Le Monde: The United States did not end with September 11
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 01:45PM lemonde.fr
Nine years since the company aircraft American Airlines crashed into the twin towers of World Trade Center in Manhattan , killing nearly three thousand people and injuring about six miles, in an attack claimed by al-Qaida.
Or was it military aircraft? And is there not more been wounded seventy miles if you count the victims of toxic dust? What is expected to try the alleged perpetrators? Why Ground Zero is still under construction? Nine years after then, the questions remain and the U.S. are far from finished with 11-September.
Still no trial. A year after announcing that five perpetrators of the attacks of September 11, 2001 would be tried by a federal court in New York , and not by a military court, the White House now seems in no hurry to judge these men.
According to the Daily News , the government struggles to find a city willing to host this trial, which could last for years and have an impact on local life.
Moreover, with midterm elections ahead tricky for Democrats, they have no incentive to bring up this issue in the public agenda.
For the Republicans, themselves, expect it to again accuse Mr. Obama of mismanagement and request the continuation of Guantanamo. "Obama's administration is guilty of criminal negligence. They mishandled this case from the beginning "said a Republican congressman late August at the Daily News.
Tens of thousands of victims of abandonment. These are the forgotten Sept. 11: about seventy thousand people - firefighters and cleanup crews - are now identified as victims of the toxic dust caused by the collapse towers, resulting in breathlessness, lung diseases or psychological disorders.
In June, after several years of negotiations, lawyers had come to reach an agreement which provided that the assurances of the City of New York - sued for negligence - spend more money than expected to compensate. But this concerns only the ten thousand people who have brought civil parties in the lawsuit.
But a month after this relatively good news, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected on 29 July, a bill intended to provide health coverage to these victims. It provided a program to better deal, costing $ 7.4 billion.
Ground Zero still under construction. In the area where rose the "Twin Towers" reconstruction projects should be completed by 2014, thirteen years after the attacks. Tuesday, policy makers and project authorities were displayed side by side to reassure residents after years of delays and wrangling.
Finally, four new skyscrapers would see the day that the Freedom Tower (Freedom Tower), which, if completed, will become the tallest building in the country with its 541 meters (1776 feet, a figure that recalls the year American independence).
Questions unanswered. Soon after the attacks, doubts about the official version of events have been issued, primarily by families of victims. The conspiracy theories have flourished on the Internet then, through videos and Web sites .
Almost every day, dozens of new videos are discovered and published , fueling doubts. If, on time, the authorities have contradicted some conspiracy theories by publishing new documents or new videos , there has never been an official sponsor and comprehensive explanation once and for all any questions asked (conflicting reports about the nature of the aircraft, showing images of suspicious explosions ...).
The doubts are just more food, especially as the authorities have never agreed to open an independent inquiry, as demanded by the families of victims. In one of the earliest and most famous videos of the genre, the series Loose Change (by association ReOpen911 ), a series of facts and considered suspicious based on figures and evidence was pointing.
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