...Conspiracy Theories of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories of September 11thThere is a lot of speculation on who was actually behind what happened on September 11, 2001. On this date one of America's greatest tragedies occurred. In this tragedy, around three thousand people were killed, with a total of six thousand injured. On this day four planes were hijacked; two of them hit the Twin towers in New York city, one hit the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania, the intended destination of that plane is unknown. What happened on this day completely changed the world forever.(September11.archive.org.)The people who have been said to be responsible was a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. The United States citizens have been told to believe that there were 19 hijackers from Al-Qaeda who hijacked four United States commercial jets, and purposefully crashed them into The Twin Towers, and The Pentagon. After the attack happened, the United States responded with launching “The War on Terror” and invaded Afghanistan to eliminate the Al-Qaeda. The leader in charge of the attack was Osama Bin Ladin. This war is still going on to this day, and we still have not found Osama Bin Ladin. ("Formal Analysis, September 11 2001.")The world, specifically the United states, believe that this planned attack was unknown to the United States government.. Many conspirators believe that the government knew about the plans to attack The Twin Towers and...
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...9/11 Conspiracy Theories Hannah N. Powell Floyd Central High School 9/11 Conspiracy Theories On the morning of September 11, 2001, the terrorist attack in New York caused a shock to a vast majority of the United States. We have all seen the terrible footage of the twin towers collapsing and the crash of the plane at the Pentagon and in the field in Pennsylvania. It seems almost unthinkable for our own government to potentially control the awful events of 9/11. Around 8:00 am on September 11, 2001, Flight 175 from United Airlines departed Boston carrying two pilots, seven flight attendants, and eighty-one passengers. Within five minutes, the plane’s identification transponder was shut off; it was hijacked and turned for New York (McConnachie, p.396). Also, at around 8:00am, American Airlines Flight 11 left for Los Angeles. A few minutes after the plane departed, it was hijacked and directed towards New York. Around 8:05 am, Flights 93 and 77 from American Airlines changed its course and headed toward New York. At 8:46am Flight 11 slams into the North Tower at the World Trade Center striking the north side, only fourteen stories from the top. 9:03am South Tower at the World Trade Center was plunged by Flight 175. 9:45am Flight 77 collides into the Pentagon. Flight 93 crashed in a field after passengers rush the hijackers. Around 10:10am the Pentagon, the North, and South towers collapsed (McConnachie, p.396). Evacuations had already begun in the South Tower when the...
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...Claims/Assumptions/Evidence 9/11 was an act of terror in which a number of airplanes were hijacked from airports around the United States to be driven into the World Trade Center in New York City. Several conspiracy theories exist that try to reveal a possible hidden truth behind this event. Many claim that 9/11 was an inside job. Believers of this claim argue that the tragic events that occurred on the day of September 11th, 2001 were orchestrated by the United States federal government. It is immediately assumed by the believers that the collapse of the World Trade Center was a controlled demolition rather than an act of terror. The biggest forms of evidence the article includes to prove its point are chiefly an assortment of audio and video...
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...article Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and The United States written by scholar Peter Knight. The article critically analyzes the conspiracy theories that emerged in American society years after the tragic events of 9/11. Knight’s main assertion through out the article, is that 9/11 conspiracy theories have more in common with the official reports of the events of 9/11 than many people would assume. He does this my showing comparing and contrasting the two accounts, highlighting the similarities in their narratives. Firstly, the author supports his claim by showing how they both reinforce an essentialist framework of thinking. Firstly, there was a rejection of any blame or accountability, as president Bush...
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...Conspiracy Theories of September 11th There is a lot of speculation on who was actually behind what happened on September 11, 2001. On this date one of America's greatest tragedies occurred. In this tragedy, around three thousand people were killed, with a total of six thousand injured. On this day four planes were hijacked; two of them hit the Twin towers in New York city, one hit the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania, the intended destination of that plane is unknown. What happened on this day completely changed the world forever. (September11.archive.org.) The people who have been said to be responsible was a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. The United States citizens have been told to believe that there were 19 hijackers from Al-Qaeda who hijacked four United States commercial jets, and purposefully crashed them into The Twin Towers, and The Pentagon. After the attack happened, the United States responded with launching “The War on Terror” and invaded Afghanistan to eliminate the Al-Qaeda. The leader in charge of the attack was Osama Bin Ladin. This war is still going on to this day, and we still have not found Osama Bin Ladin. ("Formal Analysis, September 11 2001.") The world, specifically the United states, believe that this planned attack was unknown to the United States government.. Many conspirators believe that the government knew about the plans to attack The Twin Towers and The Pentagon,...
