Cindy
Sheehan, the anti-war activist who lost her son to the ongoing
war in Iraq, delivered an impassioned and emotional speech during
which she specifically addressed concerns over the 9/11 attacks
and stated that she believes they were orchestrated by elements
of the U.S. government for political gain.
Sheehan was speaking at the All Souls Church on the upper East
Side of Manhattan, on the eve of the ninth anniversary of 9/11.
Addressing a large crowd, Sheehan announced "I am a 9/11
truther."
Following thunderous and sustained applause she continued,
"I do think it was an inside job. We just don't know -
I don't know - how far inside it went. But, you know, I'm sure
Dick Cheney had something to do with it."
Sheehan's son Casey was killed in battle in 2004. Since that
time Cindy has worked tirelessly to campaign for an end to the
US led wars.
Perhaps most prominently, Sheehan camped close to George W.
Bush's ranch in Crawford Texas in 2005, attracting much media
attention when the president failed to address one question
from the grieving mother.
Sheehan also spoke of the need to look beyond the left/right
political paradigm, noting that "So many people have sold
their souls to this empire. Whether it's someone from the Republicans
or the Democrats, or the military industrial complex - it's
all the same."
"They all have the same goals, they all get paid by the
same people, and I like to call the Democrats and the Republicans
The War Party." She continued.
"Since Obama has been president, everything that he and
his justice department did was to protect the criminals of the
Bush regime. They protect each other because they all want to
do the same thing, they all want to have the same power."
Sheehan implored.
She also spoke of the loss of domestic civil liberties and
the systematic erosion of the Bill of Rights in the wake of
9/11 and the endless "war on terror".
"Just because I'm traveling doesn't give you the right
to take away my Bill of Rights." Sheehan urged, as she
spoke of her experiences of flying to and from events around
the country. "Every time they ask me to go through one
of the body scanners I say no, do what you have to do but I
am not going through that."
She asked those in attendance to give some regard on the anniversary
of 9/11 to the plight of the Iraqi, Afghan and Pakistani people,
noting "I havn't heard anybody speak for these people...
We're the occupiers - it's up to us to do something about it".
Sheehan has previously voiced support for the 9/11 Truth movement,
noting on the Alex Jones show in 2007 that the collapse of the
twin towers looked
like a controlled demolition and that there should
be a new investigation into the terrorist attacks.
Sheehan questioned why U.S. air defenses were distracted by
drills and exercises scheduled for the morning of 9/11 and why
standard operating procedure for intercepting errant aircraft
was not followed for the first and only time in history.
"When you lose control of an airplane, you intercept it
with a military jet and that should only take seconds - from
what I understand it's not even an order to do that it's mandatory,"
said Sheehan at the time.
Watch Cindy Sheehan's speech below:
Photo credit: Richard Block, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Steve Watson is the London based writer
and editor at Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and regular contributor
to Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International
Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham
in England.
Cindy
Sheehan, the anti-war activist who lost her son to the ongoing
war in Iraq, delivered an impassioned and emotional speech during
which she specifically addressed concerns over the 9/11 attacks
and stated that she believes they were orchestrated by elements
of the U.S. government for political gain.
