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Two University Professors’ Wild Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories

Jan. 8, 2013 8:57pm Jason Howerton

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Israel’s Mossad death squads are likely responsible for the tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. last month, according to a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD).

Dr. James H. Fetzer, in an op-ed published in an official Iranian state news outlet late last month, wrote that members of Israel’s security force known as the Mossad had carried out the shooting to “strike fear in the hearts of Americans.”

“The killing of children is a signature of terror ops conducted by agents of Israel,” he wrote. “[W]ho better to slaughter American children than Israelis, who deliberately murder Palestinian children?”

The Leadership Institute’s Campus Reform has more:

Fetzer, who recently retired but still maintains a website, email, and an honorary title with the university, went on to claim the massacre was part of a greater U.S. Government plot to wage violent war against Americans.

“When [the Department of Homeland Security] DHS is gearing up to conduct a massive civil war against the American people, what better excuse could there be for banning assault weapons than the massacre of 20 innocent children at Sandy Hook Elementary School?” he wondered.

The article appeared on Press TV’s website. The news organization is funded by Iran’s state run media empire, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a vocal proponent of the news agency. When Press TV launched in 2007, he reportedly told staff that “broadcasting the truth immediately, providing precise analysis and exposing the plots of propaganda networks of the enemy is among your duties.”

Fetzer is reportedly a regular contributor to Press TV. He previously called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the “Chicken Little of the Middle East” in a column last year.

The University of Minnesota Duluth did not respond to inquiries made by Campus Reform.

Another current professor at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), James Tracy, alleges a massive conspiracy involving law enforcement, the federal government and the mass media. In fact, he isn’t entirely convinced that the massacre that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults even occurred at all. In radio interviews, Tracy mentions “crisis actors” that may have been deployed by the Obama administration to stage the attack in order to further gun control measures.

He cites Infowars.com, obviously, to add credibility to his claim. From his personal blog:

Several independent researchers and most recently Infowars.com reporter Rob Dew have over the past few days pointed to evidence strongly suggesting how two additional Sandy Hook shooting suspects were apprehended by police in the minutes following 9:35AM when officers were dispatched to the elementary school.[2]

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Journalists capable of exercising a modest degree of autonomy and personal insight would have clearly recognized such leads, thereby extending them to a more rigorous examination of law enforcement spokespersons and the broader Newtown community. Instead, the news media once again wholly abdicated any such responsibility to serve the public by unquestioningly parroting official pronouncements and carefully instructing their audiences on exactly how to interpret the event.

In a later interview, Tracy clarified his allegations, saying “One is left with the impression that a real tragedy took place.” However, he added, no one has seen pictures of the bodies and other information has been kept from the public.

“Overall, I’m saying the public needs more information to assess what took place. We don’t have that. And when the media and the public don’t have that, various sorts of ideas can arise,” he said.

“Tracy said also has doubts about the official version of the Kennedy assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 9-11 terror attacks and the Aurora, Colo., theater murders,” the Sun-Sentinel reports.

FAU released the following statement regarding Tracy’s rantings:

“James Tracy does not speak for the university,” Lisa Metcalf, FAU’s director of media relations, told FoxNews.com in an email. “The website on which his post appeared is not affiliated with FAU in any way. As for any previous disciplinary actions at FAU, we do not comment on personnel matters.”

(H/T: Gawker)

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Comments (151)

vaman
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:39am
Totally irresponsible story by the blaze. Beckerheads are paranoid conspiracy theorists and this story allows their imaginations to run wild and unchecked. When a blazer goes officially crazy one day and hurts people, Beck should be held accountable for getting the dullest, most gullible people in our society a reason to act out their rage fantasies.

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Grand design
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:37am
Why were these two instructors allowed to have access to students for so many years considering that they both have severe mental problems in dealing with current events?

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searching for the Truth
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:19am
The hate Israel ( Inclusive of all God’s people ) will be carried by a jackass all the way into the “End Times.”

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- timarina
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:46pm
  hint: take an English class.
  
