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Title: WikiLeaks Reveals Al Qaeda Boss Was Seen at Village Meetings - Despite CIA Claims They Were Clueless
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Published: Jul 28, 2010
Author: Mail Foreign Service
Post Date: 2010-07-28 15:17:40 by AGAviator
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Glimpses of Bin Laden: Now WikiLeaks reveals Al Qaeda boss was seen at village meetings - despite CIA claims that they were clueless By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 10:16 AM on 27th July 2010 Bin Laden spotted in meeting with Taliban chief in 2006 'Spotted': Among 91,000 leaked U.S. documents are claims that Osama Bin Laden was last seen in 2006 The claims are among 91,000 U.S. military records obtained by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, said last month that there have been no firm leads on Bin Laden's whereabouts since the 'early 2000s'. But a 'threat report' from the International Security Assistance Force regional command (north) on suicide bombers in August 2006 suggested Bin Laden had been attending regular meetings in villages on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It said: 'Reportedly a high-level meeting was held where six suicide bombers were given orders for an operation in northern Afghanistan. These meetings take place once every month.' According to the Guardian, which has received the documents, the report went on: 'The top four people in these meetings are Mullah Omar [the Taliban leader], Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Dadullah and Mullah [Baradar].' If true, it could mean forces came close to having the opportunity to wipe out the senior leadership of the Afghan insurgency that has so far claimed the lives of 320 British soldiers. The war logs also show that Bin Laden had a hand in a plot to poison coalition forces by adding a powder to food and drink consumed by troops as they passed through villages. Toll: An Afghan girl in hospital in Helmand after being injured by coalition forces in an air strike in 2007 These documents also suggest coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in so-called 'blue on white' incidents which were never reported. The leak is said to be U.S. Army intelligence expert Bradley Manning, 22, who boasted he had downloaded hundreds of thousands of documents, according to computer hacker Adrian Lamo. The 22-year-old, pictured above, is said to have contacted Lamo out of the blue and then claimed he had saved high-security files onto CDs, ready to hand to Wikileaks, while pretending to listen to Lady Gaga. 'Hillary Clinton and several thousand diplomats around the world are going to have a heart attack when they wake up one morning and find an entire repository of classified foreign policy is available, in searchable format, to the public,' he apparently told Mr Lamo. The hacker got in touch with the U.S. military and later met with them in Starbucks to hand over a printout of his conversations with Manning. Manning has already been charged over a separate leak of a classified helicopter cockpit video earlier this month. It showed U.S. soldiers laughing as they gunned down Afghan civilians and two journalists in a firefight in Baghdad in 2007. He was picked up in Iraq, where he was working. Manning is said to be locked up in a military prison after being shipped across the border to Kuwait. He faces trial by court martial and, if found guilty, a heavy jail sentence. Mr Lamo believes Manning did not work alone, saying he did not have ‘the technological expertise’ to carry out the gathering and leaking of the documents. 'I believe somebody would have had to have been of assistance to him,’ he said. They include claims that 16 children were among those shot or bombed in error The leaked military logs also reveal how a secret 'black' unit of crack special forces hunt down Taliban leaders for 'kill or capture' without trial - and voice concerns that Pakistani intelligence and Iran are supporting the insurgents. Downing Street said it 'would lament all unauthorised releases of classified material' and the White House condemned the ' irresponsible' leak of the files. And military and intelligence experts warned yesterday that the leaks could imperil the lives of British forces in Afghanistan. Colonel Stuart Tootal, who in 2006 commanded 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in Helmand Province - where more than 320 UK soldiers have been killed - said the information 'could impact on the security of our soldiers'. He insisted Nato forces now put a 'huge emphasis' on avoiding civilian casualties. Tory MP Patrick Mercer, a former Army captain, said: 'Although much of this information is in the public domain, the details are particularly damaging to the credibility of the coalition. 'Our enemies will be quick to exploit the propaganda element of it. 'If there are details of operational matters - locations, equipment, troops movements, resources - then soldiers' lives could be placed at risk.' Details of the secret files, detailing military operations between 2004 and 2009, were published yesterday by the Guardian, New York times and Germany's Der Spiegel while more than 75,000 records were made available on the WikiLeaks website. The files list 144 incidents involving Afghan civilian casualties, in which 195 died and 174 were injured. They detail coalition forces - fearful of suicide bombers - shooting unarmed drivers and civilian motorcyclists, and record an incident when French troops opened fire at a bus full of children because it came too close to a military convoy. Other leaked documents record a U.S. patrol machine-gunning a bus, killing or wounding 15 passengers, and Polish troops mortaring a village, killing a wedding party including a pregnant woman. They reveal details of undercover operations by a U.S. special forces unit named task Force 373, formed to hunt down and kill or capture taliban and Al Qaeda commanders. According to Julian Assange, the founder of the website, the files contain details of 'thousands' of potential war crimes. At a press conference in London, he defended his decision to publish the files and claimed the high level of civilian casualties reported was in fact lower than the true figure because military personnel 'downplayed' the number or reported them as insurgent deaths. Mr Assange said: 'We have tried hard to make sure that this material does not put innocents at harm. 