Sept 22nd, 2010: Updated with new information (see below)

During the spring of 2009, FBI agents paid a confidential source (hereinafter referred to as “CS”) to meet with a twenty-two year old Lebanese Chicago resident, Sami Samir Hassoun, according to an affidavit filed Monday. The CS and Hassoun subsequently developed a friendship and met multiple times per week for approximately one year.

After the two had been well acquainted for about a year, Hassoun allegedly told the CS that he wanted to take action that would force Chicago’s Mayor Daley from power.  The CS told Hassoun that they had “friends” who might be interested in some of the ideas that Hassoun had recently expressed who, according to the CS, would be willing to pay the CS and Hassoun to engage in such activity.

According the CS, Hassoun had been considering attacks that would command public attention.  In one alleged scenario, Hassoun suggested placing a bomb in Daley Plaza during the then upcoming Arabesque festival.

In response, the CS asked: “You’re going to hit Arab people?” In his reply, Hassoun assured the CS he would not detonate an actual bomb, but would, instead, set off a device that only emanates smoke when activated.

The CS, however, rejected a downtown bombing, explaining that the money they would be paid for their efforts did not justify such a high profile target. As an alternative, Hassoun allegedly suggested bombing Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, or its’ surrounding area. Hassoun explained that the majority of Chicago’s youth spend their weekends at bars and restaurants and that an attack against an entertainment center like the one near Wrigley Field could “paralyze” commerce.

The CS told Hassoun that, whatever the plan may be, they did not want to actually kill anyone. Hassoun agreed by stating: “No killing. There is no killing.”

The CS later added that if Hassoun followed their instructions, their “friends” might be willing to provide Hassoun with a house and a nice car.”

Hassoun told the CS that he wanted to do “something” on July 4, 2010. The CS, however, sought to discourage Hassoun from any immediate action, telling Hassoun that they needed to first meet with their contacts.  Hassoun claimed he was devising some sort of device that appeared as a toy, but when activated, would cause a minor explosion that would not cause injury, but would expel tiny notes containing ominous warnings.

The CS instructed Hassoun to remain patient, and reminded Hassoun that they were doing this for payment, stating, “You are going to make money.”

On July 8^th, 2010, a meeting between Hassoun, the CS and the aforementioned “friends” met at a hotel in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.  Unbeknownst to Hassoun, the “friends” were undercover FBI task force officers. According to the affidavit, Hassoun explained he had been thinking of ideas of how to foster a “revolution” in Chicago. In particular, Hassoun explained that, through a series of escalating terrorist attacks, conspirators could undermine the mayor’s political support, allowing one of their associates to gain control of the city.

When asked what day he wanted to execute the proposed attack. Hassoun allegedly recommended the evening of Saturday, September 11, 2010, which Hassoun called a “beautiful day.” (Allegedly)

Two weeks later, on July 26^th, Hassoun began posting a series of comments on his Facebook profile:

Sami Hassoun drivin between police stations all night long
July 26 at 1:30am · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun is watching the family guy
July 27 at 11:39pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun taking a small nap, then gym later tonite
August 5 at 6:30pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun didnt think it was serious, just got out of the emergency at swedish and am goin to rest for the rest of the night
August 7 at 8:58pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun goin to fasano’s with lora and friends..
August 9 at 8:48pm · Comment · Like

On August 12^th, Hassoun allegedly travelled to Lakeview, a neighborhood south of Chicago’s Wrigleyville, and filmed the area of Clark Street and Belmont Avenue, identifying security measures in the area.  Shortly thereafter, he allegedly proceeded west to the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Halsted Street where Hassoun, who was again accompanied by an unknown male.

Five days later, Hassoun begins to post another series of comments on his Facebook profile:

Sami Hassoun calm and patient
August 17 at 7:15pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun its about time
August 22 at 1:29pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun enjoyed last nite’s party, karaoke night…
August 26 at 12:22pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun A wise guy’s always right even when he’s wrong, he’s right - Lefty
August 27 at 2:46pm · Comment · Like

On August 31^st, as instructed by FBI undercover agents, Hassoun met with them at a hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, and brought a backpack,  two-way radios, batteries, and maps that the agents had requested during a previous meeting.

The undercover agents told Hassoun that they had decided to delay the strike one week, due to alleged concerns that additional security would exist on the anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Several days later, Hassoun resumed posting to his Facebook profile:

Sami Hassoun Be flexible without being weak, be strong without being violent
September 5 at 9:10pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun eid mubarak
September 10 at 1:32am · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun the world is what it is and you are what you are
September 12 at 2:07pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun It’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove in court.
September 15 at 12:19am · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun is lost
September 17 at 12:25pm · Comment · Like

Sami Hassoun working on his business strategy plan
Saturday at 11:24am · Comment · Like

The September 18^th Facebook entry would be Hassoun’s final post.

