I think you're right about the tape being suspect. However, I wonder what you're using as the basis for your conviction that bin Laden was behind 911.

Recall that the sole piece of damming "evidence" against him was that bogus video tape. In a credible interview conducted by a Pakastani newspaper in the wake of 911, bin Laden denied any knowledge of or involvement in the WTC attacks.

It's possible, of course, that bin Laden was simply lying in his denials, but as I've argued before, that would seem to be a strange way for him to rally his alleged al Qaeda cells around the world for further action, as we have been led to believe.

No, I think the true perpetrators of 911 remain unidentified and at large. If that is true, then it follows that we may be subjected to more attacks like this.

In a criminal investigation, the question is often asked "who gains?"

If you've read to the end of the article in my post above, you encountered these passages, which are extremely relevant to this question:

"That same Post article revealed that—contrary to the general public view that somehow bin Laden is in league with favorite Israeli targets such as Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Muammar Qadaffi—a former bin Laden associate testified that bin Laden was quite hostile to both the Iraqi leader and the Libyan leader. This again is quite in line with Israel’s attitude toward the two Arab icons.

"And in light of recent questions about the real nationalities and identities of the purported hijackers who brought down the four planes that created havoc on American soil on Sept. 11, Anderson’s aforementioned Sept. 17, 1972, column pointed out something that should be noted:

"Israeli agents—immigrants whose families had lived in Arab lands for generations—have a perfect knowledge of Arab dialects and customs. They have been able to infiltrate Arab governments with ease.

"As American Free Press reported on Oct. 22, there are some doubts as to whether those who have been identified as the hijackers on Sept. 11 were the hijackers.

"Writing in The New Yorker on Oct. 8, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, pointed out that “many of the investigators believe that some of the initial clues about the terrorists’ identities and preparations, such as flight manuals, were meant to be found.”

"Hersh has also noted that a senior military officer had suggested to him that “a major foreign intelligence service might also have been involved.”

(my emphasis - sp)

"Hersh did not point any fingers anywhere, but a reader familiar with Hersh’s past history of pinpointing intrigue by Israel’s Mossad could perhaps read between the lines and guess as to which foreign nation Hersh’s source might, however obliquely, be alluding."

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No, I don't think the case for bin Laden's involvement in 911 is very strong, except as designated patsy.

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