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09/11/2003 Entry: ""Why?""

When something happens, we try to explain it. In particular, when there is a crisis, especially an attack of some sort, the papers always soon show a picture of people crying with the headline "Why?". One way we refer to the most awful events is by saying that we do not understand it. For example, "this is beyond comprehension" or "this is unfathomable horror". But most people don't really mean that. Most people think that events are explicable, and that it is important to find the explanation in order to know what to make of events, and in order to know how to act. "Why?" is an utterly seriously question.

Because we ask that question, and because we are utterly serious about finding an answer, today we are better off than we were two years ago. We know what happened, and why. It's now a comprehensible horror rather than an incomprehensible one. Also, the threat no longer seems infinite. There are things being done, and they are working. The world is getting better, and we have not had another large attack.

If we had not been seeking an explanation, we would have no useful knowledge about who did it and what they were trying to accomplish. Without such knowledge, we would not be able to craft any reasonable attempts to eliminate the threat. We would not be able to predict what our enemies might do, because we would be making estimates based on what we'd do in a similar situation. That would not supply accurate information about the intentions of an enemy with radically different aims than we would have. We would not be able to fight effectively, because we would not understand. But because we ask why, and because our "Why?" is serious, we can understand and we can achieve our aims.

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THE CALL FOR AN OPEN AND PUBLIC INVESTIGATION INTO 9-11

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On Jan 8, a group of protesters in San Francisco marched to the offices of Senator Feinstein. A delegation met with Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer.

Below is a summary of the documents presented to Senators Feinstein and Boxer,in support of the demand.

1. Who is Osama Bin Laden?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO109C.html

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO110A.html

2. Who created and funded the Al Qaeda Network?

http://www.communitycurrency.org/vital.html

3. What is the relationship between Bin Laden, his family, the Carlyle Group and the Bush family?

http://www.copvcia.com/stories/sept_2001/bushbin.html

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/LAZ112A.html

http://www.guerrillanews.com/counter_intelligence/doc233.html

http://www.guerrillanews.com/counter_intelligence/235.html

http://www.truthout.com/0662.Bush.Saudi.htm

http://www.bushnews.com/bushmoney.htm

http://www.americanfreedomnews.com/afn_articles/bushsecrets.htm

http://www.truthout.com/01.11F.Arms.Carlyle.htm

4. Why were no fighter planes dispatched to intercept the four hijacked planes on September 11th?

http://www.nypress.com/14/50/taki/bunker.cfm

http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-1.htm

http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-2.htm

http://emperor.vwh.net/indict/urgent.htm

http://emperors-clothes.com/indict/indict-3.htm

5. Who actually was in control of the "hijacked planes"?

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/engt.htm

http://geocities.com/mknemesis/homerun.html

6. What role did Pakistani Intelligence play on September 11th?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html

7. Did the CIA have foreknowledge of the attack, who tried to profit with put options on American, United, Merrill Lynch... stock just before the attack?

http://www.copvcia.com/stories/oct_2001/krongard.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=99402

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/FLO112B.html

8. Why were the FBI told to not investigate the Bin Laden family links in the US?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/BBC111A.html

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/HIN111A.html

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MAR111A.html

9. If the CIA met with Bin Laden last July, why didn't they try to arrest him?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RIC111B.html

10. If the US is serious about ridding the world of terrorism, why do we continue to fund and train terrorists?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PAS111A.html

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/MAR111A.html

11. IF THE CIA AND THE GOVERNMENT WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS, WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP112A.html

12. Why are we bombing Afghanistan, when none of the alleged bombers actually came from there, could there be another reason for our presence in that region, like oil?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RUP111B.html

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr112901.htm

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/PIL111B.html

13. Is this war illegal? When will the FBI, the CIA and the National Security Agency start to turn their new powers (that they have under the Ashcroft police state bill) against American citizens?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BOY111C.html

14. What are Bush's, Cheney's and Rice's connections to the oil industry?

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CAV111A.html

15. What are Bush's and Cheney's connections to the drug industry?

http://www.copvcia.com/stories/previous/bush-cheney-drugs.html

16. Has the US government ever thought to mislead the public to justify a war against another country?

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/jointchiefs_010501.html