Note: On September 7th, Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley announced he would not seek reelection in 2011.

As previously planned, Hassoun met with the FBI undercover agents on the evening of September 18^th, to execute the proposed bombing. Hassoun arrived at approximately 11:18 p.m. at the prearranged location, a hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.

In the hotel room, FBI undercover agents presented Hassoun with a phony bomb, housed by a one-gallon paint can.  Although the device was designed to appear to be an actual explosive, it was constructed of inert material, incapable of detonation.

At approximately 11:37 p.m., Hassoun and the FBI undercover left the hotel and  proceeded from Rosemont to the target area, “Slugger’s” sports bar,  located at 3450 North Clark Street. While in route, the undercover agents and Hassoun discussed how Wrigleyville would be crowded because Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, was hosting a Dave Matthews concert that evening.

During their drive, the agents allegedly informed Hassoun that the bomb would likely destroy half a city block, if not more, and that as a result of their actions, Chicago would be “different city tomorrow.”

However, nothing in the affidavit or on Hassoun’s Facebook page indicates that he intended to kill anyone, aside from this statement, and the following entry:

“…when further discussing their ideas, Hassoun and the CS agreed that they should plan an initial diversionary incident, followed by a more substantial strike that would likely result in casualties.”

Hassoun and undercover agents arrived at the target location at approximately 12:10 a.m. in the early morning of September 19, 2010.   Hassoun exited the vehicle, carrying a shopping bag containing a backpack which held the phony bomb constructed by the FBI.

As planned, Hassoun proceeded directly to the target and deposited what he allegedly understood to be a ticking time-bomb. He then attempted to make his way back to the vehicle, but was arrested by awaiting law enforcement agents.

For your consideration:

If Hassoun was guided and paid to commit this act, Cui bono? (Latin: Who benefits?)

Was Hassoun primed with disinformation in the year leading up to the event, causing him to initially want to frame Arabs?  If so, then this reads as follows:

False-flag terror is a reality, only it is not sponsored by the usual suspects, as many have claimed.  It is sponsored by lone-wolf types from Lebanon.

Again: Who benefits?

Moreover, why would an Arab attack Arabs and frame Arabs for the crime?

Why was Hassoun “drivin between police stations all night long”, as stated on his Facebook profile?

Are we to believe that Hassoun was convinced that a bomb the size of a paint-can had enough power to “destroy half a city block”?

How does the goal of bringing down Chicago’s Mayor Daley play a factor?  Does this have anything to do with Rahm Emanuel’s desire to run for the office of Chicago Mayor?

See also: (AP) Entrapment likely issue in Chicago bomb plot

While the AP writer makes a case for entrapment, there’s a critical inaccuracy in his article:

“An informant tipped off authorities about Hassoun, and befriended him over a year…”

Not according to the affidavit…

“…investigating FBI agents asked the CS, who had previously assisted and been compensated by the FBI in connection with his/her cooperation, and was compensated for his/her assistance in this matter, to meet and befriend Hassoun.”

Apparently, the CS had not personally met with Hassoun, prior to their meeting him at the request of the FBI.  Where did the CS learn of Hassoun? One possibility be might be an online meeting via the social networking website Facebook.


Sept 22nd, 2010 updates:

It appears that Hassoun was interviewed in 2004 regarding his brother, Cpl. Wassef Hassoun, a Marine translator, being held hostage in Iraq:

On the tape, a speaker said the man was lured from his base and captured, and his captors threatened to kill him unless U.S. military authorities release Iraqi prisoners.

“It is him, 100 percent,” Sami Hassoun said of the hostage on the video. “I wish it was not him.

“We’re Muslims like they are. It is not possible that Islam says to kill these people. And there’s no religion in the whole world that supports a kidnapper and a killer. No morals, no ethics.” (source)

There are a growing number of (currently 50+) comments on Hassoun’s final Facebook entry, some from people that personally new him. Here are a few interesting posts:

Akil Henry ya’ll need to leave him alone. You know the FBI set him up.
16 hours ago · Like

Akil Henry read the damn story, the FBI started following him after he said something, and they won’t disclose it. So basically the FBI was hyping him up, all the stories said the FBI paid him money to leave his job and look up places to bomb. Shit, it wouldn’t even be a damn bomb (real or fake) if the FBI plants hadn’t gave it to him.  Its the same as saying you want to kill someone and someone agreeing and giving you the knife. We know Sami personally and he wouldn’t just go and do some shit like that.
16 hours ago · Like ·  4 people

