"It is outrageous that the government is withholding this vital information", said James H. Fetzer, founder and co-chair of the society. "This concerns one of the monstrous events of our time and deserves to be in the public domain." The group, whose members include such prominent figures as David Ray Griffin, Morgan Reynolds, John McMurtry, Wayne Madsen, Robert Bowman, Webster Tarpley, and Andreas von Buelow, has been speaking out against what its own research suggests has been complicity by elements of the administration in the crime.

They are calling for immediate release of the full Pentagon surveillance tape as well as video tapes seized by
FBI agents minutes after the Pentagon hit; a complete inventory of the plane wreckage and debris from Flights 11, 77, 93, 175 or any other aircraft that crashed or was destroyed on September 11, 2001, including, but not limited to their location (whether warehoused or otherwise), catalog of photographs and videotapes taken of any items from the planes, and results of all tests and examinations conducted concerning any of these items.

Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit demanding that DoD release its film footage. In addition, the scholars call for the release of a complete inventory of any steel, other metal, or other materials from the World Trade Center, including, but not limited to the location (whether warehouses or otherwise) of all such items, catalog of photographs and videotapes of any items from the scene, and results of all tests and examinations conducted concerning any of those items.

Judy Wood, a professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson University and a full member of the society of scholars, has emphasized the importance of this material for those studying the collapse of the Twin Towers and World Trade Center 7. "This material has the potential to resolve crucial questions about the forces that were responsible for the buildings' fall, including the possible use of incendiaries and explosives", she observed. "It is of great importance that we have access to it."

They also call for release of 6,899 photographs and 6,977 segments of video footage held by NIST; tape recordings of interviews by air traffic controllers, at least some of which were deliberately destroyed while in the possession of representatives of the government; a complete accounting of "terror drills" that were being conducted that morning, which may have been used to mask the attack; the cockpit voice recorders and other "black boxes", three of four of which are reported to have survived the Twin Towers' collapse; and other related evidence.

According to Professor Fetzer, the SEC possesses knowledge of "put options" on American and United Airlines, which are suggestive of advanced knowledge that the attacks would take place; Secretary of Transportation
Norman Mineta gave very important testimony to The 9/11 Commission, which it chose not to include in its report; and the
Secret Service conducted itself in a manner suggesting that it knew there was no serious threat to the President, even following the attacks in New York, while the Commander-in-Chief ignored the unfolding drama.

"We are inclined to believe that these events were orchestrated by the Bush administration in order to instill fear in the American people," Fetzer said. "The use of violence and threats of violence to manipulate a populace based on fear," he observed, "is the definition of terrorism. The release of this vital evidence will help to confirm or to dispel our concerns about what happened on 9/11." Added Wood, "The American people are entitled to know the truth about their own history. If the government has nothing to hide, it should have no objections to releasing all this evidence for experts and scholars to study."

Fetzer also noted today's Zogby International Poll, which shows that 90% of American troops in
Iraq believe that they are fighting to avenge
Saddam Hussein's role in 9/11. "This would be funny if it weren't so sad", Fetzer said. "The administration falsely linked Iraq to 9/11 even though it knew better", he remarked. "Even the Osama Bin Laden 'confession tape' appears to have been faked. We want to know the identity of those who perpetrated these despicable acts."

Scholars for 9/11 Truth maintains its own public web site at http://www.st911.org. Documentary support for its request is available at http://www.st911.org/petition/.

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The recent Bush visit to India (endorsing India's development of nuclear weapons) also ties into the Dubai UAE port scandal. Hypocrisy doesn't go over well in the real world, and currently the US under the Bush regime is the world's #1 hypocrite. How can the US (armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons) dictate to the world who gets to develop nuclear weapons? Only our ally, Zionist Israel comes second in the amount of nuclear weapons. Now India is given the green light for nuclear weapons development by the anti-Arab Bush regime..

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/indi-m03.shtml

Ironically the only Arab nations that the Bush regime supports are also the most hated by the rest of the Arab world. From the Saudi Royalty to the UAE, the most extreme contrasts between poverty and wealth can be witnessed, thus requiring the 24/7 presence of the US military occupiers to protect the Saudi Royalty from being overthrown by the oil field workers..

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jun2004/saud-j04.shtml

Another new development is the endorsement of Dubai UAE by the Israeli regime, indicating that the UAE royalty is capitulating to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. Here is where the rift between the materialistic Saudi/UAE royalty and the traditionally Muslim Al-Queda widens. The Al-Queda group is oppossed to the US occupation of Saudi Arabia. So in these two nations there is a great disagreement between the presence of the US military and the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. One side (Saudi royalty) follows the Zionists and their Bush regime allies, the other side (Al-Queda) follows the Koran and operates in the interest of the people. Despite the many shortcomings and sometimes mysogynistic diatribes of certain (not all) Al-Queda members, they are far more connected with the people than the Saudi Royalty. The stated goal of Al-Queda is to remove the US military occupation from Saudi penninsula, Iraq, Afganistan and end the Israeli occupation of Palestine, nothing more, nothing less. They will not convert the entire world to Wahhabist Islam, nor is that their goal..

