Thread by @AndrewGetraer

Who was responsible for 9/11?
Yes, Al-Qaeda.
But Al-Qaeda did not act alone.

US Federal Courts have repeatedly held that IRAN and its terrorist proxy HEZBOLLAH were directly and materially responsible for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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In 2004 hundreds of 9/11 families brought "Havlish et al v. Bin-Laden, Iran, et al" to court based on the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that “there is strong evidence" implicating Iran and Hezbollah, requiring "further investigation by the US government.”

After 7 yrs investigating, a federal court issued “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” that “The Islamic Republic of Iran..engaged in and supported, terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy, virtually from the inception of its existence.” centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2019/04/09/des…

Evidence was based on testimony from 10 expert witnesses incl 3 members of the 9/11 Commission; 2 ex-CIA officers; 2 investigative journalists; and 3 former Iranian intelligence operatives. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

The overwhelming evidence included documented Iranian and Hezbollah support for Al-Qaeda, from the 1990s continuing for years after 9/11. This included logistical assistance, training, facilitation of transit, and providing shelter to Al-Qaeda operatives.

The court found that Iran:
1) Aided 9/11 hijackers by concealing their travel to Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan.
2) Falsified the 9/11 hijackers passports so that they could get visas to America.
3) Helped Al-Qaeda leaders escape Afghanistan to safe haven inside Iran.

Expert testimony showed direct, explicit Iranian operational support at the highest levels, for the 9/11 attacks, as well as other international terrorist attacks.

prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Iran had designed plans for attacking the US, code-named "Shaitan dar Atash" ("Satan in Flames") which included crashing hijacked passenger airliners into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the White House.

Weeks before 9/11, a source inside Iran's government sent coded messages indicating that the "Shaitan dar Atash" plan had been activated.

Iran used front companies to obtain a Boeing 757-767-777 flight simulator for training the terrorists.

A May 14, 2001 Iranian govt memorandum showed that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was aware of the impending attacks and instructed intelligence operatives to restrict communications to specific Al-Qaeda and Hezballah contacts.

A senior Hezbollah operative, Imad Mughniyah, coordinated activities in Saudi Arabia and was present on flights the hijackers took to and from Beirut and Iran. Mughniyah also orchestrated a string of terror operations against the U.S. and Israel during the 1980s and 1990s.

Evidence showed that the Iran-Hezbollah-Al-Qaeda terror alliance began in the early 1990s. They orchestrated terror attacks against the US at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia (1996), the simultaneous U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania (1998), and the USS Cole (2000).

Despite all the evidence 3 successive Presidential admins blocked action against Iran. The Bush and Clinton admins both fixated on Iraq.

But the 2011 Federal Court ruling brought a massive amount of evidence of Iran's complicity in 9/11. What happened?

eng-archive.aawsat.com/joseph-braudea…

The court's ruling was counter to the Obama Admin's Iran policy. Pursuing the #IranDeal, in 2015-16 the US govt lifted $50B in sanctions against Iran stating it would help Iran become "a very successful regional power."

9/11 families got $0.

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…

Congress passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act in 2016 and the case moved ahead. In 2018 a federal judge entered a Final Judgment, upholding all of the charges and awarding more than $7 billion in damages and interest to 9/11 families.

winderfirm.com/library/9-11-l…

Conclusions:
~ Without Iran, there is no 9/11.
~ We fought the wrong country in Iraq.
~ The #IranDeal is an insult to the memory of all those murdered on 9/11.
~ Iran has been America's real enemy for decades and continues to be.

When will we wake up?

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