The Terror Conspiracy : Provocation, Deception and 9/11
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| 06-28-08 | 3 | (NA) |
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This book brings up some good points, and points out inconsistancies in the "official" story, but it also has tons of speculative and far fetched ideas about "the Establishment". That was the part I found entertaining. It killed some time and kept me interested only long enough to clear my head and think for myself again. Read this for the entertainment value and not as the Gospel truth. Nice try Mr. Marrs...
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-07-04 22:37:38 EST)
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| 06-15-08 | 5 | 1\1 |
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This is an excellent book for the beginning "thinker" who is just now waking up to what's going on in the American Empire. Jim Marrs knew from day one that the 9/11 attacks were just another "false flag" terror event orchestrated by the secret societies who control Washington. He details all the phases, all the elements, all the areas of suspicion enroute to tying it all together with a historical context in the final part of the book. My favorite part of the book is near the end where the discussion turns to why a power like the US needs an enemy, "...such enemies are necessary to convince an otherwise peaceful population on the need for wars and foreign expeditions. It's all part of a formula that has proven quite successful down through the centuries. Create a boogeyman enemy to keep the public distracted but focused, then play both ends against the middle to maintain profits and control". When the US's first boogeyman, the Soviet Union, fell in 1991, the American Empire was left without an enemy. Enter...Osama bin Laden, the Lex Luther who can orchestrate devastating attacks on the world's only superpower from a cave half way around the world...OH MY!!! The only fault I can find with this book is that it fails to explain that the whole boogeyman idea is sold to the American public by use of George Orwell's DOUBLETHINK. For the unbelievable relevance of Orwell on 9/11, as well as many other "suspicious" events of the past several years, see Don't Weep for Me, America: How Democracy in America Became the Prince (While We Slept)
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| 03-18-08 | 3 | (NA) |
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Jim Marrs is an investigative reporter who specializes in conspiracies. The Terror Conspiracy summarizes many of the suspicions about the U.S. government that have been around almost since 9/11 occurred, such as what did the Bush administration know and when, what actually happened at the Pentagon and at the World Trade Center, and what really happened to Flight 93. He also describes the Bush family involvement with the Saudi royal family. But for Marrs, the real conspiracy involves a government control agenda that goes back to 1947.
The Terror Conspiracy is made up of four parts. The first is a lengthy section on the events of September 11, 2001, that highlight inconsistencies with the version of events promoted by the government and the media. The second discusses how oil, drugs, and war drives American policies and interests. The third deals with the loss of liberty at home after 9/11 via the Patriot Act, Big-Brother-like use of technology, and anti-democratic government secrecy. Finally, a section on historical precedents traces a pattern from Pearl Harbor to the Gulf War, the complicity of the news media, and bungled intelligence that spells out the larger conspiracy of control and vast economic profits realized through fear and intimidation. Marrs writes from a libertarian bent, suspicious of everything the government does, seeing insidious intent behind something as seemingly transparent as issuing Social Security ID numbers. Sometimes the connections seems spurious and the argument rambling, but buried in Marrs' wide-ranging speculations is his contention that the U.S. military was responsible for the destruction of the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Despite suggesting too much by way of government foreknowledge--and "real" motives focused on power and greed--The Terror Conspiracy is a thought-provoking look at American foreign and domestic policies since World War II. A loosely organized argument that loses its way again and again, Marrs' premise still should cause any thinking citizen to reconsider where the country is going and how we have gotten to where we are. --charles Rammelkamp Mysteries Magazine issue #20 (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-06-16 07:07:35 EST)
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| 02-22-08 | 4 | (NA) |
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Jim Marrs' book is a great installment for anyone still interested in the 9/11-truth movement. Marrs manages to gather a plethora of evidence from news sources, books, media, Internet, and documentation, which points directly to the culprits that should have been charged for committing the 9/11 atrocities in the first place.
