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Lions vs. Buffalos vs. Crocodiles: Amazing Battle In Africa

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One of my all-time favorite bands in the world!!! Though this may not be the best live version of this song. Below is the album version with cool video! - SMiles

The Cocteau Twins' first US TV appearance, on the show featuring the host with the large jaw. Please don't mention the name of the show, the host or the network, as that is how cool clips get deleted.

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Scottish post-punk band formed by Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser in 1980.It is a classics of modern ethereal/dreampop music.That one-of-their-best-song available on "Four Calendar Cafe" album.

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Local News Channel KENS5 broadcast a report on the proposals from San Antonio airport recently.

Need to track all employees from mechanics to chefs may lead to implantation

Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Congress is moving quickly to put into motion measures that will ensure airport employees are subjected to stricter security checks. Everyone from Restaurant employees to airline mechanics could soon be forced to provide biometric finger and iris scans and may even face the possibility of being implanted with a microchip.

Currently all airport employees must pass a police and FBI background check, however this may soon be upgraded to include credit checks, routine searches of bags and property and the use of biometric readers with the possibility of microchip implants on the table

The measures are still under Congressional discussion.

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Think Progress
Tuesday May 22, 2007 

In its highly-publicized 400th episode last night, The Simpsons skewered Fox News and modern journalism. At one point, outraged news anchor Kent Brockman confesses to the world:

Friends, the press and the government are in bed together in an embrace so intimate and wrong, they could spoon on a twin mattress and still have room for Ted Koppel. Journalists used to questions the reasons for war and expose abuse of power. Now, like toothless babies, they suckle on the sugary teat of misinformation and poop it into the diaper we call the 6:00 News. Demand more of your government. Demand more of your press.

 

O'Donnell Allegedly Pushing Phony Numbers for Iraqi Deaths, Found Guilty for Not Believing in Bogeymen "Terrorists" and 'Imagining' Government-Sponsored False-Flag Attacks by U.S.

Jones Report
Friday May 18, 2007 

Rosie is attacked by FOX's John Gibson for making more provocative statements about government-sponsored terrorism yesterday on The View. Gibson objected to the insinuation that the United States has engaged in state-sponsored terrorism and considered absurd Rosie's statement that "most Americans don't fall for the trick of the bad 'terrorists' anymore" as she emphasized the word 'terrorists' by making a quote mark gesture.

Gibson and his guest also accuse her of using bad figures for the number of Iraqis killed, though the real number is much higher than the 655,000 estimate Rosie quoted– which was based on an MIT study that mainstream-media TV news and the Bush Administration tried to refute. That number itself now more than 6 months old.

In addition Documents obtained by the BBC under a Freedom Of Information Act request have proven that despite public dismissal of last year's Iraq Death Toll study, published in The Lancet Medical Journal, British Government officials actually backed the methods used by scientists who concluded that more than 600,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion.

Regardless, Rosie is branded "anti-American" and full of "hate."

"The vast majority of Americans no longer are falling for the trick of the bad 'terrorists'," making a quotation gesture during the word terrorists.

Gibson questioned "By what stretch of the imagination" could the U.S. government perpetrate state-sponsored terrorism and terrorists be imaginary?

LINKS IN SUPPORT OF ROSIE'S ARGUMENT

• Bush's War on Perception; the bombing of the Golden Mosque
• False Flag Terror of the New World Order
• Rumsfeld's Replacement Nurtured Bin Laden and Pivotal in Iran-Contra
• Brzezinski Suggests False Flag Event Could Kick-Start Iran War
• Brzezinski: How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen
• PHONY TERRORISM
• Former CIA Analyst: Government May Be Manufacturing Fake Terrorism
• How the CIA Created Osama bin Laden
• Bin Laden Tape Betrays 'Phony Hijacker' Contradiction
• Hijack 'Suspects' Alive and Well
• World Net Daily: Terror Alerts Manufactured for Political Effect?
• More Evidence "al-Qaeda" is a CIA-ISI Contrivance"
• A War in the Planning for Four Years

Zbigniew Brzezinski with Osama bin Laden in 1979.

• FBI Director Mueller acknowledged in 2002 There Was No "Legal Proof to Prove the Identities of the Hijackers"
• Another Phony Al-Qaeda Group Claims Responsibility for Latest London Bombings
• CNN: 'Hijacker' Visa Found in Flight 93 Wreckage
• RELATED TO PHONY: 9/11 Prior Knowledge Archive

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The "evidence used to rule out a second assassin is fundamentally flawed," concludes a new article in the Annals of Applied Statistics written by former FBI lab metallurgist William A. Tobin and Texas A&M University researchers Cliff Spiegelman and William D. James.

