Originally Posted by robitusson

The Official Explanation as opposed to the Conspiracy Theory? Where do those of us who don't see it that way fit in? Any room for more than 2 mutually dependent possibilities, one of which exists solely to refute the other?
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Maybe they knew who was responsible? There was plenty of prior intellignece an attack was imminent it seems. Not a very dramatic explanation I know. It may not be enough to sate the appetite of some for a less mundane explanation which would better match the magnitude of the event.

Unfortunately terrorism is a very normal everyday occurence. Countries which have experienced it for years know this and don't tend to seek fantastic reasons why people are killed in cowardly and senseless ways.