Support referendum for 9-11 probe

Seven years after the events of 9-11, 2001, there are more unanswered questions than ever and enough factual evidence contradicting the "official" version of 9-11 to fill this entire newspaper.

There has never been a criminal investigation of 9-11. The 9-11 Commission was under control of the White House which set the parameters. Philip Zelikow was a White House insider and friend of Condoleeza Rice. The 9-11 Commission report is full of omissions.

For example, the fact that WTC-7, a 47-story building, never hit by a plane, collapsed vertically into its own footprint at free fall speed, in less than 10 seconds at the speed of gravity, was never mentioned in the report. Anyone who has carefully watched videos of this building and the Twin Towers collapsing will note the resemblance to controlled demolitions and the evidence of explosives. There is voluminous evidence from multiple sources that these buildings were packed with explosives.

It is thought that the Pentagon was hit with a missile, not a Boeing 757, since the hole in the side of the Pentagon was 18 feet in diameter, the wing span of a Boeing 757 125 feet, and no remains of a commercial jet anywhere. There are even reports that six of the hijackers are still alive and giving interviews in Saudi Arabia.

In the name of 9-11, 1 million Iraqis have been killed and 5 million are refugees. The plans are for a permanent occupation to control the world's second largest oil fields, not paid for by multibillion dollar corporations who will benefit, but by us. In the name of 9-11 Afghanistan has been invaded, Iran demonized, our Constitution shredded, our civil liberties compromised and torture promoted. In the name of 9-11 this country has been bankrupted for trillions of dollars.

All of these things in the name of 9-11, and we do not even know what happened that day. What terrified me after 9-11 were all the flags, because I knew that questions, rather than flags, are what should have been raised.

At this time there is a ballot initiative in New York City to create an independent commission to investigate 9-11. By July 15, 50,000 signatures are needed, and if obtained a referendum will be placed on the ballot in November regarding the creation of a commission. The phone number for the ballot initiative is 646-537-1755, the Web site is www.nyc911initiative.org. Please, if you have relatives or friends in New York City, ask them to sign this petition and vote in November for an independent commission to determine the truth about 9-11.

Laura Potts

Norwood