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| Stuck on Stoopid: No consensus on who was behind Sept. 11 | |
| 2008-09-12 | |
| Seven years after the attacks on the United States on September 11 that left nearly 3,000 dead many people do not believe that al-Qaeda was responsible or do not know who to blame, according to a survey released Wednesday. This crap passes for thought in Arab countries. I find it insulting, especially on September 11th. But that's the whole idea, natch. The global public opinion survey found that majorities in eight out of the 17 nations polled did not believe al-Qaeda was behind the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Nor was there any consensus on another possible perpetrator, although significant minorities in many countries blamed the U.S. government itself, and in a few Israel. In the Arab and Muslim countries polled majorities attributed the attacks to the U.S. government, Israel, or simply had no answer.
Kenya and Nigeria, the only African countries surveyed, expressed the greatest belief, 77 and 71 percent respectively, that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization was behind the attacks. "The level of confidence that people have in the U.S. is an indicator of how acceptable they are to American narrative, the way of framing it," Steven Kull, director of WorldOpinion.org, told AlArabiya.net. He found the strongest correlation between feelings toward the U.S and belief that al-Qaeda perpetrated the attacks, and therefore that belief is highest in countries friendlier towards the U.S. "But it is striking that even among our allies it was not overwhelming," said Kull. Kull noted that in the Middle East, where he has done focus groups with Muslim groups, people have difficulty accepting the idea that an ostensibly Islamic group could carry out such violence. "It's very hard for people in Muslim countries to accept the idea that a Muslim could do such a thing, the strongest factor is that killing civilians is contrary to islam -- that's the key factor," he said. Yet on average one in four people do not know who to hold responsible for the attacks. An average of 46 percent cited al-Qaeda, 15 percent the U.S. government, with the Israeli government or some other perpetrator tied at seven percent. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Sadly it's not just muslim countries. My son told me about his history class yesterday in high school where the teacher was discussing 9/11. When he asked who caused 9/11 a sizeable majority of the students said it was our own government (read: that eeevil Bush) who either did it directly or deliberately allowed it to happen.* Kudos to his teacher who has a policy of allowing debate, but insists that any opinion must be backed up by facts. My son said his piece, complete with supporting facts, but wasn't sure if he should laugh or cry. * Granted these are students in deep-blue Mass., but such widespread pervasive idiocy doesn't bode well for our republic. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2008-09-12 17:21 |
| #8 the strongest factor is that killing civilians is contrary to Islam ROTFLMAO! Oh, wait. You mean he was serious? I guess blowing up a group of civilians in a crowded plaza in the middle of Baghdad, ramming planes full of civilians into buildings in the middle of Manhattan, driving a gasoline tanker into a synagogue in Morocco, shooting down a civilian aircraft in Kenya, blowing up an embassy in Kenya, blowing up a civilian aircraft over Scotland, and a thousand other examples don't count, huh? This statement should have been "the strongest factor is that the killing of civilians is one of the strongest and most fundamental concepts of Islam" |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-09-12 16:56 |
| #7 This really shows how far Al Queda has fallen that nobody, not even Muslims believe they could have pulled it off. Only the US government (got people on the moon) or Mossad (can control lightening and dreams) could possibly have pulled this off. It's sad but this is probably a good thing for Muslims to believe. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-09-12 12:50 |
| #6 "It's very hard for people in Muslim countries to accept the idea that a Muslim could do such a thing, the strongest factor is that killing civilians is contrary to islam -- that's the key factor," he said. Yeah, really. We see so much evidence of that. Every day. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-12 11:48 |
| #5 It's all CIA-CGI just like Toy Story. So is "Osama" and his so-called video claiming responsbility. Folks this is where our FIAT money is going, to fund anti Islamic propaganda for the Bilderburgers and the CFR who forced thru the Federal Reserve (privately owned by Martians) System and inflicted Wonder Bread and the Milwaukee Brewers up America. /Hai google! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-12 11:38 |
| #4 Breaking news....Aliens invade Hawaii! Actor John Wayne seen going into Bungalow on Ford Island to stay out of 'Harms Way.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-12 09:53 |
| #3 Well if I've seen it, it can't be that hard to come by. Hell, I've only seen 3 Sienfeld episodes in my entire life. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-12 08:53 |
| #2 The problem is the MSM keeping the people from seeing that video, bigjim. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2008-09-12 08:06 |
| #1 Isn't Bin Laden boasting about the attack on video enough to convince ANYBODY? Not being able to see this is some sort of mental illness I think. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-12 06:37 |