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o2nine17
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:16am
There is a conspiracy involving the Sandy Hook indecent, but it involves the reports that the poor children were murdered with the Bushmaster 223, when that is imposable as the first police video shows that the police opened the locked vehicle the nut used to get to the school, and the Bushmaster was still locked inside. This is to invoke fear of “Assault Rifles” in the public. AR 15 and Bushmasters are NOT assault rifles ( the public has been duped into thinking AR-15 = Assault Rifle, when it means “Armalite Rifle”, a brand name like Xerox is to copiers ) The liberal news media and the government are using this to push their agenda to disarm the American public, so beware of what they say and do, It’s 95% lies wrapped around deceit and conjecture.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:21am
  FYI, I just purchased a shotgun that looks just ike a Bushmaster .223.
  
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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:00am
Top down, bottom up and inside out. World wide evil is amongst us and the Trojan horse in the WH has all the poison in place. Anything is possible. The timing and building of events seems odd. A lot of strange negative things have happened to America since 2008. There is a master plan being orchestrated and played out, maybe Mr. Soros can tell us what’s next. I can tell you whatever it is it isn’t good for America.

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nectoxicdragon
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 7:42am
This story is a joke… it’s ONE professor with an antisemitic theory and another reporting the theory of others… one that sadly adds up, like it or not. Fetser is a known Islamic sympathiser, and shouldnt be given a voice by having his story reported here. I’m not familiar with Tracy, however, what he is reporting is not his “personal” theory and is widely supported by many people who have been watching this closely. There are just too many things that do not add up, particulary to those of us who watched the live coverage, and the revisionist news reports later.
Remember, Just because you are paranoid, does NOT mean that nobody is out to get you. And the current administration has literally murdered it’s own hand picked Ambassador, so is this so far fetched that it couldnt happen?

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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 7:34am
Fetzer appears to be a loon, however James Tracy brings up valid concerns which are legitimate.

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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 7:35am
  and our media should be ashamed unless they are complicit.
  
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nighttrainno9
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 7:10am
Tracy is probably correct, almost all of the American tragedys have been
engineered by the govt. They use them to nudge us in the direction
they want to go. They are very aware that they cannot implement NWO
and AGENDA 21 without disarming the American population.

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nocommie
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:36am
I think that college professor’s should be monitored as many are showing signs of brain damage.It may be a good idea to have them registered,like sex offenders.They think they are so smart and they really have nothing to offer.We need a student survey.Is you professor a pervert?Is your professor a nut job?Is your professor a communist?Is your professor over paid?

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jcizarter
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:31am
“Dr. James H. Fetzer, in an op-ed published in an official Iranian state news outlet late last month, wrote that members of Israel’s security force known as the Mossad had carried out the shooting to “strike fear in the hearts of Americans.” Dr. Fetzer says that Mossad is LIKELY responsible for the shooting.
Fetzer is reportedly a regular contributor to Press TV.
1. Muslim
2. No proof what so ever
3. Jew h8ter

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Totally Domestic
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:36am
This Iran/Good – Jews/Evil teaching is what I do not like coming out of Alex Jones.
It is from the pit of Hell. Nazi talk.
I have defended him on his passionate defense of the 2nd amendment.
There is clearly something wrong with the Sandy Hook shooting. Listening to the police scanner
will tell you that and the way the Govt. media refuses to question any of the clear witness who
say there were multiple shooters in this and especially the Seik temple shooting. One thing for sure, these shootings have been a bonanza for the BO regime’s long desired gun grab.

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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:51am
  The stance on Israel is what I have against Alex Jones and Ron/Rand Paul. Other than that they have it mostly right.
  
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pwatkins
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:59am
There is definitely something evil going on in the shadows. I think the first professor mentioned is taking it in the wrong direction and for political reasons. I believe the second one is getting pretty close to some truth. I agree with the post above the oil spill and quite a few other things were suspicious. I would put absolutely nothing past this administration and feel we all have much to fear. I think Glenn feels what we feel but unless he has proof he will not discuss things, unlike Alex Jones. You can’t go on your gut feelings and be completely truthful with your audience so Glenn will not do that. He does tell us to check things out ourselves and I am sure he doesn’t think we are fools when we have suspicions about things that may have come to pass or lies ahead bc he warns us diligently to be prepared. Never cease praying for our country and be on alert and prepared for most anything. May God continue to bless America and guide us all in standing strong with Israel.