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...September 11th 2001 was a traumatizing day that will always be remembered by Americans. On that fateful day, two planes crashed into the World Trade Center causing both Twin Towers to fall to the ground. Terrorism has been a big fear in the American homes ever since. Terrorism still exists today and will continue to be part of this world. Many people have an idea of what happened and who did it, but we will never know for sure. There have been many conspiracy theories and many accusations throughout the years. So the question is who is responsible? On Tuesday September 11th , 2001 a series of four planes were hijacked and targeted US landmarks. Two of the planes that were hijacked were American Airlines Boeing 767 and United Airlines Flight...
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...DEFEAT CONSPIRACY THEORIES WITH PERSPICACITY As usual, I went to work on Tuesday morning of September 11th. When I got to work, a few of my coworkers were already there including my boss. My coworker stomped into the office and said in a frighten voice that the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon were probably attacked by terrorists and it was all over the news. I was in shock and could not even comprehend what she said. My boss quickly turned the radio on and broke down in tears worrying about his only son who was Major of the Marine Corp that worked in the Pentagon at the time. The day went on dreadfully for my boss and everyone at work as well. For years, the combination of fear of the 9/11 attacks and the media evidence provided by conspiracy theorists has caused me to be paranoid not only whenever I was in a close distance with men from the Middle East, but also thinking that the U.S. government was behind the master ploy. While 1/3 of the American population believes that 9/11 is the inside job of the Bush government due to the psychological impacts of the national crisis upon their mind;...
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...Conspiracy theories fascinate and open people's mind to strange, but potentially true possibilities. Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time, and have had an influence on the lives of skeptics. But why do people believe in them? What makes them so interesting? People that study human patterns have discovered that humans believe in conspiracy theories because of human gullibility. Human gullibility is seen mostly through conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories happen because skeptics believe there is more to know about a specific event that has happened. Also, humans lack trust in their governments which has affected the way people act and think. Scientists have researched the human brain and have discovered patterns in the human brain. One of the patterns is human gullibility/curiosity. Humans are a curious species. They...
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...event or crisis, conspiracists neglect the facts and build their own conspiracy based on nothing but their beliefs. From the articles we read about conspiracy theories, we have found that their is a lot of evidence that has shown that conspiracies could be true. In most occasions these conspiracies end up not being true, or the conspiracists do not bring up enough eligible evidence to prove their point. Most conspiracists are people who cannot accept the truth about something they are interested in or passionate about.The evidence for that is simple, most conspiracies are not true! They are simply a product of one's imagination! People come up with conspiracies all the time,...
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...“Theory” is based on the idea used to a justify a course of action.With in the article by Jesse Walker “A theory about conspiracy theory” and Seitz Wald’s article “ Why people believe in conspiracy theories”. They have proved many similarities and differences. Political paranoia is everywhere, but having also accusations tell us about the people who believe in them. The conspiracy theory in Jesse Walkers perspective is that, “ Some conspiracies are real, of course, but even a conspiracy theory that is entirely false has truths to tell us about the anxieties and experiences of the people who believe it…it tells us ways people view the world” .The meaning of this quotation is that people are allowed to believe in conspiracy theories in order to shape the way they live and their emotions of the society. On the other hand Seitz- Wald’s theory states that their are “ Psychological forces like motivated reasoning have long been associated with...
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...Conspiracy is a word used to describe the secret planning of a group to do something that is usually illegal and causes harm to many people. There are several conspiracy’s that surround some of the most well-known events in history however, there is one conspiracy in particular that has been heard by many throughout the nation. This conspiracy is that homeland security was behind the attack on 9/11. The reason that this conspiracy is thought to be true is because certain aspects of the 9/11 attack such as the Air force not intercepting the hijacked planes, the way in which the towers fell and the fact that an amateur pilot was able to crash into the pentagon so easily do not coincide with the logistics of building structures nor should it have been that easy to crash into a military building. The more these irregularities have become evident to the public the more questions have arose, each one leading more people to believe that 9/11 was an inside job....