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Ron Paul For President 2008:
Coverage Archive (070517)

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Support Congressman Ron Paul by visiting his website and donating to his campaign at www.ronpaul2008.com

Yet Another Fox News Smear Job On Ron Paul, Alex Jones & 9/11 Truth

Fox "News" anchor John Gibson was joined by diehard Neo-Con Michele "put every Muslim in a concentration camp" Malkin last night to attack Ron Paul, Alex Jones and suggest that people in the Middle East enjoy being bombed and to state otherwise is a tin-foil hat conspiracy theory.

Ron Paul to Rudy "Read the 9/11 Report!" - Ron Paul on CNN

You Tube
Thursday May 17, 2007 

Ron Paul refuses to retract his comments on the root causes of terrorism and "Blowback" during this week's Fox News GOP candidates debate and demands Rudy Guiliani apologize to him, pointing out that Paul trounced Guiliani in Fox's own poll.

Rep. Ron Paul Tells FOX News/Republicans the Truth. They Don't Like Hearing It.

News Hounds
Thursday May 17, 2007 

Yesterday (5-15-07), on Your World, in a preliminary to last night's Republican debate on FOX News, host Neil Cavuto interviewed several of the "second-tier" candidates, including Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). As everyone knows who watched last night's debate, Rep. Paul stole the show because he was straightforward, honest and didn't let himself be intimidated by Rudy Giuliani. In the Cavuto pre-interview, Paul had the time to elaborate on his ideas on the economy. Then last night he "let 'er rip" on the war. Videos include Cavuto interview and clips of Paul's later statements during the debate. Ron Paul represents the Republican wing of the Republican Party and, as Thom Hartmann said this morning, is a truthteller. As Deboarah pointed out in her post, FOX's own Carl Cameron did his best to dismiss Pauls comments.

VIDEO OF RON PAUL'S INTERVIEW WITH NEIL CAVUTO

CLIPS OF REP. PAUL'S REMARKS FROM 5-15-07 REPUBLICAN DEBATE

The Alex Jones Report May 16th, 2007

Alex is joined by Dr. John Breeding to discuss impending legislation in Texas that allows doctors to commit patients to mental institutions with no redress or oversight whatsoever. This ties into many aspects of how the health system is being used to invade our privacy and gut our constitutional freedoms.

House Bill 406 is moving rapidly through the Texas legislature and has been described as the biggest threat to civil liberties seen in years. It allows an emergency room physician to detain a person for up to 24 hours against their will with no involvement from law enforcement.

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The Alex Jones Report May 15th, 2007

In this report, Alex sounds off on the propaganda being fed to us about man-made global warming and the subsequent calls for western societies to reduce population growth, characterized by recent newspaper stories browbeating children as being "bad for the earth."

 

Later in the show, Alex expands the discussion into crystalizing how this is just another expression of serfdom metered out by elites who have always appealed to the greater good while crafting malthusian policies of total enslavement and depopulation. Other subjects covered include the Queen's visit to the U.S., Bruce Willis going public about his JFK doubts and the latest E. Howard Hunt confession revelations.

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Excerpts from 1-A/B "9/11 Guilt: The Proof Is in Your Hands" 

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Excepts from 911 Guilt: The Proof Is In Your Hands, a DVD produced by Don Paul, Jim Hoffman and Celestine Star.

'Making Sense of 9/11/01: Features of Demolition of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers / Opium from Afghanistan as Fundamental to the World's Illegal and Legal Economies'.

A dvd produced by Don Paul, Jim Hoffman and Celestine Star, About a August 2005 presentation to the Los Angeles Citizens' Grand Jury on the Crimes of September 11, 2001

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'Systematic Destruction is the Only Explanation: Jim Hoffman on Blast Waves, Demolition Squibs, Straight-down Symmetry, Dust Clouds and Molten Metal as Features of Demolition of the World Trade Center Twin Towers'

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'Opium from Afghanistan as Fundamental to the Crimes of 9/11/01: Don Paul on How $180 Million in Illegal Narcotics Makes for $3.6 trillion on Stock Markets'

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Tuesday May 15, 2007 

Recently discovered footage of early reporting of the collapse of WTC Building 7 by the BBC, as well as CNN and BBC24– while WTC7 was still standing in the background of the shot (a.k.a. Solomon Bros. Building– a 47-story skyscraper within the WTC complex) seems to indicate direct scripting of Mainstream Media.

