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9/11 Books Dominate Debate at Frankfurt Book Fair

posted by ewing2001 on Friday October 10, @11:00AM
from the Deutsche-Welle dept. News

9/11 Conspiracy Theory Books Dominate Debate at Frankfurt Book Fair

Deutsche Welle -October 10

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, 9/11 conspiracy theory books are a hot topic of conversation. And three books -- all by German authors -- are topping the country's bestseller list. Why are the works such a focus of interest? At this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest gathering of publishers, editors and writers, everyone's talking about 9/11 conspiracy theory books. Organizers may have highlighted Russia as the official country of this year's conference, but it's the United States -- particularly its role in 9/11 -- that has captured the popular imagination.

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Three books, all by German authors currently topping the German bestseller list, are conspiracy theory accounts about 9/11. Perhaps the most famous of the bunch is written by Andreas von Bülow entitled The CIA and September 11 . A former government minister of Research and Technology, von Bülow suggests that U.S. and Israeli intelligence services blew up the World Trade Center from the inside and that the two planes were flown in by remote control.

Why? This, quite obviously to von Bülow, was part of a plot by the neoconservatives to give the Bush administration the necessary cover to launch an attack against Iraq and, ultimately, take over the world.

Perhaps von Bülow could be dismissed as a one-off crack-pot, if there weren't so many others peddling similar tales of deleterious intent. Von Bülow is joined by fellow authors Mathias Bröckner and Gerhard Wisnewski. Wisnewski, in his book Operation 9/11, also believes that the towers were toppled using explosives, and Bröckner, in Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories and the Secrets of September 11th, offers, as the title suggests, a similar catalogue of such notions.

Profits driving publishing buzz

Clearly, writers making such allegations are open to criticism. And the best means of isolating themselves from attack would be to rely on iron-clad sources and systematically substantiate each and every one of their claims. Yet, these books largely rely on dubious sources, and that is why they have become a subject of debate at this year's book fair. Editors are not only debating the validity of the claims made by von Bülow and friends, but they are debating whether the publishing industry is doing itself a disservice by distributing work based on questionable reporting.

Klaus Stadler, the editor of Piper Publishers, which published von Bulow's book, knew his company would face criticism. "We told ourselves that we would take it seriously, but we do not feel obligated to independently check each and every detail," Stadler told Deutsche Welle. "And my own personal position is that Mr. von Bülow poses a number of very interesting and important questions. The answers to these questions should be weighed by responsible readers, who should take time to consider them. We don't want to patronize people."

Others, however, who have observed the German book industry of late, believe that the drive to increase profits is what has prompted publishers to accept and distribute such books. They are likely to sell, and in a competitive market -- 90,000 new titles appear every year -- publishers must take on ever more spectacular tomes in an effort to gain an edge over their competitors.

"The pressure to be successful has increased," Christoph Heimann, from German bookstore Börsenblatt said. "And that might help explain why some books that are appearing today might not have appeared five or six years ago -- or at least not so quickly."

Conspiracy theories finding increasing takers?

But it's not just the publishers who have shown interest in the conspiracy theory books. A recent poll published in German weekly newspaper Die Zeit, found one in five Germans believe Bush orchestrated 9/11 as a pretext to further his aims of world domination.

In some ways, these books are not entirely out of the ordinary in Germany. They are simply an extreme example of books and journalism critical of the U.S. government, which increasingly resonates with the German public. Michael Moore's Stupid White Men, a biting criticism of the Bush administration, has enjoyed great success.

German editorials and magazines too have hinted that a sinister plot -- though perhaps not so malefic as suggested by von Bülow -- is behind the Bush administration's foreign policy. In a cover story earlier this year, respected German news magazine Der Spiegel suggested that U.S. policy, largely influenced by the oil industry and the religious right, was driven by a desire to control the world.


