• " I'm not mincing any words about this. It's a cover-up of basically an act of war by a foreign enemy, so far unidentified."
-the Late Commander William Donaldson on the shootdown of TWA 800

• Investigators are reviewing an anonymous threat received after the October 1, 1995 conviction of radical sheik Omar Abdel Rahman .... the threat was that a New York airport or jetliner would be attacked in retaliation...
-September 22, 1996 The New York Post

• "We declared a Jihad -- a holy war -- against the United States government because it is unjust, criminal and tyrannical."
-Osama bin Laden, 6/97

• "With little training it can bring down any aircraft. The CIA has botched its shopping trip in Afghanistan."
-Damon Bristow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, talking about the Stinger.

• : "My God! Somebody's shooting at that airplane!"
-Radio message to air traffic control from British crew flying behind Flight 800

• "The Saudi bombing marked the beginning of war between Muslims and the United States".
-Osama bin Laden in an interview in Peshawar, Pakistan shortly after Dhahran attack:

• In an early 1998 press conference, retired Adm. Thomas Moorer--- former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--- added his name to the list of those who believe a missile destroyed the plane. "All the evidence," Moorer said, "would point to a missile."

• Two sons of an Egyptian cleric convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in New York City have joined the terrorist organization of Osama bin Laden, which is suspected of carrying out deadly bombings against two U.S. embassies in east Africa, CNN has learned. Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, serving a life sentence in a federal prison, also has written a will calling on his sons to seek revenge against the United States, according to sources who have seen it. .... Abdel-Rahman's two sons, Omar and Asim, both in their late 20s, were among those present when bin Laden held a press conference near Khost, Afghanistan, in May. It was at that press conference that bin Laden publicly unveiled his International Islamic Front and talked about an edict he issued in February, calling for a jihad, or holy war, against American civilians anywhere in the world.
-November 8, 1998 CNN

• Much more on the terrorist connection to TWA 800 shootdown, other jetliner hits and misses, and the bin Laden's involvement in recent terrorist attacks.

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