Conspiracy Theories: A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Mysteries

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Similar articles in news media throughout the world, including The Times of India, [27] the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), [28] the BBC, [29] Le Monde, [30] Deutsche Welle, [31] the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), [32] and The Chosun Ilbo of South Korea. [33] Brean, Joseph (October 9, 2010). "Saturday Interview: The CIC's Canadian imam National Post October 2010". National Post. Canada . Retrieved March 5, 2021. Samuel, Eugenie; Damian Carrington (September 12, 2001). "Design choice for towers saved lives". New Scientist . Retrieved December 2, 2009. Carroll, Vincent (September 26, 2009). "Carroll: Public TV and the Truthers". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. Blatchford, Andy (April 30, 2010). "U.S. skeptics to speak of 9–11 cover-up at three Canadian universities". Toronto: Canadian Press. Archived from the original on May 4, 2010 . Retrieved May 1, 2010.Hunt, H. E. (November 19, 2008). "The 30 greatest conspiracy theories The Telegraph November 19, 2008". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved July 20, 2009. a b c d Bartlett, Jamie; Miller, Carl (2011). "A Bestiary of the 9/11 Truth Movement: Notes from the Front Line". Skeptical Inquirer. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 35.4 (July/August): 43–46. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. While some conspiracy theorists have claimed that passengers of Flight 93 and/or Flight 77 were murdered or that they were relocated, with the intent that they never be found, [77] others within the 9/11 Truth Movement, such as Jim Hoffman and Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, repudiate such claims.

Cziesche, Dominik; Jürgen Dahlkamp; Ulrich Fichtner; Ulrich Jaeger; Gunther Latsch; Gisela Leske; Max F. Ruppert (September 8, 2003). "Panoply of the Absurd". Der Spiegel. Harvey, Adam (September 3, 2006). "9/11 myths busted". The Sunday Mail (Qld). Archived from the original on December 31, 2012 . Retrieved December 8, 2010. The Resuscitation of Anti-Semitism: An American Perspective: An Interview with Abraham Foxman". Jcpa.org. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. Hunt, H.E. (November 19, 2008). "The 30 greatest conspiracy theories— part 1". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved May 30, 2009. A large group of people— collectively called the 9/11 Truth MovementCharlie Brooker, a British comedian and multimedia personality, in a July 2008 column published by The Guardian as part of its "Comment is free" series agreed that 9/11 conspiracy theorists fail to take in account human fallacies and added that believing in these theories gives theorists a sense of belonging to a community that shares privileged information thus giving the theorists a delusional sense of power. [215] The commentary generated over 1700 online responses, the largest in the history of the series. [216] In a September 2009 piece, The Guardian was more supportive of 9/11 conspiracy theories, asking, "when did it become uncool to ask questions? When did questioners become imbeciles?" [217] Summers, Anthony; Swan, Robbyn (2011). The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden. New York: Ballantine. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-4000-6659-9. The nature of the collapse of the two World Trade Center towers and the nearby 7 World Trade Center (in this photo, the brown building to the left of the towers) is a major focus of 9/11 conspiracy theories. Profiles of 9/11 – About 9/11". Biography.com. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009.

Kelly, Christopher C. (January 11, 2002). "Experts ID 184 Pentagon Fatalities". U.S. Army Medical Department. Archived from the original on August 15, 2002 . Retrieved May 7, 2010.a b c d e David Aaronovitch (April 29, 2009). "9/11 conspiracy theories: The truth is out there... just not on the internet". The Times. London. Archived from the original on July 21, 2009 . Retrieved September 6, 2009.

Pentagon Battered but Firm – 2001.1003". ArchitectureWeek. October 3, 2001. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. Lee Keath (April 23, 2008). "Al Qaeda audiotape blisters Iran over who executed 9/11". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved May 30, 2011. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) concluded the accepted version was more than sufficient to explain the collapse of the buildings. NIST and many scientists have refused to debate conspiracy theorists because they feel it would give those theories unwarranted credibility. [93] Specialists in structural mechanics and structural engineering accept the model of a fire-induced, gravity-driven collapse of the World Trade Center buildings without the use of explosives. [94] [95] [96] As a result, NIST said that it did not perform any test for the residue of explosive compounds of any kind in the debris. [44] In February 2009, Aymeric Chauprade, a professor of geopolitics at CID military college in Paris, was fired by French Defence Minister Hervé Morin for writing a book entitled Chronicle of the Clash of Civilizations that espoused 9/11 conspiracy theories. [260]

Charlie Brooker (July 14, 2008). "So, you believe in conspiracy theories, do you? You probably also think you're the Emperor of Pluto Charles Brooker for The Guardian Unlimited July 14, 2008". The Guardian. London . Retrieved September 20, 2009. These novels explore conspiracy theories both “real” and fictional, showing how history blends with fiction and speculation can supplement fact. At approximately 12:20pm on 17 December 1967, then- Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt, disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach, near the town of Portsea in Victoria. While it is presumed that Holt drowned, the topic is still described as one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Australian history and has spawned many conspiracy theories. [31] The conspiracy theories have been widely criticised by the public and by members of Holt's own family.