Top 20 German 9/11 Sites

(compiled by ewing2001, October 2003)

http://www.broeckers.com
http://www.medienanalyse-international.de
http://www.911truth.org
http://www.osamaskidneys.com
http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/911Research/
http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/wtc/default.html
http://www.daniels-kommentare.de/ (Good Link Collection)
http://www.hintergrund.de
http://www.aktenzeichen911.de/
http://home.mayn.de/grolo/forum/index.php
http://www.operation911.de
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gerhard_Wisnewski_3/
http://www.Arbeiterfotografie.com/... (9/11 Section)
http://www.das-gibts-doch-nicht.de/seite029.php
http://www.wtc-info.net/
http://www.elfterseptember.info/
http://www.die-energie.com/Pntag/erreurs-ge.htm
http://home.debitel.net/user/andreas.bunkahle/defaulte.htm
http://www.serendipity.li/wtcg2.html (Schweiz)
http://www.geocities.com/politicalcrimes/links.htm
http://www.findefux.de/forum/list.php4?f=32
http://www.ceiberweiber.at/wahl1/panorama1.htm (Austria)

As far as i know, Andreas von Buehlow still has no own website.
Here is one of the better interviews with him:

http://www.friedenskooperative.de/themen/terrhg26.htm

Book at
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3492045456/perlentauchemedi/302-3657165-6899203


Fakten aus der Regierungsküche

The Neue Luzerner Zeitung (Switzerland) analysed Gerhard Wisnewski's 9/11 book "Operation 9/11", which was criticised by DER SPIEGEL.

Operation 9/11 -G. Wisnewski -October 7

...Verschwörung anders herum

Wisnewski liest die Ereignisse des 11. September 2001 nicht als eine Operation islamischer Terroristen, sondern als Komplott der US-Regierung. Er zeigt zahllose Ungereimtheiten in der offiziellen Version auf, die diesen Schluss stützen. Warum etwa hat das FBI das Testament von Mohammed Atta, dem Anführer der 19 Terroristen, nur in englischer Übersetzung, aber nicht als arabisches Originaldokument veröffentlicht?

Warum sind die amtlichen Berichte über die Identifizierung der Opfer bei den Abstürzen im Pentagon und in Pennsylvania so wortkarg? Warum beobachteten die Fluglotsen am Radar so seltsame Schlenker an den Flugrouten der entführten Maschinen? Warum reagierte die US-Luftwaffe so spät? Warum sassen in der Pentagon-Maschine auffällig viele Militärs und Waffenexperten? Warum stürzten die Türme des World Trade Center so sauber zusammen? Und so weiter und so fort.

Teilweise überzeugend

Schritt für Schritt zeigt Wisnewski, wo die offizielle Version nicht aufgeht und was alles dafür spricht, dass US-Regierung und FBI die Attentate inszeniert und dabei eine gewisse Anzahl von Opfern in Kauf genommen haben. Das Motiv wäre gewesen, die nachfolgenden Kriege und weltweite Überwachung zu rechtfertigen.

Ungeheuerlich! Aber undenkbar? Wisnewski kann zumindest auf die Teilparallele von Pearl Harbour verweisen sowie auf jüngere Planspiele und Dokumente der US-Regierung, die seinen Verdacht vage stützen. Im Detail sind seine Argumente unterschiedlich zwingend.

Insbesondere Überlegungen zur Psychologie und Politik sind ihrer Natur nach «weich» und in diesem Fall oft nicht überzeugend. Und zu Expertenmeinungen über brennende Wolkenkratzer finden sich immer auch Gegenexperten. Aber immerhin weist Wisnewski seine Quellen in 322 Fussnoten und einer dreiseitigen Literaturliste nach.

