Sticker Observed in Public Space Wishes Seasonal Greetings to Appropriate Parties

The Dispatch

A sticker bearing the text “Happy 9/11 to those who celebrate” was observed affixed to the handle of a shopping cart in a public retail environment. The sticker includes a silhouette of a commercial aircraft, a rendering consistent with photographs of lower Manhattan taken on the morning of September 11, 2001, and the URL apsyop.com/truths. The branding along the outer edge reads “TRUTHS. We are to be believed.”

The September 11 attacks killed two thousand nine hundred and seventy seven people. Five individuals who may be among those the sticker addresses were detained the same morning in Union City, New Jersey. Witnesses reported that the men, later identified as Israeli nationals employed by a New Jersey moving company called Urban Moving Systems, had positioned themselves in a parking lot overlooking the Manhattan skyline and were observed filming the World Trade Center, high-fiving, and appearing, in the words of one eyewitness statement provided to the FBI, “jovial.” The eyewitness wrote down the van’s license plate and called police. Around 4 p.m. the van was stopped near Giants Stadium. The men were removed at gunpoint. One passenger had four thousand seven hundred dollars in cash hidden in his sock. Another carried two foreign passports. A box cutter was found in the van.

The five men were held for more than two months and subjected to interrogation and polygraph tests before being deported to Israel. Their employer, Dominik Suter, left for Israel before FBI agents could question him further. In 2019, following a Freedom of Information Act request, the FBI released one hundred and forty four pages documenting its investigation. The documents confirmed that agents observed “inconsistencies” in the men’s statements. They also confirmed that of seventy six photographs developed from the camera found in the van, fourteen were released to the public. The remaining sixty two were not. One of the men appeared on Israeli television following his return and stated: “Our purpose was to document the event.” The event he was referring to had, at the time of filming, just begun.

The sticker did not specify which parties it was addressing. The shopping cart was unattended at time of filing.

Source Block

Primary source: FBI FOIA release, 2019 — 144 pages, “Twin Tower Bombing” case file Via: MuckRock / public record

Primary source: ABC News — “Were Israelis Detained on Sept. 11 Spies?” (June 2002) URL: https://abcnews.com/2020/story?id=123885

Primary source: The Grayzone — “Were the notorious ‘Dancing Israelis’ 9/11 plotters, spies, or scam artists?” (September 2021) URL: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/11/dancing-israelis-9-11-plotters-spies-scam-artists/

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