Kevin Obomanu Akil: EXACTLY. Sami was just a dumbass to go along with it. A giant dumbass.
16 hours ago · Like

Moe Halabi dude ive known sami for bout 8 years this shit is crazy
15 hours ago · Like

Moe Halabi Everyone see this link.. the fbi made him do that shit.. peer pressure is a bitch.
15 hours ago · Like ·  1 person

Akil Henry If it’s the intention that matters, what does that say about the people who gave the device to him? I didn’t say I defended what he did, I’m just saying I believe that if the FBI wasn’t there in the background hyping him up, nothing would ofhappened. There’s gonna be intention to do something if someone is in your ear hyping up the possibility. Ever heard of COINTELPRO? Sounds pretty similar in a way. All I’m trying to say is don’t believe everything you hear on the news.
12 hours ago · Like

Kevin Obomanu Ruth - OMG. YOU don’t know him that well. As far as I know you never met him. I am not defending him, but I am stating what I know from the articles I read and what I know about him. He is not a bad guy (just an idiot who talks too much shit) and if you have been reading some of the articles, they have been following him for “undisclosed reasons” BEFORE any of his grandiose ideas came about.  Based on what I have read and what I know about him, I think he was set up. I am not saying I am right, but it looks like the intent was procured not solely on his own. Many articles point out that he did not have the intent of hurting anyone originally until later while he had befriended the informant. To me, that sounds like some of the blame doesn’t go to him. We’ll find out as the investigation and later the trial goes on, though. Again, I could be wrong and I am not drawing any conclusions until I know the whole story. Also, if you haven’t read my previous comments, I actually think he should go to jail for a bit, regardless of his intent or what not, because he was stupid. I think he seriously needs a slap in the face for being a dumbass, and I hope jail time is a big enough slap. Finally, if any of my friends got hurt because of his stupidity, I would be beyond infuriated with him and whatever jail time he gets he would rightfully deserve. I don’t know if I would still say the same things I am saying now, but I do know if you or Gavin were gone bc of his stupidity, I would be devastated.
12 hours ago · Like ·  1 person

Kevin Obomanu Kiba - EXACTLY. He told me wild stories before and I just laughed because they were too ridiculous to believe at times. They sounded like something that would be on the CW, lol.
12 hours ago · Like

Kevin Obomanu I think this time someone took one of his wild stories seriously and then believed in him, sort of egged him on into what is now the talk of the town. I feel sorry for his family though. I met of few of his family members about two weeks ago and I am sure they are greatly embarrassed.
12 hours ago · Like

Kiba Wolf actualy i have been with him for a little while , when he first came to US in 2008 and whena tornado blasted chicago about july that year , he started telling his freinds that his house was bought down and he saved a woman :P and he makes it seem real!!!!!
12 hours ago · Like ·  2 people

Kevin Obomanu Kiba - I know a few people in his family and I am sure they were shocked to hear that! I was shocked too! And I am sure his punishment in Lebanon by his family would be more severe than any prison time served here. I definitely think foolishness should be punished, especially by the family. He should be punished like a 9-year-old for this - his mama with a belt. Ruth - I may know only 1% of you, but I do believe that you wouldn’t intend to hurt anyone. I figure Sami to be somewhat gullible and can be easily coerced, which is why I don’t think the intent was entirely his own. He tends to act like a child at times. I know that you’re not gullible by any means; you tend to be very aggressive at times when provoked, but yet you can be sweet and goofy and you don’t act juvenile.
12 hours ago · Like ·  1 person

A friend of Hassoun was recently interviewed:

CHICAGO — A friend of a 22-year-old arrested in an alleged bomb plot in Chicago describes the suspect as a one-time aspiring doctor bent on achieving quick fame and fortune.

Restaurant owner Joseph Abraham says he’s known Sami Samir Hassoun for a year and a half. He says Hassoun immigrated to the U.S. from a Lebanese village nearly three years ago.

The 49-year-old says Hassoun liked to boast about his achievements. But he says they were often lies to try and show he was a big shot.

Abraham says he was shocked by charges accusing Hassoun of planting a device he thought was a bomb near Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Sunday.

