The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, was only the second time in the history of this country that America was attacked on its own soil. With more than 3,000 lives lost, everyone living in the United States and surrounding areas was impacted in some way. Blamed on the terrorism of Al Qaeda, the attacks helped the United States launch into an eleven year war (and still going). While the event was no doubt one of the worst things to happen in all of history, many have begun to wonder whether or not all the facts are true.
In a global poll of about sixteen thousand people from more than seventeen countries in 2008, forty-six percent of those questioned either didn’t believe that Al Qaeda was involved at all or didn’t believe that they were as much to blame as the government was leading on, fifteen percent thought that the government was to blame, seven percent blamed the attacks on Israel, and the remaining seven percent either didn’t have an opinion on the matter or they believed in some other form of conspiracy. Overall, a majority in only nine of the seventeen countries believed that Al Qaeda was behind the attack.
A major theory brought up is what’s known as the “Foreknowledge” theory. Pretty self-explanatory, the theory says that the Government had advanced knowledge of the attacks but they either chose to ignore the warnings or a lack of communication made it impossible for the right people to take steps to prevent it. One of the main reasons that this theory is brought up is because of the air defense stand down. The day of the attack, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) issued a stand down. According to the theory, they had the capability of locating the planes and taking them down before the attacks happened but chose not to. Another branch of the conspiracy claims that the Federal Aviations Agency didn’t tell the government about the planes being hijacked until three of the four planes had already crashed.
Less than six hours after the attacks occurred, another major conspiracy theory came to light. According to this one, the Pentagon was hit by a missile launched from inside the United States Government. The main reason? To justify the attacks and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. If the public thought that the other countries were attacking us, were taking away our freedoms and security, they would be more willing to accept going to war. This theory, known as the “controlled demolition” theory, was first proposed on an internet chat room. They say that the government planted bombs inside the buildings and timed them to go off at certain moments. Unfortunately, there appear to be times when the bombs go off earlier than expected. Online, the conspiratists said that if the government didn’t address the so-called bombs within the next forty-eight hours, things were definitely not as they seemed.
The theory goes like this: No plane every made contact with the Pentagon building. The holes made in the wall were much too small, creating only a 60 foot hole from a 125x150 foot plane. The actual damage to the building was caused explosives installed in the building in advance. To back this claim up, eyewitnesses of the event repeatedly reported bombs going off in the building but their claims were ignored because experts claim that it was “unreasonable.” Other experts, however, say that bombs are the only things that could explain the thermite and nanothermite found in the building, accompanied by molten steel that was much too hot to be cause by airplanes. To this, no rebuttal was provided. And as for the so-called phone calls made by passengers on the plane after it was “hijacked,” conspiratists claim that the calls were faked, fabricated by voice morphers and the bodies were later “disposed of.”
The planes themselves, according to the conspiracy, had one of two purposes. The first one would simply be that the planes caused a distraction, took people’s attention off of the bombs going off. The second theory is a bit more far-fetched. Often referred to as the “no-planes theory,” this one claims there were absolutely no planes used in the attacks, neither as a distraction of as the cause of the damage. No planes, no hijackers, nothing. According to this theory, the missiles that hit the buildings were surrounded by holograms that looked like planes. The “no-planes theory” is arguably one of the most controversial, banned from certain conspiracy websites, with its advocates threatened with violence.
Another theory in relation to the attacks has to do with Flight 93, which is supposedly the only plane that didn’t reach the target. What we’ve been told is that the plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after some of the passengers attempted to regain control of the plane. When you look that the facts, however, things may not be as they seem. According to forensic evidence, main parts of the plane were too far away, some more than eighty miles away from the plane itself. It’s suspected that what actually happened is that the plane was shot down by a US Fighter Jet, due to the fact that the passengers knew about the whole plot from the beginning. As for the passengers themselves, conspiratists claim that they were murdered, their bodies relocated.
The final theory has to do with Israel. Conspiratists claim that not only was Israel involved with the attacks, but their government, the Mossad, is also responsible for planning it. The reason for doing this varies depending on who you ask but some popular reasons include: to cause the United States to attack enemies of Israel, to divert public attention away from the unfair treatment of Palestinians, to help the Zionists take over the world, and/or to persuade American to support Israel. While there may not be a ton of evidence to support the truth of this theory, the main support of the theory comes from the Jews. On the day of the 9/11 attacks, more than four thousand Jews either took the day off or didn’t show up to work. Of those who did, it is estimated that only 270 to 400 Jewish people died in the attacks.
