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The Day of the Bombing
John Doe #2
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08-04-04 |
Host: |
George Noory |
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Investigative journalist Jayna Davis(1) shared startling evidence that Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh did not act alone in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and had connections to terrorists from the Middle East. A number of men settled in Oklahoma City, that she described as "false defectors" from Iraq, and Davis believes that McVeigh was targeted to team up with them because they shared a common hatred of the U.S.
The "third terrorist" who was seen with McVeigh(view related animation/image(2)) was identified by Davis as an Iraqi sleeper agent who she said lacked an alibi for the morning of the bombing. Though he sued her over the accusation, a court ruled in favor of Davis. She also outlined an alarming connection between Nichols and al Qaeda agents working out of the Philippines.
And yet when Davis said she took her voluminous amounts of evidence and witness testimony to the FBI, they initially refused to accept her documents. Later, in 1999, when they took her materials to be used in the court case against Nichols, her "documents simply disappeared" and were not used in the trial. One of the reasons Davis believes her evidence wasn't incorporated was that the Justice Department wanted to present McVeigh and Nichols as masterminds rather than mules. She predicted that the next terrorist attack in the US will probably be a "softer target" such as a theater, hospital, or shopping mall and like the Oklahoma City bombing, will take place in Middle America.
1. http://www.jaynadavis.com
2. http://www.jaynadavis.com/audio.html
Cosmic Blast |
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More powerful than a supernova, a new type of cosmic explosion has been categorized (seen in the X-ray photo on the left). The energy blast occurred in December of 2003 from a distance of about 1.6 billion light years away. Weaker than a typical gamma-ray burst (the most powerful emission in the universe), the cause of this new type of explosion is currently a mystery, reports a Reuters article(1). View an animation(2) of the blast from ESA/University of Leicester.
1. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5603338/ |
Bumper music from Wednesday August 04, 2004
| 1. | Beginnings Chicago |
2. | Conspiracy Theory Steve Earle |
3. | Couldn't Get it Right Climax Blues Band |
| 4. | Eight Miles High Byrds |
5. | End of the Innocence Don Henley |
6. | Inca Dance Cusco |
| 7. | Lives in the Balance Jackson Browne |
8. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
9. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
| 10. | Past the Point of Rescue Hal Ketchum |
11. | People Are Strange The Doors |
12. | Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley |
| 13. | Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Genesis |
14. | Voices Russ Ballard |
15. | Won't Get Fooled Again The Who |
| 16. | God Bless the U.S.A. Lee Greenwood |
17. | Kosmos Paul Weller |