[Marxism] The Politics of Larry Silverstein

["Tony Lawless" <lifesunquietdream@xxxxxxx>]

Louis wrote: "I am all for asking intelligent questions but not if they are 
based on hypotheses
that are more far-fetched than anything ever seen in a James Bond novel. To 
even entertain
the possibility that Larry Silverstein knew in advance that the WTC would be 
attacked on 9/11
is ludicrous. This hypothesis would be based on the combination of a NYC real 
estate magnate,
a cabal within the US government, Arab CIA agents pretending to be jihadists 
carrying out a
mission to whip the US population into a war fever against the brethren in 
clear violation of
*political logic* and *history*."
 
To deal with the second of your assumptions first: there IS a cabal within the 
US government. Its
name is the Project for a New American Century. 
 
The article attached below provides a little evidence to undermine your 
assumption that Larry
Silverstein is simply a NYC real estate magnate without politics or political 
connections. Obviously,
it is strictly unproven that he had foreknowledge -- but then you have to say: 
"What an unlucky
guy! He buys the World Trade Centre in the summer of 2001, only to see it 
destroyed within three
months of taking ownership!" And wasn't the World Trade Centre a money-loser? 
What was the rationale
here for Silverstein buying the buildings? Or for for the New York and New 
Jersey Port Authority
selling? Does anyone know?
 
Finally, your third assumption is simply wrong: it is more likely that CIA or 
Mossad operatives
penetrated Al Queda and thus learned of, and perhaps encouraged, the 
possibility of a major attack
against the United States. The jihadists, as you call them, were real enough, 
in my opinion. 
 
The major evidence for the plausibility of this assumption is the August memo 
entitled "bin Laden
Plans Major Attack on the US" or words akin. Someone in the US intelligence 
service wrote this memo.
Where did the evidence for this warning come from? Why was the warning 
apparently ignored?
 
Tony
 
 
 
Sharon Implicated in Another Campaign Funding Scandal
15:01 Sep 23, '05 / 19 Elul 5765
By Hillel Fendel
 
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=90159
 
Just before departing New York Sunday night, PM Sharon allegedly managed to 
violate campaign funding laws by taking part in
a dinner at which participants donated well over the permitted amount.
 
A report by Israel's Channel Ten television reporter Raviv Drucker last night 
provided a detailed report on the Sunday night affair.
He related how the organizer and hostess - NIna Rosenwald - sent letters to 
selected invitees asking for $10,000 per person or
couple, and how the 5th Avenue location was closed off for over an hour for 
what the police described as a "top secret" reason.
Only the 15 invited couples were permitted to enter Rosenwald's apartment, 
after having paid the minimum amount in advance.

Rosenwald is a member of the CFR (Council of Foreign Relations), but is also 
Chairman of the Board of MEMRI (Middle East Media
and Research Institute), a member of CAMERA (the Committee for Accuracy in 
Middle East Reporting), AIPAC (American-Israel Public
Affairs Committee) and many other prestigious bodies.
 
The letter, as summarized by Drucker, states, "The problem: As you know, Prime 
Minister [sic] Binyamin Netanyahu is running
against Sharon, and the one who wins will most likely be Israel's next Prime 
Minister. Unfortunately, Sharon does not enjoy the same
financial support that Netanyahu has amassed over the past decades. We 
therefore ask you to contribute $10,000 each for a non-profit
organization working all over Israel that is especially effective in bringing 
people to the polls. Please help; the future of Israel is truly in
danger... The Prime Minister said that he is very interested in hearing your 
thoughts."
 
Though New York police did not allow Channel Ten's reporters to get near the 
scene, and even detained its photographer for a short
while, the station identified the arrival of Sharon's convoy and was able to 
obtain footage of the Prime Minister entering the building
through a back entrance.
 
Among the participants at the dinner were World Trade Center insurance 
beneficiary Larry Silverstein and Bonds President and former
Health Minister Yehoshua Matza. A reporter asked Silverstein on his way out if 
Sharon had thanked him for his donation. Silverstein
replied, "No. But it's not necessary; we're here to support the man."
 
 
 
 
 
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