'All the material is over seven months old so it is of no current operational consequence, even though it may be of very significant investigative consequence. 'The revelation of abuse by the U.S. and coalition forces may cause Afghans to be upset, and rightly so. ‘If governments don't like populations being upset, they should treat them better, not conceal abuses.' Professor Malcolm Chalmers, a defence expert at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, said that the leaks could undermine already faltering public support for the war. Read more: Bin Laden Seen Village Meetings Poster Comment: There has never been any proof that Bin Laden has died or been killed. He has repeatedly been reported to be in a very rugged area surrounded by people fiercely loyal to him. OBL is not and has never been in direct command of operations. He sees himself as someone providing motivation and logistical support to people actually carrying out day to day operations.
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#161. To: FormerLurker (#160)
Ground effect generates extra lift. Even a flaps down, nose up, power trimmed, and gear extended passenger jet going 150 mph instead of 450 mph needs thrust reversers in most cases to keep from going off a 10,000 foot runway. The simulator knows that. If the simulators are wrong about any important facts, they would not be FAA certified for training, and the sellers of the programs and devices would have been sued years ago.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm saying a simulator will tell you the possibility or impossiblity of flying barely above the earth with gear up and at high speed. And Hanjour had access to simulators, whether he actually practiced or did not practice this maneuver. Nope. He was discouraged from continuing, but he "persevered" and eventually completed it. That link is already posted.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are you smoking something other than tobacco? Ground effect generates extra life, that is true. That is why it'd be practically impossible for a 757 to fly that low to the ground at that speed, ground effect would prevent it from going any lower. A pilot would have to try to fight ground effect with the nose down. However, since the was aircraft was accelerating from 400 mph to 530 mph, the faster the aircraft flew, the more lift would have been created since ground effect increases with speed, so that is where the impossible part comes into the picture. There'd be no way to counter the increasing ground effect at that speed, the plane would have wanted to climb, and there would have been no way to descend with the nose level at that speed from 60 feet high to 20 feet high while accelerating.
The 9/11 Commission made that claim. The FBI witness reports do not say he "completed it successfully". He dropped out, and did not successfully complete the school. That is documented fact. It is documented fact that he frequently skipped school, didn't do his homework, and could not really understand what he was being taught.
Try it on a simulator, keeping in mind that clipping 5-6 light standards, rocking the wings on final approach, and brushing a wing against construction equipment are evidence of a plane not under complete control.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In early 2001, he started training on a Boeing 737 simulator at Pan Am International Flight Academy in Mesa. An instructor there found his work well below standard and discouraged him from continuing. Again, Hanjour persevered; he completed the initial training by the end of March 2001 911 Truth states Hanjour finished 737 Simulator in March 2001, and its source is footnoted.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post a link. Possibly they just copied what the 9/11 Commission stated, which is not the truth. I doubt they stated that was the final word on it.
Why don't you. I doubt you've ever been in either a commercial airliner simulator or a real airliner cockpit. You can blow smoke all you want, any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60 feet off the ground in a 757 at over 400 mph and maintain that altitude for any distance, ESPECIALLY if accelerating. Well no shit Sherlock the aircraft allegedly hit light poles (even though there are reports it didn't, but that's another story concerning what REALLY hit the Pentagon). The light poles were between the Pentagon and the approach the aircraft allegedly took. What'd you think, you can fly lower than the top of the light poles and not touch them somehow, sort of like Magick Lightpoles or something? As far as wobbling, you haven't provided ANY evidence of that. And again, Hanjour would had to have been a superhuman pilot to fly as low as he allegedly did and as fast as he allegedly did, keeping that plane from climbing while travelling at over 400 mph so close to the ground, all while accelerating to 530 mph. He most certainly wouldn't have been able to descend to 20 feet off the ground. The guy couldn't even fly a Cessna 172.
