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Poll shows many Germans see U.S. behind Sept 11
Reuters ^
| 23 Jul 2003 15:18:43 GMT
Posted on 07/23/2003 10:03:22 AM PDT by yonif
BERLIN, July 23 (Reuters) - Almost one in three Germans below the age of 30 believes the U.S. government may have sponsored the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
And about 20 percent of Germans in all age groups hold this view, a survey of 1,000 people conducted for the weekly Die Zeit said.
It also said 68 percent of all Germans felt the media had not reported the full truth behind the attacks, in which some 3,000 people were killed when hijacked planes were crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
After the September 11 attacks, there was an outpouring of sympathy from Germans for the United States. Despite misgivings, Germany joined a military campaign against the al Qaeda network that Washington blamed for the attacks.
But as the United States geared up for war against Iraq, relations soured bady as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder expressed vocal opposition to the plans.
Although the United States took strong offence at Berlin's attitude, Schroeder's anti-war stance was popular in Germany and helped him to snatch victory in last September's elections.
Asked whether they believed that the U.S. government could have ordered the September 11 attacks itself, 31 percent of those surveyed under the age of 30 in the poll answered "yes", while 19 percent overall gave the same answer.
Die Zeit said widespread disbelief about the reasons given by the United States for going to war in Iraq and suspicion about media coverage of the conflict had fostered a climate in which conspiracy theories flourished.
"The news is controlled," 17-year old Kenny Donaubaur was quoted as saying. "You could see that in the Iraq war. It doesn't seem to me thet you get the full truth."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911denials; antiamerican; believedhitlerslies; blameamericafirst; conspiracy; denydenydeny; germans; germany; hate; hateamericafirst; holocaustdenials; ministryofpropaganda; poll; projection; september11th; stalinsusefulidiots; terrorism; tinfoil; usefulidiots; wtc2001
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:03:23 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
Put them in the same group that say the Holocast never happened. Idiot Germans. You sure this isn't a state run (nazi) poll?
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:05:16 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(please let my post be on an even number... small even/odd phobia here)
To: yonif
I see some folks have been drinking their idiot juice.
To: yonif
They believed Hitler, too, so Germans don't have a real good track record in sorting fact from fantasy.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:06:01 AM PDT
by
Jonathon Spectre
(Nazis believed they were doing good.)
To: yonif
Well, if a lie is repeated often enough, people will believe anything. Ignorant people.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:06:13 AM PDT
by
diamond6
("Everyone who is for abortion HAS been born." Ronald Reagan)
To: yonif
Wow.
The rest of the planet is just going off the deep end.
So this is how much influence the ultra-radical, leftist media has in other countries, eh? Must be, if it can sway that many ignoramuses under 30 to believe something that insane. Either that, or the socialists in the University systems have far more influence than we ever imagined...
To: yonif
The people who see the US, or "the Jews" or Israel, (or whatever conspiracy theory of their choosing,) behind 9-11, are insane.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:09:11 AM PDT
by
veronica
(http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIP ......sign this!)
To: yonif
Almost one in three Germans below the age of 30 believes the U.S. government may have sponsored the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, according to a poll published on Wednesday. It would be interesting to see the ethnic and religious composition of this group.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:09:12 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Not enough words in FR taglines to adequately describe the dimensions of Hillary's thunderous thighs)
To: yonif
No problem. One in three Americans think all Germans are stupid.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:10:01 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: yonif
I wonder how many polled are East Germans.
10
posted on
07/23/2003 10:10:39 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: yonif
Thanks for posting this, yonif.
Don't trust anyone (German) under 30.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:10:51 AM PDT
by
Mr. Silverback
(Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay/We killed Qusay today/We killed Uday today/ We shout "hooray" today!)
To: yonif
This makes sense for a country that, itself, set fire to buildings in order to have an excuse to go Jew-hunting. When people do this, it's called "projecting".
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:12:01 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: yonif
I wonder if we are paying a higher price in hostile conspiracy theories because the American government and media appear to have tried to downplay the events of 9/11 to avoid a domestic crisis and quell hatred.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:12:03 AM PDT
by
risk
To: yonif
Considering their historic expertise and experience with such contrivances, the Reichstag Fire, the border telegraph office incursion with Poland, it seems natural they would think of this.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:12:46 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: yonif
I don't blame them...... I put them behind WWI and WWII. =)
To: RightWhale
Why don't the Ubermenschen fess up and simply come out and blame Da Jooz???
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:17:06 AM PDT
by
tracer
(/b>)
To: yonif
Mr. Putin - PUT BACK THAT WALL!
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; adam_az; LarryM; American in Israel; ReligionofMassDestruction; ...
Why am I not surprised....
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:20:39 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
And that 30% probably made up a good chunk of the "anti-war" demonstrators, which says a lot about their basic [lack of] intelligence.
To: tracer
At the same time it probably goes against the 1948 UN Statement of Human Rights to lump all Saxon shopkeepers in one group just because some of them are quick to believe conspiracy theories.
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posted on
07/23/2003 10:22:47 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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