Whats with all this talk of ~ 911and the twin towers being a hoax?Was the gov. really behind all this?
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The first question asked in any criminal investigation: who benefitted?\n\nBush got his war\nSilverstein got billions of dollars\n\nAlso:\n\nThe PNAC said they needed a new Pearl Harbor\nBush and Cheney wanted Iraq from day 1\nNORAD was distracted by a drill of exactly what happened\n\nAlso:\n\nNo steel building has ever burned down before or after 9/11\n2 planes can't knock down 3 buildings\nwe've never seen any of the Pentagon videos\nThe Pennsylvania plane was admittedly shot down\nThe 911 tapes were edited (as revealed last week)
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I have seen several of the conspiracy theory films and they do make me think.\n\nThey insist that the WTC buildings one and two had to have explosive charges placed in them like a controlled demo for them to come down as fast as they did.\n\nThey show, and you can see, puffs of smoke coming out of windows floors below the floors collapsing.  Is this really PROOF that there were explosive charges.  You do not see any flashes with the puffs of smoke.\n\nThey show other tall building fires where they fires lasted longer and the buildings did not collapse.  But in the WTC collapses there were gigantic planes that hit and did a lot of structural damage.  There was also jet fuel that created the fires.  There was a tremendous amount of weight suspended above where the planes hit.  I remember thinking that it was amazing that the buildings did not fall down.  Of course, later they did.\n\nA few years ago (before 9/11/01) there was a 10 floor building being built in Bridgeport CT. There was a construction accident on one of the upper floors and the weight of what fell just massively overwhelmed the support below.  The whole building fell to the ground just like a controlled demo, just like the WTC towers.  There was no bomb, no plane hitting the building, no fire.\n\nI think that there was a lot of damage on the floors where the planes hit.  All it would take would be for one floor to fail and everything above it drops and hits the floor below.  Imagime how much weight that is.  It only gets heavier as it goes.\n\nStill, how the planes and bodies at the Pentagon and in PA completely vaporized makes you wonder.  One film says that flight 93 went to Cleveland and all the passangers were taken off the plane and that even the cell phone calls were fakes.  They do not say what happened to the real passangers after.  Were they all shot?\n\nA lot of the conspiricy theories have as many holes as the supposed cover ups.  Their idea of proof is often pretty lame.
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The official story regarding the plane that crashed into the Pentagon is that it was totally consumed by burning fuel and left no wreckage. One of the many things that happened 9/11/2001 that had never happened before or since. What really mystifies me though is how many dismiss the notion that their was some government involvement in what transpired on 9/11 without even considering an alternative scenario other than the one the government has given.
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C’mon: Do you really think nineteen guys with box cutters were behind 9/11? Then why, when no steel-frame building had ever collapsed from fire, did three fall down that day? (One, 7 WTC, wasn’t even hit.) How could a terrorist’s passport emerge in perfect condition? Why was it so important to clear debris before all the bodies were recovered? Did the U.S. secretly plan the whole thing? The 9/11 conspiracy theorists have it all figured out.
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You commented :Could a huge conspiracy like that, which would involve thousands of people, really be kept secret!?\n\nThis should be the biggest evidence AGAINST a conspiracy theory, at least as it applies to a missile or something similar, blowing up the Pentagon instead of the commercial airliner.  The Pentagon is close to several busy traffic routes; these roads were packed with commuters at the time of the crash. There were thousands of people in the office buildings nearby. All of these people became eyewitnesses and if there were any conspiracy, they'd ALL have to have been in on it.  How could it be possible to get every single one of those people to play along?  I just don't get it.\n\nPS--- I was one of the thousands of eyewitnesses and I watched the plane actually hit the Pentagon and even though I've told people my story, they still cling to these conspiracy theories... go figure.
