Nathan Eccleston to be investigated for his 9/11 comments
September 14th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattLondon, Sept 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Liverpool Football Club has announced that they have commenced investigation into the claims by striker Nathan Eccleston on Twitter. The 20-year-old wrote on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that it was not the work of terrorists.
He wrote that, “I aint going to say attack don’t let the media make u believe that was terrorist that did it.” He later removed the tweet from his page.
Liverpool FC is owned by American investors and the club said the claim by Nathan is a serious one. A spokesperson for the club announced that, “The club takes this matter extremely seriously and senior club officials have informed Nathan Eccleston that we are undertaking an investigation into the circumstances surrounding these postings and will decide on an appropriate course of action.”
The United States recently marked the tenth anniversary of what has been described as the worst terrorist attack on the country’s home soil. About 3,000 were killed in the attack. US authorities blamed the attack on the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda.
America launched a war on the organization and successfully killed its leader, Osama bin Laden, earlier this year. The organization has sworn to go on with their mission despite the fact that the leader and founder is no more.
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