He says Hassoun wasn’t religious, drank and went to nightclubs. Abraham thinks Hassoun must have been bluffing with FBI undercover agents and that’s what got him in trouble. (source)

More FBI/Chicago Mayoral Election News…

FBI vs Jesse Jackson Jr.:

“That’s not what he told the Feds. Whoopsie-daisies. Just last week he was telling the FBI to “bring it on” in an arrogance-packed speech presumably in preparation for a shot at Daley’s seat, just fresh off a meeting with Rahm Emanuel. Guess they listened.” (source)

Rahm Emanuel:

“Emanuel, who would be running to replace Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, could depart by early October, after Congress leaves for recess to campaign for the midterm elections, the people said on condition of anonymity.” (source)

On Friday, October 8th, Brendan O’Rourke entered Kelly Elementary schoolyard during noon recess, carrying a .357 magnum and firing on students, allegedly striking two of them in the arm.  After firing six shots, O’Rourke fled the schoolyard and attempted to reload his handgun.  A construction crew working at the school cafeteria was able to catch O’Rourke and hold him until police arrived on the scene.

Stephanie Durkee, a campus monitor at the school for 17 years, said O’Rourke was yelling when he entered the playground and started shooting. Durkee said O’Rourke shouted “Death to Obama! Kill all the little fags! Death to them!”

Durkee said when she asked him what he was doing, he replied, “This is a drill and these are blanks.”

ABC 10 San Diego interviews Stephanie Durkee

Investigators plan to re-interview Durkee and the U.S. Secret Service is looking into the account, due to the reference to President Barack Obama.

Live Rounds or Blanks?

Carlos Partida, one of the construction workers who held O’Rourke until police arrived, was asked if he saw any of the children being stuck by the bullets, which were fired at close range.

His reply: “That’s a big negative.”

The heroic Carlos Partida interviewed by KUSI News

In the clip, Carlos Partida also says that he is “surprised he [O’Rourke] didn’t hit no one”, and “I didn’t see anyone fall or nothing like that”.

Two students, aged 6 and 7, were flown by helicopter and admitted to Rady’s Children Hospital with wounds on their right arms. Their families are not speaking to the media.

Authorities originally said the only injuries connected to the shooting were to people with scrapes and bruises, but officials then said one person was taken away by air ambulance.

Furthermore, eyewitness Scott Chandler said that there were two injuries, and suggested that they were sustained while the students were running away.  Chandler also said that the children appeared to be stable.

Whether or not the students were actually injured, O’Rourke may have been led to believe he was taking part in a drill and firing blanks.

More on Brendan O’Rourke

O’Rourke has a history of bizarre behavior.  In 2002 he plead guilty to telephone harassment after calling a woman 228 times over a five day period.

O’Rourke’s neighbors have called police on several occasions, saying that he often shouted racial slurs out of his window. Vickie Mitchell, O’Rourke’s downstairs neighbor, says that he continually screamed “Christians Unite to Destroy!” However, friends say that O’Rourke didn’t subscribe to any particular religion, and never attended church.

In a phone interview with San Diego’s KFMB, O’Rourke’s former roommate, who asked not to be identified, talked about his experience while living with O’Rourke.

The roommate told the reporter that, after losing his job, O’Rourke became depressed and began acting extremely bizarre.  Over a three week period his odd behavior grew progressively worse and his roommate then asked him to move out of the apartment.  O’Rourke confided in his roommate and told him that he was having anxiety attacks, and that the government put satellites in his head and were controlling him.  O’Rourke’s roommate then drove him to a hospital emergency room.

The following day the hospital informed the roommate that O’Rourke was ok and O’Rourke acted as if nothing had happened. (full interview/mp3)

Brendan O’Rourke Pleads Not Guilty

On Wednesday, O’Rourke pleaded not guilty to seven counts of attempted murder.

Why would a man who was caught red-handed at the scene of the crime, surrounded by multiple eyewitnesses, plead not guilty?  Did O’Rourke really believe he was part of a drill?

To reiterate:  After unloading six shots at close range while aiming at students, he told campus monitor Stephanie Durkee: “This is a drill and these are blanks.”

In the past, there have been numerous mass shootings that have occurred just days after a security drill or workshop was held.  Some shootings occurred on the very same day.

• April 12th, 1999: One week before the Columbine Massacre the school held a crisis handling session and discussed escape routes to be used in the event of a shooting.
• April 19th, 1999: One day before Columbine more than 100 school administrators, including a handful from Littleton, sat through a state workshop, which was prophetically called “Crisis Response Prepare for the Unthinkable: It Could Happen to You.”  The workshop was presented by the Jefferson County school response team. Janice Hartmangruber said that at first she could not believe the Littleton incident was happening a day after her emergency preparation class. “It was too eerie,” she said of the coincidence.
• December 5th, 2007: The very day of the Omaha Westroads Mall shooting, department of Homeland Security had a protective security advisor at the mall at the time of the incident, discussing reaction to IEDs and what you can do to prevent or reduce your vulnerability to IEDs.  DHS gave over $45,000 to the mall as part of a Buffer Zone Protection Plan, which resulted in allowing them to build entrance bollards, portable barriers, and communication systems.   Additionally, members of the SWAT team and other police personnel had been assembled provide security for the president’s visit to Omaha.  President Bush’s plane left Omaha close to 1 p.m., about 45 minutes before the shooting began.  Although some of the extra officers had been dismissed when the first call for assistance came in, many were still nearby and raced to the mall, said Sgt. Tim Carmody, who heads the SWAT and bomb teams.
• September 28th, 2010: University of Texas, Austin - An emergency drill in which a shooting was to be simulated at the University of Texas Medical Branch was canceled after the real thing happened the same day on a sister campus 200 miles away.

