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Poll: One-third of Germans believe US may have
staged Sept. 11 attacks
By Reuters, 7/23/2003


BERLIN -- One-third of Germans under age 30
believe the U.S. government may have sponsored the
Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and
Washington, according to a poll published
Wednesday.

And about 20 percent of Germans in all age groups
hold this view, according to a survey of 1,000
people conducted for the weekly Die Zeit.

The poll 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 Sept. 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 as Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder expressed vocal opposition to the plans.

Although the United States took offense 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 the U.S. government
could have ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, 31
percent of those surveyed under the age of 30
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 that
you get the full truth."

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/23/911poll.htm