NORAD had drills of jets as weapons
One of the imagined targets was the World Trade Center. In another exercise, jets performed a mock shootdown over the Atlantic Ocean of a jet supposedly laden with chemical poisons headed toward a target in the United States. In a third scenario, the target was the Pentagon — but that drill was not run after Defense officials said it was unrealistic, NORAD and Defense officials say.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-04-18-norad_x.htm
2006-08-27
18:50:54
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➔ Other - Politics & Government
President Bush said at a news conference Tuesday, "Nobody in our government, at least, and I don't think the prior government, could envision flying airplanes into buildings on such a massive scale."
2006-08-27
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OMG.....someone still believes this nonsense.
2006-08-27 18:55:59
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answered by Anonymous
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Don't you think that if the government was culpable of such an elaborate scheme as the attacks of 9/11, they would also be capable of silencing all the dissenters who are coming up with the theories? Since most of those accusations are popping up on the Internet, wouldn’t they be doing what the governments of China, Russia, Iran etc… are doing and filter what gets on the Internet, then track the origins of the attempted postings and go pay those guys a little visit and arrange some unfortunate accidents. Website like LOOSECHANGE.com wouldn’t make off the server; guys like Michal Moore wouldn’t make it out the door. After all if the government did it they had to kill 3,000 of their citizens to accomplish it, do you really think that they would then hesitate to bump off a few dissenters who would otherwise expose them? After all, the people who start these rumors are not that many in the beginning and it wouldn’t take much to stop them at the root before the idea catches on and thousands jump on the band wagon. It would take much less to stop a few bozos than it would to put together all the intricate details necessary to pulling of something of the scale of 9/11. Would it not make sense to “protect your investment”? Just use logic. Your theories stop abruptly at the point where if they continued their logical course they would self destruct.
2006-08-28 02:01:50
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answered by scarlettt_ohara 6
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So your stupid enough to think the US government did? Have you no shame? Are you going to spend your whole live trying to find lies about your country if you hate it so much just do us all a favor and leave move to France where you can be passive and lose every war and still feel superior. ANd if you say the Us government killed 3000 of it's citizens just to have an excuse to go to war with Iraq you're an idiot. We didn't need an excuse the war with Iraq was never over there was no peace treaty betwenn the US and Iraq there was only a ceasefire agreement that was violated repeatedly over the past 10yrs. And I suppose yopu think we hired those Arabic men to fly the planes. And also the Us military runs simulations on all kinds of scenarios including nuking China but you don't see us doing that do you? You are really a deluded person that hates the fact that the US is in the position it's in today why don'tyou just admit you are a communist that wants to bring the US down.
2006-08-28 02:08:06
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answered by Anonymous
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people,people,people.First of all let me say that I love this nation and would not want to live anywhere else.But the government of this great USA is one of the most corrupt in the world.
Why would a country involved in the middle of a war send agents into the field to destroy a Multi-million dollar piece of field artillery?
Why would this same great nation submit its fighting men and women to chemical agents that they knew would be harmful and then Deny such claims? Great Government,oh yah!
2006-08-31 22:39:15
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answered by standingbear452003 1
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was also U.S. military plan that was scrapped as unfeasible. They two biggest reasons they shelve or scrap such scenarios (and they've pretty much thought of all of them) is the complexity of coordination required and the fact that we can only be reactionary to certain attacks - by the time we are aware of it it is too late.
2006-08-28 01:55:48
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answered by xtowgrunt 6
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let the people who are asleep still sleep. they don't want to research false flag operations and pretexts for war. they choose to ignore the possibility of our "see no evil" administration. yet thoroughly enjoy watching Bourne Identity and other such Black Ops films as "fantasy."
2 words....Pentagon Papers.
McNamara was the main man involved here and also was involved in designing Operation Northwoods....seems like he's good at subterfuge.
Wake up and realize that stuff happens in this world. The USS LIberty was attacked because it would know too much....thats reality.
the whole "hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil" bunch need to wake up and realize that if it can be swept under the rug and the moral majority will be complicit in hiding the facts, through their own ignorance and ability to be "spun". welcome to Hannity and Coulter and the other talking point pundits who tell you what to think...
2006-08-28 02:16:39
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answered by nate 2
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Well, sure it is flat, I drove out to the edge (you can see it from my back porch) just the other day to have a picnick with my baby, and to throw a yella dog into the sun..
why did the chicken cross the road?
To show the deer how it's done.
2006-08-28 02:02:04
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answered by mr.phattphatt 5
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Yes, the US didn't do it.
There are some fishy things about it though. Like flying the Bin Laden family out. Why? No explanation for this has convinced me.
2006-08-28 01:57:41
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answered by ? 5
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even before this i had a feeling the US Gov't was behind the Attacks on 9/11 it was just a gut feeling, now i can't say for sure but there are records that show Osama bin laden was working for or with the CIA in Afghanistan during the russian occupation. i would not be surprised if they are still working together, i just feel bad for all those families that lost loved ones in 9/11, regardless of who is behind it
2006-08-28 01:57:27
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answered by Anonymous
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If they did have those drills to prepare themselves from a terrorist attack dont you think they would have stoped them, that doesn't say much . but of course theyll have drills to protect americas mostly likely targeted areas . isnt this sensible .
2006-08-28 01:56:42
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answered by IRunWithScissors 3
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What would be the rational reason the government would do this? Truly, after all, there are no secrets, it would come out in the wash. The conspiracy theorists have run amuk, hide!.
2006-08-28 02:02:53
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answered by winecountry maiden 1
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