1 in 7 believe US govt staged the 9/11 attacks: poll

14% of Britons,15% of Americans think the past administration was involved in the tragedy: Survey.

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One in seven people in America and in Britain believe that the US government was involved in a conspiracy to stage the 9/11 terror strikes that killed nearly 3,000 people,according to a poll released ahead of the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

The survey,which interviewed 1,000 people in the UK and the same number in the US,found that 14 per cent of Britons 15 per cent of Americans think the past administration was involved in the tragedy,the Daily Mail reported.

They were asked: ‘It is generally accepted that these attacks were carried out by al Qaeda. However some people have suggested there was a wider conspiracy that included the American government. Do you,yourself,believe that there was a wider conspiracy,or not?’ The belief that there was a conspiracy was more common among younger people,with a quarter (24 per cent) of 16 to 24-year-olds subscribing to the theory. About two thirds of those polled – 68 per cent said they didn’t think there was a conspiracy.

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The survey was carried out for a BBC documentary which examines why so many people believe there is a darker truth behind the 9/11 attacks. The survey was carried out by Gfk NOP as part of a BBC Two programme,’The Conspiracy Files – Ten Years On.’ Telephone polls in the UK and the US were carried out last month.

The view is taken despite a series of official inquiries in the US which have found no evidence to support the conspiracy claims.

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