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you are right to be curious, there are major cover-ups going on regarding 9/11. i would invite you to view www.911truth.org (i'm not affiliated with them).  also www.scholarsfor911truth.org .\n\nthere are many more but those will get you started :)
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what a load of poo!!\n\nThe hoaxster is apparently quite willing to bend the truth to fit the story. Flight 77 was carrying 64 people not 65 as claimed in the email. The message also claims that Flight 77 hit the Twin Towers. However, Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, not the World Trade Center. \n\nIn addition, the email states that the "total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254". However, this is untrue. Various reliable sources concur that the total number of people on the hijacked planes was 265 (see Data Table below). If you subtract the 19 hijackers, the total number of victims on the planes (passengers and crew) was 246 not 254. Neither 265 nor 246 add up to eleven.\n\n\nThe second part of the message claims that Chapter 9 Verse 11 (9.11) of the Islamic holy book the Quran contains a startling prophecy presumably related to the US invasion of Iraq. However, research indicates that the quoted verse does not appear in the Quran at all. Chapter 9 Verse 11 of the Quran is concerned with repentance and charity. Other translations may differ slightly in wording but carry essentially the same message. None make mention of the "wrath of the Eagle" or any other elements contained in the "verse" quoted in the message.\n\nCertainly, this combination of symbols is likely to make even the most cynical readers do a double take when they first observe it. However, a minimal amount of research reveals that the Wingdings claim is based on an outrageous lie and therefore has no validity what so ever. None of the planes involved in the 9/11 attacks had the flight number "Q33 NY". The flight numbers of the planes that crashed into the Twin Towers were in fact "11" and "175". Clearly, someone has simply made up this supposed flight number in an attempt to make the spurious claim seem valid. \n\nThere is more at the link\nhttp://www.hoax-slayer.com/wingdings-911.html
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911 conspiracy theory lies too. Would you like examples?\n\nSome bloggers and 911 theorists say hijackers are found alive, but BBC article they mention actually is about validity of hijacker's ID. They may have stolen someone else's ID. Criminals stealing IDs? Hard to believe? BBC article ends by saying “FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged on Thursday that the identity of several of the suicide hijackers is in doubt.”\nRead the article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm\nYou’ll notice in the middle of this BBC article titled ‘Hijack 'suspects' alive and well’ it also says in bold face ‘Mistaken Identity.’  \n\nBuilding 7 had a giant hole stretching over 10 floors and its picture exists, but conspiracy theorists probably don't want you to see since it dampens their 'demolition' theory. See the photo here. http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm...  Conspiracy theorists do not discuss this massive structural damage, but talk about ‘pull’ quote that is very vague and arbitrary. \n\nPeople said things like 'pull people out of there,' but conspiracy theorists say 'pull' is technical term for demolition.\n\n911 conspiracy theory also claim Rumsfeld said flight 93 was shot down. It is Cheney who mistakenly believes 2 planes were shot down by Airforce because they wanted to avoid more suicide hits during 911 confusion. Rumsfeld tells Cheney he knows one plane is down, but can’t confirm who brought down the plane (flight 93).  This episode was explained in PBS’s Frontline: Dark Side. They had obtained actual transcript of their conversation. You can watch this here http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/view/   Cheney/Rumsfeld conversation is shown in ‘part one’ at beginning of documentary.  \n\nSome claim debunking911 websites are debunked and links to infowar website, but there they only discuss ‘pull’ comment again which is very vague and arbitrary and they do not discuss other countless flaws in 911 conspiracy theory. They do not explain the fact that many experts have explained ‘molten metals’ and several structural engineers and experts have disputed Steve Jones’s (physicist and not structural engineer) theory.\n\n\nIts times like 911 where people need to keep cool and keep their sanity which can be hard to do. Or you'll go to war with Iraq. One thing for people to get poor government response, but another thing for people to get scammed by some nut conspiracy theorists.
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Aha, conspiracy theories are great.  The governments of the world are seeking the anihilation of coastal people...Some sites are akin to the National Enquirer, you know.  Did this person see the Virgin Mary on a piece of toast and she told this prophecy?
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Stuff about 9/11 sounds interesting and there are many things that has not been clarified by our government. We can doubt what they do and I do not believe everything the politicians says. The video clip does not have many solid evidence and the creator is not credible enough.
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9/11 was by definition a conspiracy.  More than one person planned and executed the crime.  Leaders of a group (Al Queda) organized the operation and sent lower-ranking members to carry it out.  The Fed Gov't tried Moussaoui on conspiracy charges, to which he confessed and for which he was convicted.\n\nIf what you really mean is, did the US government and Israel conspire to blow up the World Trade Center so they could take control of Middle Eastern oil, why are you wasting 5 pts on the question?  Just look at ten zillion resolved questions on the same topic and you'll get a fair sense of how the Yahoo community feels about this ridiculous topic.
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If you have any doubt about what happened, watch this video:\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801\nIt's called "Loose Change" and uses FACTS to prove the Bush government was behind or at least supported the 9/11 attacks.
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I have tossed this one back and fourth for some time. I don't think our Government is responsible for the events of 9/11, but there are some holes in the official report. Those holes lead people to believe that this Government is covering things. We may never know in our lifetime what actually happened beyond the obvious, but I am 90% certain that we did not do this to ourselves.
