The cockpit recording--were the terrorists speaking English or

mistertrickster

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Sun Apr-16-06 11:54 PM
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The cockpit recording--were the terrorists speaking English or

Arabic?

Did they say "God is Great" in English or in Arabic?

Because if it were in English, something is seriously wrong here . . .

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Selatius

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Sun Apr-16-06 11:57 PM
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1. If the whole thing was staged, then that would be amateurish, no?

Edited on Sun Apr-16-06 11:58 PM by Selatius

You think that the men in the shadows who own the politicians would have better production standards than using English stand-ins for bona fide Arabic speakers.

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Not Sure

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Mon Apr-17-06 12:05 AM
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4. Well...

They sure didn't do a very good job of planting the WMA's in Iraq... ;)

Or maybe they did too good a job and we can't find them. :)

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wtmusic

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Mon Apr-17-06 12:00 AM
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2. Allah akbar

all in Arabic.

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mistertrickster

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Mon Apr-17-06 12:04 AM
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3. Ah, okay. That makes sense. I assume that native-speakers

of Arabian have agreed they're for real . . .

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DianaForRussFeingold

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Mon Apr-17-06 12:19 AM
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5. oh,you heard them.

Translate...

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DianaForRussFeingold

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Mon Apr-17-06 12:34 AM
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6. Back up what you say

You never back up what you say...

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wtmusic

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Mon Apr-17-06 01:31 AM
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7. oferchrissakes

Allah or Allahu Akhbar = "God is great"

All over the transcripts

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/law/0604/transcript.flight93/transcriptf93.9.html

Enjoy!

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Jazz2006

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Mon Apr-17-06 01:13 PM
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8. The transcript indicates...

which parts were in English and which parts were translated from Arabic.

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iconoclastNYC

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Mon Apr-17-06 05:43 PM
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9. Why did it take them so long to release them?

That in itself make me suspicious.

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