Original sentence: A relatively small minority reject the view that Al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, often citing the CIA, Mossad, or pro-Zionist elements as the likely perpetrators.In both cases, the suggested intent was to create a pretext for an American military expansion in the Middle East.Others suggest that the attacks were carried out by Palestinians or by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government.Others, while accepting Al-Qaeda's culpability, allege that members of the American government withheld foreknowledge of the attacks, silently sanctioning them
Edited sentence: (Compare Gulf of Tonkin incident, expansion of airport runway in Grenada, explosion aboard the U.A relatively small minority cite a network inside the U.In addition the United States also organized a coalition to invade and occupy Iraq, never quiet claiming that Iraq was behind the September 11 attack, but often deliberately creating that misimpression by mentioning the proposed war against Iraq and 9/11 in the same breath, and often invoking 9/11 to rationalize why the U.In both cases, the suggested intent was to create a pretext for an American military invasion of countries in the oil-rich Middle East, which had been planned for by American military planners since at least the 1970s and became feasible with the collapse of the Soviet Union as a check on American ambitions.Maine, for other examples of dubious U.Others suggest that the attacks were carried out by Palestinians or by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government, but no evidence has been advanced to support such an allegation.Others, accept Al-Qaeda's culpability, and allege that members of the American government withheld foreknowledge of the attacks, silently sanctioning them.government, including the CIA (compare the CIA-backed "Gladio" secret Italian government network responsible for "false flag" terrorist actions in Italy in the 1960s and 1970s that were blamed on the communist "Red Brigades" to discredit the Italian "Left" parties, Mossad, or pro-Zionist elements as the likely perpetrators.had to invade Iraq without waiting for the UN weapons inspectors to complete their report.pretexts for war