Book Review
Thierry Meyssan, French political scientist and journalist, investigates in his book ‘9/11 The Big Lie’ the attack on the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon and comes to astounding conclusions. The author has collected a vast quantity of information and compared it to the official portrayal of the 9/11 events. His results are shocking and show how official policy in union with the media disinforms and manipulates the public. One can well imagine that a similar situation exists in connection with Iraq and its alleged weapon arsenals.
In the preface of his analysis, Meyssan unambiguously says that the official version does not stand up to critical analysis. His book aims to prove that this version was nothing but a fabrication. The pieces he has gathered help to reconstruct some aspects of the truth. Other questions of his concerning the September events still remain unanswered—which, however, is no reason to continue to believe the lies of the authorities. The file that Meyssan and his co-authors have put together enable one to challenge the legitimacy of an American counter strike in Afghanistan as well as the war against the axis of evil.
In the course of Meysan’s analysis the reader is shown new insight into the events and the completely confusing nature of the information policy is repeatedly revealed. Meyssan proves that the FBI never carried out a criminal investigation but made efforts to get rid of evidence and suppress witnesses’ testimony. The FBI championed the theory of an attack by a foreign country and attempted to substantiate this by publishing an improvised list of hijackers. In addition, pieces of evidence were falsified (Mohammed Atta’s passport, the instructions given to the kamikaze pilots etc.).
Thierry Meyssen, 9/11: The Big Lie, Carnot Books, ISBN 2912362733