It is difficult to know within the US what the real Al-Queda actually believes about women's rights. We hear a great deal of misinformation via corporate (pro-globalization) media about how women are treated by Al-Queda, though the Saudi royalty isn't very fair to women either. Both practice Wahhabist Islam, though the Saudi royalty endorses materialism as a benefit of collaborating with imperialist US interests, and Al-Queda is oppossed to this collaboration as it is unjust..

In general, the relatively recent religious Sunni sect of Wahhabist Islam is for the goal of reducing the influences of "pagan" or heathen influences on Islam. This is a reflection of the pre-Islam state of African/Arab tribalism where polytheism and other diverse spirituality were practiced. This led to frequent inter-tribal conflicts, and Muhammed sought to unify the greater Arab region (against attacks by crusading Christians) by promoting monotheism, Islam..

Islam and Women;
http://www.rationalistinternational.net/article/20041120_en.html

However, from time to time the ancient polytheistic dieties remain active in the hearts and minds of the people. This pagan revival isn't something to be feared, instead it should celebrate the people's long history living in the arid ecosystem, the bounty of olives, dates and other desert plants/animals that sustained the people. Consider everything on this Earth a gift from Allah..

Olive Tree and it's Shadow of Hope;
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1122-26.htm

To organize large groups of diverse tribes into a single entity is difficult, though that may be what is needed to encourage the colonialist imperialist out of the House of Saud, UAE and other Arab nations (Iraq, Palestine, etc..) After this task is accomplished, the Islamic scholars can look into the validity of Earth centered "pagan" practices as showing people the many ways in which Allah's energy manifests itself on Earth to make this place enjoyable and liveable for all people. Wahhibist influences may no longer be neccesary, and we hope the same for the right wing Euro-centric Zionist Christianity that oppresses pagans, women, homosexuals here in the US. In fact, the collaboration between the far right Wahhabist Saudi Royalty/UAE and the Zionist Christian Coalition (Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson) may be the greatest threat to democracy that people of the US (and the world) currently face. This collaboration between far right elements of both Islam and Christianity led to the tragedy of 9/11 as pretext to invasion/occupation of "secular" Saddam's Iraq and the previous and still current occupation of Afganistan. Both ocupied nations surround Iran, currently in the sights of the bloodthirsty Bush regime..

If Israel withdraws from the West Bank and Gaza strip, the Palestinian people will rejoice at having their sovereignty restored. There will be less anger towards the Israelis as the Palestinians won't have their olive trees uprooted/clay houses destroyed by Caterpillar bulldozers..

Opposition to Israeli withdrawal from West Bank and Gaza strip is loudest from the far right Zionist Christians like Pat Robertson, et. al who await the Battle of Armageddon, Rapture, etc.. that will only happen when the Jews are returned to Israel. This resulted in the Israeli government recently being flooded with Jewish immigrants from around the world, especially the former Soviet Union. To crowd everyone together, the Israeli government annexed land from the West Bank and pushed the Palestinians even further away. Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) continues to have fundraising telethons to relocate Jews from all over the world to the Zionist state of Israel. Segregation is the best word to describe this, with the eventual outcome being a man-made (most likely nuclear) Armageddon/Rapture event with a mass conversion to Christianity/die-off (read genocide) for those unconverted (Jews, Muslims, pagans, homosexuals, secular athiests, etc..). Crazy (ha, ha, not laughin' at that myself) as their plan sounds, the CBN reaches millions of people and along with AIPAC has heavy influence on the political branch of the US government..

Challenging Christian Zionism;
http://www.christianzionism.org/

If the US military withdraws from the Saudi penninsula the people will restore the balance on their own. The fear is mostly on the parts of the US petroleum corporations and their political allies in the Bush regime, as the oil may become nationalized and oil field workers may demand greater pay and better treatment. This would effect the profits of the petroleum CEOs, so they maintain the imbalance by supporting the Saudi monarchy, workers continue to suffer and anger towrds both the Saudi monarchy and their US military bodyguards builds among the general populace..

Alternatives to petroleum dependency need to be more than just rhetoric from the Bush regime. Not just replacing petroleum dependecy with nuclear/genetic engineering addiction, but free sources on energy like vertical (bird-friendly) windmills, harnessing of compost methane, solar energy panels, etc..

http://www.iww.org/

Sustainable communities where public transit, bicycle/pedestrian friendly paths network with permaculture community organic gardens, parks and residential neighborhoods shared by all people equally. Ending racial segregation in the US may alleviate the symptoms of sprawl (white flight) and environmental racism simultaneously. It sounds like a great challenge, yet humans are capable of adapting to changes, another evolutionary gift from Allah..

http://www.culturechange.org/cms/index.php