Was he killed earlier and frozen? Taken out to knock 'Celebrity Apprentice' off air?
It’s not hard to imagine why the announcement sounds suspicious: A decade-long search for an international terrorist ends with his body dumped at sea, with no photos, film or other documentation provided.
President Barack Obama's announcement on Sunday night that United States forces had killed Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden leaves a lot for conspiracy theorists to chew on.
"The potential is tremendous," said Barna Donovan, a professor of communications at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and author of the forthcoming book "Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious" (McFarland & Company, 2011).
In fact, the conspiracy theorists are already out. Politico reporting that radio host Alex Jones, who thinks the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 attacks, said that he believes that the government had bin Laden frozen for years. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan has also called the announcement a fake as did an arm of a Pakistani Taliban group, according to the website. A Facebook group Osama bin Laden NOT DEAD has begun collecting attracting like minded people, and apparently fake photos of bin Laden's battered face have added fuel to the fire.
Ingredients for a conspiracy
"We have a couple of factors already that are coming out that naturally fuel the conspiratorial impulse," Donovan said. “Apparently there is no body, he was buried at sea. The conspiratorial mindset will glom onto that."
American officials have said they identified bin Laden's body with 99.9 percent confidence using DNA evidence, and that his body was photographed before being buried at sea, according to The Associated Press. (Officials said bin Laden was buried at sea because it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept his remains and because Islamic custom requires a swift burial, the AP reported.)
The lack of documentation leaves room for conspiracy theorists to question whether or not bin Laden is actually dead, or whether he died long ago — as some, including the author David Ray Griffin, have suggested.
I've always thought they had him on ice somewhere and just waiting for the needed political boost.
ReplyDeleteTrump is really hurting Obama bad.
Can't wait to get a business man in that office.
This whole thing is just way to convenient with its timing.
They're is no way we went into Pakistan and 100yrds from an Army base without them at least showing up.
9:51 thank you for your brilliant analysis of the intelligence and political circumstances surrounding the situtation. I think you should be the next director of the CIA.
ReplyDeleteA conspiracy theory is a theory of reality where in there is a small group of people who "conspire" against the public. The truth of an event is intentionally kept secret from the public.
ReplyDeleteThe Official 911 story is a conspiracy theory. The official story is that a small group of well financed Muslims hiding in caves used lap top computers to plan and execute a suicide mission with untrained pilots of large commercial air line jets. The Leader of the small group was Usama Bin Laden who was an ex-CIA operative from the 1980's and worked for the CIA to prevent the Soviets from gaining control of the poppies in Afghanistan. He created the Mujahadeen and was funded by Saudi / American financiers.
There are lots of conspiracy theories in existence. Many of them are probably true accounts of events. Clearly the Official 911 conspiracy theory is a lie. There is lots of evidence of prior knowledge by inside traders on Wall Street and Government officials. There is no evidence of a plane ever crashing in Shanksville and the hole in the ground was not big enough nor did it have any debris from a plane. Ditto at the Pentagon. The hole was not big enough and there was no debris from a plane.
We will never know what happened on 911 except that it gave our governemnt carte blanche to envade Muslim countries around the globe and create a Police State here in the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
It is very difficult for Americans to believe (for some reason) that American Politicians may not only lie to the American Public, but may be among the most evil people on the planet.
ReplyDeleteThere is plenty of evidence of both of these facts, but very hard indeed for the average American to believe.
Our govt is asking for conspiracy stories when they dump the body into the ocean and release no pics
ReplyDelete9:51, the last businessman we had in office, who also went bankrupt was George W. Bush.
ReplyDeleteYou're saying you want another one?
Look where we're at now!
Bush and Trump are nothing more than speculators when it comes to running their businesses. We don't need anymore speculators! If you think we do, look at the price the next time you fill up your gas tank! Prices are high because of "speculation"!
It upsets me that the Republican Party doesn't have a qualified, REAL candidate to put up against Obama! There's got to be somebody!
1131
ReplyDeleteboth political parties are controlled by the elite bankers. There will be no candidate because it is not the republicans turn to win.
Barry Soetoro will "serve" his masters for 2 terms. Get used to it. They have served up this fake news event to help him win again.
It's just too easy with this president
ReplyDelete11:31 You are a blithering idiot!
ReplyDelete