Wertlose Details

Nichts davon beim «Spiegel». Er nimmt offenbar sämtliche «Fakten» aus der US-Regierungsküche ungeprüft für korrekt, recherchiert auch selber fleissig und erwartet im übrigen Respekt vor der Gemeinschaftsleistung der 48 «Spiegel»-Mitarbeiter. Da erfährt man, dass schon der Onkel des polnischstämmigen Fensterputzers am World Trade Center Amerikaner war, und was im Bankettsaal im 106. Stock am 11. September auf dem Menu stand, und hunderte von Details derselben wertlosen Währung. Geschrieben ist das Ganze mit einem manchmal penetranten literarischen Anspruch.

Quellenkritik findet nicht statt, das Buch enthält keinen einzigen exakten Quellennachweis. Dafür immer wieder suggestive Phrasen wie diese: «Religiöser Fanatismus? Natürlich.» Der Leser muss dem «Spiegel» vertrauen ­ sofern er das Buch als Sachbuch lesen will ­ oder das Ganze als mittelmässige literarische Reportage über ein historisches Ereignis nehmen.

Unbeantwortete Fragen

Am ergiebigsten ist das Kapitel, das die Ermittlungen der deutschen Behörden ausbreitet. Der «Spiegel» stellt dabei «eine seltsame Schieflage» fest: «Die deutschen Fahnder finden eine Menge heraus und teilen es den Kollegen in Amerika und anderswo mit ­ aber wenig kommt zurück.» Klar ist nur, dass es die Hamburger Terrorzelle und ein breites Umfeld mit Kontakten nach Afghanistan gab.

Flogen also doch Atta & Co. vier Flugzeuge mit etwa 250 Menschen an Bord in den Tod? Vielleicht. Vielleicht flogen sie auch nur in die New Yorker Türme ­ mit Vorwissen des FBI, das die andern beiden Abstürze simulierte. Oder das FBI entführte die Entführer und simulierte alle vier Anschläge? Die vielen möglichen Antworten sollte man nicht, wie der «Spiegel» es in der Ausgabe vom 14. 10. 2002 tat, lächerlich machen, sondern prüfen und mit Fakten erhärten oder widerlegen.

Das verlangen im Übrigen auch zahlreiche US-Bürger, zum Beispiel im Internetforum «Unbeantwortete Fragen» (www.unansweredquestions.org). Sie fragen sich, warum die US-Behörden zu so vielen Unklarheiten keine Originaldokumente vorlegen oder einfach schweigen.

Still no confirmation, if Wisnewski was fired from German TV WDR -

Beschäftigungsverbot, October 2, 2003

Noch immer herrscht keine Klarheit über das Arbeitsverbot, das der WDR über uns, Willy Brunner und Gerhard Wisnewski, angeblich verhängt hat (siehe unten). Auch, ob sich der Sender tatsächlich von uns "getäuscht" fühlt, wie der Spiegel berichtet hatte, steht keineswegs fest.

Da sich diese unverantwortliche Spiegel-Meldung vom 22.9.03 aber weiterzuverbreiten droht, haben wir den WDR gestern mit diesem Fax aufgefordert, Farbe zu bekennen: Gibt es nun ein Arbeitsverbot oder nicht? Darauf erhielten wir nur eine ausweichende und nicht ausreichende Antwort, in der die Spiegel-Vorwürfe und -Berichterstattung hinsichtlich der angeblichen "Täuschung" und des "Arbeitsverbots" immerhin nicht bestätigt werden. Wie diese Meldung in den Spiegel kam, dazu der WDR wörtlich: "Der WDR hat nicht zu verantworten, was in der Presse über nichtöffentliche Sitzungen des Rundfunkrates geschrieben wird."

Das Problem besteht also nicht nur darin, daß der Rundfunkrat entgegen der Vertraulichkeit der Sitzungen Informationen nach außen hat dringen lassen, sondern daß diese Informationen offenbar auch noch falsch, rufschädigend und geschäftsschädigend waren und bis dahin hervorragend beleumundete Journalisten massiv in ihren Rechten verletzten. Wir werden deshalb als nächstes den Rundfunkrat in dieser Angelegenheit um Stellungnahme bitten.


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