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I just have two words for you: Jamal Khashoggi (Original Post) Cousin Dupree Oct 2018 OP
I was just thinking about that this morning True Dough Oct 2018 #1
Same here. dewsgirl Oct 2018 #3
Remember the anthrax attacks right after 9/11/2001? ArcticFox Oct 2018 #11
We must never forget Jamal Khashoggi! raging moderate Oct 2018 #2
trump blaming the media.... spanone Oct 2018 #4
I sure as hell am not forgetting that Trump is participating in the cover-up Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #5
EXACTLY!! niyad Oct 2018 #6
Beginning today,the Wash Post will run a new set of digital and print ads demanding answers DesertRat Oct 2018 #7
GOOD!!! Keep asking those questions. Louder and more frequently. calimary Oct 2018 #8
That man is another tRump victim! BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #9
We can't. One of us might be one of the KPN Oct 2018 #10

True Dough

(17,310 posts)
1. I was just thinking about that this morning
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 09:30 AM
Oct 2018

I usually avoid conspiracy theories at all costs. There is lots of breaking news on a regular basis that could have pushed the Khashoggi story off "the front page." But these packages make me wonder...

ArcticFox

(1,249 posts)
11. Remember the anthrax attacks right after 9/11/2001?
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 04:30 PM
Oct 2018

"A theory that Iraq was behind the attacks, based upon the evidence that the powder was weaponized and some reports of alleged meetings between 9/11 conspirators and Iraqi officials, may have contributed to the momentum which ultimately led to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.[174]

The attack lead to the widespread confiscation and curtailment of US Mail, especially to US media companies: "checks, bills, letters, and packages simply stopped arriving. For many people and businesses that had resisted the cultural shift to e-mail, this was the moment that pushed them online."[175]

After the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent anthrax mailings, lawmakers were pressed for legislation to combat further terrorist acts. Under heavy pressure from then Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, a bipartisan compromise in the House Judiciary Committee allowed legislation for the Patriot Act to move forward for full consideration later that month.[176][177]"



Nobody was ever convicted.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
5. I sure as hell am not forgetting that Trump is participating in the cover-up
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:38 AM
Oct 2018

to protect his personal business interests...

KPN

(15,646 posts)
10. We can't. One of us might be one of the
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 12:29 PM
Oct 2018

next to go his way if we do forget or even just put it behind us.

Khashoggi is the canary in the coal mine.

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