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Shirt Commemorates 9/11 Attack?

Infamous photograph purportedly shows a 9/11-themed shirt sold in the Middle East.

by David Mikkelson, Published Jan. 30, 2012



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Photograph shows a 9/11-themed shirt sold in the Middle East.
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This photograph of a man wearing what appears to be a 9/11-themed shirt has been circulating online for many years since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, alongside claims that it depicts a mass-produced item commonly worn by residents of Middle Eastern countries — demonstrating that those who live in that part of the world disdain America and/or approved of the attacks:

We're constantly clubbed on the head with the claim that the Muslim world condemns 9/11, abhors 9/11, etc. Yet every day Shirts like this a mass produced, marketed, and sold by street venders throughout the middle east and it's simply OK.


By David Mikkelson

David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994.


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