Marrs' book seems to read like an amalgamation of Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command" and Webster Griffen Tarply's "911 Synthetic Terror." Both arguments that Tarply and Hersh formulate are present here. "The Terror Conspiracy" gives rise to question that many of us have been waiting patiently for answers to since 9/11. For example: 1:Was the 9/11 Commission Report a whitewash? 2:Were there explosives in the World Trade Center complex, and was that the reason why the buildings imploded?...Evidence points in that direction. 3:Did Flight 77 crash into the Pentagon?...Evidence shows that it did not crash into the Pentagon. So, then where is the plane? 4:Are members of the Council on Foreign Relations involved? 5:Did Congress and the Senate commit treason by signing the USA Patriot Act into law? 6:Were Zionist involved? 7:Who really did it? And who benefited? 8:Did Arab terrorist act a loan?...Evidence shows they did not. There are hundreds of question in this book that Marrs attempts to answer. Marrs even demonstrates that the government has been terrorizing the American people for decades, and what transpired on 9/11 is nothing new, we just think it is. If you are new to the 9/11-truth movement then I highly recommend you read this book, but if you're already an expert...sorry to say, but Marrs doesn't offer anything new to the discourse. A must read for the novice truther! 9/11 was an inside job!!! (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-03-18 23:24:52 EST)
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| 02-01-08 | 5 | 0\1 |
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Fanstastic summary on a difficult subject, a must read for everyone in the world. Should be required reading in every schoolroom.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-22 15:28:42 EST)
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| 01-30-08 | 5 | (NA) |
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The official 9/11 story says that a group of Muslim fanatics, full of hatred for American freedom, hijacked four airplanes on the same day, and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Led by one person with a computer in a cave in Afghanistan, they were able to defeat America's $400 billion defense system. Using mostly mainstream news sources, the author asks questions that no one else has asked.
US military war games took place the very hour of the 9/11 attacks. It is possible that they were designed to be so distracting that they may have contributed to the success of the real attacks. According to several experts, the destruction of the World Trade Center looked more like a controlled demolition than the result of terrorism. There is a huge difference between the temperature at which jet fuel burns, and that needed to melt reinforced steel. If planes really did bring the World Trade Center, where did those extra thousands of degrees come from? Firefighters who reached the affected floors reported a couple of small fires, but no steel-melting inferno. The author also looks at the reasons for planning war in Afghanistan and Iraq, even before 9/11; namely, oil and drugs in Central Asia. He also looks at the connections between 9/11 and groups like Halliburton, Harken Energy and BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International). He also explores the backlash in America, including things like the Patriot Act, the ignoring of the Posse Comitatus Act, the building of internment camps and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. This book does an excellent job of shredding, once and for all, the "official" 9/11 story. It is a first-rate piece of journalism that is very much worth reading for all Americans. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-01 20:28:32 EST)
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| 10-23-07 | 5 | 1\2 |
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If you are someone who claims to have an open mind, then the easiest way to get started on finding your own truth is by visiting; www.thetruthwillout.com
It's free and has one goal; hidden information to the people! (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-01-31 12:21:17 EST)
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| 10-12-07 | 3 | (NA) |
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Rule by Secrecy was a much more credible and solid work. I think Jim has bitten off more than he can chew by exploring the so-called 911 conspiracy.
Who is actually pulling the strings you ask? Get an insider's view of how disinformation is used by secret occult orgs, the Vatican, and the intelligence agencies. If you would like to see the Greater Key of Solomon and the history of the Templars and their connection to Masonry and the Ordo Templi Orientis featured as a significant plot devices I suggest Solomon's Key: The CODIS Project by R. Douglas Weber. SOLOMON'S KEY THE CODIS PROJECT: A CONSPIRACY THRILLER (Solomon's Key) This author knows his stuff when it comes to the esoteric foundations of modern occult orgs such as Scientology and the OTO. Although a fictional occult thriller, it is accurate in its depiction of ceremonial magick, polarity magick, and the history of the Vatican's involvement in suppressing the ancient grimoires of Western hermitic and occult knowledge. It also gives a fair shake to the most infamous twentieth-century practitioner of magick: Aleister Crowley. And relates Crowley's connection to The Rocketman, The Magikcian, and the Madman: Parsons, Crowley, and L. Ron Hubbard and the OTO's link to Scientology. It also celebrates the empowerment of women and the realization of the Goddess within. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-10-24 18:57:19 EST)
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| 09-26-07 | 5 | 1\1 |
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After reading this book, there is no doubt in my mind that 9/11 was an inside job. Marrs spectacularly points of the flaws of the government's account of 9/11, while provides strong evidence to suggest that they know a lot more than they will ever tell.
