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Charlie Sheen claims US government was behind 9/11

Charlie Sheen has prompted outrage in America by claiming that the government was behind the September 11 terror attacks.

He appealed to President Barack Obama to reopen an investigation into the attacks.

Sheen, who is the highest-paid actor on American televison, claimed that "the official 9/11 story is a fraud" and said the commission set up to investigate the attacks was a whitewash.

He said the attacks served "as the pretext for the systematic dismantling of our Constitution and Bill of Rights" and claimed the administration of former president George Bush was behind them.



Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)