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Image courtesy of Steve Campion<\/a>\u00a0under CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n Watson stared at Holmes, certain he hadn\u2019t heard the inspector clearly. “Why do you look so shocked, Watson? Do you really believe an objective\u00a0criminal investigation excludes any other interpretations? Evidence can be arranged or tampered with but the case remains open as long as conscientious men entertain reasonable doubt about the competency of that investigation and those doubts outweigh the certainties.”<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>“But my God, Holmes, the possibility that Mossad<\/a>\u00a0agents would hijack our airplanes and crash them into New York skyscrapers may be your greatest flight of fanciful conjecture so far, but I\u2019m willing to hear your theory.”<\/p>\n Sherlock Holmes removed his pipe.<\/a>\u00a0The smoldering embers reminded him of the crime before them and he pointed the stem at the skeptical doctor. “Consider their motto: ‘By way of deception thou shalt do\u00a0war’. They gained everything in 911 with the possible loss of a few zealous men–in the tradition of Judas Maccabee<\/a>.\u00a0They gained active military involvement of the US in the Middle East for years to come; they gained more monetary aid; they gained considerable more antipathy by Americans toward Islamic people\u2014and gained sympathy for Israel. The successful operation–if it happened–was diabolical yet brilliant.”<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>“But conjecture doesn\u2019t prove any involvement,” Watson flatly challenged. Sherlock Holmes nodded, “Think for a moment how Special Forces soldiers are always indoctrinated, Watson, trained to undertake dangerous missions deep into enemy territory. \u2019Suicide missions<\/a>‘ they are always called in scores of Hollywood movies. Now if a small country likeIsrael–smaller than Wales<\/a>\u2014could gain all that the things I have mentioned, would it be implausible in a Hollywood movie?”<\/p>\n “Yes\u2014it would be utterly plausible,” Watson admitted. “But plausibility hardly proves guilt.”<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>Watson stood and wandered to a window. From the tenth floor of the Hoboken high rise he could look across the Hudson River and see the skyline of lower Manhattan. The night before he and Holmes had watched a movie called <\/b>Pushing Tin<\/em>, <\/i><\/b>about air traffic controllers. The opening scenes showed jetliners swooping dangerously close to the World Trade Center and Watson wondered how anyone in New York could ever watch\u00a0that movie\u00a0again. Then he spoke with more than a little annoyance. “I refuse to believe our ally, Israel, would do such a thing. Conspiracy theorists prefer to blame everyone but the actual Saudi culprits who were caught on videotape at the airport.”<\/p>\n Holmes spoke quietly. “But none of the so-called Saudi hijackers were caught on tape at the airport, nor do they appear in the Passenger Lists<\/a>\u00a0of the hijacked planes. You and I must present a photo ID at the airport. Were all the so-called terrorists traveling to LA as Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones?”<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>“But Mossad couldn\u2019t be involved, ” Watson insisted. “They informed us prior to 911 that terrorists planned a spectacular act, warning us to be wary.”<\/p>\n Holmes studied his stout friend as he stood framed by the window. Just below them, in Liberty State Park<\/em> of all places,\u00a0a trio of Israelis celebrated while the World Trade Center burned.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0“Were you aware, my dear Watson, the Mossad also notified the US about a possible terrorist act many years ago?\u00a0Mossad had prior information about a huge Mercedes truck bomb being prepared for some select target in Lebanon. They passed on a general warning\u2014nothing specific about that truck\u2014like “sending a weather report,\u2019 a Mossad operative admitted later. Well,\u00a0some time\u00a0later that truck approached the Marine barracks, sped past a guardhouse–that was twenty\u00a0years ago<\/a>\u00a0now that I recall–and demolished the building, killing 241 sleeping marines who were there in Beirut ostensibly for peace-keeping purposes.”<\/p>\n Watson looked sober. “I\u2019m sorry to hear that but it still doesn\u2019t prove Israel was involved in 911. I\u2019m still waiting for tangible proof.”