Theos-Talk Archives (October 2001 Message tt00036)

<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/images/ribbon.gif> Rumors of War
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A collection of links to pages discussing the various rumors to come out
of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States of America. 


The claims indexed on this page are preceded by colored bullets: 


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identifies true statements. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> identifies
false statements. 


Yellow bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/yellow.gif>
identifies statements of undetermined or ambiguous veracity. 


White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif>
identifies legends of indeterminate origin. 



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<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/ratings.htm> of our rating system. 


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Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> A Nostradamus
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/predict.htm> prophecy about the fall of
"two brothers" (meaning the World Trade Towers) predicts the imminent
start of World War III. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> A photograph
captured an unlucky tourist <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/crash.htm>
posing on the observation deck of a World Trade Center tower seconds
before a hijacked airliner smashed into the building. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> CNN
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/cnn.htm> used old footage to fake images
of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on
the USA. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> The planned
cover for a hip-hop album <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/thecoup.htm>
due to be released in November depicted an exploding World Trade Center.



White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif> Images of the
World Trade Center fire reveal the face of Satan
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wtcface.htm> ! 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Television
evangelists Jerry Falwell <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/falwell.htm>
and Pat Robertson said that liberal civil liberties groups, feminists,
homosexuals, pagans, and abortion rights supporters bear partial
responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the USA because their
actions have turned God's anger against America. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> You can aid the
search for Osama Bin Laden by donating money to a band of hackers
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/hackers.htm> . 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Canadian
broadcaster Gordon Sinclair <http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/sinclair.htm>
delivered an impassioned defense of the U.S. in 1973. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Man trapped high in
the collapsing World Trade Tower rides
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/survivor.htm> the falling debris to
safety. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> A U.S. company
banned its employees from displaying American flags
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/flagban.htm> . 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> A writer named
Tamim Ansary <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/ansary.htm> penned an essay
from the perspective of an Afghan-American. 


White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif> An impressive
array of 11s <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/numbers.htm> can be shaken
out of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Light a candle
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/candle.htm> tonight for a satellite
photo. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Clear Channel
Communications has issued a list of songs officially banned from airplay
to their American radio <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/radio.htm>
stations. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Blue envelopes from
the Klingerman Foundation <http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/klinger.htm>
containing sponges saturated with a deadly virus are being anonymously
mailed to random Americans. 


White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif> Typing
particular letter combinations into Microsoft Word using Wingdings
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/wingding.htm> and Webdings fonts
produces some eerie results. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> A bound pair of
hands <http://www.snopes2.com/horrors/gruesome/hands.htm> was found
atop one of the buildings near the former World Trade Center towers. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Terrorist Osama bin
Laden owns extensive gum arabic
<http://www.snopes2.com/business/alliance/arabic.htm> holdings. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Four thousand Jews
<http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/israel.htm> employed by
companies housed in the World Trade Center stayed home from work on
September 11, warned in advance of the impending attack on the World
Trade Center. 


Yellow bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/yellow.gif> A further wave
of terrorist attacks is due on
<http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/sept22.htm> September 22. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> President Bush
declared, "I'm not gonna fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent
and hit a camel <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/bush.htm> in the butt." 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> A United
Airlines pilot delivered a pre-flight speech in which he instructed
passengers how to overpower <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/pilot.htm>
any hijackers that might be aboard. 


White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif> Picture shows
graphic message sent by terrorists via cell phone
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/nokia.htm> to communicate success of
attack on New York City. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> ABC anchorman Peter
Jennings <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/jennings.htm> proclaimed during
a September 11 newscast that President Bush should "quit hiding behind
the Secret Service, come out and face the nation, and explain his
failure to protect the country from these terrorist attacks." 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> A "Voter
<http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/virus/virus.htm#vote> Virus" is being
disseminated via e-mail. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> An unburned Bible
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/bible.htm> was found amidst the charred
wreckage of the Pentagon after the September 11 terrorist attack. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Dr. Tony Kern
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/tonykern.htm> , a former USAF Lieutenant
Colonel, authored a letter about what America can expect in a war
against terrorists. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Starbucks
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/starbuck.htm> charged ambulance workers
$130 for three cases of water intended for the injured during the search
and rescue at the World Trade Center. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Sending a petition
to the United Nations <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/un.htm>
Information Centre will help prevent World War III. 


Yellow bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/yellow.gif> A Dallas
schoolboy predicted the start of World War III
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/predict2.htm> one day before the
terrorist attacks on America. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Dunkin' Donuts
employees of Arab extraction celebrated
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/dunkin.htm> as news of the attack on the
World Trade Center and Pentagon was aired. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> On-line bookseller
Amazon.com <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/amazon.htm> is partnered with
the web site Intifada.com. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Actor Jackie
Chan <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/jackchan.htm> was scheduled to
begin filming a movie at the World Trade Center on the morning of
September 11 but changed his plans because the screenwriter failed to
deliver the script for the planned scene on time. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Kindness performed
for a stranger nets information about upcoming
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/warning.htm> terrorist attack. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> In 1941, newsman
Edward R. Murrow <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/murrow.htm> penned a
piece about the need for restraint in the American response to the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> President George W.
Bush has sponsored the creation of a Presidential Prayer
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/prayer.htm> Team. 


Red bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/red.gif> Several domain names
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/domain.htm> related to the September 11
terrorist attack on America were registered before the attack. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> The German
destroyer FGS Lutjens saluted
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/winston.htm> the American destroyer USS
Winston Churchill with a "manning the rails" ceremony and the display of
a banner reading "We Stand By You." 


White bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/white.gif> The September 11
terrorist attacks on America were a failure from a statistical
<http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/fortune.htm> standpoint. 


Green bullet <http://www.snopes2.com/common/green.gif> Numerous folks
have falsely claimed <http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/sympathy.htm> to
have lost loved ones in the 11 September attacks. 



Sorry about HTML - I was gonna post the link but it's one of those
frames sites that doesn't give you the URL only the homepage when you
copy it - http://www.snopes2.com/

Of Interest was the $130 charged by Starbucks.....

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