[lbo-talk] They simply 'failed'

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Mon Dec 22 11:05:04 PST 2003



> http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/02/article_tro.htm

I don't get it.

-- AA announces there were 64 on-board -- AA later gives a list of who they identified

(total 56) ... a simple mistake; he asked them to

update their list and they decline. So what? Plane crash

manifest errors are common

I found htis other list from AA on 9/12:

http://beta.kpix.com/news/local/2001/09/12/American_Airlines_Flight_77:_List_of_Victims.html

It has minor inconsistencies (includes Sandra Teague, doesn't include Hilda Taylor, etc.) but seems to add up to the same 57-58 people.

-- AFIP identifies 58 "victims" and says they can't find a

little girl whose parents are on the list.

So where are the five?

-- AA didn't list them because they were probably pissed off; Israeli

media routinely don't count suicide bombers in the death toll of

such incidents -- AFIP didn't list them because they don't count them as "victims"

Did he just get a bunk answer to his FOIA request? Maybe! I didn't see his FOIA request, just the response. And the response seems specifically vague: note the distinction between the statement that the guy asked for something and the next sentence of what was provided.

His implication is "No Arabs on Flight 77" which isn't supported at all by his article and the "evidence" he puts forward.

You believe this kind of crap?

And of course the "Sierra Times" isn't exactly a newspaper . . .

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