Post 9/11, US cadets learning to 'know the enemy'
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WEST POINT, New York (AFP) — Military cadets and Pentagon policy makers alike are drawing on the experiences of a unique West Point academy research center to seek a better understanding of the enemy post-9/11.

The Combating Terrorism Center, set up in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, aims to prepare cadets at the nation's premier military academy to confront the shifting geo-political realities of the 21st century.

I attended one their fundraising/awareness speaking tour events locally the other evening. Very, very moving.  Former IDF and former Palestinian militant (freedom fighter) who have left violence and hatred behind and are committed to this peace initiative, along with about 600 other Israeli and Palestinian people. They will be heading to Washington DC to speak with J. Kerry and hold a meeting reception with congressionals who might be encouraged to attend.

Courage of Conscience Speaking tour info here:  

April 27, 2001
Deal Is Signed To Take Over Trade Center
By CHARLES V. BAGLI

Despite some missteps and a last-minute snag, a developer signed a contract yesterday to take control of the 110-story World Trade Center complex in a deal worth $3.2 billion, the largest real estate transaction in New York history.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: The Salomon Solution; A Building Within a Building, at a Cost of $200 Million
By MARK McCAIN
Published: Sunday, February 19, 1989

LEAD: BEFORE it moves into a new office tower in downtown Manhattan, Salomon Brothers, the brokerage firm, intends to spend nearly two years and more than $200 million cutting out floors, adding elevators, reinforcing steel girders, upgrading power supplies and making other improvements in its million square feet of space.

March 22, 1987
AIRLINES IN QUANDARY OVER REQUEST TO DO MORE TO STEM DRUG FLOW
By ERIC SCHMITT

LEAD: The arrest of 40 airline employees earlier this month on charges of smuggling cocaine into Kennedy International Airport has touched off a debate over how tightly air carriers should police their employees and operations.

The arrest of 40 airline employees earlier this month on charges of smuggling cocaine into Kennedy International Airport has touched off a debate over how tightly air carriers should police their employees and operations.

THE TWIN TOWERS: Prevention; Authority Chose Access Over Tighter Security
By IVER PETERSON
Published: Saturday, March 6, 1993

In an effort that waxed and waned with the level of world terrorist acts, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey carried out several anti-terrorism planning reviews, including the mock bombing of a building and infiltration of secured areas to test preparedness, between 1984 and 1991.

September 15, 1996
In 4 Reports Over 10 Years, Issues of Security at J.F.K.
By JOHN SULLIVAN and PAM BELLUCK

For nearly a decade, officials at Kennedy International Airport have been repeatedly told of security problems that made aircraft vulnerable to terrorist attack.

French Academician Fired over 9/11

The French defence minister fired professor Aymeric Chauprade for his belief in the ‘conspiracy theory’ of events of 9/11.

http://www.javno.com/en-world/video--french-academician-fired-over-911_2...

Aymeric Chauprade, a professor at the French military university, was fired for his views regarding the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre. The French defence minister, Herve Morin, demanded himself that the geopolitics professor be fired from the Collège Interarmées de Défense.

Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians

Striking testimony has emerged from Israeli soldiers involved in the recent Gaza war, in which they describe shooting unarmed civilians, sometimes under orders from their officers.

One soldier described how an Israeli sniper shot dead a Palestinian mother and her children, adding that troops believed Palestinian lives were "very, very, less important than the lives of our soldiers".

Haircut Time for Bondholders
by Mike Whitney | March 13, 2009 - 2:34pm

"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable."
-– John Kenneth Galbraith

The article below describes events in Pakistan where the ruling party seems to have been pushed back by reinstating a jailed Supreme Court chief justice. Since the Pakistani administration (president and PM) is a key ally in the bogus war on terror, I think this is a strategic victory for people's and truth movements in general.

The situation is rather complex and I have trouble following it myself, but what I can tell is that the pro-US forces are now facing serious opposition and may be put out of power.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KC17Df01.html

Since Obama has been elected I've noticed a theme. The same people who were calling me 'anti-American' for not supporting the war on terror in the name of revenge for 9/11 are now joining the same discussion that I've been having with you all since 2002. There is an influx of angry white racist men into the truth movement and it's concerning because these types bring 'their women' along with a whole slew of other negative baggage.

I copied this on the second page of comments because one guy actually fingers Silverstein/Israel. One person subsequently responded to that comment in typical fashion and I appended that one comment at the end...

March 16, 2009, 10:23 am
When Are They Going to Build the New World Trade Center? Just Look Up
By David W. Dunlap

David W. Dunlap/The New York Times

http://www.gothamgazette.com/citizen/jan02/7.shtml

Midnight Express

far be it from (for) me to know how to do this... but, Gretavo, Cass and all...could there be a way to further enhance our reachout to to univeristy bloggers?

I know, not that you're not already doing this.. but, could we enhance this in any way? ...is there an approach yet still to be taken for future truth leaders, future truth advocates, future whatever it takes for our beloved cause?