Life Imitates Satire: Al-Qaeda Criticizes 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

The satire from the Onion: "9/11 Conspiracy Theories 'Ridiculous,' Al-Qaeda Says."

The actual headline today: "Al-Qaida No. 2 says 9/11 theory propagated by Iran."

Wait! It gets even better if you read the news story:

Osama bin Laden's chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror network by spreading the conspiracy theory that Israel was behind the Sept. 11 attacks.

. . . One of the questioners asked about the theory that has circulated in the Middle East and elsewhere that Israel was behind the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Al-Zawahiri accused Hezbollah's Al-Manar television of starting the rumor.

"The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it," he said.

This is all fine, but I doubt anything can stop conspiracy theorists from spinning their little webs.