Rumsfeld speaks, and a "Pentagon spokesman" insists that he
misspoke. :)

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Pentagon: Rumsfeld misspoke on Flight 93 crash
Defense secretary's remark to troops fuels conspiracy theories

From Jamie McIntyre
CNN Washington

Monday, December 27, 2004 Posted: 9:54 PM EST (0254 GMT) 

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A comment Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made
during a Christmas Eve address to U.S. troops in Baghdad has sparked
new conspiracy theories about the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001.

In the speech, Rumsfeld made a passing reference to United Airlines
Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers attempted 
to stop al Qaeda hijackers.

But in his remarks, Rumsfeld referred to the "the people who attacked
the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania."

A Pentagon spokesman insisted that Rumsfeld simply misspoke, but
Internet conspiracy theorists seized on the reference to the plane
having been shot down.

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Full article at CNN ...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/27/rumsfeld.flt93/index.html


Cheers, Steve..

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