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The 9/11 Decade

Immediately after 9/11, the US announced that the gloves were coming off in the fight against al-Qaeda.
In the first of three films on the aftermath of 9/11, we examine the highs and lows of the intelligence war.
A PR stunt which killed thousands and launched a propaganda war that has, so far, lasted a decade.
Since 9/11, how far has the US and al-Qaeda been prepared to go to win hearts and minds with elaborate media strategies?
A look behind the headline news of airstrikes and suicide bombings at the post-9/11 war for hearts and minds.

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  1. WTF? Does anyone buy this hogwash? The f*cking CIA is telling us what happened on 911? I must be dreaming. And GWB signed the bill that gave the CIA unprecedented powers….as if they needed more, especially after JFK was about to dismantle it. Too bad he didn’t succeed, we’d all might have jobs here at home by now.

  2. “For the United States, the gloves were coming off.”
    The reason the USA had gloves on, was to not leave fingerprints. The only insight the viewer can learn from this documentary, is that Al Jeezera is USA controlled. As early as April 2001, the CIA knew about the attack, by august, they knew it would be by jet passenger planes crashing into the WTC. EXTREME PREJUDICE is a must read—tells all! (the author did not know the planes were remote controlled.) *****3000 afghans/taliban laid down their guns to an agreement of amnesty. They were all murdered, under the watch of the CIA. ******This has three video parts, all are shameful. It is like watching Hitler giving a speech to huge crowds of Nazis and you wonder: How did he convince all those people to reek so much harm on innocent people? He did it like this documentary, by spinning the truth.

  3. What does it say when the comment sections from almost every documentary online that addresses contemporary American actions, positions or experiences, immediately descend into name-calling and poorly ‘spelt’ personal attacks? Have a look online, and check out comment sections from films that address contentious issues within other countries…. why, those freedom hating, rag-head loving, literate swine engage in dialectics, logic, evidence-based decision-making and other, obviously homosexual, acts of treason. C’mon guys…. we’re still willing to be your friend if you’d just open your eyes a little bit. However, as a Canadian, I’m getting tired of being constantly painted with the brush meant for you just because we share a five thousand mile border. As one of our former Prime Ministers, Pierre Trudeau (who was incidentally thought to be a Russian spy by both Hoover and McCarthy) said, “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” ‘Nuff said.

    • I Agree with you 100% but the fascist comment makes you sound like an asshole. In-fact I was so blinded by it, at first glance I could not tell if you were a sheep or a just a pissed off American. On the second read I understood what you were getting at. If your gonna pretend to be enlightened you might want to not be so pretentious and contradicting. Just saying, from one Canadian to another.

  4. @Godinn
    Well said.

  5. @Baron Von Watermelon.

    LOL at the “I’m a history professor who studied at studying for years at an overpriced library “. Whose version of history did you decide to read? And how come you felt the need to pay some one to ratify the fact that you read some books? Is it because you didn’t want to work for a living? Having gone to college for anything in the past few decades is increasingly more worthless. You fuckers forgot a long time ago the knowledge was more important than politics. As far as tis doc is concerned, you don’t need to be a university’s student to see through this sham. The actors aren’t even believable anymore and I am forced to wonder, since you laid down you dubious qualifications (which doesn’t mean shit without proof or context) yet failed to respond to the actual content of the text, did you learn to comprehend what you read? Since you are no doubt superior to is little folk, why don’t you grace us with your awesome mental faculties and tell us why the true “history ” of 911 is as you see it. Otherwise stfu and leave the ad hominem to folks who actually have to work for a living. “Those who can do, lead. Those who can’t do as well, follow. Those who can’t even follow, become teachers.”

  6. It’s easy to shit-talk someone from the relative safety and obscurity of your living room, but I wonder if you’d still have so much to say if we were standing face-to-face…

    Secondly, don’t question my intelligence. I’m a history professor who spent a great many years acquiring my knowledge at university, not by watching homemade documentaries on the internet.

    Enjoy your ignorance. I hear it’s bliss.

  7. Mr Watermelon has nothing to offer except a useless comment on the narrator’s pronunciation of “Al Qaeda”. What a moron…..how do you you like that, Mr. Watermelon Head? I am sure that most people watching this doc already know that the 9/11 attacks were a false flag op. If you don’t, then my assumption is that you still believe that JFK was shot by L.H.O., and MLK gunned down by J.E.R., and RFK was killed by Sirhan Sirhan as lone crazed gunmen!
    My advice, turn off your boob tube and start reading alternative media via the internet. http://www.commondreams.org as a start instead of the backside of your cereal box in the morning!

  8. I find the way that the narrator pronounces Al-Qaeda to be irritating.

  9. Top ten U.S fatal mistakes =

    1. Americans voting for Bush junior twice???
    2. Invading Iraq???
    3. Allowing the terrorists to taunt them into the middle east.
    4. Letting Anger and revenge cloud your judgment.
    5. Not maintaining the moral high ground after 911.
    6. Using torcher etc. further losing moral high ground.
    7. Not focusing money and resources at home.
    8. Not focusing resources on energy independence.
    9. Spending to much money on a vague win-less war.
    10.Lying to the public.

    This is why Canadian military stayed out of Iraq but reluctantly supported the Afghanistan mission. Although history will probably show that we should have stayed away from the middle East entirely. Bush2 will go down in History and the worst President ever.