Could Al Qaeda have perpetrated 9/11?
The operation that elevated Al Qaeda to the status of a top-tier terrorist organization was 9/11. The official version contains many incongruent details, including puddles of molten steel, which doesn’t melt at 1500°F—the maximum temperature of burning kerosene. The towers also collapsed long after the kerosene had burned away, and in the absence of major afterfires. There was also the absurd story of the Boeing plane’s wings liquefying before it crashed into the Pentagon. It matters most that no terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack. That never happened before after any large general-purpose attack. On the contrary, often several groups claim responsibility for one attack. Terrorism is about publicity, and refraining from publicizing one’s involvement in a major terrorist act is senseless. Terrorist leaders do not fear retaliation, but long for the propaganda effect. It is unbelievable that no group claimed responsibility for 9/11. Even in his videotapes, Osama never c
