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Monday 15 February 2010

The BBC test the 'troofer' meme

I see that the BBC are trying a little 'troofer' coverage of the upcoming explanation for the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center. The 47-storey third tower, known as Tower Seven, collapsed seven hours after the twin towers and has been the subject of much 'troofer' claims ever since. Helpfully the BBC repeat some of these claims:
"There are a number of facts that have encouraged conspiracy theories about Tower Seven.

* Although its collapse potentially made architectural history, all of the thousands of tonnes of steel from the skyscraper were taken away to be melted down.
* The third tower was occupied by the Secret Service, the CIA, the Department of Defence and the Office of Emergency Management, which would co-ordinate any response to a disaster or a terrorist attack.
* The destruction of the third tower was never mentioned in the 9/11 Commission Report. The first official inquiry into Tower Seven by the Federal Emergency Management Agency was unable to be definitive about what caused its collapse.
* In May 2002 FEMA concluded that the building collapsed because intense fires had burned for hours, fed by thousands of gallons of diesel stored in the building. But it said this had "only a low probability of occurrence" and more work was needed. "
I wonder how hard the BBC had to try not to include George Bush, the Saudi Royal family and the 'fact' that 4,000 Jewish employees in the WTC were told to take 9/11 off work in this coverage?

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