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...People who believe 9/11 was inside job say that the not only did the FBI try to suggest that these phone calls were real, but that the call was scripted and recorded by the government in order to fool the public into thinking that 9/11 was the work of terrorists. The biggest assumption that the conspiracy theorists make, is that the government had a good reason to destroy the towers. In the article, the only theory they mention is that the towers cost a lot to keep running and that they destroyed them to save those expenses. This is incredibly vague and isn’t convincing. Despite this, I still wouldn’t say that the people who believe that the government played a part in 9/11 are completely unreasonable. I say this because there is a lot of holes in the government’s summaries about what happened in 9/11. This could be for only two reasons, they are hiding their involvement with the tragedy that is 9/11. Or they sincerely don’t know who was behind the attacks. The possibility that an outside party could have caused this sounds unlikely. The United states placed the blame on terrorists but the terrorists don’t seem to give all the answers to the mysteries that occurred during 9/11. So the only people left who have the knowledge, and resources to go through with this...
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...Professor Dana English 1101 March 30, 2016 9/11 Conspiracy Debunked Most people in a disturbed and extremely instable state of mind often will want to believe things that may or may not have actually happened in real time. The year was 2009, a moment that shook Americans grounds so drastically and changed so many peoples lives was September 11, at 8:45 am in New York City. In the blink of an eye, one of Americas most loved cities was attacked and reawakened to the real world. Conspiracy theorists have tried to debunk the theories and misconceptions about the horrific morning of 9/11. Fortunately, after 7 years of analysis and research we figured out that the conspiracy is true, science has undoubtedly debunked this mystery and everything finally makes sense. On September 11, at 8:45 am on a clear Tuesday morning, an American airliner Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City near the 80th floor. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology the North tower was completely obliterated by a single commercial Boeing airliner jet. While studies show that the height of the impacts on the North tower to cause it to collapse is a complete fallacy. The truth is that the top 20 floors could not have possibly disemboweled the remaining sturdy 90 floors. Even though the Boeing was transporting 20,000 gallons of fuel, which certainly caused plenty of damage and fire to the initial impact...
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...September 11 in 2001, a devastating day for America. But did the media try to warn us about that day? Beforehand there were television shows, and games with warnings about that infamous day. Pop culture knew about 9/11 attacks and was trying to warn the American citizens by embedding hints that the twin towers in New York city would be the target of an attack. Television shows, games, and card games all tried to warn us. In season 3, episode 14 of Johnny Bravo called “Chain Gang Johnny”, it shows behind Johnny is a poster with a tower burning. The poster says that it was “COMING SOON”. The stunning thing about this is that this episode was released just months before 9/11 happened on April 27, 2001. Johnny Bravo, episode 14 “Chain Gang Johnny” If I did not convince you in that first conspiracy this one might convince you. The picture above is of a game in early 2001 named Trade Center Defender. A gamer had to shoot down planes that were heading to the World Trade Center. If a player could not defend the towers, the towers would get flown into and caught on fire, and the player would lose. Coincidence…. I think not! World Trade...
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...SEPTEMBER 11TH CONSPIRACY THEORIES On September 11th, 2001, four American Airlines flights were hijacked. All of the planes were full of passengers. One aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, one hit the Pentagon, and the other two hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Most Americans remember where they were when they this malicious series of events happened, and the shocking feeling they had when they heard the news. When this first happened most people were scared for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. It was not until later that people started to ask questions about who was behind these events. Allegedly, a number of terrorists affiliated with the group Al-Qaeda were responsible. A few months after the attacks of 9/11 a group of skeptics formed something called “The 9/11 Truth Movement”. This group found a number of occurrences and facts that make some of the attacks and other happenings of 9/11, not likely, possibly set up, and in some cases nearly impossible. One of the groups most popular claims was that the World Trade Center falling was a controlled demolition. After demolition experts reviewed the videos of the World Trade Center falling, they agreed with the skeptics of the 9/11 Truth Movement. According to experts the building falls as if many small explosives were planted on all sides and it exploded in a very specific order, just like in a controlled demolition. When videos of the World Trade Center falling are compared with a building...
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