While the 9/11 attacks were undoubtedly the worst acts of terrorism in the history of this country, the who and why are still being debated worldwide. Nothing is concrete and things may not have happened how many seem to think. Believe what you will but just remember: next time something like this happens, don’t trust everything the government tells us.
In a global poll of about sixteen thousand people from more than seventeen countries in 2008, forty-six percent of those questioned either didn’t believe that Al Qaeda was involved at all or didn’t believe that they were as much to blame as the government was leading on, fifteen percent thought that the government was to blame, seven percent blamed the attacks on Israel, and the remaining seven percent either didn’t have an opinion on the matter or they believed in some other form of conspiracy. Overall, a majority in only nine of the seventeen countries believed that Al Qaeda was behind the attack.
A major theory brought up is what’s known as the “Foreknowledge” theory. Pretty self-explanatory, the theory says that the Government had advanced knowledge of the attacks but they either chose to ignore the warnings or a lack of communication made it impossible for the right people to take steps to prevent it. One of the main reasons that this theory is brought up is because of the air defense stand down. The day of the attack, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) issued a stand down. According to the theory, they had the capability of locating the planes and taking them down before the attacks happened but chose not to. Another branch of the conspiracy claims that the Federal Aviations Agency didn’t tell the government about the planes being hijacked until three of the four planes had already crashed.
Less than six hours after the attacks occurred, another major conspiracy theory came to light. According to this one, the Pentagon was hit by a missile launched from inside the United States Government. The main reason? To justify the attacks and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. If the public thought that the other countries were attacking us, were taking away our freedoms and security, they would be more willing to accept going to war. This theory, known as the “controlled demolition” theory, was first proposed on an internet chat room. They say that the government planted bombs inside the buildings and timed them to go off at certain moments. Unfortunately, there appear to be times when the bombs go off earlier than expected. Online, the conspiratists said that if the government didn’t address the so-called bombs within the next forty-eight hours, things were definitely not as they seemed.
The theory goes like this: No plane every made contact with the Pentagon building. The holes made in the wall were much too small, creating only a 60 foot hole from a 125x150 foot plane. The actual damage to the building was caused explosives installed in the building in advance. To back this claim up, eyewitnesses of the event repeatedly reported bombs going off in the building but their claims were ignored because experts claim that it was “unreasonable.” Other experts, however, say that bombs are the only things that could explain the thermite and nanothermite found in the building, accompanied by molten steel that was much too hot to be cause by airplanes. To this, no rebuttal was provided. And as for the so-called phone calls made by passengers on the plane after it was “hijacked,” conspiratists claim that the calls were faked, fabricated by voice morphers and the bodies were later “disposed of.”
The planes themselves, according to the conspiracy, had one of two purposes. The first one would simply be that the planes caused a distraction, took people’s attention off of the bombs going off. The second theory is a bit more far-fetched. Often referred to as the “no-planes theory,” this one claims there were absolutely no planes used in the attacks, neither as a distraction of as the cause of the damage. No planes, no hijackers, nothing. According to this theory, the missiles that hit the buildings were surrounded by holograms that looked like planes. The “no-planes theory” is arguably one of the most controversial, banned from certain conspiracy websites, with its advocates threatened with violence.
Another theory in relation to the attacks has to do with Flight 93, which is supposedly the only plane that didn’t reach the target. What we’ve been told is that the plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after some of the passengers attempted to regain control of the plane. When you look that the facts, however, things may not be as they seem. According to forensic evidence, main parts of the plane were too far away, some more than eighty miles away from the plane itself. It’s suspected that what actually happened is that the plane was shot down by a US Fighter Jet, due to the fact that the passengers knew about the whole plot from the beginning. As for the passengers themselves, conspiratists claim that they were murdered, their bodies relocated.
The final theory has to do with Israel. Conspiratists claim that not only was Israel involved with the attacks, but their government, the Mossad, is also responsible for planning it. The reason for doing this varies depending on who you ask but some popular reasons include: to cause the United States to attack enemies of Israel, to divert public attention away from the unfair treatment of Palestinians, to help the Zionists take over the world, and/or to persuade American to support Israel. While there may not be a ton of evidence to support the truth of this theory, the main support of the theory comes from the Jews. On the day of the 9/11 attacks, more than four thousand Jews either took the day off or didn’t show up to work. Of those who did, it is estimated that only 270 to 400 Jewish people died in the attacks.
While the 9/11 attacks were undoubtedly the worst acts of terrorism in the history of this country, the who and why are still being debated worldwide. Nothing is concrete and things may not have happened how many seem to think. Believe what you will but just remember: next time something like this happens, don’t trust everything the government tells us.