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Bin Laden benefits from the 911 attacks.
He declared JIHAD against the United States in 1996 & do research in regards to Operation Bojinka! (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-26 13:35:48 EST)
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| 08-03-07 | 1 | 0\3 |
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Jim Marrs is one of the deans of Conspiracy Theory. He covers the gamut - from UFOS to secret Bush shenanigans (no longer secret of course). Only Conspiracy High graduates take him seriously but I read him for the sheer entertainment value. He started with an in-depth book about the Kennedy assassination (a plot of course) but that was the high point. ALIEN AGENDA reveals the secred designs those awful little creatures have on us poor Earthlings. His book on CIA "secrets" was cancelled (by "them") so he wrote PSI SPIES (remote viewing, paranormal activity). My favorite - RULE by SECRECY - reveals the role of the Illuminati, Jewish bankers, world government (with alien help of course). It was only natural that he finds yet another conspiracy - 9-11, and this is a treasure trove.
In THE TERROR CONSPIRACY he has managed to include "the best" of the conspiracy elements - secret government plot, nefarious Jews, hidden reasons (many contradictory but oh well), dark organizations, the past, the future...an yet it's no secret. I mean, how terrible can it be when Jim is spilling the beans on the 9-11 plot for all to see. Unfortunately all the tales contradict one another The hijackers were robots under CIA mind control / the hijackers are alive / the planes were guided by Mossad agents/ the FBI/Big Oil/Israel set up explosives and my favorite - "No Planes, No Holocaust." I have a sneaking feeling that Jim started off the whole thing as a joke and like Dale Brown, slowly came to believe all the nonsense about Pyramids, aliends in ancient times, world wide Jewish conspiracies, blah blah. I admit that it is far more entertaining to spin tales rather than rely on boring investigations such as those carried out by Skeptic Magazine, Popular Science, Engineers of America and my favorite Debunking911 which gives an explanation to every nutty rumor out there except "why?" I could take a conspiracy if the conspirators (who all know the "truth") did not have such wildly divergent and contradictory stories. I still think that Marrs is enjoying this entire episode, chuckling at the few who take him seriously and floating on his pool with a nice drink as he prepares for his latest "revelation". (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-23 04:03:38 EST)
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| 07-26-07 | 2 | 2\2 |
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I'm a huge Marrs fan, and have been for years, so when I heard about this book, I dropped it immediately into my cart. This time, however, I found myself overwhelmed with the notion that Marrs was reaching. Some of the elements included in the book are easily disproven, some of the elements of the official story that he challenges are manifestly not possible in the manner he describes, and he may have finally reached the limit of my open-mindedness.
I believe that a lot of things have been mishandled and even outright manipulated in the wake of the attacks on 9/11, but I just can't accept the theory that the attacks themselves were an inside job of the proportions Marrs describes. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-08-08 14:08:53 EST)
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| 05-25-07 | 5 | 4\4 |
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I will begin this review by writing my conclusion after reading this book:
9/11 was an inside job and it gives me no comfort to have to reach that conclusion. Jim Marrs has produced the definitive investigative journalist's account of the 9/11 'terrorist' attacks, which he exposes as being a massive 'False Flag' operation conducted by the US Government. Although difficult to believe, and even harder for most people to even begin to re-assess, 9/11 was a staged operation and total inside job. The book contains 402 citations/references, and a 15 page index. Jim Marrs has written the book in a journalistic style, it's lucid, easy to follow and understand the premises put forward and the deductions made. Jim Marrs doesn't put forward point, after point, but allows the reader to formulate his own interpretations. The mass of citations as well the wealth of information on the internet concerning 9/11 will allow the curious readers to carry out their own research and either confirm or deny the propositions forwarded in the book. The overwhelming evidence provided by Jim Marrs in this book, backed up by the photographs & video (readily and freely available on the internet) will allow the reader to come to the same conclusions as millions of others. This book is for the millions who will not be lied to by the main stream media and controlled politicians, and use their given intellects to formulate their own opinions and judgements. When the final history of 9/11 and the war on terror/war of terror is written, Jim Marrs' book, alongside those by Barry Zwicker (Towers of Deception) & David Ray Griffin (Debunking 9/11 Debunking, Christian Faith & The Truth Behind 9/11, The New Pearl Harbor, The 9/11 Commission Report, Omissions and Distortions) will rank as the sources of truth. The fictitious 9/11 Commission Report by Philip Zelikow and the laughable, fraudulent and highly deceptive book by Popular Mechanics (Meigs and Chertoff's cousin) will be studied alongside, and at the level of, Nazi propaganda. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-26 14:14:00 EST)
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| 05-18-07 | 5 | 3\3 |
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In this book, Jim Marrs does what he does best, that is, giving you a well written overview of the events of 9/11. I've read a few of Jim's other books and he is a talented writer and really has a good eye for the right balance of detail v.s overview.
