9/11 Conspiracy Theories Essay

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Since the attacks of 9/11, many people have been creating theories about the actual events during the attack, but those theories can’t be true due to the amount of evidence proving the theories wrong. Theories like, “The US Government Did It”, “The Confession of Osama Bin Laden Was Faked”, or “The Planes Were Really Missiles”, all can be easily proven wrong due to the outweighing amount of evidence. There are lots of blogs, videos, and TV shows that have people who claim that the events of 9/11 were cover-ups made by the government.
The World Trade Center towers collapsed within two hours, destroying at nearby buildings and damaging others, after being hit by two planes. The other terrorists crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Conspirers say that the damage to the pentagon wasn’t caused by a plane, because the front lawn was fine but the building was hit with minimal debris from what a plane could make. But, the commission report shows prior warnings of details about the planned attacks against the US by Al-Qaeda. The report said that the officials had ignored these warnings due to a lack of communication between law enforcement and special personnel. Since the attacks, a variety of conspiracy theories have been put on blogs, books, and TV shows. Many people spreading these theories identify as part of the
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This attack on the United States was the largest incursion on US soil in recent history. People claim that the video that shows Osama Bin Laden confessing to his crimes, was staged by the US and that Bin Laden, which you see in the video, is a fake. But making a public statement about the cause, Osama Bin Laden said, "We are free, and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours."(Baier, McCaleb, and Persky,