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As Mr. Espada has succinctly pointed out in his comment titled "you might an apologist for Zionist extremism if", there is an unrivaled double standard in play here. And while for some here, the relation of 9/11 to the topic at hand, namely fierce suppression of any and all critique concerning everything remotely associable to judaism, apparently appears intangible, 9/11 cuts right to the heart of the issue.

In fact, there probably is no better illustration of this double standard's immensity, as a sober breakdown of the known facts reveals.

Beyond all the handwaving and appeal to authority performed by NIST et al, no explanation is to be found in their reports for the collapse of the WTC, much less in the manner witnessed. The casual reader might expect it to be buried somewhere within the thousands of pages of technical data and diagrams, but alas, it is just not there. The steady refusal of supporters of the "official conspiracy theory", including the authors of the ostensibly authoritative NIST report, to debate their opponents in an open, public forum is but a testament to their thesis' indefensibility.

And yet, being armed with nothing but B-movie fantasies of terrorists in possession of supernatural powers and magic jet fuel, a populist plaintiff was able to indict arab-muslim"Al Qaida", on the basis of a highly disputed OBL video serendipitously found by US forces in a basement in Kandahar in October of 2001, after OBL himself had repeatedly denied responsibility through arab media. Additional evidence included a piece of luggage left at Boston Logan airport, conveniently containing a flight manual, uniform, letter adressing the purported hijackers and a Koran (eew, Mr. Atta -- no toothbrush or spare underwear? Count yourself lucky you didn't need that flight manual, either!), as well as the infamous indestructible passport of "Satan Al-Suqami" found on a New York City street.

How could the populist plaintiff, despite this ridiculously transparent framing of patsies in lieu of hard evidence, still make his case? Suppression of contrary evidence. And this is where we're right back on topic.

Why no coverage of Larry "Runway 69" Silverstein, who, possibly not only figuratively, made a killing through the destruction of the WTC (16 million invested, 4.5 billion gained)? Why no coverage of the "Dancing Israelis", who, despite appearing exalted by the catastrophe and having traces of explosives in their van, were quietly deported a few weeks later on orders from DHS secretary Michael "Gut Feeling" Chertoff? Why no mention of Dov "Remote Control" Zakheim, the comptroller of the Pentagon under whose watch 2.3 trillion in transactions went "missing", publicized on the eve of September 10th, of all days?

I guess we all know the answer.

In closing, and despite the fact that this should be obvious to any sentient, compassionate being, I would like to add that, without doubt, it is wrong to criminalize anyone along abstract lines such as as religion or color. Naturally, that goes for everyone, including jews and palestinians. But accordingly, no one should be exempt from justice because of any such feature, as that not only constitutes racism all by itself, but essentially encourages criminal behavior. Just imagine what would happen if the Cosa Nostra were able to defy justice by squealing "anti-italian".

Sounded more like a veiled threat than anything.

Anyway, speaking of MUJCA, Barret posted a blog over at 911b & included this link.

http://www.doublestandards.org/hedges1.html

An excellent, if not sickening, read.

Here's another excellent read I just ran across also.

http://desip.igc.org/InTheBeginning.html