Many drills take place in which there is no physical harm done to the victims.  However, the victims are totally unaware that the event is an exercise.

• October 26th, 2006: Wyoming, MI, Lee Middle and High School — A school safety drill that included police officers in riot gear frightened students.  Police in the western Michigan community of Wyoming entered two classrooms at Lee Middle and High School on Thursday and announced there was a threat to the school, The Grand Rapids Press reported. Students, who were unaware police were conducting a drill, were taken from the classroom into the halls, patted down by officers and asked what they had in their pockets. “Some of these kids were so scared, they just about wet their pants,” said Marge Bradshaw, a parent with four children in Godfrey-Lee Schools. “I think it’s pure wrong that the students and parents were not informed of this.”
• May 10th, 2007: Murfreesboro, TN, Scales Elementary School - Staff members staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.  MSNBC reported that teachers later said it was just joke.
• February 22nd, 2008: Elizabeth City State University - Students and faculty are being offered counseling after some unknowingly became participants in an emergency response drill Feb. 22 in response to the Northern Illinois University (NIU), which occurred eight days earlier.
• August 28th, 2008: Phillipsburg New Jersey Early Learning Center - Teachers at a New Jersey school experienced a terrifying moment when a shooting rampage turned out to be a drill, but the teachers didn’t know it. A man burst into the library and started shooting. But the gun didn’t have any bullets, just blanks. Teachers took cover under child-sized tables, crying and trembling. “People are crying. The girl next to me is trembling and shaking. You heard people crying. You heard other people praying. It was pretty dramatic,” one teacher said.
• May 24th, 2010: St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Siena Campus - An off-duty cop pretending to be a terrorist stormed into a hospital intensive care unit brandishing a handgun, which he pointed at nurses while herding them down a corridor and into a room.  There, after harrowing moments, he explained that the whole caper was a training exercise.

*Special thanks to starviego, who contributed research to this article.

-Culhavoc

Surprisingly, Time Magazine didn’t whitewash the trial…

The entire situation was concocted by the government. The warehouse was paid for by the FBI, and the defendants moved their operations there at the suggestion of an undercover informant who was also paid by the FBI. The swearing-in ceremony was led by the informant — who at another point also suggested a plan to bomb FBI offices in Miami. “The case was written, produced and directed by the FBI,” defense attorney Albert Levin said in his closing arguments.

Read the full article

Also see: “Sears Tower Attack Foiled”: 7 Arrested

“Sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that US security men tested German security by trying to smuggle C4 plastic explosive past a checkpoint at Heiligendamm.

German surveillance machinery detected the tiny stash in a suitcase in a car and the Americans in plainclothes then identified themselves. German police declined comment.”

(source)

As reported by Paul Joseph Watson

May 29th, 2007
by Culhavoc
Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

(alternate video link 1 / link 2)

Fox claims that the real reason for Rosie O’Donnell’s early departure from “The View” is due to a “leaked” video, captured by an audience member’s cell phone during a pre-show warmup. The video shows O’Donnell explaining eyewitness testimony of William Rodriguez and other WTC employees who reported multiple explosions in the building before and after the impact of American Airlines flight 11.

However, O’Donnell has been very outspoken on this issue many times while taping “The View”. Why would her leaving be due to something that occurred off air, after she repeatedly held the same viewpoint many times while on-air?

Also see: William Rodriguez interview part 1 / part 2

-Culhavoc

May 17th, 2007
by Culhavoc
Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

On Thursday May 24th, ABC’s daytime program “The View” will feature Dylan Avery and Korey Rowe of the film “Loose Change“and WTC Hero, survivor and 9/11 Truth activist William Rodriguez.

(source)

Also see: William Rodriguez interview part 1 / part 2

Update: On May 18th’s Alex Jones’ Show Dylan and Jason Bermas stated that while their segment is growing in length, the program is being pushed back about a week.

It appears that this appearance has been canceled.

May 16th, 2007
BBC

Three people, including the widow of 7 July bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan, have been released without charge after being questioned over the 2005 attacks.

Hasina Patel, 29, brother Arshad Patel, 30, and Imran Motala, 22, were held on 9 May in West Yorkshire and Birmingham.

Police have been granted a warrant to continue to detain Khalid Khaliq, 34, of Beeston, Leeds, until next Monday.

The four had been held in London on suspicion of commissioning, preparing or instigating acts of terrorism.

Last week’s arrests followed an intelligence-led operation involving Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command.

Police searched seven addresses in Dewsbury, Batley and Beeston, all in West Yorkshire, and Birmingham.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “In all operations some people may be released early without charge while others may remain in custody for further investigation.

“This is not unusual and is to be expected in large and complex criminal investigations.”

‘Relieved and shocked’

Mrs Patel’s solicitor, Imran Khan, said he was “relieved” at her release, but remained “shocked” at the police’s handling of her arrest.

He told the BBC the police had been for some time in possession of evidence that “unequivocally” proved she had known nothing about what her husband was planning two years ago.

He added: “To arrest her in these circumstances - a woman who lost her husband, who has been accused of the most atrocious events that have taken place in this country, has now spent seven days in isolation in Paddington Green - I wonder what she must be feeling.

“She’s quite clearly innocent of anything, because she’s been released by police having trawled through her life and possessions and caused her a tremendous amount of grief.

“Those in her community are incredibly angry at the way the police have approached this.”

Community reaction

Masood Ahmed, Labour councillor for Dewsbury South, in West Yorkshire, said the releases showed the three “had nothing to do with the bombings”.

e added: “There will be some reaction, I am sure, but I think the incident was much better dealt with by the police than the original situation.”

Fifty-two people died when Sidique Khan and three other suicide bombers attacked the London transport system on 7 July 2005.

Last month the first people to be charged in connection with the bombings appeared at the Old Bailey in central London.

Mohammed Shakil, 30, Sadeer Saleem, 26, and Waheed Ali, 23, of Beeston, Leeds, are accused of conspiring with the four bombers to cause explosions.

The trio, who came before the court via a video link from prison, were remanded in custody until 8 June.

(source)

Also see:
3 Charged over London Bombings
Four more held over 2005 London bombings

May 14th, 2007
UPDATED
by Culhavoc
Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

In the years since 9/11, several researchers have attempted to locate the origin of a rather obscure Boeing part, “BOEING CSTG 256T1115-2“, pictured above in CNN footage. Recently, Dylan Avery put out a call to anyone who could identify the part to determine whether or not it came from a Boeing 767. While attempts made by members of Pilotsfor911truth.org were unsuccessful, due to the poor legibility of the serial number, an aircraft mechanic by the name of “Apathoid” located the origin of the part. (view image)

While it is unclear which flight this part came from, CSTG 256T1115-2, which is part of the LE Slat Control System, provides additional confirmation that a Boeing 767 impacted the WTC.

Hold up, wait a minute…

After a thorough review of the document provided, I noticed several anomalies which sparked a set of questions that can be found here.

-Culhavoc

May 10th, 2007

RBN’s Michael Herzog interviews Rob Balsamo from “Pilots for 9/11 Truth“.

Topics covered include:

♦ cell phones
♦ NTSB FDR
♦ AA77 Maneuvers
♦ Pandora’s Black Box NTSB animation
♦ currently reviewing UA93 FDR information
♦ Hani Hanjor, commercial pilot requirements

(download commercial free mp3)

Also see: Rob Balsamo on Deadline Live (November 27, 2006)

-Culhavoc

May 09, 2007
3PM CST

Interview with author and theologian, Dr. David Ray Griffin, on his new book, “Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory“. Dr. Griffin takes on four major semi-official publications: The Popular Mechanics book, “Debunking 9/11 Myths”; the Kean/Hamilton book, “Without Precedent”; Vanity Fair’s, “9/11 Live the NORAD Tapes”; and NIST’s “Answers to Frequently Asked Questions”, as well as recent articles in “The Progressive”, “Counterpunch”, “The Nation”, etc. Rational conspiracy theories versus irrational conspiracy theories; good science versus bad science; the stand down; psychological resistance to the evidence. KPFA fundraiser with Bonnie Faulkner and Tod Fletcher.

(download mp3)

UPDATE: Guns and Butter mp3s are no longer online

The Austrailian
May 09, 2007

BRITISH anti-terror police arrested four more suspects today over the July 2005 suicide attacks in London, including the widow of one of the bombers who killed 52 people. Police sources said Hasina Patel, 29, the widow of bombers’ ringleader Mohammed Sidique Khan, was arrested by British anti-terror police in an early morning raid at her home in Dewsbury, northern England.

Three men were likewise arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation, or instigation of acts of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Two of the men, aged 30 and 34, were arrested in the Leeds vicinity.

