Fluffy, of course conspiracies exist, as does the Mossad which is one of the most notorious intelligence agencies in the world. And no, Israelis are not angels. I'm not even saying that they are not capable of 9/11, they are. I'm just saying it wasn't them, and I say that because the evidence doesn't point to them. I think the only way you can seriously believe Israel was behind 9/11 is if you happen to be predisposed against Israel and actively seek out evil acts to blame them for. Remember how we accused the Bush administration of cherry picking evidence to support the invasion of Iraq? Well it's the same here for blaming Israel for 9/11. to believe Israel was involved you need to focus on a small subset of evidence often from dubious sources. It really all started when al-manar broadcast that Israeli intelligence agents called all Jews who worked at the World Trade Center and told them to stay home that day. The fact that this was reported on 9/18, 2001 should have tipped most people that this couldn't possibly be true as no one at the time had a reliable list of who died and who survived. But people believed this even after it became clear that many Jews DID go to work that day. But why let facts ruin a perfectly good conspiracy theory, right? Fact is, by going over the victims list it turns out that there were at least 400 Jews that died in the WTC. Interestingly, I've read that only 8 Russians died in the WTC. Was it perhaps a Russian conspiracy? Probably not.
And for what little evidence there is pointing to Israel, have you even considered that maybe al-Qaeda tried to frame Israel for it? Is that not possible? Why don't I hear that? Why would Israelis dance around when planes are flying into the trade center? Maybe al-Qaeda paid them off. Seems as likely that Israel could have paid off Arabs to fly into the WTC.
And why would Israel make such a plot? The only viable explanation I've heard so far is to bring the US into a war against Saddam. Sounds plausible. Until of course you realize that there was absolutely no link between Saddam and 9/11. At the time it was widely believed that Saddam and al-Qaeda were mortal enemies. For Israel to plot 9/11 they'd need to go out of their way to paint Saddam as the mastermind. Instead they concocted a plot that made it totally clear he wasn't involved at all. The only evidence that there ever was a meeting between 9/11 operatives and Saddam's intelligence was highly dubious to say the least and even President Bush openly admitted there was no link to Saddam. To me this is an important fact and a major stumbling block for me to give the Israeli 9/11 conspiracy any serious consideration. If the Israelis planned 9/11, they would have blamed Saddam right off the bat.
But lets get back to the original article here. We have an older uncle who has been arrested for espionage. Ok, let's say he's guilty. The reasons given imply that Israel paid him handsomely for the intel. So basically he betrayed his country out of greed. Sure, I can buy that, it's quite common. But where it gets a little fishy is that somehow his cousin was recruited by Israel to fly into the WTC. In such a case, greed couldn't be the motivator as money is of little use when you willingly obliterate yourself. In fact, I can't think of any case where anyone willingly died to help the cause of a foreign government that is enemies of your people. Sure, there are Arabs who'd be willing to work with the Israelis for a number of reasons. Perhaps Hezbollah murdered your brother and you want to get back at them. The Israelis may be your best option. But is flying a plane into the WTC gonna give you the satisfaction of payback? Hardly. At the most extreme I'd expect a Lebanese to provide Israel with targeting data on a specific Hezbollah operative. Flying into the WTC for Israel just doesn't add up. It's so much of a stretch that you really can't use it as evidence to support the theory that Israel was behind 9/11.
All evidence points to 9/11 being purely an Arab conspiracy.
Anyway, I gotta get back to work!
