What Motivated The 9/11 Hijackers?
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Added: September 07, 2006
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What motivated the 9/11 hijackers to attack the US?

US foreign policy bias for Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and US governments support for other oppressive regimes in the Middle East.

The 9-11 Commission held its twelfth and final public hearing June 16-17, 2004, in Washington, DC. On June 16 the Commission heard from several of the federal government's top law enforcement and intelligence experts on al Qaeda and the 9-11 plot.

It was at this hearing that the question "What motivated them to do it? Was finally asked.

Lee Hamilton:

"I'm interested in the question of motivation of these hijackers, and my question is really directed to the agents...What have you found out about why these men did what they did? What motivated them to do it?"

James Fitzgerald (FBI Special Agent):

"I believe a sense of outrage against the United States. They identify with the Palestinian problem, they identify with people who oppose repressive regimes, and I believe they tend to focus their anger on the US."

This testimony was kept out of the 9/11 Commission Report and no recommendation was given to address the main motive for the 9/11 attacks.

After the report was issued, the Ten Commissioners formed the "9-11 Public Discourse Project."

At the August 2, 2005 session on foreign policy, Lee Hamilton quickly tries to silence someone who asks why US support for Israel isn't being addressed.

Member of Audience:

"The Gorilla in the room is US support for Israel"

"By his own account, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed'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." [p 147, 9/11 Commission Report].

"...The causes of the September 11 attacks...The conflict between Israel and Palestine was always at the heart. 'It's central,' he said. 'It's not the only thing, but it's the central thing,'" [p 248, A Pretext For War].

"This is sensitive ground," Hamilton and Kean say in their new book, "Without Precident: The Inside Story Of The 9/11 Commission," and some Commissioners worried "Listing U.S. support for Israel as a root cause of al Qaeda's opposition to the United States indicated that the United States should reassess that policy."

Hamilton and Kean were promoting their book and took some questions outside NBC studios in Washington, D.C. in August of 2006. Sam Husseini, of the Institute for Public Accuracy, asked about US foreign policy supporting Israel.

Sam Husseini:

"Aren't we planting the seeds of further terrorism? Aren't we putting out the fire with gasoline here? And you can do all the security measures, all the law enforcement, but if that continues isn't that a fundamental argument..."

Lee Hamilton:

"Foreign policy gets very complicated. When you take certain actions to support a friend, the security of Israel, as we did, it has consequences. No question about it."

Lee Hamilton:

"Not--Look, look--I don't want to get into an argument about Middle East policy."

"America's policy choices have consequences. Right or wrong,..." [p 376, 9/11 Commission Report].

This is what they "Ended up agreeing on" putting in the 9/11 Commission Report. "Right or wrong"?!

There is a reason politicians don't want US support of Israel listed as a root cause of al Qaeda's terrorism. There is a reason politicians don't want the American people to "Reasses that policy."

Politicians lie to us about "Hatred of our freedoms" because they care more about serving special interests than about keeping us safe. Don't let them get away with robbing us of the freedom to decide for ourselves if we want to put our lives at risk over specific foreign policies.

Video Of Hearing:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J1bm2GPoFfg