DailyMail:'Radical imam invited to speak about 'moderate Islam' at the Pentagon after 9/11 may have known about attacks in advance ' 20th May 2011

I saw this today..for my part I simply refuse to believe
that my government, or the CIA (Cociane Importers of America, or
Criminals In Action) would ever do anything wrong..no never:-



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Radical imam invited to speak about 'moderate Islam' at the Pentagon after 9/11 may have known about attacks in advance



By Daily Mail Reporter



Last updated at 6:28 PM on 20th May 2011

Pentagon unaware of Anwar al-Awlaki's link to hijackers
Proposed Pentagon menu included pork
Agency did not discuss imam's alleged soliciting of prostitutes

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, radical American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was invited to the Pentagon to speak about 'moderate Islam', after a flawed vetting process.


Al-Awlaki is currently thought to be hiding in Yemen, where he has dual citizenship with the U.S.


He is the highest ranking American on the CIA’s kill or capture list, and was the target of a failed missile attack earlier this month that killed two militants.


Al-Awlaki was on the short list to succeed Osama bin Laden as Al Qaeda leader.


Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda in Yemen

Dined at the Pentagon: Radical iman and accused terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki was invited to speak as a 'moderate Muslim', despite having been questioned on suspicion of connection to 9-11 hijackers


Al-Awlaki is accused of being connected to the shooting spree that killed 13 at Fort Hood in 2009, plots to put bombs on airliners and an attempt last year by a radical young women to murder British politician Stephen Creswell Timms by stabbing him in the stomach.


Recent analysis by Fox News of al-Awlaki's talk at the Pentagon on February 5, 2002 has turned up new details, including that an internal Department of Defense email listed a proposed menu that included pork, which is prohibited for Muslims.

According to Fox, the email stated, 'the chef will create something special for vegetarians'.

The documents list more than 70 people copied on the invitation, which seems to have come from the Defense Department’s Office of the General Counsel, the agency's lawyer.



Roshonara Choudhry, 21, was convicted of trying to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms in revenge for him voting for the Iraq war, during a constituency surgery in east London in May last year
Labour MP Stephen Timms was stabbed by a student inspired by a radical al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

Inspired: Roshonara Choudhry, 21, was convicted of trying to murder Labour MP Stephen Timms. She is said to have been brainwashed by Anwar al-Awlaki


New Mexico-born al-Awlaki was billed as the featured speaker on 'Islam and Middle Eastern Politics and Culture'.


According to Fox, the Defense Department lawyer who vetted al-Awlaki wrote that she 'had the privilege of hearing one of Mr. Awlaki's presentations in November and was impressed by both the extent of his knowledge and by how he communicated that information and handled a hostile element in the audience'.


The department was said to be interested in booking a 'moderate Muslim' to speak to the defense community in the aftermath of September 11.


However, it seems that the Department of Defense was unaware that Al-Awlaki had been interviewed at least four times by the FBI a few days after September 11, because of alleged ties to the hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Hani Hanjour.


Those men are accused of being among the five hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon.


Al-Awlaki is said to have inspired attacks by Muslims inside the U.S - including the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings in 2009, which left 13 dead

Al-Awlaki is said to have inspired attacks by Muslims inside the U.S - including the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings in 2009, which left 13 dead


It is believed he may have been aware of the terrorist plot before September 11, 2001.

According to Fox, the Pentagon also seemed unaware of al-Awlaki's alleged soliciting of prostitutes.


A former high-ranking FBI agent told Fox News that there was tremendous 'arrogance' about the vetting process at the Pentagon.


'They vetted people politically and showed indifference toward security and intelligence advice of others', the former agent said.


U.S. born radical al-Awlaki is widely believed to be the mastermind behind a number of terror atrocities and the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).


Rajib Karim, 31, a Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways, was found guilty of plotting to blow up a plane
This SITE Intelligence Group handout photo obtained November 10, 2009 shows Anwar al-Awlaki

Linked: al-Awlaki is said to have conspired with convicted terrorist Rajib Karim (left), a British airline worker who hatched a plot to blow up an airliner


AQAP is estimated to number about 300 militants with strongholds in a number of remote mountain regions.


It's also thought the group has twice smuggled explosives aboard aircraft headed to the United States.


al-Awlaki is said to have brainwashed Roshonara Choudhry, the 21-year-old student who went on to stab MP Stephen Timms in his constituency in May last year.


Earlier this year he was also linked to British Airways worker Rajib Karim, 31, who was jailed for 30 years in March for his part in a plot to blow up an airliner.


Karim wanted to use his position at the airline to plant a bomb on a plane as part of a conspiracy with al-Awlaki.