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I finally found a source that answers my question.

[kcwayne]

1. Maybe its because passengers can't get the flight manifest?

And what evidence are you citing that says there were no Muslims on the planes? Does it come from the same source that said there were no Jews in the WTC?

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2. CNN

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA77.victims.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/ua93.victims.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/ua175.victims.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA11.victims.html

Do you see any Muslim names on the lists?

According to the MIHOP or LIHOP theories, the perpetrators had all the bases covered--except this one. Why?

[Mairead]

3. There is no such thing as a "Muslim name".

Are you thinking of ARABIC names, perhaps? Arabs are not a major portion of the US population, and I'd guess that most of those who live here are recent immigrants and rarely if ever have the need to fly across the country at that hour of the morning.


Edit: on the first list, Betru and Khan might have been Muslims, and on the third list Tarrou sounds like it could be a Moroccan name.

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5. Yes there are

Muslim-sounding names are those generally used by Muslims. They may vary a bit between groups, such as is the case with the Turks, but you won't find the vast majority of names among non-Muslims (and when you do it is usually only one name, not both or all three like it is with Muslims. Example: Shaquille O'Neal. Shaquille is an Arab name. You won't find many non-Muslims named Shaquille Ahmad).

[Mairead]

7. You continue to confuse 'Muslim' and 'Arab'

Anyone can be a Muslim. 'Muslim' is not like 'Jew'. There is no 'Muslim culture' that's shared across national identities. So someone named O'Connor or Rosenblatt or Chen or MacDonald could be Muslim and you'd never know it.

Does the name Hanan Ashrawi ring a bell with you? She was in Arafat's cabinet and is a longtime spokeswoman for the PLO. She's a Palestinian Arab. But she's not a Muslim. Lots of Palestinians aren't, yet they're Arabs and have conventional Arabic names. My point being: Arabs and Muslims are not coextensive groups.

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9. Let's be realistic

I didn't say anything about culture and I did acknowledge that they had different names among different groups. All I said is that there are names that are almost entirely used by Muslims.

[spinbaby]

4. They didn't list everyone on board

For instance, the first flight had 64 on board but they only list 56.

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6. So they deleted the names of terrorists?

Did they announce that? Even if they did, flight 64 allegedly had 5 hijackers. That leaves three missing names.

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8. This explains it

http://bit.ch/217.php