THE CONSPIRASPHERE

NOEL ROONEY marks the 27th anniversary of what was, at the time, the worst terrorist attack in US history and over which strange, unanswered questions still hang…

UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARIES Anniversaries have a particular significance in the Conspirasphere. It sometimes seems as if competing sects of conspiracists count time from different beginnings: so many years since JFK; so many years since 9/11, and so on. And sometimes, anniversaries occur on anniversaries, adding a layered telescopy to the complex numerology of deep events. One such date occurred recently. On 19 April 1995, the Alfred P Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City was ground zero for a terrorist attack; the worst, at that point, in US history (FT189:44-49). 168 people lost their lives, including 19 children and infants; an estimated 700 more were injured. Apart from the Murrah Building – a large complex of federal offices – some 300 buildings in the city were damaged. The bombing was carried out…

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