Saudi 9/11 fights finally confirmed, after 2 1/2 years of denials.

[spotbird]

Jun. 10, 2004

Tampa airport officials confirm post-9/11 jet flight to Lexington, SAUDI PRINCE THOUGHT TO HAVE LEFT U.S. WHILE AIR TRAVEL RESTRICTED

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/8885976.htm

After nearly three years during which federal officials denied the story, officials at Tampa International Airport have now confirmed that a small jet flew from Tampa to Lexington just two days after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a published report.

Details of the flight, supplied by the Tampa airport at the request of the national Commission on Terrorist Attacks, indicate that the plane picked up three young Saudi men there and left for Lexington's Blue Grass Airport.

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As far as Lexington's Blue Grass Airport is concerned, spokesman Tom Tyra said that commercial flights were cleared to resume on Thursday, Sept. 13, shortly after noon -- hours before the Saudi plane apparently took off. The first flight left Blue Grass, bound for Atlanta, at 12:50 p.m. that day, he said.

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This isn't getting any coverage so I thought I'd give it its own thread.

[fearnobush]

1. An an excellent thread it ought to be. Makes , Newsweek's Michael Isikoff

become the real lier.

[Racenut20]

9. Isikoff a liar ???? I am shocked !!!! Stunned !!!!!

[Warpy]

10. Isikoff had no excuse. The story's been out for weeks.

The original is at http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/09/Tampabay/TIA_now_verifies_flig.shtml

I guess we all know that Isikoff is just a lying sack of crap who gets all his talking points from Karl Rove and would never think to go to his computer and check his damn story.

[jackstraw45]

2. I'm sure Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown, Abrams, & co. will report tomorrow....

...NOT!

Corporate media strikes AGAIN.

"Amerika" left uninformed as usual.

[spotbird]

4. It's even hard to find in Google news.n/t

[FloridaPat]

3. They're messing with everyone again. Yes, commercial aircraft

could fly. Private jets aren't commercial aircraft. Private planes were still grounded for another 3 weeks.

So they did need the OK from someone high up to get off the ground.

[spotbird]

5. Is that right, I'll be damned.

It would be nice if MM included this on his web page, at least that way it would get spread around.

There is no hope from the mainstream media.

[FloridaPat]

8. Mainstream media is where I heard it at the time. Having been in

the aircraft industry for a time, I am more aware of little details than the average person. Private aircraft oweners were livid. They couldn't do anything.

[w13rd0]

11. I seem to recall...

...some biz exec types, terrified to fly commercial, complaining that they were forced to, and didn't like dealing with the heightened security...

[proud patriot]

6. about damn time n/t

[enough]

7. kick (nt)

[DeepModem Mom]

12. kick

[Zorra]

13. Good post , but doesn't everybody already know that Bu$h is a whore

for the Saudi's? (sorry, my phony christian values took a dive on that one.)