Pentagon planned for terrorist plane crash. UK reports. US News does not.

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

this is a re-post from 5/24/02

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The UK papers have now reporting what the US corporate
media is so afraid to -

reporting that the Pentagon-USArmy-WashDC Fire Dept practiced for a terrorist commercial plane crash into the Pentagon during a August 2000 - a joint DC Fire dept military exercise

WHY is the US corporate news media still silent on this ????
Activists have notified the US news media of this since last Monday,
yet NO US news media has reported on this.

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Democrats.com Expose about Pentagon Airplane Crash Exercise Makes the Papers - in England

The Mirror of London reports, "Military chiefs were so convinced terrorists could fly a plane into the Pentagon that they planned for an attack.Almost 11 months before the September 11 suicide mission killed 189 people at America's defence headquarters, they carried out a detailed emergency exercise.US authorities have consistently claimed they had no idea al-Qaeda was thinking of crashing planes into buildings. President Bush insists no one ever had considered such a devastating attack. But a report reveals that between October 24 and 26 2000, military planners held an exercise to prepare for 'incidents including a passenger plane crashing into the Pentagon.'" So far, Democrats.com is the only US publication to report this expose. When wil the US media expose this Bush lie - and all of the others???

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=11897568&method=full&siteid=50143

Friday 24 May 2002

PENTAGON CHIEFS PLANNED FOR JET ATTACK
From Andy Lines, Us Editor In New York


MILITARY chiefs were so convinced terrorists could fly a plane into the Pentagon that they planned for an attack.
Almost 11 months before the September 11 suicide mission killed 189 people at America's defence headquarters, they carried out a detailed emergency exercise.

US authorities have consistently claimed they had no idea al-Qaeda was thinking of crashing planes into buildings. President Bush insists no one ever had considered such a devastating attack.

But a report reveals that between October 24 and 26 2000, military planners held an exercise to prepare for "incidents including a passenger plane crashing into the Pentagon".
The report in an internal Pentagon newspaper reads like an account of what actually happened: "The fire and smoke from the downed aircraft billows from the courtyard.

"Defence Protective Services Police seal the crash site. Army medics, nurses and doctors scramble to organise aid ... Fire Department chief dispatches his equipment."

Democrats said the Mass Casualty Exercise added to proof that different arms of government did not know what others were doing.
Senator Bob Graham, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said: "We have a lot of information coming but it is not going to the same source for analysis.

"So A knows part one, B knows part two and C knows part three but nobody knows all the parts."

Pentagon emergency planning spokesman Glen Flood said: "We had been aware there could be possible aeroplane accidents and we have had various tabletop exercises."

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this is the original military article on the joint exercise -
http://www.mdw.army.mil/news/Contingency_Planning.html#NavSkip

[Coyul]

1. Thanks for reposting PFIBN!

We cannot forget all the things that have occured over these horrible last (almost)three years, and it serves us all well to remember, to hold onto the anger and the dis-trust that we feel toward this administration. It will fuel us for the election to come, and help us have quick answers to un-informed questions. The facts, speak for themselves!

Thanks again....keep 'em comin'!