The Third Terrorist
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The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing is a book by television journalist Jayna Davis
about evidence of a conspiracy behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
. The Justice Department initially sought, but then abandoned its search for a Middle East suspect. The book was published in April 2004 by Nelson Current Publishers, and became a New York Times best-seller. In contrast to conspiracy theories that the bombing was a false flag attack perpetrated by elements of the US government, the book presents with supporting evidence a theory that links the Oklahoma City bombers to agents of Iraq
and Al-Qaeda
, operating under Iran
ian state sponsorship. Although the official account of April 19, 1995 was that it was simply a domestic terrorism case, Davis cites a CNN
/USA Today
poll that 68 percent of Americans believe other bombing conspirators are "still out there". Jayna Davis believes that they are "hiding in plain sight." Representative Dana Rohrabacher
(R - CA) cited this research in the report "The Oklahoma City Bombing: Was There A Foreign Connection?"
Jayna Davis
Jayna Davis was a broadcast journalist for KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City at the time of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Her TV stories about the mysteriously cancelled FBI alert for "Middle-Eastern-looking" suspects wanted in connection with the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing generated confidential...
about evidence of a conspiracy behind the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. It was the most destructive act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Oklahoma blast claimed 168 lives, including 19...
. The Justice Department initially sought, but then abandoned its search for a Middle East suspect. The book was published in April 2004 by Nelson Current Publishers, and became a New York Times best-seller. In contrast to conspiracy theories that the bombing was a false flag attack perpetrated by elements of the US government, the book presents with supporting evidence a theory that links the Oklahoma City bombers to agents of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
, operating under Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian state sponsorship. Although the official account of April 19, 1995 was that it was simply a domestic terrorism case, Davis cites a CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
/USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
poll that 68 percent of Americans believe other bombing conspirators are "still out there". Jayna Davis believes that they are "hiding in plain sight." Representative Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyron Rohrabacher is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 45th and 42nd, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party...
(R - CA) cited this research in the report "The Oklahoma City Bombing: Was There A Foreign Connection?"
Further reading
- Davis, Jayna. "The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing" (World Net Daily Books ISBN 0-7852-6103-6)