Along with eyewitnesses such as Firefighters, Police, EMTs and other first responders who were told that WTC 7 was going to be "pulled" or brought down in a controlled demolition– early reporting of WTC7's collapse helps prove 9/11 was an inside job. Among other reasons, WTC 7 was not hit by a plane, and no steel-structure had ever collapsed completely due to fire before or after 9/11.

Now evidence of a cover-up is even more compelling, as footage has been discovered of the BBC questioning reporter Jane Standley about the collapse of WTC7 (a.k.a. Solomon Bros. Building) on the evening of 9/11. Her feed was mysteriously cut, just as it had been earlier in the day when she reported the building's collapse too early….

Alex Jones lays out the significance in the continuing fight to expose the controlled demolition of WTC 7 and fully convince the public that 9/11 was an inside job.

Video: Faculty fakes gunman attack on crying 6th graders

A teacher and assistant principal at a Tennessee elementary school staged a fake gun attack on frightened students during a class trip, sparking outrage among parents, according to a report from CNN's Newsroom.

According to school board member Lon Nuell, the prank was poorly timed. "Ghost stories are standard, and you scare the kids out of their wits," said Nuell. "But this was very unfortunate timing, if the timing would ever be good for this sort of thing, this was not it," referring to the Virginia Tech shootings that killed 33 students and professors in April.

According to one student who participated in the trip, Dalton Brown, the assistant principal instructed the students to get under desks and said that they had a "code red" – reserved for when an individual is in possession of a gun, knife, or bomb. The school later issued a press release classifying the events as a "typical campfire prank." According to Brown's mother, the prank crossed the line.

"It's just appalling that they would classify this as such a thing, because there's nothing typical about what they did to our children," said Brown. "The kids were underneath tables crying and praying to God and begging for their lives, thinking that they were gonna die and that they were never going to see their families again ."

www.informationliberation.com/?id=21968

Fake Gun Attack Teachers Should Be Imprisoned For Psychological Torture

Blindfolding people, placing them in dark rooms and threatening them with imminent death is the most terrorizing form of psychological torture known to man.

It's a practice that was used during the Abu Ghraib torture scandal and is still being metered out today on terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay.

Now this horror is regularly being visited on American schoolchildren.

"Staff members of an elementary school 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," reports the Associated Press.

"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.

During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on locked door.

Read entire article here: www.informationliberation.com/?id=21967

 See also this fine article by Jeff Wells at Rigorous Intuition:

Little School of Horrors - rigint.blogspot.com/2007/05/little-school-of-horrors.html

 

"Sally Regenhard is the Founder & Chairperson, The Skyscraper Safety Campaign. This interview was done last year (2006) after a NIST presentation in NYC. Her frustration on the issue of the radios, represent that of most of the families as well. Sally does not endorses any particular conspiracy but wants answers to many unanswered questions. Please check her website and support her organization as well."

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This opportunity was too good to pass up.

Video of 9/11 Commission Vice-Chairman/Iraq Study Group member/Iran Contra Commission Member Lee Hamilton dodging tough questions about 9/11 and Iraq.

This is Raymond's youtube debut and Joe filmed and edited it.

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Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Monday, May 14, 2007 

"Well, I discussed it with the president. Are we prepared to order our aircraft to shoot down these airliners that have been hijacked? He said yes…  I–it was my advice. It was his decision."(Vice President Dick Cheney, September 11, 2001)

"That's a sobering moment, to order your own combat aircraft to shoot down your own civilian aircraft. But it was an easy decision to make, given the–given the fact that we had learned that a commercial aircraft was being used as a weapon. I say easy decision. It was–I didn't hesitate; let me put it to you that way. I knew what had to be done."(President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001)

"The airplace rolled onto its back, and one of the hijackers  began shouting, 'Allah is the Greatest'. With the sounds of the passenger counterattack continuing, the aircraft plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour…." (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, July 2004, Chapter 1)

Was it a slip of the tongue on the part of the former Secretary of Defense?

