Posted by
Always To The Right on Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:36:31 PM
As I said in the post to Kathleen Parker's column here is one post to my blog. I will post another right after this. BTW I don't want to get overly involved in the "our government did it" ideas.
From these posts you can see how I feel about who did the 9/11 attacks.
The Pentagon 
Clouds of smoke billow out of the Pentagon.
Based primarily on photographic evidence, French journalist
Thierry Meyssan,
an early proponent of the idea that Flight 77 did not impact the
Pentagon, suggested that a truck bomb or missile caused the damage.
Other theories of what did crash at the site have ranged from military
aircraft, such as the
A-3 Skywarrior, to
cruise missiles.
However,
these statements are contradicted by the preponderance of eye-witness
testimony at the scene reported an aircraft fitting the description of
American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the side of the building.
[70]In
contrast, other researchers in the
9/11 Truth Movement, like
Jim Hoffman, believe that Flight 77 did hit the Pentagon
[71] [72] [73] [74],
[75] [76]
and suggest Meyssan’s theory is a distraction functioning to discredit
other 9/11 conspiracy theories. Most of these researchers cite
anomalies such as why the hijackers chose to hit the most unoccupied
and yet most reinforced area of the building (rather than targeting
high level officials), and how the plane managed to penetrate all US
defenses.
The observations below are highlighted by groups like 911research.com who question the official account of the Pentagon attack:
Flight 77 flew in the direction of the DC area for approximately 40 minutes without interception.
- 911research.wtc7.net claims this is unusual considering the Pentagon's close proximity to Andrews Air Force Base and the well-established standard operating
procedures for intercepting aircraft which go off course or lose communication, [77] i.e., between September 2000 and June 2001, interceptors were scrambled 67 times. [78]
Thus, 911research.wtc7.net suggests that routine interception
procedures were not followed on September 11th. Officials state that
only two airfields in the north sector of the U.S. had aircraft
available for scramble: Otis Air National Guard Base in Cape Cod,
Massachusetts, and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia.
- Meyssan claims that anti-missile batteries at the Pentagon should have intercepted Flight 77.[7]
- The website
put forth a theory that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon because it
considers photographic evidence of plane wreckage lying on the grounds
of the Pentagon to be ambiguous. They claim that they cannot find burnt
metal, human remains, passenger's luggage or seats.
- As a
response to this claim, 911research.wtc7.net points to similar crashes
where the entire aircraft was converted to small, unrecognizable
confetti-like debris. This crash is an example of such a case. Furthermore, some do show aircraft debris.
- Most of the photographic evidence of the plane was taken inside the building [79] by search teams and investigators. (Images)
CNN released frame of the explosion at the Pentagon as captured by a surveillance camera.
In March of 2002, the Associated Press published aa. - 911research.wtc7.net
says that the resolution of the image is less than desirable to
determine with any degree of accuracy what caused the explosion and the
images were not released officially, but were leaked, and the incorrect
time and date have added to the speculation. [80]
- An
article on earth-citizens.net with a 3D analysis of the scene shot by
the cctv camera shows the trajectory of an alleged smoke trail in the
images. The article claims that this means it is impossible for it to
have been made by any kind of flying object, and further claim that
this demonstrates these five frames have been doctored. [81]
The
FBI confiscated a video from a nearby gas station attended by Jose
Velasquez, and from the Sheraton Hotel roof. These videos have not yet
been released. [82] - Many 9/11 researchers [83],[84],[85],[86],[87] including Kristen Breitweiser[88], member of theon,
call for the release of all information regarding the crash and suggest
that the withholding such information is government secrecy.[89] Two videos [90] of the crash were released on May 16th, 2006 by the Pentagon.
The
Pentagon was struck in a section which was being renovated and
reinforced in a project that was five days away from completion.[91] - Wedge
1, as the area is referred to, began renovation in 1998. A phased
move-in of tenants began in February 2000, with the last tenant move-in
completed February 6, 2003.
- The aircraft struck the northern
edge of Wedge 1, and some speculate this location to be indicative of
insider involvement, noting it as a possible attempt to reduce
casualties.
to the outer wall of the Pentagon is thought by those supporting a
theory that Flight 77 did not hit the Pentagon to be inconsistent with
a large aircraft.
- Others argue that given the
reinforced strength of the building in comparison to the relative light
weight material that made up the aircraft, considerable damage was
made. The impact point did fit the dimensions of the 757 flight-deck
and fuselage -- minus the jet engines, tail, and wings.[92]