Disinfo: 9/11 attacks staged by screenwriters

Summary

The United States is preparing for a sad anniversary - 20 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks. This apocalyptic event, staged by unknown screenwriters in accordance with all the laws of Hollywood disaster films, led the US government to declare war on international terrorism and to launch an armed intervention in other countries.

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Recurring disinformation narrative suggesting that the US government were involved in staging the 9/11 attacks. There is no factual evidence to support the article’s conspiracy theory.

The attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the White House on 11 September killed 2,977 people from 93 nations: 2,753 people were killed in New York; 184 people were killed at the Pentagon; and 40 people were killed on Flight 93.

The final report from the “9-11 Commission" established by US legislators was published in 2002 and consists of around 800 pages detailing all aspects of the investigations and findings about the terrorist attacks. It is is clear that only Al-Qaeda planned and organised the attacks and the report presents no evidence regarding the involvement of the US Government.

The numerous conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks have been debunked many times over the years (for further debunking see here and here). Furthermore, as reported on September 9 2021 by Polygraph, the Russian government news agency Ria Novosti published an analysis, for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, reiterating various conspiracy theories.

See here for EU vs Disinfo's analysis on the hosting by pro-Kremlin media of 9/11 conspiracy theories over the past 20 years.

Read similar cases claiming that 9/11 was no terrorist attack, the US government is behind this tragedy, that 9/11 was planned by US to use as a pretext to attack Afghanistan, and that Israel knew 9/11 was coming.

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sputnik.az (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 259
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20/09/2021
  • Article language(s) Azerbaijani
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Instead of making gratuitous statements about the so-called "annexation" of Crimea, the French authorities would do better to recognise it as an integral part of Russia.

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Sep 19, 2021
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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the illegal annexation of Crimea and sanctions against Russia.

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Disinfo: There is democracy in Russia, since there are a lot of participants in the Duma elections

There is democracy in Russia, since there are a lot of participants in the Russian parliamentary elections.

Sep 19, 2021
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A large number of candidates does not guarantee that the whole electoral process meets the high standard of democracy. Many candidates were denied the right to register.

The OSCE was unable to observe and evaluate the electoral parliamentary elections of 17-19 September 2021 due to major limitations imposed by Russian Authorities.

Disinfo: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visits the US which asked him to split the Orthodox world

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is paying a visit to the United States. This should come as no surprise as it was the United States and the West which forced him to grant autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine, thus splitting the Orthodox World.

Sep 18, 2021
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Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets frequently attack the establishment of an autocephalous Ukrainian church. The Constantinople Patriarchy, not the US, decided to grant the autocephaly to the Ukrainian church. The final decision was made in January 2019, when all members of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate signed off the Tomos of autocephaly. The signing of the Tomos happened after months of careful preparation and consideration by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Holy Synod.

For more information and analysis on pro-Kremlin disinformation against the Church of Ukraine see here.