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Weird and Wonderful


In the 'war' against international terrorism, all sorts of weird and wonderful - and downright sick - conspiracy theories, jokes, myths and strange theories are proliferating - known as 'urban myths' - not least on the internet. See inside for some of the most bizarre. But beware, some of these images may offend. After all, that is what they were designed to do.


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crash_hoax_photo.jpg This faked picture purports to be the last taken before the first tower was hit on 9/11. The question remains: how did this photo survive when the black box did not?
faces_in_wtc_clouds.jpg Some claimed that the face of Christ could be seen in the smoke caused by the 9/11 attacks
bert_and_bin2.jpg A close-up to show this is not made up
bert_and_bin.jpg After the 9/11 attacks, supporters of the act carried posters of bin Laden, with an image of Bert from Sesame Street in the background!

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