Rumsfeld stated in a speech to US troops in Iraq (24 December 2004) that United Airlines Flight 93 was "shot down" on 9/11:

And I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon

(Donald Rumsfeld, speech to US troops in Mosul, Iraq, December 24, 2004. The speech was broadcast by CNN. For complete transcript of Rumsfeld's speech see below) 

DONALD RUMSFELD SAYS FLIGHT 93 SHOT DOWN

There was virtually no commentary by the mainstream media at the time of Rumsfeld's Mosul 12/24/2004 Christmas speech to US troops. A National Public Radio broadcast on December 24, 2004 acknowledged Rumsfeld's words, while casually dismissing their significance:

SIEGEL: One other thing that Secretary Rumsfeld said in Baghdad today was in all likelihood a slip of the tongue, but one that may prove fodder for conspiracy theorists. The Defense secretary said this while speaking about a number of terrorist acts and the people who've committed them.

[excerpt of Rumsfeld's speech in Mosul, see above]

SIEGEL: `The people who shot down the plane over Pennsylvania.' He was presumably speaking of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11. No US official has ever credited theories that the plane was shot down. We've been unable to get clarification from the Pentagon.

(National Public Radio (NPR), All Things Considered 8:00 PM EST NPR, Donald Rumsfeld's surprise visits to US troops in Iraq, December 24, 2004, Anchor: Robert Siegel)

Contradictory Statements

The official version of what happened to United Airlines "Flight 93" is contained in the 9/11 Commission Report.

"The airplace rolled onto its back, and one of the hijackers  began shouting, 'Allah is the Greatest'. With the sounds of the passenger counterattack continuing, the aircraft plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour…."

(National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, July 2004, Chapter 1, www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch1.pdf)  

While the words of the former Secretary of Defense (12/24/2004) contradict the official story, they are consistent with statements by President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice (who at the time was National Security adviser) to the effect that orders had indeed been given by the President and Commander in Chief to shoot down a civilian aircraft over Pennsylvania. Below are excerpts of the 9/11 statements of Bush, Cheney and Rice recorded by CBS News:

PELLEY: (Voiceover) Down in the bunker, Mr. Cheney was trying to figure out how many planes were hijacked. At the time they feared there could be as many as 11.

As the planes are tracking toward Washington, a discussion begins about whether we should shoot them down. How did that happen?

Vice Pres. CHENEY: Well, I discussed it with the president. Are we prepared to order our aircraft to shoot down these airliners that have been hijacked? He said yes.

(Photograph of Cheney)

PELLEY: That was your advice to the president?

Vice Pres. CHENEY: I–it was my advice. It was his decision.

Pres. BUSH: That's a sobering moment, to order your own combat aircraft to shoot down your own civilian aircraft. But it was an easy decision to make, given the–given the fact that we had learned that a commercial aircraft was being used as a weapon. I say easy decision. It was–I didn't hesitate; let me put it to you that way. I knew what had to be done.

(Footage of Pennsylvania crash site)

PELLEY: (Voiceover) And the passengers on United Flight 93 also knew what had to be done. They fought for control, and sacrificed themselves in a Pennsylvania meadow. The flight was 15 minutes from Washington.

Dr. RICE: There was that horrible time when we wondered if Flight 93 had, indeed, been shot down by an American pilot.

PELLEY: On the orders of the president.

Dr. RICE: Yes.

PELLEY: It is quite possible that those people gave their lives for you.

Dr. RICE: Its entirely possible. In fact, I think it's probable. Clearly, the terrorists were trying to take out as many symbols of government as they could. The Pentagon, perhaps the Capitol, perhaps the White House. These people saved us not only physically, but they saved us psychologically and symbolically in a very important way, too.

(CBS, 60 Minutes, 8:00 PM ET, The president's story; behind the scenes with President Bush and his staff on 9/11, Anchor: Scott Pelley, September 11, 2002. emphasis added)

These statements acknowledging that flight 93 had been shot down on the orders of the President on the advice of the Vice President were re-broadcast one year later on the first anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11. 

While the official story had in the meantime been changed, the September 11, 2002 broadcast of CBS' 60 Minutes, reveals the truth: the President and Commander in Chief gave the orders to shoot down a civilian aircraft.

While Rumsfeld made no public statement regarding the shooting down of flight 93, he was fully informed regarding President Bush's decision.

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Scroll down for complete transcript of his speech to US troops in Iraq on December 24, 2004  as well as the commentary on National Public Radio (NPR),  which acknowledges Rumsfeld's "slip of the tongue."

Rumsfeld statement was made on Christmas Eve in Mosul, Iraq, December 24, 2004 

Below is the transcript of his speech as aired on CNN

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE:

24  December 2004 (Source CNN)

And to change that way of living, would strike at the very essence of our country.

