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Testimony on 9/11 Hijacker Motivation

Submitted by HPI on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 19:46

Many people felt President Bush’s explanation of why the 9/11 terrorists hated America because "They hate our freedoms . . . " was absolutely ridiculous and an insult to their intelligence.

The following video shows testimony before the 9/11 Commission on the attackers’ motivations.

(5 stars, 2,059 ratings, video.google.com, 4 min 51 sec)


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The Jewish Press on Truman and his essential role in the founding of modern Israel.

WashingtonReport.org on Truman and the founding of modern Israel. Truman recognized the new state 11 minutes after it came into existence, over the strong objections of most of his exceptionally able cabinet. The Arabs of the region categorically opposed the loss of their land, and fighting among Arabs and Jews broke out from the very beginning, with both sides laying claim to the entire land.

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