Regardless of where you stand on the events of 9/11, you need to get and read this book to understand the issues around 9/11 truth movement. This book is literally 1000 times more readable than the piece of trash called the 9/11 commission report. (Which should be called the 9/11 Omission report.) Where the official report mentions World Trade Center building 7 barely at all (one footnote I think), Jim has several pages dedicated to discussing it in detail and other references in at least 7 other parts of the book. As usual Jim highlights that there is way, way, way too much secrecy in government in general and the current Bush Administration in particular. (A sentiment to which I agree wholeheartedly.) The later parts of the book go over the fact that 9/11 has very neatly moved us that much closer to a police state and has given the executive branch of government far too much power. (Especially considering that it is the executive branch itself which is very responsible for the failures which allowed the attacks in the first place; something I have noticed that the general public seems not to be focused too clearly on. - The lack of cooperation between gov. agencies is both appalling and sad.) This is probably the best one volume book on 9/11 that you could give someone who wanted to learn more about what happened on 9/11 (and even more importantly, WHY it happened.) (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-04 22:48:19 EST)
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| 05-09-07 | 5 | 3\4 |
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I did not want to think 9/11 could be a conspiracy. After reading Jim Marrs new book, I didn't know wheather to cry, be angry, or be afraid. Possibly all three. Marrs has done his home-work. Another of his great books; along with Crossfire and Alien Agenda.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-04 22:48:19 EST)
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| 04-24-07 | 1 | 4\19 |
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Jim, after spending - and wasting - money to read your "Rule By Secrecy," I just have one thing to say: Your paranoia would make Caligula proud. So "9/11 was a gov't plot?" Right; must be those naughty aliens you're so worried about that set Osama's computer up in a cave in Nepal or something...
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-04 22:48:19 EST)
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| 04-01-07 | 5 | 5\7 |
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Then hurry and get a copy of the DVD, "America-Freedom To Fascism".
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| 03-31-07 | 5 | 1\3 |
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Then hurry and get a copy of the DVD, "America-Freedom To Fascism".
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-10 09:29:00 EST)
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| 03-08-07 | 4 | 4\9 |
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I agree that you should trust what you read, but there is a lot of evidence out there. Read also The Plot to Seize the White House by Jules Archer about the plot to get rid of FDR and install General Smedley Butler in the first ever American military coup. From assassinations to CIA snipers to 9/11 theories, we'll never know the trust. All that we can do is try to get a sense of how the world works.
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| 03-07-07 | 4 | 0\1 |
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I agree that you should trust what you read, but there is a lot of evidence out there. Read also The Plot to Seize the White House by Jules Archer about the plot to get rid of FDR and install General Smedley Butler in the first ever American military coup. From assassinations to CIA snipers to 9/11 theories, we'll never know the trust. All that we can do is try to get a sense of how the world works.
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| 02-13-07 | 1 | 3\11 |
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The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of people asserting that the 911 attacks were an inside job would not be making that claim if things had gone down exactly the way they did that day, with the only exception being that there was a Clinton in the White House instead of a Bush. Jim Marrs is no exception to this rule as evidenced by the fact that the books he put out during the nineties were relatively a-political. We can also look forward to a complete lack of political scrutiny of any kind from Mr Marrs during the upcoming Democratic presidential administration.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-03-07 20:26:24 EST)
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| 02-13-07 | 4 | 2\3 |
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You don't have to be a "conspiracy buff" to glean a great deal about our society from this book. There's an enormous amount of detail - not all of it about "911." In fact, only the first section (of four) deals with the physical details of that tragedy. While it's true that the notion of "911" being a "false flag" operation hovers over every page, it's possible to digest the informatiion without necessarily arriving at that conclusion. The unfortunate part is that "911" is still much too close to us to be able to stand back and look at a book like this objectively. The idea that elements of our own govenment could be involved is simply unacceptable to most people; whereas, say 50 or 100 years from now, someone reading this could more easily filter out any personal attachment they may have to the time and place in which it occurred.
