The cockpit recording--were the terrorists speaking English or

[mistertrickster]

Arabic?

Did they say "God is Great" in English or in Arabic?

Because if it were in English, something is seriously wrong here . . .

[Selatius]

1. If the whole thing was staged, then that would be amateurish, no?

You think that the men in the shadows who own the politicians would have better production standards than using English stand-ins for bona fide Arabic speakers.

[Not Sure]

4. Well...

They sure didn't do a very good job of planting the WMA's in Iraq... ;)

Or maybe they did too good a job and we can't find them. :)

[wtmusic]

2. Allah akbar

all in Arabic.

[mistertrickster]

3. Ah, okay. That makes sense. I assume that native-speakers

of Arabian have agreed they're for real . . .

[DianaForRussFeingold]

5. oh,you heard them.

Translate...

[DianaForRussFeingold]

6. Back up what you say

You never back up what you say...

[wtmusic]

7. oferchrissakes

Allah or Allahu Akhbar = "God is great"

All over the transcripts

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/law/0604/transcript.flight93/transcriptf93.9.html

Enjoy!

[Jazz2006]

8. The transcript indicates...

which parts were in English and which parts were translated from Arabic.

[iconoclastNYC]

9. Why did it take them so long to release them?

That in itself make me suspicious.