(more…)

May 5th, 2007
by Culhavoc
Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

The crew over at Louder Than Words has released a teaser for the upcomming theatre release of Loose Change: Final Cut.

The CGI in this film is outstanding. (below)

View teaser on YouTube:

(Download HiRes divx version)

-Culhavoc

May 1st, 2007
UPDATED May 2nd, 2007
by Culhavoc
Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

Rare ID of 7/22 Stockwell shooting victim surfaces

GQ’s October 2005 issue contained a much-overlooked article entitled “The Wrong Man”. While the article describes Menezes as a 27-year-old electrician, he is pictured in a photo ID that reads “Paulo Nakamashi Agente de Policia Federal matr. no 022.2243″. It is unclear whether this is the name of the person pictured, or if it is the name of the issuer of the identification. The signature is a much closer match to Jean Charles de Menezes than Paulo Nakamashi. If this is indeed Menezes’ signature, why is there no other printed reference to him?

(download hires copy of photo id here)

As of this writing, a Google search for “Paulo Nakamashi” returns only 5 results.

I have been unable to locate the full article or photo id online and decided to make it available to other researchers.
(read the full article/pdf)

I cannot locate a contact for the author, Chris Heath. Any information as to the origin of this identification would be very much appreciated. Comments are open but moderated. Spam/off topic posts will not be published.

-Culhavoc

May 2nd Update:

After a reader suggested that the ID is most likely a Brazillian passport, I was able to narrow my search and, luckily, I discovered an identical ID.

Fortunately, the nefarious individual pictured above is not likely to be a rogue Federal Agent. Good thing, since he’s one scarey little bastard.

This blog entry was not a total loss. To my knowledge, prior to this entry, Menezes’ Brazillian passport and the GQ article were not available online.

-Culhavoc

Virgin Atlantic have become the first airline to buy Louder Than Words’ controversial 9/11 documentary Loose Change 2.

The film, which has been broadcast in over 20 countries, states the official version of events that day were manufactured and that the American government was behind attacks.

Patricia Hickey, sales manager at Mercury, was delighted: “We are thrilled that Virgin Atlantic have the foresight to acquire such an important film. Hopefully more airlines will follow.”

(source)

View the Loose Change: Final Cut teaser
(divx or YouTube)

Steve Watson did an excellent job boiling down my “10-5 the message about the remote controlled plane!” series. This article also includes the “dancing Israelis, which I don’t believe I included.

Steve points out that the white van spotted at the Holland Tunnel exit is most likely not the “Exploding Mural Van”. I agree, however I have not had a chance to update any of my articles.

Evidence points to multiple roaming backup teams with vans full of explosives
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, April 23, 2007

A much underreported aspect of the 9/11 attacks is one that concerns transmissions, sightings, reports and statements alluding to multiple mysterious suspects in different vans packed with explosives that were stopped and detained in New York while the towers were burning and in the aftermath of the attacks.

Some evidence even suggests that some of these vehicles actually exploded, and at least one was reported by mainstream media sourcing the FBI as having been parked at the base of one of the towers when it exploded and aided the collapse of the tower.

At first it sounds outlandish, but were teams of “terrorists” with huge amounts of explosives roaming around on the ground in New York on September 11th ready to jump into action and attack whichever structures or buildings they were ordered to target?

The first, and most mysterious, piece of evidence to highlight comes from an actual transmission from audio from Channel 30 NYC, one of the emergency communications channels, on the morning of September 11 which makes reference to the discovery of a van full of explosives and two suspects located between 6th and 7th on King Street, some blocks away from the World Trade Center.

(read the full article)

Also see:
Part I: “10-5 the message about the remote controlled plane”!
Part II: Tan Ford Alpha Van at Holland Tunnel Exit
Part III: “Remote Controlled Plane” transmission confirmed as having occurred on 9/11
Part IV: Tan Ford Alpha Van License Plates Resemble a U.S. Government Registered Aircraft
Part V: “Gas Lines”, “Car Bombs”, and “Overheated Cars that Explode” - Enumerating Erroneous Explosions in Lower Manhattan
Part VI: Confirming the Exploding Mural Van Coverup

April 7th, 2007

LONDON, England (AP) — Three men have appeared in a London court charged with conspiring with the suicide bombers who killed 52 commuters on London’s transport system in 2005.

Mohammed Shakil, 30; Sadeer Saleem, 26; and Waheed Ali, 23, are the first people to be charged in connection with the bombings, the deadliest attack on London since World War II.

The men, wearing track tops, spoke to confirm their names and ages and to acknowledge they understood the charges against them during Saturday’s hearing at City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

Prosecutors charge that between November 1, 2004, and June 29, 2005, they conspired to cause explosions on London’s transport network or at tourist attractions in London “of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury.”