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Diane TX
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:15am
Hello? Can someone see that the guy in Florida is installed in a padded room? We can’t do anything about the Iranian guy except to say “consider the source”.

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Chrisrob63
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:14am
I seriously doubt the Mossad death squad theory.

Still, there are a lot of strange things about this case that do not add up and we NEED to be asking questions. Look at the videos and judge for yourself.

Are these people who were interviewed really parents and relatives of the victims? They sure don’t seem too broken and grieving, even thought it had just happened a day or two before. Even as a Christian, I would be out of my mind with grief, if I lost a child so horribly.

Interesting that these other people interviewed outside that day were never asked to identify themselves. And the supects supposedly detained by police were never followed up on by the media, even though a witness said that one was cuffed and in police custody a short distance away from the camera. The guy who said he didn’t do it?

Nothing about them, not even to clear them and say that they were not involved?

Who are these people? Where are the security camera records? Not functioning that day?

Where are the multiple rifles and a shotgun the police said, on the radio scanner, were found inside the school?

One skinny geek carrying all that hardware, plus two pistols? And wearing a mask and body armor?

Not likely, scooter. They are going to have to come up with a more convincing story than this.

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cosmic dogma
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:52am
How could you even come up with an idea that insane? Defies reality. How would your brain have to function to create a reality so disassociated with the planet Earth? Must be a liberal.

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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:50am
http://youtu.be/_koCqAIVQlo
This shows the “father” of a “victim” laughing and smiling before going to the mike to look sad

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NoUseForLogic
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:36am
Do you honestly think that Otbama himself and the government are waiting until they ban or regulate the private ownership of military grade weapons used in most mass shootings before they violently overthrow its own people? For some strange reason, right now… they’re gonna seriously walk up the street and invade my house? And my ar-15 and 30 round mag are gonna do anything but get me killed, if ever, if ever this completely absurd and stupid idea were to EVER happen… Are you people high? Or just totally dimwitted and misled for profit. I’d say the latter.

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Plutos_Pal
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:27am
“The killing of children is a signature of terror ops conducted by agents of Israel,” he wrote. “[W]ho better to slaughter American children than Israelis, who deliberately murder Palestinian children?”

Who better? How about Palestinians who deliberately murder Israeli children?

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Jerry Frey
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:48pm
Dr. James H. Fetzer should be discharged forthwith.

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moretea
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:35pm
Something sure stinks about this terrible tragedy. Here is a link that shows a snapshot from Google Archives with a link to a fund raiser for the victims dated two days before the tragedy.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=488191011233328&set=a.363126717073092.106418.296574443728320&type=1

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moretea
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:12pm
There is a video that was downloaded on Nov 12, 2012 about the Sandy Hook incident, a month before it happened. http://vimeo.com/53220123

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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:21am
  moretea
  
  Your link does not work. : (
  
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- moretea
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:36am
  Sorry Monk, it looks like the link has been scrubbed. I had a link to a page of tweets made prior to the incident also that have been scrubbed. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
  
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COFemale
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:12pm
Here are two future mental cases that are in need of serious hospital stays. This is how it all starts. Arrest them before they hurt someone with their wild theories.

Really dude, can you imagine a six year old kid with 11 or 12 gun shot wounds and you want to see them? You are so sick. You have no regard how and what it would do to the parents.

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denkat56
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:58pm
We’ll show the college idiots , the truth, I’m sure once they see Joy BEHAR up close berkas will be the order of the day.

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truelife
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:57pm
The blame the Jews we always see from the conspiracy theory camp is getting real old … That being said, I watched these youtube videos you all mentioned and some of it is a bit creepy…. The family photos of the one victim with her family does look Photoshopped, and strange she is in a photo with Obama in the same dress after she was apparently killed? the father smiling before going on the cameras and weeping seconds later? Either way, I only fear the Lord. Isaiah 8:12-13 (NIV) “Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.”

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:55pm
When liberals start pointing the other way– It is time to start taking a very close look at their fingers and those they are aligned with. It’s usually a prelude to distract what they are guilty of.

Comes the same time that CAIR is campaigning that “Jihad” is the high ground, and magically the zionists have been the ones killing school children and women all along. “History rewrite alert”!

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:26am
  That’s not how you spell Gandhi.
  
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