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The ] occasioned spontaneous outbreaks of public celebration in a number of Arab Muslim communities. Press and television coverage of these celebrations were met with shock and outrage in the U.S. Observers in other nations often contrasted them with what they believe to be a justified distrust and antipathy to American ].


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There were reports of celebrations on the West Bank, and at the time there was an ] that the footage of some Palestinians celebrating the attacks was faked, and that it was actually footage from the invasion of ]. This was proven false shortly afterwards , and the media widely circulated that fact.
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''Photos of these Palestinian children were widely circulated shortly after the September 11, Terrorist Attacks. Allegedly, they are celebrating the attacks. German media analyzing the whole film highlighted that the surrounding area is relatively quiet, that the people celebrating only appear briefly and then quickly disappear, and that a single person in a white T-shirt (shown here in the background) appears to have incited the children. In stark contrast to these particular German reports, Times Newspapers LTD. (British) chronicled 3,000 celebrants pouring into the streets of Nablus immediately after the attack and dozens of celebrants in Arab East Jerusalem .'' (Fair use of AP photo)

However, US media did not widely circulate European media reports (by the renowned German weeklies ''Spiegel'' and ''Stern'', by the German public TV magazine ''Panorama'' and by the Swedish ''Dagens Nyheter'') that while the footage was indeed correctly dated, reporters had at least in part staged the scene. One woman was quoted saying that she was offered a piece of pie for celebrating in front of the camera. It is unclear whether it was explained to the woman what she was supposedly celebrating. The ''Panorama'' TV report which analyzed the full video footage noted (translated):

: A closer look at the complete film material which was not broadcast shows that the street around the celebration is quiet. Only in front of the camera there are a few excited children. The woman, who is remembered for her cheering, shortly afterwards moves along quietly. A man in a white T-shirt is conspicuous. He incites the children, and keeps fetching new people. The woman who just left the picture says today that she was offered cake if she celebrates on camera, and that she was appalled when she saw the pictures on television.

Moderate Palestinians and the Palestinian leadership quickly distanced themselves from any celebrations. A few days after the September 11th attacks, ] symbolically donated blood for victims of the attacks.

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''This woman said she was offered a piece of cake for celebrating in front of the camera. While this picture shows someone handing her the cake, the version which was widely distributed did not.'' (Fair use of AP photo)

Reports concerning five Israelis employed by the company ] who photographed or videotaped the burning towers while smiling and dancing received relatively little media attention (, mirror: ). The men were later detained and deported. According to ABCNEWS, the FBI believed Urban Moving Systems may have been a cover operation for Israeli intelligence.

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