And I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten — indeed the word "terrorized" is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.

And that is exactly what we cannot allow to happen.

The American people recognize the importance of your mission: that you're here for a purpose, and that purpose is not to run the country of Iraq. That's for the Iraqi people. It's not to find an American solution for Iraq.

Indeed, it is to be here, to try to help train and equip and organize and assist the Iraqi security forces so that they, over time, will be able to take on responsibility for their country. And this country will find a solution that will be uniquely Iraqi.

If you think about what's happened in Afghanistan, three years ago it was the training ground for terrorists. It was the place that the attacks against the United States were hatched and launched. And today they've elected their first popularly elected president in the history of the country. They are moving toward parliamentary elections in April. They have established a democratic system that's respectful of all of the various diverse elements in that country.

Women are voting for the first time. They're able to go outside by themselves without being accompanied. Young children can fly a kite, can sing and dance, which they were not allowed to do under the Taliban. The soccer stadium in Kabul is being used for soccer instead of beheading people.

So the accomplishment in Afghanistan was a truly breathtaking experience. I was there for the inauguration. And President Karzai, from the bottom of his heart, thanked the American people and said that without that help they would not be a free society, they would not have been able to what they are doing, that people would not be going to school.

Here's a country that doesn't have any of the capabilities that this country does. It doesn't have the water, it doesn't have the oil, it doesn't have the population that is as well-educated as Iraq. This country has every chance in the world to make it.

And it's in an important location. It will have a big affect on this region. They've made good progress. If you think about it, they've gone from an Iraqi Governing Council to an interim government, moving toward elections at the end of next month, moving toward then the development of a constitution.

I've lived a few years — a lot of years. And I have seen fascism rise and fall. I've seen communism rise and fall. We've seen the Berlin Wall get built and get torn down. And if you think about the message in all of that, we've seen Afghanistan go from a terrorist training ground to a democracy.

Now, what does that say? It says that the great sweep of human history is for freedom. And that is the side we're on. And that's the side you're on.

Just a few weeks ago, Falluja was controlled by assassins and today it's a free city. Something like 140,000 refugees have come to this country from other countries, Iraqis. Why do they do that? Why do they get up one morning and say to themselves, "I'm going to leave where I am that's safer to be sure, and I'm going to go back to Iraq"?

They are voting with their feet. They are convinced that life is going to be good here, that there is a chance of making it, and that people do need to pitch in and see that it happens.

I must say, as a personal message, before I come out and shake hands and have a chance to tell you how much we appreciate your service, let me just say that we know that you sacrifice. We certainly know your families do. And they certainly serve, just as you do. And they are strong.

I get a chance to see them in Bethesda and Walter Reed and other hospitals. And I meet the families of people who have been wounded, your colleagues, people who have been here and gone back and are recuperating. And I must say, the families are the most amazing thing. They are truly extraordinary.

They are proud of what their sons and daughters do. They have strength and courage. And I don't think anyone can come away from being with them without gaining inspiration for the tough tasks ahead.

Now, it's Christmas Eve. And I don't want to, in any way, paint a picture that's pretty, because it isn't pretty. This is a tough part of the world. This is a tough country. Your friends and your associates are at risk, as you are. And I wish I could stand here and say that the incidents of violence were going to calm down between now and the elections.

I wish I could stand here and say that the incidents of violence will calm down after the elections. I can't say that.

The people that we're up against have a lot to lose, a lot to lose. They also have brains. And they watch what we do, and they adjust to what we do. And they're determined.

But so are we. We are in a test of wills. There isn't a battle anyone could bring against you that you couldn't win. You're not going to be faced with battles. You're going to be faced in the shadows, in the side streets and with people who are using every conceivable time, task and way of attacking you where you're most vulnerable.

And that's what we face.

So there isn't any way that foreign troops, our troops, coalition troops or any other troops from any country can provide security in this country.

What we can do is contribute to security. What we can do is help to train the Iraqis and mentor the Iraqis, and see that the Iraqis develop the capability, the equipment, the training, the organization, the chain of command, the experience, the rib cage, the officer leadership, the non-com leadership, the experience to take over responsibility for their own security.

And that's our task. That's what we have to do. That's what is being done. And we've got wonderful people working on it, and I'm here to simply to look you in the eye and say, "Thank you, every one of you. God bless you."

