Radical Claims 9/11 was an Inside Job

By Pamela Mortimer

The U.S. troops in Iraq may notice an increase in mail in the coming days, although they won’t be love letters from home. Instead, troops are expected to receive letters and DVDs from a media watchdog group claiming 9/11 was an inside job instigated by the U.S. government.

Mark Dice, founder of a media watchdog group calling itself The Resistance, claims the U.S. government was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and that the troops in Iraq deserve to know the truth.

"People want the facts. The Marines are hungry for the truth — what got them there [in Iraq], why are they risking their lives — and we’re going to help them understand that," Dice said.

The group plans to send letters and declassified government documents to the troops to prove that the U.S. government is responsible for the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, most of which were in New York’s World Trade Center buildings.

Not everyone supports the mail campaign headed by Dice, a conspiracy theorist who holds the belief that the Freemasons worship Satan and that "the United States military has built enormous underground cities for the political elite."

Dice claims the mail campaign is an effort to help troops by giving a voice to people "afraid to speak up out of fear of punishment" from their superior officers.

"We’re trying to create a climate that’s safe for these people to ask real questions . . . so we can get our boys back as soon as possible, safe and sound," he said.

"These letters will end up in the toilet or on the firing range," said Capt. Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom and a veteran of the Iraq War. "They just laugh off this kind of stuff."

Dice says he is convinced that many soldiers share his views on the conspiracy. "The Marines that I know say that 20-25 percent of the Marines believe that 9/11 was an inside job and they’re very angry," he said.

Hegseth, however, isn’t convinced. "We represent 24,000 veterans at Vets for Freedom," he said. "We believe in finishing this mission, we believe in what we’re doing and that’s how most veterans and troops on the ground feel."

Hegseth says he isn’t worried that the mailings would have a negative impact on the troops. "I don’t think they’re going to want to take the time to open the mail from some fringe political sect," he said. "They’re too busy winning the war in Iraq."