Zogby International
Released: February 28, 2006

U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006

• Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed”
• While 58% say mission is clear, 42% say U.S. role is hazy
• Plurality believes Iraqi insurgents are mostly homegrown
• Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11, most don’t blame Iraqi public for insurgent attacks
• Majority of troops oppose use of harsh prisoner interrogation
• Plurality of troops pleased with their armor and equipment

An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year, and nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately, a new Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey shows.

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Feb 27th, 2006

A summary of today’s Scott Forbes interview on Deadline Live…
(download the full interview here)

Scott Forbes is a Senior Database Administrator for Fiduciary Trust and used to work in the South Tower of the WTC.

1st hour:

Topics:

• Loss of power being extrordinary
• Dates of power down, 3 weeks notice, recabling networks
• Forbes’ first hand account of both “collapses” appeared to be a controlled demolition
• Security
• “Maintenance workers”
• Forbes’ testimony was dismissed by the 9/11 Commission and the NY Port Authority
• Power-down from the 48th-50th floor up
• Toolboxes, spools of cable
• Recent Sears Tower power-down
• Personal loss
• Forbes switched shifts with a coworker
• WTC1 impact
• WTC PA, what occupants were told

2nd hour:

A. K. Dewdney of physics911.net, joins Jack and Scott Forbes.

Topics:

• 9/11 commission
• Forbes’ take on 9/11 science
• Thermite charges on WTC 1 & 2 to allow a “like butter” entry
• Forbes first hand account of UA175 impacting WTC2
• Employees in the building to shut systems down. employees vacated. all new faces.
• 98th floor “construction”
• WTC occupancy; Forbes states that WTC was understaffed on 9/11
• Scott Forbes parts, A. K. Dewdney stays on with Jack
• Consolidation of media
• st9/11
• Pilot capabilities, RC planes
• “Operation Pearl“; radar swaps/remote control… (note: no mention of Frank Levi’s “Holes in the Radar“)
• DNA evidence and the simplicity of tampering
• Wrap up

also see: Scott Forbes interviews with Killtown and georgewashington.blogspot.com