Al-Qaida called Sept 11 attacks 'Operation Holy Tuesday'

[WilliamPitt]

Al-Qaida called Sept 11 attacks 'Operation Holy Tuesday'

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_798520.html

The September 11 attacks were given the code name "Operation Holy Tuesday" and precisely planned at an al-Qaida meeting in Malaysia.

The purpose of the three day secret conference in January 2000, which was monitored by Malaysian police at the CIA's request, was to discuss details of how the hijackers should train and hide in the US and how the attacks should be carried out.

"This was the first planning meeting of the 9/11 operation. It was to review the progress they had achieved on the operation and to map out their future course of action," Rohan Gunaratna, a leading expert on Osama bin Laden, said after appearing before the US commission investigating the attacks.

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Is Ananova a reputable news site?

[JetJaguar]

1. 2 more of same story

shorter version

http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/Full_Story/did-sg5uB0ry5ZKIksg7OWirIStPSk.asp

longer version (by 2 Sentences)

http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/218.htm

'U.S. intelligence officials yesterday denied Gunaratna's claim.

"We have no information to suggest that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was at the meeting in Kuala Lumpur. We don't believe it to be true," a U.S. official said. '


Not sure if Ananova is a reputable news site, or the Examiner
for that matter.

I'm pretty sure the NY Post sucks.

[DemoTex]

2. How did they know "Holy Tuesday" was going to be CAVU?

CAVU? Clear, visibility unlimited... a key element in the attack. No, they had to be waiting for the perfect window of opportunity. There were back-up plans, believe me.



Never could have happened with 200 OVC 1/2 FOG.

[paulthompson]

3. Clear weather?

By the way, this thread is a dupe. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=7513&mesg_id=7513&page=2

Regarding the weather, everything we know so far indicates the plane tickets were bought about two weeks in advance, and there were no other tickets bought for other days. Some Al-Qaeda in Germany even bought tickets out in early August for flights right before Sept. 11.

So apparently weather didn't matter so much in their plans. Why couldn't the plan have worked just as well on a rainy day?

[study_war_no_more]

4. that pesky CIA link emerges many more times than saddam

which means we were duped.

[Trek234]

5. The weather channel maybe?

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[WilliamPitt]

7. Always good to have a pilot around

:)

[SoCalDem]

6. They are affiliated with Orange..Here are the Orange guys

http://www.orange.com/English/corporate/people2.asp?bhcp=1

[VolcanoJen]

8. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion by posting in the original, earliest thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=7513&mesg_id=7513&listing_type=search

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
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