GRIFFIN, David Ray

The New Pearl Harbour

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Under either version of the official account, in any case, the successful attacks on the WTC should not have been possible. This view is supported by Anatoli Kornukov, the commander in chief of the Russian Air Force, who was quoted the day after 9/11 as saying: “Generally it is imposible to carry out an act of terror on the scenario which was used in the USA yesterday…. As soon as something like that happens here, I am reported about that right away and in a minute we are all up.” After quoting Kornukov’s statement, (Nafeez) Ahmed comments: “It is, of course, well known that the US Air Force is far superior to Russia’s,” adding that some reasonable inferences can be drawn from these facts – in particular, that the attacks on the WTC could have happened only if stanard operating procedures were suspended.

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To evaluate these objections, it is necessary to review some of the facts. The North Tower (WTC) was struck at 8:46 AM. It collapsed one hour and 42 minutes later, at 10:28. The South Tower (WTC-2) was struck at 9:06 AM. It collapsed 56 minutes later at 9:59. Building Number 7 (WTC-7), which was two blocks away and was not struck, collapsed at 5:20 PM. These facts immediately suggest two questions: Why did the South Tower , which was struck 17 minutes later than the North Tower, nevertheless collapse 29 minutes earlier? And why did WTC-7 collapse at all, given the fact that it was not struck? Additional details about the collapse of these three buildings raise even more questions.

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The more general problem is that whatever did hit the Pentagon simply did not cause nearly enough destrucction fort he official story to be true. A Boeing 757, besides being so tall and having such a wide wingspan, weighs over 100 tons. Traveling at a speed of 250 to 440 miles per hour, it would have caused tremendous devastation. And yet, as a photograph supplied by the Department of Defense itself shows,’the plane only destroyed the first ring of the building.“ “The secnd and third rings were merely penetrated by an aircraft small enough to create a hole only seven feet in diameter.

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