The Great Convolution: Who Really Caused the Worst Act of War on US Soil?

September 11, 2001 will always exist as one of the deadliest days in this troubled nation's abborent history.

Any American-based person who was old enough remember exactly what they were doing at the time on that fateful Tuesday morning. The who, what, where, when, or how-based elements of truth were not immediately clear. The obvious reality, however, unfolded in apocolyptic fashion as the American way of life, as it was experienced before would never be the same.

People all across the country (especially those at the epicenter of the attacks) will never forget the day when the deadliest act of war on American soil took the lives of over 3,000 people. Many field experts who have recounted the attacks of September 11th believe that the 3,000 casualty number is deflated. However, one thing is undeniable - the fact that the gruesome attacks were well-planned, well-supported, and well-executed by people and entities who had a very nefarious agenda.

The corroborating accounts of who and what caused this infamous American tragedy were given by the mainstream media, the United States government, and the collective global law enforcement communities who were responsible for bringing the perpetrators behind such a catatonic destruction to justice. The echoing narratives of blame, which emanated from these entities, seemed to point fingers in a single direction. Former U.S. Cold War ally and Saudi-born construction heir Osama Bin Laden became public enemy number one.

At the time of the attacks, Bin Laden was the 44-year-old leader of Al-Qaeda (meaning "The Base" in Arabic), an armed jihadist organization. It is a splinter group from the "Mujahideen fighters" who were allied with the United States to fight against the Soviet Union. This era of the Cold War was started when Russian troops embarked on a bloody invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. When the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda was born.

Bin Laden was reportedly killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 1, 2011. According to offical American accounts, the former CIA collaborator died during a raid on a fortified compound, which was conducted by a special team of US Navy Seals. Since the Al-Qaeda founder was not taken alive, America and the world over will never know the other side of a bureaucratic story, which honestly sounds too unbelievable to be true. Nonetheless, the US government, media, and the federal-level law enforcement communities have collectively stuck to this story.

Under the direction of an Al-Qaeda operative and Bin Laden associate named Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a terrorist cell of four men (led by a Egyptian man in his early 30s named Mohamed Atta) concocted a plan to hijack four commercial US jetliners and fly them into the White House, Pentagon, as well as the north and south towers of the World Trade Center. Atta and three other men were sent to the United States from a foreign nation they studied in to receive additional American-based flight training.

The three other men were Marwan Al-Shehhi (a native of the United Arab Emirates), Hani Hanjour (a native of Saudi Arabia), and Ziad Jarrah (a native of Lebanon). In a nutshell, Atta, Al-Shehhi, Hanjour, and Jarrah all boarded commercial flights at Washington Dulles International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and Newark International Airport on the morning of September 11th. They were all accompanied by several other Arab-speaking men from Islamic countries. Some of them boarded their flights separately to draw less attention.

Atta, Al-Shehhi, and Hanjour were accompanied on their flights with four men. Jarrah was accompanied by three. These 15 other hijackers were muscle men who were reportedly armed with box cutters. They were instructed to physically control passengers while the pilots of each operation took over the cockpits of four commercial jetliners (two Boeing 757 planes and two Boeing 767 planes).

Within the beginning hours of the work day, all the jets took off from their assigned airports. Around 8:45 AM EST, Atta reportedly crashed his hijacked plane in an accidental-looking fashion. In all, 81 passengers died as the plane struck the upper floors of the World Trade Center's North Tower.

Atta's Boeing 767 (assigned as Flight 11 via American Airlines) was traveling at a speed of 465 mph.

At approximately 9:02 AM, Marwan Al-Shehhi crashed his hijacked jetliner (United Airlines Flight 175) in a more horrifying fashion. His Boeing 767 tilted erratically upon striking the World Trade Center's South Tower. The plane was flying very low at 590 mph. Later around 9:37 a.m., Hanjour crashed his hijacked aircraft into the Pentagon's west side.

He was reportedly the pilot hijack leader who controlled American Airlines Flight 77. Hanjour's plane was a Boeing 757. It made impact at a whopping 530 mph. And finally, around 10:03 AM, Jarrah's hijacked aircraft, which was reportedly headed for the White House, crashed almost upside down. United Airlines Flight 93 was downed in an open field close to a wooded area near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Jarrah's plane was a Boeing 757 and was recklessly descending at 580 mph before crashing.

Many seasoned experts (including seasoned former military fighter pilots) have given commentary with their own theories. They claimed that the traditional September 11th narrative fed to the American public was total hogwash. Filmmaker Massimo Mazzucco offers a great platform for these heroic experts in a 2013 documentary titled September 11th: The New Pearl Harbor.

This informative, five-hour film is an accurate and fact-based summary of a 12-year debate for the truth, which raged on after the attack. Volume two of Mazzucco's film immediately gashes into the credibility of Atta, Al-Shehhi, Hanjour, and Jarrah.

"While the military defense leaves many unanswered questions, even more doubts arise when taking a closer look at the 19 alleged terrorists. The first problem is that apparently these guys could barely fly at all. While they are known to have taken some flight lessons with small, single-engine airplanes, none of them had ever flown a [commercial] jet before in their life," says film narrator Joseph Culp.

A professional acrobatic pilot and flight instructor named Adam Shaw was profiled on the film. Shaw has over 6,000 hours of flight experience. He spent half of those hours flying upside down with precision. Excerpts of Shaw's video interview with an organization called Pilots for 9/11 Truth were displayed in Mazzucco's film. Shaw called the four September 11th hijackers "piss poor student pilots" who could not have had the ability to commandeer huge commercial jetliners with military-grade precision.

Former United Airlines pilot Ross Aimer did a phone interview, which was also featured in Mazzucco's film. Aimer wisely poked huge holes in the conventional September 11th explanation. He explained a common phenomenon that most seasoned flight instructors can definitely relate to.

"People don't realize that to hand fly an airliner at those speeds is extremely difficult — and particularly if you're a novice because a novice that's learned in little airplanes — they tend to try to over control everything," Aimer said in his telephone interview.

For the sake of sanity and justice for the families of each and every victim, the truth about what really happened must continue to be sought. To view the full index of September 11th: The New Pearl Harbor and watch this riveting film in its entirety, visit here.