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In reply to the discussion: Osama Confession Video [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)2. Osama and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were happy to take credit for 9-11
This 2004 tape played on Al Jazeera's Arabic language stations where Osama talks about his involvement in 9-11:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Osama_bin_Laden_video
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed also wanted credit for 9-11. This interview with an al-Jazeera reporter was before he was captured and tortured:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/mar/04/alqaida.terrorism
It seems, from what I can find, that the FBI didn't feel the need to indict Osama for 9-11 since they already had an indictment against him.
"Truthers" often have trouble with the truth. They frequently fabricate their own facts. That is why there are so many contradictory claims by the "Truthers."
What reason would the OV skeptics have to take the original video, change it, and claim it was entirely fake? None.... that would just be plain stupid given that there would be an original to compare it to. To get recruits? That would also be foolish because no one likes getting fooled, and it would only ultimately alienate support.
This is where you are wrong. There are plenty of people that are willing to believe just about anything if it satisfies some sort of need. No amount of evidence will change their mind. Just look at the number of people that believe the "Truther" claim that the towers fell into their own footprints. One look at any video of one of the collapsing towers proves that claim laughably wrong.
Richard Gage claims that WTC7 only had small fires and that the smoke around WTC7 originated from elsewhere - an obvious lie, which is extremely easily discredited. Richard Gage is loved by the "Truthers."
Many other ridiculous claims by the "Truthers" include: bombs in the towers' basements, CDs, no plane hit the Pentagon, etc. All of these claims can easily be discredited. But the "Truther" crowd still falls for this BS. They seem to want to be lied to, considering the ridiculous things they believe.
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So I say 'you have nothing', and ask for the *actual* refutations of the paper....
The Doctor.
Oct 2012
#65
We got here because in another thread I said that there is no hard evidence
The Doctor.
Oct 2012
#18
You seem to be having difficulty with the English Language and very simple concepts.
cpwm17
Oct 2012
#30
So a video of someone bragging about comitting a crime is not hard evidence?
The Doctor.
Oct 2012
#38
Your faulty logic, arrogant assertions, and outright distortions of what's been said in this thread
William Seger
Oct 2012
#49
Oh, so you think maybe bin Laden might have painted the buildings with exploding paint?
William Seger
Oct 2012
#56
Why should I expect that explaining it a fourth time would make a difference?
William Seger
Oct 2012
#44
Yer just about off the deep end here. I don't recall telling Tombs anything in person.
The Doctor.
Oct 2012
#46
Yes, you've convinced me that you'll keep repeating the same nonsense over and over
William Seger
Oct 2012
#59
That's rather authoritarian of you to accept the FBI so righteously, The Doctor.
Bolo Boffin
Oct 2012
#68
So now you believe there is a conspiracy theory that the FBI dismisses hard evidence?
The Doctor.
Nov 2012
#76
If you can't understand the words "hard evidence" when they are put together,
The Doctor.
Nov 2012
#79
I already showed you a link concerning Osama's claims of responsibility for 9-11
cpwm17
Nov 2012
#84