Santa Cruz 911 Truth Members Attempt to Disrupt Anti-War Gathering at City Chambers

In what appeared to be a deliberate attempt to disrupt and smear a peaceful anti-war protest at Santa Cruz City Chambers last night, a number of members of the '911 Truth Movement' appeared after the event had begun and attempted to switch the topic from ending the Iraq war to a discussion of 'controlled demolitions at the World Trade Center on 911'.

THe 911 Truth Movement is a well funded national campaign whose apparent aim is to discredit the anti-war movement by promoting ridiculous claims about robot controlled planes flying into the WTC, missles being fired at the Pentagon, and a 'faked plane crash' in Pennsylvania.

The members are secretive and refuse to state their real names or funding sources. They've promoted several films in the Santa Cruz area such as "Loose Change" and now "Terrorstorm" which are highly inaccurate and dishonest.

For a very good debunking of these ludicrous claims, please read Matt Taibbi's articles at
Before the 9/11 Conspiracies, There Was the Oklahoma Bombing
By Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. Posted October 24, 2006.

Americans in Denial about 9/11
By Matt Taibbi, Alternet, Posted September 14, 2006.
and
The Idiocy Behind the '9/11 Truth' Movement, By Matt Taibbi, Alternet, Posted September 26, 2006.

Please remember that there have been numerous attempts to infiltrate and disrupt antiwar gatherings by everyone from the University police to the Pentagon's TALON program which spied on hundreds of antiwar gatherings. See the ACLU spyfiles. The aim of these groups has been to infiltrate anti-war groups and prevent their message - end the Iraq war and bring the troops home - from being heard.

Let's explain the propaganda technique being used by this group: it's called transferance.

The last thing Republicans want the public to understand is that 9/11 was blowback - an effect of US intervention in the Middle East and Afghanistan over the past four decades (and longer) - and that Bush Sr. and many members of the current administration, such as Elliot Abrams, are directly responsible - OBL got his start in the US funded covert war in Afghanistan, and he got his money by blackmailing the Saudi Royals who are like family to GW Bush.

So, what Republicans did was to set up an astroturf group - the 9/11 Truth Movement - to create a ridiculous stuffed toy that politicians like Rudy Giuliani can bash at every opportunity. The 9/11 truth movement is like a burning rubber tire that can be hung around the neck of any person who raises the issues behind the war for oil in the Middle East.

Don't fall for their tactics!