(APPLAUSE)

(emphasis added, CNN Load date 25 December 2004)

In reviewing news archives, the slip of the tongue was acknowledged by NPR. It was not mentioned in other news stories. The NPR transcript is provided below.

It is worth noting that it took more than 8 months for this NPR transcript to be made available in the news archives. (load date: 5 August 2005) 

National Public Radio (NPR)

SHOW: All Things Considered 8:00 PM EST NPR

December 24, 2004 Friday

Donald Rumsfeld's surprise visits to US troops in Iraq

ANCHORS: ROBERT SIEGEL

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to troops in Iraq today. His first stop was Mosul, where three days ago a suicide bomber killed 22 people in an American mess tent. Rumsfeld's message to the soldiers was upbeat. He praised the job they're doing in Iraq, and said that while he did not want to paint a pretty picture of the situation there, the insurgents cannot be allowed to win.

Secretary DONALD RUMSFELD (Defense Department): The thought of turning over this country to the people who behead people on television and videos, to the people who consciously, purposefully kill innocent men, women and children would turn this part of the world and this country back to darkness.

SIEGEL: Later, Secretary Rumsfeld told troops in Baghdad that their efforts are a crucial part of the global war against terrorism.

Sec. RUMSFELD: The American people recognize the importance of your mission, that you're here for a purpose and that that purpose is not to run the country of Iraq–that's for the Iraqi people–it's not to find an American solution for Iraq; indeed, it is to be here to try to help, train and equip and organize and assist the Iraqi security forces so that they, over time, will be able to take on responsibility for their country. And this country will find a solution that will be uniquely Iraqi.

SIEGEL: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaking in Iraq today.

Reporter Alistair Bull of the Reuters new agency traveled with the secretary. He says the visit began very early in the morning.

Mr. ALISTAIR BULL (Reuters News Agency): He has had a whistle-stop tour of Iraq. He started at the crack of dawn in Mosul. We landed at quarter past 5 in the morning with sharpshooters at the perimeter of the airport. We came in hard and fast in a C-7 cargo plane, and he raced and visited the hospital and then addressed the troops at Mosul and went and had breakfast with them.

From there, we whistled off to Tikrit and he met with Major General John Batiste of the Big Red One, the 1st Infantry, and then addressed the troops there. And the message at both Mosul, Tikrit and then later Fallujah and in Baghdad has been the same. He's here to thank the troops and to wish them a merry Christmas.

SIEGEL: Has he taken questions from the troops on this visit as he did the other day in Kuwait?

Mr. BULL: He has taken questions, but they've been slightly different in character. He hasn't had any kind of confrontational questions put to him. He was asked about equipment but in a very courteous and restrained fashion and not at all adversarial. And his answer was, `Yes, the equipment will be provided.'

He was also asked about bad media coverage, and that was music to his ears. He immediately pointed out that that probably wasn't a question placed there by the press.

SIEGEL: That was a reference to the story that the question about the armor for the Humvees had been placed by a reporter in Kuwait.

Mr. BULL: Exactly. There was–it appeared later that a reporter had helped the soldier frame the question. And, of course, this was an opportunity for the Defense secretary to turn the tables, which he did with delight.

SIEGEL: Reporter Alistair Bull of Reuters, thank you very much for talking with us.

Mr. BULL: A pleasure.

SIEGEL: One other thing that Secretary Rumsfeld said in Baghdad today was in all likelihood a slip of the tongue, but one that may prove fodder for conspiracy theorists. The Defense secretary said this while speaking about a number of terrorist acts and the people who've committed them.

Sec. RUMSFELD: The people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul are the people who did the bombing in Spain or the people who attacked the United States in New York and shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon.

SIEGEL: `The people who shot down the plane over Pennsylvania.' He was presumably speaking of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11. No US official has ever credited theories that the plane was shot down. We've been unable to get clarification from the Pentagon.

Reporter's audio feed interrupted again as she discusses WTC 7, earlier window shot proves footage not "blue screen" as ludicrous debunkers maintained despite BBC admission

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Friday, May 14, 2007

More 9/11 archive footage has been unearthed of BBC correspondent Jane Standley, this time from the evening of September 11, in which her audio cuts out again - for the second time that day - when she begins to discuss Building 7.

View the clip from You Tube below - as soon as the discussion moves to the collapse of other buildings besides the twin towers, Standley's audio feed is interrupted. A mere technical glitch or a suspicious interruption considering that the feed had cut out completely earlier in the day moments before the Solomon Brothers Building fell?

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