Magic(k)al Light Poles™ and Magic(k)al Jet Fuel™. D@mn, is there no end to the tricks they will play on us?!?!
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. If you don't know what the word means, I'll be glad to explain it to you. We'll starrt with the correct pronounciation. Pree...ko....shush.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams
No they will not. Prove it Who hit the light poles I have. There are also plenty of pictures of the tops of construction equipment being hit by the starboard wing, and eye witness testimony. Wrong. Ground effect keeps the plane from crashing into the ground unless the nose is pointed sharply downwards. Wrong. A competent ATP with 38 years experience has already been quoted, on this thread, saying "Point the nose down and fly like the devil" to do exactly that. BAHAHAHAHAHA!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And don't forget the Magic(k)al Wings, where the wings vaporized into nothing, and must have contained a different blend of Magic(k)al Jet Fuel that instead of causing the Pentagon to collapse, it simply vanished into THIN AIR ALONG WITH THE WINGS! Of course, we can't forget the Magic(k)al Pentagon Windows which either allow jet aircraft wings to pass though them without breaking the glass, or were so durable the wings and fuel crashed into them at 530 mph and BOUNCED OFF before they VANISHED.
You: No they will not. Well possibily not those pilots who have never actually flown a large heavy aircraft with relatively low wing-loading (such as a commercial jet), or those in training who haven't studied anything about aerodynamics yet, but pretty much any honest commericial airline pilot will tell you that it is practically impossible.
I know what the word means, hence the questions: You precocious? I think you have confused premature development with arrested development. : )
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations
Of course, we can't forget the Magic(k)al Pentagon Windows which either allow jet aircraft wings to pass though them without breaking the glass, or were so durable the wings and fuel crashed into them at 530 mph and BOUNCED OFF before they VANISHED. Oh, the unmitigated HORROR of all the Magic(k)! It is scary to think about it.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Peons -- especially little troll peons -- are not allowed to insult Turtle! I order you to pound your forehead against the floor until forgiven.
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams
You: Prove it Well it'd be sort of hard to talk to every pilot in the world now wouldn't it. But first let's correct your obviously poor job of cutting and pasting. You forgot to finish the sentence I had posted, and either willfully or negligently infer that I said an aircraft can't fly below 60 feet. OF COURSE aircraft fly lower 60 feet when they land, but they DON'T land at 530 mph, they land at about 150 mph. This is what I ACTUALLY said, which conveys a different meaning than what you cut from my original comment; "any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60 feet off the ground in a 757 at over 400 mph and maintain that altitude for any distance, ESPECIALLY if accelerating." Here's what Nila Sagadevan, an aeronautical engineer and a qualified pilot of heavy aircraft, had to say about the matter. From The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training Let it suffice to say that it is physically impossible to fly a 200,000-lb airliner 20 feet above the ground at 400 MPH. The author, a pilot and aeronautical engineer, challenges any pilot in the world to do so in any large high-speed aircraft that has a relatively low wing- loading (such as a commercial jet). I.e., to fly the craft at 400 MPH, 20 feet above ground in a flat trajectory over a distance of one mile. Why the stipulation of 20 feet and a mile? There were several street light poles located up to a mile away from the Pentagon that were snapped-off by the incoming aircraft; this suggests a low, flat trajectory during the final pre- impact approach phase. Further, it is known that the craft impacted the Pentagon's ground floor. For purposes of reference: If a 757 were placed on the ground on its engine nacelles (I.e., gear retracted as in flight profile), its nose would be almost 20 above the ground! Ergo, for the aircraft to impact the ground floor of the Pentagon, Hanjour would have needed to have flown in with the engines buried 10-feet deep in the Pentagon lawn. Some pilot. At any rate, why is such ultra-low-level flight aerodynamically impossible? Because the reactive force of the hugely powerful downwash sheet, coupled with the compressibility effects of the tip vortices, simply will not allow the aircraft to get any lower to the ground than approximately one half the distance of its wingspan - until speed is drastically reduced, which, of course, is what happens during normal landings. In other words, if this were a Boeing 757 as reported, the plane could not have been flown below about 60 feet above ground at 400 MPH. (Such a maneuver is entirely within the performance envelope of aircraft with high wing-loadings, such as ground-attack fighters, the B1-B bomber, and Cruise missiles - and the Global Hawk.) You: Who hit the light poles Do you really need to ask? The official story alleges that Hanjour flew a 757 down to ground level at 530 mph, where the wings clipped the light poles since they were in the way. So which is it, do you wish to debate using the "facts" alleged by the official story, or do you wish to look at eyewitness testimony which states that immediately after Flight 77 allegedly impacted the Pentagon, those poles were NOT downed? All of it is irrelevant in regards to Hanjour's alleged skills, since the only way to have hit the Pentagon as it is alleged WOULD be to knock down those light poles. In reality, the wings would have been torn to shreds or at least sprung a massive leak if they had impacted light poles at 530 mph. Yet, there is NO external fire visible in the videos taken soon after the aircraft is alleged to have impacted. Where'd the fuel go? If those wings hit the poles they'd be torn and spewing fuel everywhere.
