bin laden

[monsivais]

did the US know about the 9-11 attacks and if they did what were the measures, if any, to stop the attacks?

[Llamatron]

Wo, can of worms there.

[whiffey]

Yes, a very silly can of worms. Do you live in the West ? Do you like it ? If not, you are always free to move abroad to Afghanistan.

[Zen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_t heories

[jump82]

I think they had an inkling of what the terrorists were planning to do but they had no clue about when it would happen. They were taken completely by surprise and so did nothing.
After the attacks were over though, USA retaliated by waging war on Afghanistan.

[Lonnie]

I came up with this, quite a few more if you google. but the problem would have been, even if they had been warned of an attack, was where it would be.

http://www.rense.com/general18/mus.htm

[Neilzulu1]

Did you know we are all bored s#it less of these conspiracy stories ?

[Romeo]

No. It was a surprise attack, completely unexpected.

[jno]

I think there were warning signals that an attack might take place (sorry, I can't provide evidence, it's my recollection of what came out soon after the event) but as Lonnie says, they weren't nearly specific enough to require counter-measures.

But remember, al-Qaeda had struck against US targets before. This was when I first heard bin Laden's name - three years earlier:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_United_State s_embassy_bombings

[homerjfong]

whiffey, the supposed benefit of living on this side of the globe, is that anyone who doesn't buy into what's printed, spoken about, or viewed in the poular media, can question that. your response smacks of already living in afghanistan ("how DARE you think for yourself?"). anyone's welcome to believe (or not) whatever they like, of course, but it'd be a cast iron fool who thinks that goverments, the media (i.e. those in power) can't manipulate the opinions and reactions of those that have none (i.e. us).