Poll: A quarter of Germans think the U.S. did 9/11?

This is shocking: A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 17 nations finds that majorities in only nine of them believe that al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Check out this graphic: Among the many interesting findings here is that Palestinians are actually much less prone to conspiracy theories than Egyptians ...

This is shocking:

This is shocking:

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 17 nations finds that majorities in only nine of them believe that al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Check out this graphic:

Among the many interesting findings here is that Palestinians are actually much less prone to conspiracy theories than Egyptians and Jordanians. Maybe it’s because they have a more educated population, a freer press, and a less oppressive government. Egyptians tend to believe the opposite of whatever their government tells them. 

But wow, what’s wrong with Mexico and Germany?

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