You: I have. There are also plenty of pictures of the tops of construction equipment being hit by the starboard wing, and eye witness testimony. You've made many unsubstantiated claims, but I don't recall you ever posting any sort of proof in terms of eyewitness testimony stating that. Could you post a link? Oh, and the construction equipment was obviously in the way as well, so what'd you expect, THEY would be MAGICKAL as well, and would allow the wings and/or engines to pass through them? That's the thing, with all of these alleged collisions, the fuel would have sprayed everywhere, yet didn't. As far as the wings wobbling, the only thing wobbling is you. Any sort of wobble at that speed would have caused the aircraft to veer to the left or to the right, resulting in the need for more exaggerated counter moves to keep the plane from crashing, which WOULD have made it crash. Of course, if it WASN'T a 757, something like a drone or a fighter painted LIKE a AA 757, well then THAT might have wobbled a bit as it was seeking the perfect heading for the plan to work.
You: Wrong. Ground effect keeps the plane from crashing into the ground unless the nose is pointed sharply downwards. Planes don't fall out of the sky although there IS no ground effect above a certain altitude, which would be roughly 60 feet for a 757 according to the source I've provided. Are you trying to say that planes rely on ground effect to stay airborne? Ground effect provides ADDED lift, and is a function of proximity to the ground and air speed. The closer the aircraft is to the ground, the greater the ground effect. However, there is minimal ground effect at landing speed. Ground effect becomes excessive at 400 mph however, and effectively prevents the plane from going any lower. The way to descend is to slow down, yet the alleged Flight 77 SPED UP, causing ground effect to INCREASE. The plane would have been trying to climb, and it would have taken massive effort to prevent it from doing so. It certainly couldn't have DROPPED ALTITUDE, coming within 20 feet of the ground, all while keeping the nose LEVEL, yet THAT is how the aircraft entered the Pentagon if the observed damage was in fact the result of the impact. It would have either created a large gash in the lawn leading up to the wall and not penetrated the building as deeply if the nose had been down, or it would have struck higher up the wall with a level nose since the increased ground effect would have caused it to climb. So then, it more than likely WASN'T a 757.
You: A competent ATP with 38 years experience has already been quoted, on this thread, saying "Point the nose down and fly like the devil" to do exactly that. I'd like to see him do it in a 757 flying over 400 mph 20 feet from the ground for a distance identical to that of the alleged 757. He could prove it once and for all if it were possible. Of course, there is NEVER any deliberate disinformation presented by "experts", right? You're trying to sell the idea that a guy who basically crapped his pants in a Cessna 172 single engine airplane, one who couldn't even fly a circle around the airport and had trouble descending with it for a proper landing, flew a multi-engine jumbo jet (without EVER having flown ANY sort of jet before in his life) at 20 feet off the ground travelling at 530 mph. Yeah, he "flew like the devil", that's a great scientific analysis your pal presented. He couldn't fly a paper airplane, never mind a Boeing 757 at unheard of speeds so close to the ground.
