -- he didn't shy away from it. As for the Israeli deaths, he said, if true, that was essentially the Mossad doing their job -- protecting their citizens. He said a number of countries, including Israel, knew an attack was imminent and warned the U.S. I thought his answer was too dismissive re the Israeli deaths. It's worthy of some research.
I looked for jewish names on the death lists way back in early 2002 after all that kerfuffle about 4,000 Israelis not turning up at work. I pored over the lists, then noticing something extremely peculiar, went over the lists several times to be sure.
First, all I could come up with was only 76 jewish names, starting with a man named Bergstein and ending with one named Zukelman. But what was even more peculiar, was that the following alphabetical letter were not on my list:
A-D-I-O-Q-T-U-V-X-Y
Imagine rounding up 3,000 New Yorkers and not finding a single Abraham or Abromavich, or Adler!! Something wasn't right, I was sure there were warnings, and to me that meant foreknowledge and all that implies. A few years later something happened which made me suspect they had tampered with the death lists.
On a 911 forum someone else had gone through these lists, only much later than me. You guessed right, 'his' list had PLENTY of 'Abraham' type names. Would I have missed them? Not likely, I went to a school with a large jewish population and I speak fluent German and, as we know, many jewish names have German origins. So whose list would be more accurate, the one I did about March 2002 or one done more than two years later?
Only 76 jews out of nearly 3,000 killed in a Manhattan Office Tower. That's just over 2 in every 100! Maybe jews are faster at running down stairs! Or they were forewarned and the poor souls on my little list didn't get the message.
911 need to be re-investigated properly, not by the criminals who did it, like last time.
Posted : 11/11/2006 7:11 pm
Good find, Devere. And it's a daily newspaper too, not one of those small weekly papers.
The Ashland Daily Tidings is owned by Dow Jones & Co., owner of the neocon Wall Street Journal. The truth they are looking for is that the CIA and FBI still don't have enough power to arrest and torture people who may pose a threat to national security.
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/dowjones.asp
Posted : 11/11/2006 10:02 pm
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The Ashland Daily Tidings is owned by Dow Jones & Co., owner of the neocon Wall Street Journal. The truth they are looking for is that the CIA and FBI still don't have enough power to arrest and torture people who may pose a threat to national security.
I don't understand what you are trying to say. Are you saying they're just trying to get Americans who might oppose the government to expose themselves by supporting such causes as 9-11? How would all American newspapers calling for an independent investigation of 9-11 give the CIA and FBI more power to arrest American citizens?
Posted : 12/11/2006 12:34 am
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I looked for jewish names on the death lists way back in early 2002 after all that kerfuffle about 4,000 Israelis not turning up at work. I pored over the lists, then noticing something extremely peculiar, went over the lists several times to be sure.
First, all I could come up with was only 76 jewish names, starting with a man named Bergstein and ending with one named Zukelman. But what was even more peculiar, was that the following alphabetical letter were not on my list:
A-D-I-O-Q-T-U-V-X-Y
Imagine rounding up 3,000 New Yorkers and not finding a single Abraham or Abromavich, or Adler!! Something wasn't right, I was sure there were warnings, and to me that meant foreknowledge and all that implies. A few years later something happened which made me suspect they had tampered with the death lists.
On a 911 forum someone else had gone through these lists, only much later than me. You guessed right, 'his' list had PLENTY of 'Abraham' type names. Would I have missed them? Not likely, I went to a school with a large jewish population and I speak fluent German and, as we know, many jewish names have German origins. So whose list would be more accurate, the one I did about March 2002 or one done more than two years later?
Only 76 jews out of nearly 3,000 killed in a Manhattan Office Tower. That's just over 2 in every 100! Maybe jews are faster at running down stairs! Or they were forewarned and the poor souls on my little list didn't get the message.
911 need to be re-investigated properly, not by the criminals who did it, like last time.
Most interesting study you did there.
Posted : 12/11/2006 12:35 am