A decade after 9/11, conspiracy theories thrive

31/08/2011

There's no real estimate of the numbers of people in the 9/11 “truth” movements — there's no one leader of the skeptics. A group called Remember Building 7 presented New York's City Council with a petition in 2009 signed by 80,000 people calling for an independent probe into the attacks. Other groups include Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Scholars for 9/11 Truth and the 9/11 Commission Campaign, founded by Gravel.

The “truthers” generally have about a dozen beliefs surrounding what happened on that day, although there are some variations on who was responsible for the attacks and why:

— Explosives brought down the World Trade Center, not hijacked jetliners.

— There were warnings of the impending attacks from 11 different countries, and fighter jets could have intercepted at least one of the four planes that day.

— Criminal conspiracies within the government caused the attacks

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31/08/2011

OTTAWA - Patrick Whyte, like all good pitch men, is personally invested in his product.

"I prefer to look at paranoia as just another means of awareness," the co-owner and proprietor of Conspiracy Culture says without a trace of irony.

Whyte, on the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, is hardly alone.

His five-year-old shop on Toronto's funky downtown Queen Street West promises "strictly non-fiction, researched theories" on conspiracies and paranormal subject matter in book, magazine and DVD formats.

Alternative theories on what happened in New York and Washington that crisp September morning 10 years ago make up "a big slice of the pie" of Whyte's merchandise, but his material covers the conspiratorial waterfront — like his clientele.

"We've got professors, students, janitors, TTC (transit) workers, doctors, teachers, policemen," said Whyte.

"Anybody and everybody comes in here. The one thing that ties them all together is just their genuine curiosity in terms of trying to make sense of what's going on."

The events of Sept. 11, 2001, have sparked a veritable conspiracy cottage industry.

A conference on alternate 9-11 explanations will convene a who's who of eminent conspiracy theorists at Ryerson University in Toronto from Sept. 8-11, although event co-ordinator Graeme MacQueen prefers the term "evidence theorists."

MacQueen, a retired McMaster University professor, says conspiracy theory is a disparaging "ten-dollar expression" that means nothing.

"Everybody knows the 9-11 attacks were the result of a conspiracy. It just means a plan by several people, in secret, to commit a crime," the Harvard-educated specialist in Buddhist studies said in an interview.

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Israel

9/11 anti-Semitic theories 'alive and well'


Jewish group shows how conspiracy theories surrounding attacks have grown and evolved over past decade, including claim that jewish people or Israel perpetrated attacks instead of al-Qaeda

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