You: Oh really? How do airplanes ever land then? BAHAHAHAHAHA! Don't you tire of misrepresenting what I've said? You know damn well I didn't claim aircraft never drop to 20 feet. The part you left out is as follows; Since you are apparently VERY unfamiliar with English, let me say it again... There is no possible way on earth Hani Hanjour could have flown a Boeing 757 at 20 feet off the ground, WHILE ACCELERATING TO 530 MPH. In fact, Hani Hanjour more than likely wouldn't have been able to fly a CESSNA 172 at IT'S top speed so close to the ground without crashing it, since he was such a lousy "pilot", one who was basically incompetent at anything related to flying an aircraft. I have not followed this thread so I must say I don't know what side of the 911 story related to Hani Hanjour either of you represent...moving along to why I am posting to the thread, I thought both of you might get a kick out of reading MSM's description of Hani Hanjour ( spoon fed to them by the FBI) - it's pretty funnny, and even more so considering that at the time we Amerikens ( myself being one of the dumb bunnies) slurped down this stinky poopy crapola like it were sweet tasting syrup... Enjoy! www.washingtonpost.com/wp...ics/attack/hijackers.html Hani Hanjour Obtained a commercial pilot's license in April 1999 from the Federal Aviation Administration. [ how easy peasy was that?]The license expired six months later because he failed to complete a required medical exam.[ oops - he forgot to do the one single requirement] In 1996, he received flight training for a few months at a private school in Scottsdale, Ariz., but did not finish the course because his instructors thought he was not proficient enough.[ but the FDA thought he was great no questions asked except for needing a physical exam ] He listed his address as a post office box in Taife, Saudi Arabia,[ red flag, red flag - are PO boxes even exist in SA?] but he also has been linked to addresses in San Diego and Hollywood, Fla. His name was not on the American Airlines manifest for the flight because he may not have had a ticket. [ say what????? he just waltzed on the plane 'cause he was a Big Cheese???]
That's what simulators are for. They replicate the entire performance envelope of the craft including risky maneuvers that could cause the plane to crash in real life. But of course you don't want to concede simulators are useful and valid, because that will undermine your claim that Hanjour's completed 737 training prepared him to fly a multi engine 757. Anonymous self taught internet rubes are far more likely disinformation purveyors than known ATP's with publicly documented 38 year service records and a stack of endorsed log books with tens of thousands of hours of piloting time.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is not much disagreement on whether Hanjour was a crummy pilot. The contention comes from the CT's saying he absolutely had to be a great pilot in order to pull a 1/2 G turn, when just to get a pilot license you need to pull a 2G 360 degree turn + or - 200 feet. And the CT's saying he absolutely had to be a great pilot in order to descend at 46.667 feet per second or 31.818 MPH vertically over the time span of 2 minutes. I say "ridiculous" to both claims of the need for piloting to be excellent to perform at these simple levels. It's the classic strawman argument. Put up something untrue ("fighter pilot level skills needed to fly the 757"), rebut it, then claim victory.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even if he did fly it, why weren't the windows broken? edit: Where the wings should have hit them.
No, that is YOUR straw man argument, it is NOT what anyone here has been saying other than you. Air traffic controllers at Dulles International Airport thought that it was a military aircraft due to the rate of speed the jet flew and its precision turns made while descending, something not that unusual for a fighter, but highly unusual for a commercial airliner. Flying at treetop level at 400 mph accelerating to 530 mph is not something an ordinary commercial airliner does either, in case you thought that was normal. Thing is, Hanjour had NEVER flown ANY sort of jet aircraft in his life, and truly sucked at flying a single engine Cessna 172. No matter how many ways you try to beat a dead horse, there's no possible way Hanjour could pull off the manuevers witnessed that day while flying a multi-engine jumbo jet. He more than likely wouldn't have been able to do it in a Cessna 172 either. Contrary to your cherry picked out of context "quote", Hanjour didn't just take over the plane as soon as it took off, and he didn't just "point the nose in the direction of the building and crash" it. Why do you cling to this religious belief of yours, where ALL the evidence points AWAY from Hanjour having flown the plane? Where's ANY proof that HE DID?