There's nothing wrong or unpatriotic about presenting details, even conclusions, that cast suspicion on our government. In a free country, the government should never be above suspicion. If the details Jim Marrs presents and the questions he offers had been explored by the main-stream media all along, this notion of conspiracy would be behind us - settled one way or the other. Are we really better off not questioning - or knowing? (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-03-07 20:26:24 EST)
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| 01-10-07 | 5 | 2\2 |
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It is so frustrating that so much is kept from us by our own government, and when we do come across some interesting things, there is absolutely nothing we can do about it! I read that on July 4, 2001 (of all dates!) OBL was admitted to the American Hospital in Dubai as a patient for his kidney problems, stayed 10 days, was visited by the head of the USA CIA on numerous occasions, and was let go on July 14th -- certainly before 9/11 which was obviously in progress already -- but AFTER President Clinton signed an arrest warrant to pick him up anytime/anywhere before he left office -- and we let him go. I'm not saying that it would have changed 9/11 but at least we would have had him in custody -- now we have nothing -- and by the way the head of the CIA in that part of the world resigned shortly thereafter, under duress I am sure. So that does that say for us????
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| 01-09-07 | 5 | 2\4 |
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Excellent! I'm not sure all is true, but this book is filled with interesting facts! Really makes you wonder!
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| 01-04-07 | 5 | 1\1 |
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Mr. Marrs does it again. He comprehensively describes all of the political background to the September 11, 2001, terrorist event in the U.S.A. If you are going to read only one book about 9-11, this is the one to read. You will be provided a complete picture of this treasonous murderous action.
Mr. Marrs explains the history of false flag terror attacks. People seem unaware of the decades, even centuries, of false flag attacks carried out by this world's despotic leaders. Also Mr. Marrs gives a thorough treatment to the concept of the "Hegelian dialectic". This is the main tool of the rulers of this world, however, this tactic was employed long before Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and even long before Nicolo Machiavelli. The copious footnotes and comprehensive index make this a great reference for those wanting to become activists in working for a formal and truly independent 9-11 investigation. Exposing how 9-11 was made to happen and who the perpetrators were on every level will jolt the American populace out of their slumber and perhaps offer the best chance of restoring our sovereign Constitutional republic and stopping further unjust wars and military actions. Increase your understanding of our world and a deeper perspective regarding the tragic event of September 11, 2001, when nearly three thousand innocent people were murdered for the ultimate goal of a one world death and slavery system. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-01-09 21:02:40 EST)
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| 12-16-06 | 5 | 3\3 |
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I am amazed that the powers to be allowed this book to be publish. Jim Marrs has written a book full of facts and valuable information. It will make you run a gambit of mixed emotions--sadness, angry, fear, unbelief, shock and utterly amazement. The main goal of the Shadow government is a one world order. Most Americans are decent, hard working people and can only wonder at how someone can control and manipulate others and place them in harms way.The answer is simple, when you are amoral, anything goes because your god is money. Evil is in the land and it has a familiar face. Remember to always follow the money trail. Please, read this book.
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| 12-02-06 | 1 | 1\12 |
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I found this book disturbing only in that there are actually Americans who truly believe 9/11 was a conspiracy of our government. Every point raised in this book is easily shot down just using common sense is the reader can remain unbiased and open-minded. It seems to be written for the Clintonistas and others like them who will stop at nothing to tarnish the current administration.
