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Why were references to ISIS & Islam deleted from 9/11 recordings? (Original Post) OKDem08 Jun 2016 OP
I don't think ISIS was around in 2001. I don't understand. uppityperson Jun 2016 #1
Regarding Orlando 9/11 recordings OKDem08 Jun 2016 #2
It's just 911, no backslash. Scootaloo Jun 2016 #4
It's officially written as 9-1-1, because tests found some people look for the "11" button. . . Journeyman Jun 2016 #11
*Long, drawn-out sigh* Scootaloo Jun 2016 #13
Also no forward slash, which is what the OP typed Recursion Jun 2016 #14
I always wanted a pet peeve Scootaloo Jun 2016 #15
fowardslash... Alex4Martinez Jun 2016 #16
Ah, sorry. Thanks for clarifying uppityperson Jun 2016 #9
911 Person 2713 Jun 2016 #3
For one the Saudis own alot of the US debt. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #5
No China & Saudi Don't Own Us jamese777 Jun 2016 #17
The Saudis are the Number 1 purchaser of US weapons avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #18
I don't understand your OP. How about some context? merrily Jun 2016 #6
To keep rethugs from using it for Islamophobic demagoguery mwrguy Jun 2016 #7
it's not really clear... bonemachine Jun 2016 #8
To make Islamophobes heads explode. n/t Scurrilous Jun 2016 #10
People around the world were not on social media back then. There applegrove Jun 2016 #12

Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
11. It's officially written as 9-1-1, because tests found some people look for the "11" button. . .
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:45 AM
Jun 2016

and I wish I was kidding.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
13. *Long, drawn-out sigh*
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:47 AM
Jun 2016

Well. Okay. I imagine that every now and then a five year old has to call for a parent or something heartbreaking like that. That's what i'm going to stick with.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
15. I always wanted a pet peeve
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:34 AM
Jun 2016

I imagien htem like dust bunnies, only denser. With a beak. Like a little tiny kiwi.

 

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
5. For one the Saudis own alot of the US debt.
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:35 AM
Jun 2016

And they also purchase alot of US weapons. Essentially the Saudis (as well as the Chinese) own us.
So given the Saudi's fund the radical Muslim madrassas, the Saudi's would not appreciate Islam being mentioned in the 9/11 commission recordings. imo



jamese777

(546 posts)
17. No China & Saudi Don't Own Us
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 03:00 AM
Jun 2016

China is the number one foreign holder of U.S. debt but China only holds 8% of U.S. debt. Japan is number 2 at 6%. Saudi Arabia is not in the top 3 nations that hold U.S. debt. All foreign holdings in U.S debt account for 34%. The largest holder of debt is the U.S. government's own accounts like the Social Security Trust Fund and the Federal Reserve (40%).

 

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)
18. The Saudis are the Number 1 purchaser of US weapons
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 03:11 AM
Jun 2016


http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/24/politics/us-arms-sales-worldwide/


And they are #13 owner of US debt.

Given both of their positions, it is fair to say they own us.

bonemachine

(757 posts)
8. it's not really clear...
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:38 AM
Jun 2016

Probably for the same reason they translated Inshallah, instead of leaving it verbatim... That is to say, beauractatic idiocy, rather than conspiratorial intent...

applegrove

(118,577 posts)
12. People around the world were not on social media back then. There
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:46 AM
Jun 2016

was no YouTube, little in the way of propaganda on the Web.

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