And we're just supposed to believe YOU that it is even possible to fly 20 feet off the ground at 530 mph in a simulator, right? How many times have YOU sat in a 757 flight simulator? I can tell you the number of times Hanjour did. ZERO. But of course you don't want to concede simulators are useful and valid, because that will undermine your claim that Hanjour's completed 737 training prepared him to fly a multi engine 757. How many more times are you going to misrepresent the fact that Hanjour flunked out of that school? He did NOT complete the course, he hardly ever showed up for class, didn't do his homework, and couldn't understand the instructors while there, and was an extremely poor student in terms of basic flight skills. In fact he was SO bad the school called the FAA to see if his "license" was genuine, as they thought it had to be a fake.
Isn't it odd that the date on the video is Sep. 12? Maybe someone was trying to tell us something?
Maybe someone was trying to tell us something? I see a smoke trail, and the aircraft is too small to be a 757, IF the video is even authentic.
You should read the following article, it describes how the 9/11 Commission lied about Hanjours abilities, where they tried to build him up as some sort of commericial airline pilot, where in reality he never flew a commericial aircraft, and never one larger than a twin engine Piper Apache propeller driven plane, and even THAT is highly questionable since he couldn't fly a smaller single engine plane. Al Qaeda’s Top Gun - Willful Deception by the 9/11 Commission Each and every instructor who delt with him described him as a awful pilot, terrible in English, and worse in terms of flight skills. He tried to rent a single engine Cessna 172, but was refused on three different occasions because he couldn't fly it to the satisfaction of flight instructors who went with him on a check flight. Yet he is said to have flown a Boeing 757 from Ohio to Washington DC, utilizing the aircraft's flight management computer to change the course to Washingon, yet he had never seen a 757 flight management computer before in his life. He is then said to have made such tight precision turns while descending that air traffic controllers thought it was a military aircraft. He is then said to have leveled off at treetop level flying at 400 mph, accelerated to 530 mph, dipped down to 20 feet off the ground with the nose level, and then flew the aircraft into the Pentagon wall at the ground floor level. All this from a person who couldn't fly a Cessna 172 in a circle around an airport.
He'll need to ask for some talking points on that one. It's probably going to be a delayed response since it's a weekend and the Ministry of Truth is understaffed today.
You think yourself smarter and more of an expert than commercial airline pilots, aeronautical engineers, flight instructors, and seasoned air traffic controllers. So yeah, you are just an Internet rube talking trash.
You keep flogging that 1 ATC quote which you don't even place in its full context. The controller says nothing about misidentifying the 757 as a military jet, simply that you aren't supposed to fly a commercial jet in what she called an "unsafe" manner for a 757 passenger airliner. The ATC didn't just haphazardly pick a 757 instead of a 737, 747, or PA-125 in her statement. She knew the jet they observed with no transponder signal was supposed to be a hijacked 757. The claim that a turn covering 270 to 330 degrees is garbage because mid turn the plane disappeared from radar. How does somebody who doesn't even see the last half of a 270 to 330 degree turn become qualified to say whether the turn was "precision" or not? HAHAHAHA. What you're pinning all your hopes on, is that according to one ATC, descending at 46 feet per second or 31.818 MPH vertically, is supposed to be "unsafe." HAHAHAHA. That means any pilot who pulls a 2G turn and descends at 100 feet per second or more is either "unsafe" or has "fighter pilot" skill levels. HAHAHAHHA. Like I said earlier, all your out-of-context ATC statement really means is what my first ground control instructor said: ATC's and airline execs don't want their passenger jets to spill any passenger drinks. Well good for them. That simply was not in the cards when an aircraft got hijacked by a suicide pilot who wasn't interested in landing safely. That doesn't mean the plane was not a hijacked 757 just because the hijacker chose to fly a plane into a building in a way not anticipated by people in the towers.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What an desperate rube talking trash you're becoming trying to conflate off the cuff ATC remarks into some evidence of a conspiracy. From your own link. Airline pilot Patrick Smith, writing for Salon, said that it was one of "the more commonly heard myths that pertain to the airplanes and their pilots" that "the terrorist pilots lacked the skill and training to fly jetliners into their targets. ... Similarly quoted was George Williams, a pilot for Northwest Airlines for 38 years, who said, "I don’t see any merit to those arguments [that Hanjour couldn’t have flown Flight 77 into the Pentagon]. The Pentagon is a pretty big target and I’d say hitting it was a fairly easy thing to do." Both your quotes are footnoted and are from qualified personnel with decades of actually flying airplanes, internet talking rube. Deal with them.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I see a jet spiral contrail in between the large tan pylon on the right and the fireball, in Impacts #2 and #3.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's a weekend and I'd rather go out on a boat with my family than waste time trying to talk sense into a small group of people who want to live in lalaland.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's probably going to be a delayed response since it's a weekend and the Ministry of Truth is understaffed today It's a weekend and I'd rather go out on a boat with my family than waste time trying to talk sense into a small group of people who want to live in lalaland. Translation: I don't have an answer yet for why the windows weren't broken.
