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KTPF Magazine Issue 6 - Oct/Nov 2015<br />

The September 11 th debate between Ben Emlyn-Jones and Andy Mercer was the first time we’d tried<br />

something like this. A live discussion, on any subject, where two people present opposing views on the<br />

same subject could easily descend into argument and chaos! Thankfully this was not the case and our<br />

two debaters listened to each other’s argument and responded respectfully. Neither was intent on<br />

trying to convince the other that their view was right; but as this was never the intent of the debate it<br />

was not a problem. And it was certainly not a ‘point scoring’ exercise. It was more about expounding<br />

theories and ideas based on each person’s interpretation of the presented evidence, and as such I<br />

believe the debate was a success – The Editor<br />

The following article written by Ben is a summation of his position<br />

regarding the events of 9/11<br />

9/11- What really happened? – Ben Emlyn-Jones<br />

Everybody remembers where they were when it happened. A news flash<br />

appeared on TV explaining how an airliner had crashed into the side of one of<br />

the world's tallest buildings. A short while later another rammed the wall of<br />

its twin in New York City USA. A similar attack at the Pentagon followed soon<br />

afterwards. It occurred to me that I was watching mass murder being<br />

broadcast live. After burning fiercely for a while longer, first one and then the other tower of the World<br />

Trade Centre collapsed to the ground. For many months afterwards it never occurred to me that I<br />

should doubt or reconsider anything related to the atrocity. Like most other people I was simply<br />

stunned and dismayed by what had been done to so many innocent people. However in 2001 I was<br />

already a long way down the road to becoming a "conspiracy theorist". I put that term in quotes<br />

because it is laden with so much pejorative baggage, but it is literally true and it would be dishonest of<br />

me to deny it; I theorize about conspiracies, ergo. It did not take long for the authorities to explain what<br />

had happened. Apparently 9/11 had been planned by Osama bin Laden, a Muslim extremist living in<br />

hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan. Nineteen of his agents had infiltrated the United States of<br />

America and carried out the attacks by hijacking airliners. Some of them were trained as pilots and so<br />

were able to direct the aircraft at the WTC and Pentagon in suicide strikes like the Japanese Kamikaze<br />

bombers of World War II.<br />

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