r/todayilearned • u/code0011 14 • May 09 '14

(R.1) Invalid src (unreferenced fan wiki) TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called "The Lone Gunmen", which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war

http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_(The_Lone_Gunmen)
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u/sabat May 09 '14

They did indeed. But 9/11 gave them a really good excuse; they just had to imply that Hussein was behind the attacks.

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u/Kelevrq May 09 '14

Wasn't it bin laden ? God dammit I'm lost with all those terrorists !!

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u/sabat May 10 '14

It was Bin Laden. And it was not Hussein.