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The 9/11 Commission was BRIBED By The Pakistani Government
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| Real News 2006-03-14, 4:21 am |
| http://www.telegraphindia.com/10603...ory_5962372.asp
Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, March 12: The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of
thousands of dollars to lobbyists in the US to get anti-Pakistan
references dropped from the 9/11 inquiry commission report, The Friday
Times has claimed.
The Pakistani weekly said its story is based on disclosures made by
foreign service officials to the Public Accounts Committee at a secret
meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday.
It claimed that some of the commission members were also bribed to
prevent them from including damaging information about Pakistan.
The magazine said the PAC grilled officials in the presence of foreign
secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan and special secretary Sher Afghan on the
money paid to lobbyists.
“The disclosure sheds doubt on the integrity and honesty of the members
of the 9/11 inquiry commission and, above all, the authenticity of the
information in their final report,” it said.
The report quoted an officer as saying that dramatic changes were made in
the final draft of the inquiry commission after the lobbyists got to
work. The panel was formed to probe the September 11 terror attack and
make suggestions to fight terrorism.
After the commission tipped the lobbyists about the damaging revelations
on Pakistan’s role in 9/11, they contacted the panel members and asked
them to go soft on the country. The Friday Times claimed that a lot of
money was used to silence these members.
According to the report, the lobbyists also helped Pakistan win the
sympathy of 75 US Congressmen as part of its strategy to guard
Islamabad’s interests in Washington. “US softened towards Pakistan only
because of the efforts of the foreign office,” an official was quoted as
saying in the report.
The Pakistan foreign office defended the decision to hire the lobbyists,
saying it was an established practice in the US.
An observer at the Islamabad meeting said money could play an important
role in buying powerful people. The remark came in response to comments
made by some US officials after 9/11 that “Pakistanis will sell their
mothers for a dollar”.
Pakistan had emerged as front-runner in the fight against terrorism
unleashed by the US after the terror strikes. Washington pumped in
billions of dollars to win President Pervez Musharraf’s support in
launching a crackdown on al Qaida network thriving on the Pakistan-
Afghanistan border.
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| RicodJour 2006-03-14, 10:21 am |
| Real News wrote:
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/10603...ory_5962372.asp
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> Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans
> OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
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> New Delhi, March 12: The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of
> thousands of dollars to lobbyists in the US to get anti-Pakistan
> references dropped from the 9/11 inquiry commission report, The Friday
> Times has claimed.
You really have to learn how to read between the lines. Tens of
thousands of dollars doesn't meet the bribery threshold in the US.
Maybe in Pakistan.
> The Pakistani weekly said its story is based on disclosures made by
> foreign service officials to the Public Accounts Committee at a secret
> meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Pakistani weekly = tabloid (ie - The National Enquirer). I'd imagine
the bribery report was inside and the I Was Abducted By Aliens story
was on the cover.
You are grasping at straws to support your assumed conclusions.
R
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| Whiplash 2006-03-14, 11:21 am |
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RicodJour wrote:
> You really have to learn how to read between the lines. Tens of
> thousands of dollars doesn't meet the bribery threshold in the US.
> Maybe in Pakistan.
ha
> Pakistani weekly = tabloid (ie - The National Enquirer). I'd imagine
> the bribery report was inside and the I Was Abducted By Aliens story
> was on the cover.
wonder which direction alien toilets flush
> You are grasping at straws to support your assumed conclusions.
i think the term is ogling
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| sanjian 2006-03-14, 2:21 pm |
| Real News wrote:
> http://www.telegraphindia.com/10603...ory_5962372.asp
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> Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans
> OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Pakistan, now, is it? Can we get the Nazis, Red Coats, or Conquistadors in
there? Ooh, I know, Ghengis Kahn really ordered the WTC to be pulled! What
are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan while we allow those damn Mongols to
run free???
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| Miami Jones 2006-03-14, 10:21 pm |
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sanjian wrote:
> Pakistan, now, is it? Can we get the Nazis, Red Coats, or Conquistadors in
> there? Ooh, I know, Ghengis Kahn really ordered the WTC to be pulled! What
> are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan while we allow those damn Mongols to
> run free???
damn reptilians
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| Matt Barrow 2006-03-15, 4:21 am |
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"sanjian" <millerkb@vt.edu> wrote in message
news:dv6ut2$8gm$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
> Real News wrote:
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> Pakistan, now, is it? Can we get the Nazis, Red Coats, or Conquistadors
> in there? Ooh, I know, Ghengis Kahn really ordered the WTC to be pulled!
Don't forget the space aliens!
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| sanjian 2006-03-15, 10:21 am |
| Matt Barrow wrote:
> "sanjian" <millerkb@vt.edu> wrote in message
> news:dv6ut2$8gm$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu...
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> Don't forget the space aliens!
Nah, everyone knows they never venture east of the Mississippi.
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| Don Ocean 2006-03-15, 7:22 pm |
| Miami Jones wrote:
> sanjian wrote:
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> damn reptilians
Ummm..Really cheap construction so Silverman could get double
indemnity when it fell down! Thats why the Jews didn't warn us
of the attack. I suppose next they will flood NYC for the insurance too.
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| sanjian 2006-03-16, 12:21 pm |
| Don Ocean wrote:
> Miami Jones wrote:
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> Ummm..Really cheap construction so Silverman could get double
> indemnity when it fell down! Thats why the Jews didn't warn us
> of the attack. I suppose next they will flood NYC for the insurance
> too.
I think I saw some Jews buying up land in New Orleans before they asked Bush
to summon Katrina. Someone should look into that.
(the sad thing is, someone may take me seriously... "an expert from Virginia
Tech reported..." (expert, in this case being a freshman, but that part
won't get mentioned)
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