By Ilya Kharlamov, As the suspected chief mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his Al Qaeda brethren go before a Guantanamo military commission to face formal charges, the world media remain abuzz with speculation about who was responsible for the ten-year atrocity that killed 3 thousand people and changed the course of history.Staunch conspiracy theorists continue to argue that 9/11was the work of shady global puppet masters or American special services, who wanted to mobilize the immense power of the United States to their political and economic gain. Which they successfully did, with the US sharply boosting its defence and security expenditure, stimulating the proliferation of private security companies and putting together the notorious ‘coalition of the willing’ for forcefully imposing Western-style democracy on Iraq and Afghanistan. Tags: 9/11 terrorist attacks, Commentary, World, Society, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
