Speaker Of The Truth: America Revisited: 9/11, A Date We Should Never Forget

September 11th (or 9/11) is a date that will never be forgotten in the United States and throughout the world, nor should it be forgotten. It is a date where thousands of innocent people had been killed by a terrorist regime.

Fatalities (Not including the 19 hijackers)
New York City World Trade Center 2,602
American Airlines Flight11 – 88
United Airlines Flight 175 - 59
Pentagon Building 125
American Airlines Flight 77 - 59
Shanksville, Pennsylvania: United Airlines 93 - 40

Total 2,973 died and another 24 remain listed as missing from the World Trade Center.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of attacks in the United States, yet to this day various conspiracy theories still exist. These include speculation that individuals in the government of the United States knew of the impending attacks and failed to act on that knowledge, or that they actually planned the attacks. Conspiracy theorists have claimed that the collapse of the World Trade Center was caused by explosives. Some also contend that a commercial airliner did not crash into the Pentagon, and that United Airlines Flight 93 was shot down.

For the record, I believe that it was Al Qaeda, because Al Qaeda admitted the attacks, but like many people I fail to understand how US security agency failed to identify the threat and stop the attacks taking place. I also fail to understand why the US government was failed to catch Osama Bin Laden. By remaining silent and secretive, the US government just increases the strength of the theorist.

The Bush administration says that Al-Qaeda was motivated by hatred of the freedom and democracy exemplified by the United States.

According to official U.S. government sources, the September 11th attacks were consistent with the mission statement of al-Qaeda.

The fatwa states that the United States:
· Plunders the resources of the Arabian Peninsula.
· Dictates policy to the rulers of those countries.
· Supports abusive regimes and monarchies in the Middle East, thereby oppressing their people.
· Has military bases and installations upon the Arabian Peninsula, which violates the Muslim holy land, in order to threaten neighbouring Muslim countries.
· Intends thereby to create disunion between Muslim states, thus weakening them as a political force.
· Supports Israel, and wishes to divert international attention from (and tacitly maintain) the occupation of Palestine.

So from the above information it seems that the attack on the US was not to disrupt the freedom and democracy of the US but was an attack on US foreign policy.

So what is being done to stop another 9/11 incident from happening again?

Instead of dealing with the problems that lead to terrorism, the US government (against UN wishes) decided to directly attack the so-called terrorist states. Images from Afghanistan, Iraq & Guantanamo bay (especially the treatment of prisoners) have made the most moderate Muslims become angry and spurred splinter groups to recruit “would be” terrorist from around the world.

Last week, President Bush spoke of the need to fight the war on terror by means of intelligence: "Captured terrorists have unique knowledge about how terrorist networks operate. They have knowledge of where their operatives are deployed, and knowledge about what plots are under way. This intelligence - this is intelligence that cannot be found any other place. And our security depends on getting this kind of information."

It has been reported that over the past five years, nearly 300 of the original 800 detainees held have been released. Many of those released had been kept captive for a number of years. The Pentagon had announced it would release one-third of the remaining detainees, acknowledging they pose no threat to national security.

It seems that in the US you are charged guilty until you can prove your innocence. On June 12, 2006, Senator Arlen Specter stated to CNN that the arrests of most of the prisoners held there were based on "the flimsiest sort of hearsay".

What about the threat from Muslims within in the US and UK?

U.S.A.
It was been reported that despite a sharp increase in the prosecution of terrorism cases just after Sept. 11, 2001, only 14 of the defendants have been sentenced to 20 years or more in prison, according to a study based on Justice Department data.

Of the 1,329 convicted defendants, only 625 received any prison sentence, said the study, released Sunday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a data research group at Syracuse University. More than half of those convicted got no prison time or no more than they had already served awaiting their verdict.

The analysis of data from Justice's Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys also found that in the eight months ending last May, Justice attorneys declined to prosecute more than nine out of every 10 terrorism cases sent to them by the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies. Nearly 4 in 10 of the rejected cases were scrapped because prosecutors found weak or insufficient evidence, no evidence of criminal intent or no evident federal crime.

U.K.
The U.K. Police have been focusing efforts to combat the network of terrorist recruiters promoting the aims of al-Qa'ida.

While efforts after the 11 September attacks on America focused on the threat to the UK from outside the country, anti-terrorist police now believe the number of British Muslims suspected of supporting terrorism, either directly or indirectly, runs into "thousands of people".

Questions remain about how effective new terror legislation has been. More than 1,000 people have been arrested since 9/11 but only 12 per cent of detainees have been charged. Police say they have nonetheless thwarted a number of alleged plots, including three since the 7/7 attacks.

What is the solution?
Our intelligence services need to stop pursuing leads that lead to capturing hundreds of people, making a big media splash then finding out that that there is no evidence against these people.

The solution is for police forces to integrate with the Muslim communities and use these communities to provide the intelligence required for capturing terrorist and recruiters for terrorist organisation - after all, the Muslim communities are the best people to know what is happening.

An ethical foreign policy by governments would also be nice; it will lead to less troubles occurring around world and provide a chance for peace for all. It might even make groups like Al Qaeda start peaceful campaigns against regimes that they dislike,

Today might be famous for 5th anniversary of the attack on the world trade centre, but it is also another special day. It was on this day, a century ago, that Mahatma Gandhi started the non-violent movement to oust the British from India. Using peaceful means is get to a solution is something we could all learn from history and is worth celebrating. Let’s not forget peace.

Quote from Gandhi:
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always."