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Kaiser FalknerPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:10
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So, as I am doing my research for my BA I came across this nice little line that helps you see that in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the 9/11 trutherism was really a global phenomenon

While 64 percent of Germans blamed al Qaeda for the 9/11 attacks (higher than the corresponding statistic for the UK), fully 23 percent believed it to be the work of the U.S. Government itself. [292]

Miller, "Charles Endgame for the West in Afghanistan? [electronic resource] : explaining the decline in support for the war in Afghanistan in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, France and Germany", Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

footnote: Available from www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/international_security_bt/535.php?lb=btot&pnt=535&nid=&id=.

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Kaiser FalknerPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:14
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Also, of further interest, if you go to the link of the footnote, you'll see just how incredibly different each country is in terms of who they blame for the attacks. Egypt and Jordan blame Israel while Kenya overwhelmingly identified al Qaeda as the culprit. Just a fun tidbit.

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Agent MattPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:15
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911 conspiracy theories are sickeningly popular in other areas of the world.

It is interesting how the blame will shift from the US to Israel depending on what region of the world you're talking about.

Perhaps countries that actually suffer from violent religious extremism find it easier to accept that Al Queda did 911.

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Kaiser FalknerPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:18
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I was honestly shocked at just how significant the portion of Germans was that thought the US was behind the attacks. What I'd like to see is a longitudal study (one that tracks how individuals change their minds over time) in these countries to see how these views change. Not really the focus of my research, but interesting nonetheless.

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Kaiser FalknerPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:21
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Perhaps countries that actually suffer from violent religious extremism find it easier to accept that Al Queda did 911.

You know, while Kenya has relatively little extremism, they have seen al Qaeda attacks within their own country and notably in Nairobi. But if you look at extremist groups in places like Palestine, you see them actually building community centers and working in their communities. What this obviously does is curry favor among people for those groups and perhaps why these countries are less willing to lay blame on al Qaeda.

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Agent MattPosted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:22
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Well, the United States tends to present itself as an extremely powerful force in the world. For people who don't actually live here and only know the country by the rhetoric our politicians use, maybe they genuinely don't believe a small group of people could deal a more devastating blow than any military ever has.

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EzPosted: Feb 19, 2011 - 02:05
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Last year someone was leaving flyers around my school advertising Loose Change and a few people I know think America or Israel were behind it. Actually the first time I heard about Loose Change was from my friend (who is Muslim) although I never checked it out myself.

My dad also believes it was done by America so they can get oil

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