- US, Israeli Intelligence agencies planned 9/11 attacks as a pretext for invading Muslim countries
- Many American, German, and European reports admit this
- 5,000 Jews did not show up for work on 9/11

Lebanese international affairs expert Abdo Laqis said that American intelligence agencies staged the 9/11 attacks in order to create a pretext to invade Muslim countries. He made his remarks in a panel marking the 20th anniversary of the attacks, which was aired on an Al-Alam TV (Iran) on September 10, 2021. Laqis said that this has been confirmed by “many American, German, and European reports,” adding that “all the talk about Al-Qaeda and its offshoots” was in order to legitimize an invasion of Muslim countries, which America had already planned to do. He added that 5,000 Jews did not show up for work on that day, and the interviewer asked whether the Israeli intelligence services were also involved. To this, Laqis responded: “They are all intertwined.’