How an idea spread and grew on the Internet.

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• Pipe Dreams The origin of the "bombing-Afghanistan-for-oil-pipelines" theory.
  Seth Stevenson Dec. 6, 2001
  
• 4,000 Jews, 1 Lie Tracking an Internet hoax.
  Bryan Curtis Oct. 6, 2001
  
• Attack on the U.S.: An Internet Guide 
  David Plotz Sept. 12, 2001