Physics prof backs WTC demolition theory
PROVO, UTAH — In a paper posted online Nov. 7 and accepted for peer-reviewed publication next year, Brigham Young University (BYU) physics professor Steven E. Jones claims that the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings contradicts the official explanations and points to “pre-positioned explosives.”
Jones, who conducts research in fusion and solar energy at BYU, is calling for an independent, international scientific investigation "guided not by politicized notions and constraints but rather by observations and calculations.”
Echoing the conclusions of others who have challenged the official explanation, Jones suggests that “explosives were pre-planted in all three buildings and set off after the two plane crashes – which were actually a diversion tactic." As for speculation about who might have planted the explosives, Jones told the Deseret Morning News, "I don't usually go there. There's no point in doing that until we do the scientific investigation."
Previous government investigations have downplayed the physics and chemistry of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001. Jones argues that the official explanation – fires caused structural damage that caused the buildings to collapse – can't be backed up by either testing or history.
Many of his arguments are the same as those presented by David Ray Griffin, who has published two books on the subject:
- The three buildings collapsed nearly symmetrically into their footprints;
- no steel-frame building has ever collapsed due to fire;
- Building 7,which wasn’t hit by a plane, collapsed in 6.6 seconds -- just .6 of a second longer than it would take an object dropped from the roof to hit the ground;
- horizontal puffs of smoke were observed proceeding up the side the buildings;
- steel supports were "partly evaporated," which would require temperatures near 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the available fuel could have generated;
- multiple loud explosions in rapid sequence were reported by numerous observers in and near the towers.
To review Jones’s article, go to http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html
Kosovo aid stolen by Mafia
AMSTERDAM — At least 1 million Euros – or $1.1 million in U.S. dollars – that was provided by Dutch aid groups to help Kosovo refugees has ended up in the hands of the Kosovo mafia, according to Holland’s NRC Handelsbald newspaper and the Montenegrin MiniAgency.
Since 1999, about $50 million Euros (US $58.4 million) has been donated by non-government groups in Holland. In addition to the money stolen by the mafia, about $250,000 Euros are missing. The Red Cross representative in Holland and an NGO named Novib, one of nine groups that worked together on the aid project, are suspected of participating in the theft.
The Kosovo mafia reportedly got to the money mainly through the contracts Novib obtained to renovate schools.
posted November 22, 2005
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