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Nostradamus and other nonsense about last week's attacks



I am forwarding this from another list.....

Jill L Schneider
USGS - Alaska Technical Data Unit
907-786-7457
jschnidr@usgs.gov
http://alaskaminerals.wr.usgs.gov
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>The folks at the Urban Legends Reference Pages has put together
>a useful page for sorting out rumor from fact about last
>weeks events. Details about each rumor can be found at the URL listed
>below.
>>
>http://www.snopes2.com/info/rumors.htm
>         Rumors of War
>>
>A collection of links to pages discussing the various rumors to come out
>of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States of America.
>
>Rumors of War
>
>>FALSE:   A Nostradamus prophecy about the fall of two brothers (meaning
>the World Trade Towers) predicts the imminent start of World War III.
>
>FALSE:   CNN used old footage to fake images of 'Palestinians dancing in
>the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA.
>
>TRUE:   The planned cover for a hip-hop album due to be released in
>November depicted an exploding World Trade Center.
>
>SORT OF:   Images of the World Trade Center fire reveal the face of Satan.
>
>TRUE:   Television evangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said that
>liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights

>supporters bear partial responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the
>USA because their actions have turned God's anger against America.
>
>FALSE:   You can aid the search for Osama Bin Laden by donating money to a

>band of Estonian hackers.
>
>TRUE:   Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair delivered an impassioned
>defense of the U.S. in 1973.
>
>UNDETERMINED:   Man trapped high in the collapsing World Trade Tower rides

>the falling debris to safety.
>
>
>
>The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/info/rumors.htm
>

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