Always fun to read conspiracy theories in the corporate media.
Bin Laden, Most Wanted For Embassy Bombings? Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is a longtime and prominent member of the FBI's “Ten Most Wanted” list, which notes his role as the suspected mastermind of the deadly U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa on Aug. 7, 1998.But another more infamous date -- Sept. 11, 2001 -- is nowhere to be found on the same FBI notice.
The curious omission underscores the Justice Department's decision, so far, to not seek formal criminal charges against bin Laden for approving al-Qaeda's most notorious and successful terrorist attack. The notice says bin Laden is “a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world” but does not provide details.The absence has also provided fodder for conspiracy theorists who think the U.S. government or another power was behind the Sept. 11 hijackings. From this point of view, the lack of a Sept. 11 reference suggests that the connection to al-Qaeda is uncertain.
It is a bit strange though that the Ten Most Wanted list, a marketing tool first created by J. Edgar Hoover, hasn't been updated. You'd almost think the capture of bin Laden wasn't important or something. Oh wait...
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