First Images of Pentagon 9/11 Attack

Yesterday, the Pentagon released the first official images of the American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the military headquarters building and killed 189 people on September 11, 2001.

The conservative group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request in December 2004, which was denied a month later, the group says.

The Pentagon said it could not release the videos in question because they were part of an ongoing investigation against al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui, according to Judicial Watch.

Judicial Watch sued the government over its refusal, saying there was "no legal basis" for it.

Government resistance collapsed after a court sentenced Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the 9/11 attacks, and they agreed to release the video, a Judicial Watch spokeswoman told the BBC.

The group wanted to have the images released in order to "put to rest the conspiracy theories involving American Airlines 77."

His remark was apparently a reference to ideas aired in books such as Thierry Meyssan's The Pentagate, which argues that a missile, not a plane, struck the headquarters of the US defense department.

Ok, but did you see the footage (video link here)? That could have easily been a missile. The plane is no where to be seen. Was the video selectively edited by the Pentagon? I'm just sayin!