[Peace-discuss] Fwd: 9/11 film and 9/11 truth…

Wed Mar 26 19:36:32 UTC 2014

Perhaps Ricky is not the only one concerned with the discussion.

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Date: March 26, 2014 6:23:50 PM CDT
To: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com<mailto:baldwinricky at yahoo.com>>
Subject: 9/11 film and 9/11 truth…

To whomever is interested…

This is a letter I wrote some time ago to Adnan Zuberi, who has produced a film [http://vimeo.com/62521537] regarding 9/11 that has elicited considerable comment and praise.

See

http://911inacademia.com/
http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/11/911-and-academia/

Whether Francis' conference will be helpful in elucidating (or confusing) issues relevant to 9/11 I do not know. One should hear what there is to say. Terrorism, "intelligence", and war are the orders of the day it seems.

--mkb

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Date: April 11, 2013 7:12:28 PM CDT
To: <zuberi.adnan at gmail.com<mailto:zuberi.adnan at gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: Prof. Brussel: request to review documentary "9/11 in the Academic Community"

Dear Adnan Zuberi,

I have watched your film, which I think extremely important and very well produced. I would love to see it widely promulgated.

I admit that I've always been highly suspicious of the report of the 9/11 commission, led by those associated with the Bush administration, and think it should have been reviewed and criticized extensively by the media and by academics. So, perhaps I'm prejudicial in your favor. I was always highly suspicious of the hysteria engendered by the poisoned letters, which helped lead us to the subsequent U.S. acts of aggression.

9/11, as your film indicates, was a pivotal event in what has occurred subsequently with respect to U.S. foreign policy.

The film does not go into how a high level conspiracy by the Bush administration could have been so stealthily implemented. This has been a criticism of those challenging the accepted narrative, leveled by Noam Chomsky, for example. Someone would certainly have leaked some incriminatory evidence, he has asserted: It was too big an event to cover up, he says. But he too has been too soft on the commission and its report.

On the other hand, as your film shows, there was ample evidence of the desire of the Bush cabal to get rid of state governments standing in the way of U.S. hegemony and/or having natural resources that the U.S. government wanted to control. Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, etc..

Aside from the discussion regarding the stock market, and the civil engineering questions about the building collapses, the film does not delve into who might have been behind the events of 9/11 (if not "Al Quaeda"/BinLaden). Was it a Saudi-U.S. plan? Who was on those planes? Who organized the training of the pilots, and what about the wreckage in the collision with the Pentagon. Many questions of which I am not so well informed.

But the main thesis of your film concerns the silence of the academic community on this vital issue.  It is notable that the academic community has been largely silent about almost all aspects of modern U.S. wars and the loss of civil rights. Your film gives rationales for this. But at the present time, my guess is that people feel it is too late to go back to truly investigate what happened and the cover up, if that is what it is, by the commission. Water over the dam so to speak. I think this is wrong. It would be truly enlightening and beneficial to U.S. and world society to finally get the truth out, or at least show the faults committed by this commission.

Your film could help, but I suspect it will have a difficult time getting the audience it deserves. It will meet with derision. Nonetheless, I wish you success in seeing it come to light.

i would be happy to recommend it.

--mkb

On Apr 9, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Adnan Zuberi wrote:

Dear Prof. Brussel,
Thanks for responding and I am glad that you can review the documentary. I have set up a web link for you to view the film.

Confidential web link: http://vimeo.com/62521537
Password: reviewer

Please turn your speakers are on when playing the film. If you have any questions or technical problems, please let me know.

Yours truly,

Adnan Zuberi

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On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu<mailto:brussel at illinois.edu>> wrote:

Dear Adnan Zuberi,

I'd be happy to review the film.

--mkb

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On Apr 4, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Adnan Zuberi wrote:

Dear Professor Brussel,

My name is Adnan Zuberi and I am the director and producer of the documentary, "9/11 in the Academic Community". I learned about your wide experience in academia as a physicist and your support for the petition, "War is Illegal". I believe that you would be a most qualified reviewer of my documentary.

General Film Description: Through the experiences of notable professors and a former university president, the film documents how the larger academic community has treated critical perspectives on 9/11. The film explores differences between academic literature and government reports on describing Al-Qaeda, how students respond to critical perspectives of 9/11 in the classroom, the epistemological implications of basing the foundations of the official 9/11 narrative on torture testimony, and why several academics often identify themselves with the Bush Administration's narrative despite being harsh critics of the administration. Through a powerful reflection on intellectual courage and the purpose of academia, the film aims at changing intellectual discourse on 9/11. The documentary was a Winner at the University of Toronto Film Festival. Website: http://911inacademia.wordpress.com/

The film has been endorsed by Lance deHaven-Smith, Professor in the Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University and former President of the Florida Political Science Association. It is currently under review by other academics at Cornell, Iowa, Toronto and UCSB.

Please let me know if I can provide you a web link to review the film. If it meets your expectations, I would be honored to obtain your endorsement - a few lines that describe the film and encourage scholars to critically reflect on that fateful day. Please feel free to ask me any questions that you may have. Thank you for considering my request and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Adnan Zuberi B.Math B.Ed
Ontario Certified Teacher
Associate Member, Institute of Physics
Toronto, Canada
1-(905)793-2458

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