Important Message From The Folk At "NY 9-11 Truth" - Incoming FDNY Chaplain Questions 9/11 Story

[Duchess Note: The news article below was related to many on "NY 9-11 Truth" group mailing list back on September 30th. You still have time to contact NEWSDAY to let them know we support Mr. Habib. Here is the info ... Long Island newsroom: 516 / 631-843-2700 OR letters to the editor: letters@newsday.com]

An imam slated to be sworn in Friday as the second Muslim chaplain in Fire Department history said he questioned whether 19 hijackers were responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and suggested a broader conspiracy may have brought down the Twin Towers and killed more than 2,700 people. In a telephone interview Thursday, Imam Intikab Habib, 30, a native of Guyana who studied Islam in Saudi Arabia, said he doubted the United States government's official story blaming 19 hijackers associated with al-Quaida and Osama bin Laden. "I as an individual don't know who did the attacks," said Habib, 30, a soft-spoken man who immigrated to New York in July 2000 after spending six years in Saudi Arabia getting a degree in Islamic theology and law.

"There are so many conflicting reports about it. I don't believe it was 19 ... hijackers who did those attacks." Asked to elaborate on his reasons for doubting that story, he talked about video and news reports widely disseminated in the Muslim community. "I've heard professionals say that nowhere ever in history did a steel building come down with fire alone," he said. "It takes two or three weeks to demolish a building like that. But it was pulled down in a couple of hours. Was it 19 hijackers who brought it down, or was it a conspiracy?"Click on the link below: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/politics/ny

WHO IS JUDY MILLER KIDDING?
Arianna Huffington, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/26303/

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell

Message From Senator Edward Kennedy - Help Defend Our Values
Originally Posted on September 29th

Earlier today, I voted against the confirmation of John Roberts to be Chief Justice. Republicans voted in lock-step to confirm him, but I continue to believe that his record of aggressive right-wing activism during his service in the Reagan Administration did not justify support for him for the top position on the Supreme Court. Nothing in his record since then – and much of it, ominously, was concealed by the Bush Administration – showed that he is capable of having a more balanced view of our basic constitutional rights. There was nothing to indicate that Roberts understands the real world impact of court decisions on civil rights and equal rights in our country. The values and perspectives displayed over and over again in his record cast serious doubt on his view of voting rights, women's rights, civil rights, and disability rights. Republican leaders’ knee-jerk response to Democrats who opposed Roberts is that we were "playing partisan politics". But I've fought for the basic constitutional rights of all Americans since I first came to the Senate, and I don't intend to stop now.

The stakes are too high, and the Supreme Court is too important, to let politics interfere with the protection of our most basic rights. This point will be clear again as we consider the next Supreme Court nominee, to replace Justice O'Connor. Her vote often made the difference in protecting the rights of women, minorities, and the disabled. To justify our vote, her replacement will have to meet the same high standard to qualify to serve on the most important court in the land, and will have to demonstrate a genuine commitment to the fundamental values and freedoms that we have struggled throughout our history to protect. Progress towards a freer, fairer nation where "justice for all’ is a reality, not just a promise in the Constitution" is not a "partisan cause" or a "special interest." The 2006 election will not simply be a struggle over which party controls the Senate or a particular Senate seat. It will be about the same ideals that I cast my vote to protect today. Please show your support and stand with me to defend these values: http://www.tedkennedy.com/contribute