Strange rumours in Pakistan - 9/11

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:47:00 GMT

The middle ground in Pakistan is fast disappearing. East is East and West is West, only more so. Strange rumours circulate about the bombing in New York and U.S. relations with Osama bin Laden. The accused Saudi terrorist, some say, remains in the pay of the CIA. Others are firmly convinced that hundreds or thousands of Jews -- or Israelis -- mysteriously failed to show up for work at the World Trade Center on the day of the bombing. Surely, they say, the attack must be the work of Israel. To doubters, George W. Bush's use of the word crusade only confirmed suspicions of American hostility to the Muslim world.