Deux hun
I don't have an answer yet for why the windows weren't broken. No. Since you're someone with way more questions than answers yourself, you'll have to give more to get more.
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One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#162. To: FormerLurker, buckeroo, turtle (#160)
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What, are you trying the say the pilots that flew it did it remotely from a simulator? You're not making any sense
Hanjour...flunked out of 737 simulator training.
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#163. To: AGAviator (#161)
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Ground effect generates extra lift. Even a flaps down, nose up, power trimmed, and gear extended passenger jet going 150 mph instead of 450 mph needs thrust reversers in most cases to keep from going off a 10,000 foot runway.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#164. To: AGAviator (#162)
He was discouraged from continuing, but he "persisted" and eventually completed it.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#165. To: FormerLurker (#163)
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There'd be no way to counter the increasing ground effect at that speed, the plane would have wanted to climb
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#166. To: FormerLurker (#164)
Post #138
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#167. To: AGAviator (#166)
911 Truth states Hanjour finished 737 Simulator in March 2001, and its source is footnoted.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#168. To: AGAviator (#165)
Try it on a simulator, keeping in mind that clipping 5-6 light standards, rocking the wings on final approach, and brushing a wing against construction equipment are evidence of a plane not under complete control.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#169. To: FormerLurker (#168)
Magick Lightpoles
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#170. To: abraxas (#114)
lol.........You precocious?
#171. To: FormerLurker (#168)
Any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60 feet off the ground in a 757 at over 400 mph and maintain that altitude for any distance, ESPECIALLY if accelerating.
Any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60
What'd you think, you can fly lower than the top of the light poles and not touch them somehow?
As far as wobbling, you haven't provided ANY evidence of that.
And again, Hanjour would had to have been a superhuman pilot to fly as low as he allegedly did
Keeping that plane from climbing while travelling at over 400 mph so close to the ground, all while accelerating to 530 mph.
He most certainly wouldn't have been able to descend to 20 feet off the ground.
Oh really? How do airplanes ever land then?
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#172. To: James Deffenbach (#169)
Magic(k)al Light Poles™ and Magic(k)al Jet Fuel™. D@mn, is there no end to the tricks they will play on us?!?!
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#173. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: Any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60 feet off the ground in a 757 at over 400 mph and maintain that altitude for any distance, ESPECIALLY if accelerating.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#174. To: Turtle (#170)
#175. To: FormerLurker (#172)
And don't forget the Magic(k)al Wings, where the wings vaporized into nothing, and must have contained a different blend of Magic(k)al Jet Fuel that instead of causing the Pentagon to collapse, it simply vanished into THIN AIR ALONG WITH THE WINGS!
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#176. To: abraxas (#174)
I think you have confused premature development with arrested development. : )
#177. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: Any pilot and any aeronautical engineer will state it's virtually impossible to fly less than 60
I shan’t get into the aerodynamic impossibility of flying a large commercial jetliner 20 feet above the ground at over 400 MPH. A discussion on ground effect energy, tip vortex compression, downwash sheet reaction, wake turbulence, and jetblast effects are beyond the scope of this article (the 100,000-lb jetblast alone would have blown whole semi-trucks off the roads.)
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#178. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: What'd you think, you can fly lower than the top of the light poles and not touch them somehow?
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#179. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: As far as wobbling, you haven't provided ANY evidence of that.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#180. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: And again, Hanjour would had to have been a superhuman pilot to fly as low as he allegedly did
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#181. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: Keeping that plane from climbing while travelling at over 400 mph so close to the ground, all while accelerating to 530 mph. Wrong.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#182. To: AGAviator (#171)
Me: He most certainly wouldn't have been able to descend to 20 feet off the ground.
