A common topic that arises in Skypeland is whether the US attacked itself on 911 to create a pretext for attacking Iraq. One hears all variety of arguments that "prove" this, and almost no willingness of proponents to hear any arguments to the contrary.
As soon as someone tries to answer point A, point B is raised, and then C, and D and so on, even before a single point has been answered. One of the most common complaints raised is that the BBC found 6, or 7, or 9 or more of the alleged hijackers walking around unharmed in the Middle East after the event:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/23/widen23.xml
However, further investigation found that all these claims were based on mistakes like spelling errors, mistaken identity and common names:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DEED7163BF935A2575AC0A9679C8B63
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,265160-2,00.html
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200202/06/eng20020206_90055.shtml
The BBC withdrew its earlier news story on this basis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2006/10/911_conspiracy_theory_1.html
Nevertheless, it is impossible to not hear this story raised over and over and over as proof of some evil plot that the US and the UK or maybe the Jews had to attack and kill innocent US and UK citizens.
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