Ahmadinejad: Not airliners alone brought down the World Trade CenterSeptember 23, 2011 - 17:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In a wide-ranging interview Thursday evening with The Associated Press, Ahmadinejad, on the Sept. 11 attacks, stopped short of saying the United States staged the disaster 10 years ago. He said that as an engineer, he's sure "this was a systematic collapse of those towers." "I can say with certainty there must have been explosive material that was set off in sequence," he said. He reiterated his call for an independent investigation, noting there are doubters in the United States as well. "A few airplanes without previous coordination known to the security forces and the intelligence community in the United States cannot become missiles and target the heart of the United States," Ahmadinejad said. A six-year investigation by The National Institute of Standards and Technology found that extreme heat from the jetliner crashes in the twin towers caused some steel beams to lose strength, causing further failures in the building until the entire structure succumbed. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |