OKC and the Terrorist Connections

"When the full stories of these two incidents (1993 WTC Center bombing and 1995 Oklahoma City bombing) are finally told, those who permitted the investigations to stop short will owe big explanations to these two brave women (Middle East expert Laurie Mylroie and journalist Jayna Davis). And the nation will owe them a debt of gratitude."

- Former CIA Director James Woolsey,

Let me first state that I am not big on conspiracies and I'm not writing this piece to pretend that I'm an investigative reporter, because I'm not. I'm just intrigued at my last poll results that stated that 84% of the people that took the poll believe that McVeigh and Nichols had no connection with Al-Qaeda. I should have included a choice on whether they had connections with other foreign terrorists but I didn't, I'm not the Gallup Poll and the poll is far from scientific, only 64 people responded.

What started to make me think about this connection was a special I saw on the History Channel that looked at the possibility that these two men did not act alone. What stood out the most for me was what they have dubbed "The Philippine Connection", the whole idea that Terry Nichols met with Iraqi operatives in the Philippines. Watching the program you get pulled into all of these what ifs and sound bites that when put together makes for an intriguing argument for a good conspiracy cover up or is it all just right wing media hype to try and pin some more stuff on President Clinton and the "left"? I did some searches on the web but most information regarding the cover up is interestingly enough only on ring wing web sites or blogs. None of the news agencies have anything to report (WSJ, WT, CNN) except questions and maybe spinning of an agenda like at Fox News with Bill O'Reilly.

Most of the reporting on this topic is all based on what seems to be a substantial amount of investigative work done by a journalist named Jayna Davis. And I have to say when you leave her site, you leave with more questions then answers.

I have to admit I find it hard to believe that these two men acted alone and that the government stopped short their investigation to deliver a speedy conviction. I also wonder sometimes about their alledged connections with the neo-nazi movement. I mean muslims and neo nazis' come from very different backgrounds but they share common goals, these goals being the destruction of the Jewish state and the fall of the United States. So why wouldn't they want to co-operate to achieve these common goals?

I'm not sure what to think, anyone have anything to add to this? Is it just the right wing spinning or is there a real cover up going on here?