If 9/11 had occurred during the 90's, under the Clintons, I wonder how many America-haters would rave about how this is an "eye opener" and should be "required reading." It's all just so obvious and sad that Jim Marrs makes his living writing trash like this. Don't waste your money. (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-12-16 18:58:36 EST)
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| 11-26-06 | 5 | 2\2 |
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first, the strengths: marrs produces an intriguing document. it is chock
full of detail. marrs writes in a manner that pulls the reader in to the webs which he describes. in each paragraph, he produces a cogent article of fact or an intriguing possibility. he references the majority of the facts that he reports. some are more credible than others, which, on numerous occasions (though not often enough), he acknowledges questions of credibility. second, the weaknesses: while i readily acknowledge that it is difficult to describe a web in an orderly manner (try it!), i wish that marrs had done a better job of doing so ... state up front the facts, innuendos or possible facts that lead to a conclusion, state up front the premises, state up front the conclusions. the major weakness of this document is that, while it cogently builds each element, it jumps from one element to the next without helping the reader to follow the changes - i would have liked numbering, introductions, *concluding statements*. i suppose that is beyond investigative journalism ...? marrs isn't telling the reader what to think - that's just the point - his purpose, i suppose, is to encourage the reader TO THINK. out of the many hundreds of arguments that marrs made, i found myself really questioning a minority of them. overall, this is a book that is impossible to put down. i had to keep both of my brain cells on active mode throughout the book. he rarely tied together events in which he did not sufficiently remind the reader!!! (you know how in *some* investigative journalism pieces a name from 137 pages earlier is suddenly re-introduced as the piece that ties everything together?). marrs did an outstanding job in this book. finally, marrs (admittedly a strength of the book) stirs up in the reader a level of passion and intrigue to call their congressman, stage a peaceful demonstration encouraging independent investigations ... a discussion of possible actions and consequences are never truly offered. again, i believe that that is beyond investigative journalism and is a purpose of the ministry of truth... i hope that he focuses his next investigation on the loss of civil liberties of Americans ... a critical topic that too few seem to appreciate ... (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-12-02 19:42:21 EST)
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I've known Jim Marrs (not personally) as the author of the reasonably well-respected "CROSSFIRE - THE PLOT THAT KILLED KENNEDY", and also, more recently, as an author interested in somewhat more esoteric subjects unrelated to 9/11. I bought this book to add to my growing 9/11 research library, but was a little unsure of what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this book.
Marrs is on his best behavior here. THE TERROR CONSPIRACY is a very detailed, clear-headed and up-to-date overview of the holes in the official story, the context these events took place in, and a likely 'big picture' overview of the entire 9/11 conspiracy. This is all perhaps par for the course with any good recent 9/11 truth publication but THE TERROR CONSPIRACY exceeded my expectations in the following ways: The book is extremely well-researched and footnoted. I had read somewhat mixed things about Marrs's prior 9/11 book INSIDE JOB and wasn't sure what to expect with this book. Marrs writes "THE TERROR CONSPIRACY greatly expands, updates and replaces INSIDE JOB in the light of events and discoveries since 2002". Given the quality of this new volume, I wouldn't be surprised if the book was a complete re-write. Marrs makes references to events occurring as recently as a few months ago from early 2006 and briefly quotes from volumes like Webster Tarpley's excellent 9/11 SYNTHETIC TERROR: MADE IN USA, among others. There's a 30 page index (not really footnotes, but rather sources, other publications, books quoted, and URL's) that suggests that Marrs has kept up with the required reading and drawn from the best available current evidence. There's good and bad stuff about 9/11 available in print and online and Marrs seems to have made a real effort to sort the wheat from the chaff, making reference to guys like Michel Chossudovky, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed and newspapers like THE GUARDIAN. (In fact, after browsing back through the index for the purposes of this review, I feel smarter already.) With all the available material out there on 9/11 conspiracies it'd be a worry if someone didn't take pains to only use the most respectable sources. Marrs seems to have been aware of that danger and has chosen his carefully. I also didn't notice any mistakes in his overall analysis. THE TERROR CONSPIRACY is the 9th or 10th 9/11 conspiracy book that I have purchased, and some of them have been better than others. Marrs makes his case more efficiently than Michael Ruppert does in CROSSING THE RUBICON, and avoids egregious blunders like the blanket dismissal by author Sander Hicks of anomalies surrounding the Pentagon crash in THE BIG WEDDING. There's also no reference to `In Plane Sight'-era nonsense like `tubes on the airplane hitting the WTC', which I found in the otherwise passable book 9/11 REVEALED by Rowland Morgan and Ian Henshall. I've been reading and joining the dots on the seemingly ever-more-complicated events of 9/11 for about 4 years now, and I thought Marrs had done a good job of coming to many of the same conclusions that I had