"As far as wobbling, you haven't provided ANY evidence of that. And again, Hanjour would had to have been a superhuman pilot to fly as low as he allegedly did and as fast as he allegedly did, keeping that plane from climbing while travelling at over 400 mph so close to the ground, all while accelerating to 530 mph. "
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#183. To: FormerLurker, AGAviator (#181)
#184. To: FormerLurker, buckeroo, turtle (#181)
(Edited)
I'd like to see him do it in a 757 flying over 400 mph 20 feet from the ground for a distance identical to that of the alleged 757. He could prove it once and for all if it were possible.
Of course, there is NEVER any deliberate disinformation presented by "experts", right?
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#185. To: scrapper2, buckeroo, turtle (#183)
(Edited)
I thought both of you might get a kick out of reading MSM's description of Hani Hanjour ( spoon fed to them by the FBI) - it's pretty funnny, and even more so considering that at the time we Amerikens ( myself being one of the dumb bunnies) slurped down this stinky poopy crapola like it were sweet tasting syrup.
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#186. To: AGAviator, scrapper2, FormerLurker, Original_Intent, HOUNDDAWG, christine, abraxas, Dakmar, James Deffenbach, all (#185)
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#187. To: All, *9-11* (#186)
#188. To: AGAviator (#185)
The contention comes from the CT's saying he absolutely had to be a great pilot in order to pull a 1/2 G turn, when just to get a pilot license you need to pull a 2G 360 degree turn + or - 200 feet.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#189. To: AGAviator (#184)
That's what simulators are for. They replicate the entire performance envelope of the craft including risky maneuvers that could cause the plane to crash in real life.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#190. To: FormerLurker, All (#187)
#191. To: wudidiz (#190)
Isn't it odd that the date on the video is Sep. 12?
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#192. To: scrapper2 (#183)
(Edited)
Obtained a commercial pilot's license in April 1999 from the Federal Aviation Administration. [ how easy peasy was that?]The license expired six months later because he failed to complete a required medical exam.[ oops - he forgot to do the one single requirement] In 1996, he received flight training for a few months at a private school in Scottsdale, Ariz., but did not finish the course because his instructors thought he was not proficient enough. [ but the FDA thought he was great no questions asked except for needing a physical exam ] He listed his address as a post office box in Taife, Saudi Arabia,[ red flag, red flag - are PO boxes even exist in SA?] but he also has been linked to addresses in San Diego and Hollywood, Fla. His name was not on the American Airlines manifest for the flight because he may not have had a ticket. [ say what????? he just waltzed on the plane 'cause he was a Big Cheese???]
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#193. To: wudidiz (#186)
Even if he did fly it, why weren't the windows broken?
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#194. To: AGAviator (#184)
Anonymous self taught internet rubes are far more likely disinformation purveyors than known ATP's with publicly documented 38 year service records and a stack of endorsed log books with tens of thousands of hours of piloting time.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#195. To: FormerLurker, buckeroo, turtle (#188)
Air traffic controllers at Dulles International Airport thought that it was a military aircraft due to the rate of speed the jet flew and its precision turns made while descending, something not that unusual for a fighter, but highly unusual for a commercial airliner.
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#196. To: FormerLurker, buckeroo, turtle (#194)
(Edited)
Anonymous self taught internet rubes are far more likely disinformation purveyors than known ATP's with publicly documented 38 year service records and a stack of endorsed log books with tens of thousands of hours of piloting time.
You think yourself smarter and more of an expert than commercial airline pilots, aeronautical engineers, flight instructors, and seasoned air traffic controllers.
So yeah, you are just an Internet rube talking trash
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#197. To: wudidiz (#187)
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#198. To: FormerLurker (#193)
It's probably going to be a delayed response since it's a weekend and the Ministry of Truth is understaffed today
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
#199. To: FormerLurker, AGAviator (#198)
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#200. To: All (#199)
#201. To: wudidiz (#199)
Translation:
One of the major consequences of the 9/11 movement has been to draw enormous amounts of energy and effort away from activism directed to real and ongoing crimes of state, and their institutional background, crimes that are far more serious than blowing up the WTC would be, if there were any credibility to that thesis. That is, I suspect, why the 9/11 movement is treated far more tolerantly by centers of power than is the norm for serious critical and activist work....Noam Chomsky
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