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Europe
Demand for aluminum foil hats skyrockets in EU
2003-09-14
9/11? It Never Happened
Across Europe, conspiracy theories are all the rage. Germany is the latest to be swept up by the craze
By Stefan Theil NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL
To get a sense of how deep mistrust of the United States runs in Germany, take a look at the bookshelves. Two years after September 11, German bookstores are flooded with such works as “The CIA and September 11,” in which a former government minister of Research and Technology, Andreas von Bulow, insinuates that the U.S. and Israeli intelligence services blew up the World Trade Center from the inside. The two Boeings, he claims, were flown in by remote control as a cover-up. The whole thing was a cynical plot by America’s neoconservatives to take over the world.
It's not only the Fritzies. See last Sunday's al-Guardian, where Brit MP Michael Meacher expounds on the same talking points.
With Iraq in apparent chaos, America is returning to the United Nations in search of allies. In Afghanistan, the Taliban is regrouping, just as new global conflicts may be brewing over North Korea and Iran. Before things started going to hell, it was fine (and fun) to speculate about American perfidy, especially since some of the authors didn’t much care whether readers believed them or not. But now hard decisions must be made, with the prospect that Europeans will increasingly be swept up in America’s troubles abroad. Perhaps that explains, in Germany at least, why mainstream journalists and politicians have been quick to denounce the crackpots. Even Der Spiegel — usually good for a conspiracy theory or two — last week ran an unusually sober cover story debunking them. Now that the game has turned so serious, whimsy seems suddenly out of place.
Posted by:Big Daddy Cool

#3  It it absolutely amazing how many believe the CIA is actually competent with their track record over the past few years, yes, I know, Congress didn't help.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-9-14 4:34:58 PM  

#2  Dear Abby,
I get so confused when the foil hat issue comes up. Now, I have to wear it shiny side out so that the mind control satellites cannot turn me into a jooooish zombie, yet I need to wear it shiny side in so their spy devices cannot read my thoughts. And if I try to use two pieces opposite back to back they cancel each other out and I am no more protected than Mr. Gumby with his kerchief hat from M. Python.

Just what is a poor LLL supposed to do?

Posted by: Craig   2003-9-14 1:20:33 PM  

#1  Sounds like ganja sales are up in Euroland.
Posted by: badanov   2003-9-14 9:11:37 AM  

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