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Because most americans are too lazy/busy to do the minimal amount of research needed to open their eyes to the numerous lies about 9/11. Just recently scientist examined a preserved portion of a WTC support column and found thermite on the neatly cut metal support beam. Thermite is a cutting agent used in controlled demolitions.\nNumerous accredited people from German Defense Ministers to CIA agents who gave daily briefings to Reagan and Bush Sr. have come forward saying 9/11 is a big lie, but the main stream controlled media won't tell America this thus most Americans assume its not true. \n\nBasically we have a nation of brainwashed couch slugs to lazy to think for themselves. And if the TV news won't tell them the truth, then the truth of 9/11 is just a kookie tin foil hat pipe dream.\n\nI am so glad I no longer am one of those pathetic sheeple.
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I have not seen this but i can only imagine the theory behind 9/11.  I know that it was not by accident that the twin towers came a tumblin down...but i also know that it would never have happened if the gov't wasn't in on it. It is just to tragic and too big of a game for it to happen on American soil.
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I think there was more to the high-jacking than we have been told. Why I do not know...There has been a lot of talk about the way the twin towers fell. \nThank you for sending this I have enjoyed.
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This video is very compelling evidence that there's a lot more to the events of 9/11 than most people know.  A few of the things in the Loose Change video are inaccurate, but it compiles enough accurate information to lead to further questions.  \n\nTo the people who say things like "this has all been disproven" or "it's just conspiracy theories" you are fooling yourselves.  The famous philospher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) said “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident”.  People will believe any lie either because they want it to be true, or because they fear it is true.  The lie you are believing is that the official story of how the events of 9/11 occurred are true.  When you OBJECTIVELY analysis the scientific evidence -- as a detective or scientist would -- without injecting false patriatism into the equation -- you realize that it is simply physically impossible that things happened as we've been led to believe.\nAnd  as a side note, questioning the events of 9/11 is NOT unpatriotic.  On the contrary, it's about the most patriotic thing you can do.  We have a duty to defend this great nation of ours against ALL threats, foriegn AND DOMESTIC.  And the families of the victims of 9/11 have a right to know the TRUTH of how and why their loved ones died.  In that spirit, I present the following very small bits of information concerning the events of 9/11.\n\nYou can’t collapse a skyscraper with jet fuel.\nMany engineers have come forward and said that there’s no way those buildings fell from fire.  Steel doesn’t weaken until almost 2000 degrees F, and it doesn’t melt until almost 3000 degrees F.  Jet fuel doesn’t burn hot enough to do it.\nThe official NIST report states “The initial jet fuel fires themselves lasted at most a few minutes” and office material fires would burn out within about 20 minutes in a given location. (NIST, 2005; p. 179, emphasis added.)   The final NIST report on the Towers admits:  \n"Of the more than 170 areas examined on 16 perimeter column panels, only three columns had evidence that the steel reached temperatures above 250ºC… Only two core column specimens had sufficient paint remaining to make such an analysis, and their temperatures did not reach 250 ºC. ... Using metallographic analysis, NIST determined that there was no evidence that any of the samples had reached temperatures above 600 ºC."  (NIST, 2005, pp. 176-177) \nKevin Ryan, the engineer from the company that underwrote the towers, said it was impossible that a jet fuel fire brought the towers down.  The architect who designed the twin towers has repeatedly said that he designed them to take not 1, but 2, massive passenger airliner impacts and not fall.  \nPools of molten steel were found in the basements of the towers (including tower 7) weeks after 9/11.  Steel melts at 2777 degrees F.  Jet fuel burns at only 1577 degrees F.  It is literally impossible for jet fuel fires to get hot enough to melt steel into molten pools.  Something else must have done it.\n\nFirefighters and survivors said repeatedly that bombs were going off throughout the towers, on many different floors. Firefighters gave very specific descriptions of seeing flashes of light and explosions going off on the lower levels.   If you watch the news from that morning, you'll even see Fox news reporting a "4th explosion" going off in tower 1.   For instance, at the start of the collapse of the South Tower a Fox  News anchor reported:   “There is an explosion at the base of the building… white smoke from the bottom… something happened at the base of the building!  Then another explosion.”\nFirefighter Edward Cachia independently reported:  \n“[We] thought there was like an internal detonation, explosives, because it went in succession, boom, boom, boom, boom, and then the tower came