<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff background=""> <DIV><FONT size=2>> http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/02/article_tro.htm<BR><BR>I don't get it.<BR><BR>-- AA announces there were 64 on-board<BR>-- AA later gives a list of who they identified<BR>   (total 56) ... a simple mistake; he asked them to<BR>   update their list and they decline.  So what?  Plane crash<BR>   manifest errors are common</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I found htis other list from AA on 9/12:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://beta.kpix.com/news/local/2001/09/12/American_Airlines_Flight_77:_List_of_Victims.html"><FONT size=2>http://beta.kpix.com/news/local/2001/09/12/American_Airlines_Flight_77:_List_of_Victims.html</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It has minor inconsistencies (includes Sandra Teague, doesn't include Hilda Taylor, etc.) but seems to add up to the same 57-58 people.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>-- AFIP identifies 58 "victims" and says they can't find a<BR>   little girl whose parents are on the list.<BR><BR>So where are the five?<BR><BR>-- AA didn't list them because they were probably pissed off; Israeli</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>   media routinely don't count suicide bombers in the death toll of</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>   such incidents<BR>-- AFIP didn't list them because they don't count them as "victims"<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>His implication is "No Arabs on Flight 77" which isn't supported at all by his article and the "evidence" he puts forward.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>You believe this kind of crap?<BR><BR>And of course the "Sierra Times" isn't exactly a newspaper . . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>/jordan</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>