<\/p>\n “The threads of the fabric weave closer, Doctor Watson. Listen. In the summer of 2001, alleged terrorist aviation students train at flight schools in South Florida and live only blocks from alleged art students–young Israelis intent on entry into high security US federal buildings. Normally artists seek to get into art galleries, wouldn\u2019t you say? Even more peculiar, the terrorists and the \u2018art students\u2019 lived on the exact same street in Hollywood, Florida. This is truly\u00a0a terror enigma, wouldn’t you also admit?…<\/a>\u00a0How could they not have known each other\u2014two groups of Semitic foreigners conspiring in a strange land? And when does foreknowledge become complicity? Suppose for a minute Mossad not only knew of the group but had infiltrated it and knew of its diabolical purposes, even encouraged it?\u00a0<\/span>Consider this analogy, my dear Watson. Your neighbor has a fine mansion and extensive property but is somewhat vain, stupid and self-satisfied; call the place America. You represent Israel and you spread a rumor that a distant\u00a0neighbor intends to hurt the lord of the manor but you are vague about any details. Next weekend that mansion burns down. Evidence left at the scene–religious items and books reportedly belonging to the distant neighbor\u2014indicates all too obviously who was involved. Which neighbor will the police investigate most vigorously\u2014you or the distant neighbor?”<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b>“The distant neighbor,” replied Watson.<\/p>\n “Elementary,”\u00a0uttered Holmes. “But suppose even a superficial inquest revealed bad blood between to two neighbors; wouldn\u2019t you both be suspects? And since when is crime scene evidence<\/a>, even ‘real evidence’ accepted as conclusive in a court of law? Suppose I left your stethoscope at a strip bar and had someone \u2018discover\u2019 it later; thus shouldn\u2019t a Koran left behind in a strip bar also set off loud alarms and raise doubts and the\u00a0probability of\u00a0planted evidence? Remember–‘By way of deception<\/a>\u00a0thou shalt do war’ is not just a <\/b>motto but a tried and true method used by the best spy agency in the world.” Sherlock Holmes sighed. “One of the signatures of any\u00a0successful covert operations is to make other groups or individuals\u00a0appear the culprits. It\u00a0worked perfectly forty years ago,\u00a0during\u00a0a\u00a0famous crime<\/a>\u00a0in Dallas, and it appears to have worked again to perfection.” \u00a0 Holmes shook his head sadly. “Americans are a good-hearted, soft-headed people who love justice in the abstract sense, persisting in a childlike, fantasy concept that good triumphs over evil within the framework of a television show. The sinister forces of evil, whether the state-within-a-state of all intelligence agencies like Mossad\u00a0or the Mafia or the <\/b>Medieval Catholic Church, represent a type of self-preservation, or a pragmatic moral code, that permit murder as a matter of policy.\u00a0 Former Mossad officer, Victor Ostrovsky said: “The intifada and resultant breakdown of moral order and humanity are a direct result of the kind of megalomania that characterizes the operation of the Mossad…<\/a>That’s where it all begins. This feeling that you can do anything you want to whomever you want for as long as you want because you have the power.” <\/p>\n <\/b>“My dear Watson,” Holmes began–“you better get used to it because, according to\u00a0a one scientific\u00a0detective<\/a>,\u00a0‘9\/11 has become the defining event of the new century, used to justify an unprecedented surge in militaristic and repressive policies within the USA and elsewhere.’ Thus we need to ask ourselves about 911, was it Jihad – or Black Op?<\/a>–and who was involved and who benefits? I may not have proven my case to you yet–and Mossad may not have been\u00a0entirely culpable–but the involvement of others is without a doubt.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Image courtesy of Steve Campion\u00a0under CC BY-SA 2.0 Watson stared at Holmes, certain he hadn\u2019t heard the inspector clearly. “Why do you look so shocked, Watson? 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\n“I see what you\u2019re getting at!” Watson brightened, “Did anyone interview any of those strippers and barmen at the area clubs?”<\/p>\n
\n“I cannot even fathom that,” replied Watson.<\/b><\/p>\n
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