reached. (Does this means I'm biased?) For the curious, a breakdown of THE TERROR CONSPIRACY, (a chunky, nicely printed 482 page book with no illustrations, but good cover art front and back), is as follows. INTRODUCTION (13 pages): Marrs discusses what lead him to write the book, and notes how the original publishers from a few years ago developed cold feet for the project PART 1 - THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (169 PAGES): Marrs sequentially covers all the events of the day, from the hijackings to WTC collapse, insider stock trades, Flight 93 and more, in a good, detailed and well-written overview. As Marrs writes, "This independent timeline is based on the best factual information now available, not on the `official' timeline that has been shown to be inaccurate and even misleading". This is a useful, one-stop guide to the whole day. PART 2 - WAR FOR OIL AND DRUGS (82 pages): The context of events before and afterwards, with thoughtful discussion of PNAC goals, Cheney's financial dealings and Bin Laden's role as a useful patsy. PART 3 - THE 9/11 BACKLASH (88 pages): In one of the more interesting sections of the book, Marrs thoroughly dissects the post-9/11 laws passed and later behavior done by the Bush administration, with the Patriot Act put into perspective as part of a larger (well-documented) effort to reduce civil liberties. PART 4 - HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS (59 pages): The Reichstag fire, Pearl Harbour, various deceptions surrounding the first Gulf War and Operation Northwoods are all discussed, along with Bush's dismal performance as President prior to the 9/11 attacks. Marrs ends this final section with a thoughtful conclusion titled `What Do We Know Now?", which wraps up his arguments. I think his earlier CROSSFIRE book ended in a similar effective manner. The aforementioned 31 pages of sources and a 15 page index follow. Bear in mind, these listed sections in the book proper contain a lot of extra stuff that I haven't mentioned in my above glib summaries. The contents page of THE TERROR CONSPIRACY is quite long and all four parts of the book include lots of useful subchapters on different topics, with Marrs keeping things consistently readable, interesting and well-observed. Purchasers sympathetic to 9/11 truth should also note that THE TERROR CONSPIRACY has a special, surprisingly valuable bonus essay at the back - THE PENTAGON ATTACK PAPERS, by researcher Barbara Honegger (26 pages). I hadn't encountered this before (though it does seem to be online if you search for it), and Honegger makes some sharply observed points that were new to me. The bottom line is that THE TERROR CONSPIRACY is a surprisingly solid, well-written, and well-researched overview, and probably goes into my top 2 or 3 books on the events of 9/11. I'd recommend it as a purchase and can't see how many people would be disappointed with it if they buy it. (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-11-26 22:06:27 EST)
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| 10-06-06 | 5 | 11\11 |
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Do not trust this book. - I am quoting from the book itself. The author insists that you take no book written by anyone including his at face value. Do your own research. That being said....
There is no better book with which to begin that research that the "Terror Conspiracy". If you are already a student of 9/11 the first section of this book may appear a little tedious. You might think "I know all this, lets get to some new information" The author is however buiding a solid factual foundation that will support the rest of the book. If you want to know the full story find it here. By the time the reader gets to page 169 she will realize that the author had methodically built a solid case that completely crushes the government's story on every level. David Ray Griffin's excellent book "The New Pearl Harbor" and "The Christian Faith and 911" speak much about the facts of the event itself. After Marrs convinces the most skeptical who have read up to Part II the book now delves into the history of US state sponsored terror and the full background of the evil that has infected Washington today. I recommend getting this book as soon as possible while you still can. To those who think this is all "conspiracy theory" just go read the text of the PATRIOT act and the Detainee bill that just passed. It is now legal for the Federal government to "disappear" someone it doesn't like for any reason or no reason at all but merely on the say-so of one man. Read this book and you will know the true nature of what was just rammed through congress and this book will give you insight to what it all means to the people of this country. Congress has officially repealed the Bill of Rights. Don't beleive me? Good! I don't want you to. Find out for yourself. Wake up frmop your drooling stupor in front of the Fox News[sic] channel and do your own research. If you do not accept the premise of this book, great. Read it anyway just so you know what people are thinking. If you think you support the official conspiracy theory then read this even if you want to debunk it. Who knows, you might learn something O'Reilly, Hannity and Rush missed. Like all of Jim Marrs' books this is exceptionally well written and quite gripping. Marrs backs up up everything with factual and documented evidence. Wake up America while you still can. Read this book NOW, then go to Google video and watch "Terrorstorm". Do it TODAY! (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-10-23 16:55:40 EST)
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| 10-06-06 | 5 | 4\5 |
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Do yourself and your neighbor a favor and pick up a copy of this book.Buy one for a friend or neighbor as well.We have a problem huston that need's to be adressed NOW before it is to late.Wake up America.
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| 09-29-06 | 5 | 2\2 |
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This book should be REQUIRED READING. Many people I have talked to think that I am some Democrat trying to unman the Republicans when I mention a conspiracy for 9/11. If they have even an average intelligence, they should be turned around by page 150 as they read Jim Marrs account of 9/11, before and after the fact. I think they are afraid to go against the party line, especially in Texas, to submit to the evidence of such a cover up. Jim Marrs' book should straighten them out--that is if they are not afraid to read it.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-10-06 15:19:48 EST)
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| 09-12-06 | 5 | 7\9 |
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"The Terror Conspiracy" incorporates "Inside Job" along with a lot of new material. "Inside Job" is now out of print although some copies may still be in circulation. In any event, everything in "Inside Job" is in "The Terror Conspiracy", updated, expanded and in the context of a much wider ranging book.
"The Terror Conspiracy" is available now for immediate shipping. It's an amazing read and at $16.95 (minus Amazon's rather large discount) it's a tremendous value for over 500 pages of documented fact upon fact. (Review Data Last Updated: 2006-09-30 15:03:47 EST)
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| 09-09-06 | 5 | 2\3 |
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Jim Marrs' "The Terror Conspiracy: Deception, 9/11 and the Loss of Liberty" a great book for readers looking for detailed historical and analytical information regarding the horrendous attack against on American soil during that infamous day in 2001. There is a great deal of information that describes this event in terms of what was most likely a conspiracy. Marrs also takes this event a step further and provides readers with a little history on the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars, carefully tracing the development of how those two conflicts were allowed to manifest themselves. The book is easy to read and understand and it makes you think about the lives that were taken not just on that day, but in the years that would follow.
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| 08-31-06 | 5 | 13\14 |
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It doesn't matter which side of this issue you stand (someone seeking the truth vs. a mindless, spoon-fed sheep), the fact remains that Jim Marrs identifies holes, discrepancies, misrepresentations, lies, omissions, etc. in the official 9/11 Commission Report that should bother every American citizen; enough so that they are motivated to investigate further. If you already subscribe to his conspiracy theory, then this book is a no-brainer; I'm sure you'll enjoy it thoroughly. If you don't buy into his conspiracy theory, then do some research after you read this book and formulate a better theory. Regardless of where you stand, every intelligent person has to admit that the 9/11 Commission Report is at least 50% fiction, if not more. It's just a matter of common sense. A simple review of the facts is all it takes (and perhaps a reasonable understanding of basic conceptual physics). If you aren't convinced by the obvious, then I recommend you put down this book and get back to the flock; I'm sure they miss you. Don't submit a review discrediting this book just because you don't agree with the author's opinions or conclusions (or his previous books). You'd be wasting everyone's time, including your own. Doing so would be a clear indication that you missed the point completely: (1.) Be angry that you were lied to. (2.) Be angry that your civil liberties are being systematically stripped from you. (3.) Seek out the truth. It's as simple as that. To quote the first sentence in this author's earlier book about the JFK assassination ("Crossfire"), "Do not trust this book." He goes on to say that he has simply collected and presented evidence; you be the judge. If you read this book and still wholeheartedly believe the 9/11 Commission Report, then I'd like to discuss with you a proposition wherein you transfer all of the money in your savings account over to my savings account. It's a matter of national security. Really. Trust me. Actually, I'm pretty sure it's required by the USA PATRIOT Act, so you better get to it, my little sheep. If you love America and the Constitution as dearly and passionately as I do, then seek out the truth. This book is a good place to start.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-09-09 17:03:59 EST)
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