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| 2008-08-22 |
| World Trade Center 7 Report Puts 9/11 Conspiracy Theory to Rest Oh, I doubt it... Conspiracy theorists have long claimed that explosives downed World Trade Center 7, north of the Twin Towers. The long-awaited report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conclusively rebuts those claims. Fire alone brought down the building, the report concludes, pointing to thermal expansion of key structural members as the culprit. The report also raises concerns that other large buildings might be more vulnerable to fire-induced structural failure than previously thought. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its long-awaited report on the collapse of World Trade 7 following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "Our take-home message today is that the reason for the collapse of World Trade Center 7 is no longer a mystery," NIST lead investigator Shyam Sunder told journalists at this morning's press conference in Gaithersburg, Md. "WTC 7 collapsed because of fires fueled by office furnishings. It did not collapse from explosives or from diesel fuel fires." Conspiracy theorists have long pointed to the collapse of the 47-story structure as key evidence that the U.S. government orchestrated or abetted the 9/11 attacks. No planes struck the building, and the commonly available views of the exterior didn't show significant damage. Yet, at 5:20 pm, 7 hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers (WTC 1 and 2), WTC 7 rapidly fell in on itself. Since WTC 7 housed Secret Service and CIA offices, conspiracy theorists claimed that the building was destroyed in a controlled demolition in order to obliterate evidence of the U.S. government's complicity in the terrorist attacks. "It is impossible for a building to fall the way it fell without explosives being involved," stated actress and TV personality Rosie O'Donnell of ABC's The View in March 2007. "For the first time in history, steel was melted by fire. It is physically impossible," she said. Much more at link |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 Heh the Federal Reserve even got to Tu. Sad. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-08-22 17:38 |
| #7 I'm going with this guy's version... No, the simplest explanation here is that a secret team of Halliburton demolition experts, probably under the cover of Nazi occult spells, snuck demolition charges into the buildings while posing as vending-machine repairmen. These charges were then detonated by the robotic hand of Dick Cheney from his Area 51 bunker as a pretext for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, thereby distracting everyone from the CIA quarantine camps being constructed on the outskirts of every major city, using proceeds from the sale of all the gold bullion that Israeli agents had been smuggling out of the WTC vaults over the previous few weeks. Open your eyes, sheeple!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-22 12:40 |
| #6 For the believer, no proof is necessary. For the unbeliever, no proof is sufficient. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-08-22 12:25 |
| #5 Yeah, what's an organization of PHD Engineers know anyway? Nothing compared to a bunch of looney, liberal arts , nutjobs. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-22 11:26 |
| #4 Troofers are as big as nuts and idiots as Global Warming prophets. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-08-22 11:05 |
| #3 The Troofers will add this to the list of conspiracies attempting to cover up the troof. Fact is blacksmiths have been melting and working with steel for centuries. We don't just find girder shapes of steel in the ground. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-08-22 10:28 |
| #2 We all know that this won't put a thing to rest, no matter how precise and well-reasoned it is. 9/11 Trooferism is a religion, and you can't confuse a believer with facts, data, or logic. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2008-08-22 10:26 |
| #1 See... Critics like Mike Berger of the group 9/11 Truth said he wasn't buying the government's explanation."Their explanation simply isn't sufficient. We're being lied to," he said, arguing that there is other evidence suggesting explosives were used on the building. Have a nice time in Denver, Mike. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-22 10:21 |