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To: steve harris who wrote (195701)7/24/2004 3:37:37 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583681
 
Probably the same.

Tom



To: steve harris who wrote (195701)7/28/2004 2:12:14 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1583681
 
What was the motivation for the 1993 WTC attack?

<<< ... If you read page 147 of the commission report carefully, you will find embedded there a key sentence throwing light on the motive of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whom the report calls the "mastermind of the 9/11 attacks:"

"KSM's animus toward the United States stemmed not from his experiences there as a student, but rather from his violent disagreement with U.S. foreign policy favoring Israel."

A footnote points out that his statements regarding the "why" of attacking the United States echo those of his nephew, Ramzi Yousef, when he was sentenced in New York to a prison term of 240 years in January 1998. Yousef, mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, accused the United States of supporting Israeli terrorism against Palestinians, adding that he was proud to fight any country that supports Israel ... >>>

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