It is the first official suggestion that the July 7 plot might have targeted tourist landmarks. The bombs, carried in knapsacks, exploded on three subway trains and a double-decker bus.

The three suspects are all from the Beeston area of Leeds, in northern England, which was home to several of the July 7, 2005, bombers.

Two of the men were arrested March 22 as they prepared to fly to Pakistan from Manchester Airport. The third was detained in Leeds on the same day.

Police have said they expect to make more arrests in the case.

Judge Timothy Workman rejected a bail request by Saleem’s lawyer. The other defendants did not apply for bail. The three men were ordered detained until their next court appearance, at London’s Central Criminal Court, on April 20.

(source)

March 27th, 2007

Above:Val McClatchey proudly displays her photo

In a phone conversation with 9/11 truther “Shure“, the daughter of a Shanksville/Flight 93 witness agrees that Val McClatchey’s infamous “plume” photo is a fake. Leverknight goes on to agree that McClatchey did it “for money”.

It is unclear whether this is a reference to McClatchey’s sales of the photo, which sells for $20.00, or if McClatchey was paid by another party to create and/or distribute the hoax. Many researchers are curious whether McClatchey manipulated the photo herself, or if she is merely the distributor.

(mp3 download from pumpitout.com)

In addition, the wife of UA93 eyewitness Lee Purbaugh agrees that McClatchey’s photo is a fraud.

(Purbaugh phone call)

Also see: “Killtown: Val McClatchey Photo: More Smoking Guns, or Total Fraud?”

-Culhavoc

March 26th, 2007

Posted on LooseChange Blog…

WTC Blueprints Released

[588 Meg zip File]

Many thanks to TxGuy for seeding this.

Inside this ZIP file you will find the entire architectural plans for the World Trade Center. This information was passed from a third party onto Steven Jones, and then onto me.

Excerpts from the letter sent to Dr. Jones:
“I was not sure if this information was available and I wanted to make sure that it first went to people who are well versed on the existing material. I have enclosed … the architectural plans of the WTC Complex in .TIFF format. I have also included the WTC Tower collapse … data that [we] compiled. My hope is that this can be posted on the appropriate websites and more people can make use of it. I would like to contribute my efforts where I can as I was on the … team working for Silverstein Group … in 2002.”

I’m glad this vital evidence can finally be put into the public domain where it belongs. Many thanks to this individual, and to Dr. Jones for passing this information onto me.

EDIT: Here’s a sample…

(source)

-Culhavoc

March 22, 2007
by Culhavoc

Deconstructing a False-Flag Operation

The New York Post has leaked information regarding the upcomming theatrical distribution of “Loose Change”.

Page 6 reports…

“Sheen… has agreed to narrate a new version of the loopy YouTube documentary “Loose Change,” which claims that a corrupt faction within the federal government orchestrated the mass murder at the World Trade Center.”

“Sources say Sheen…is in talks with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s Magnolia Pictures to distribute “Loose Change.” Sheen has called for a new independent probe of the attack, telling Alex Jones’ radio show: “It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 percent of their targets, that feels like a conspiracy theory. It raises a lot of questions.”

“Sheen’s rep confirmed his participation. Cuban e-mailed us: “We are having discussions about distributing the existing video with Charlie’s involvement as a narrator, not in making a new feature. We are also looking for productions with an opposing viewpoint. We like controversial subjects, but we are agnostic to which side the controversy comes from.”

(full article)

Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:41PM EDT
Reuters

By Andrew Gray

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, has admitted responsibility for those and other major al Qaeda operations, according to the transcript of a hearing at Guantanamo Bay released on Wednesday.

“I was responsible for the 9/11 Operation, from A to Z,” Mohammed, speaking through a personal representative, said according to the transcript of the hearing on Saturday at the U.S. military prison camp in Cuba released by the Pentagon.

Mohammed, a Pakistani national, also said he was responsible for a 1993 attack on New York’s World Trade Center, the bombing of a nightclub in Bali, Indonesia, and an attempt to down two American airplanes using shoe bombs.

“I was the operational director for Sheikh Usama (Osama) Bin Laden for the organizing, planning, follow-up, and execution of the 9/11 operation,” he said through his representative, a member of the U.S. military.

The transcript said Mohammed was present at the hearing, which is to determine whether he meets the definition of an “enemy combatant.”

Mohammed is among 14 prisoners identified by U.S. authorities as “high-value” terrorism suspects and transferred to Guantanamo last year from secret CIA prisons abroad.

He was arrested in Pakistan in March 2003 and handed over to the United States.

(source)