Conspiracy theory!! How often have we seen the word spread across the internet? Every issue, every world crisis has somehow given rise to the conspiracy angle. As a term, it has been used arbitrarily to discredit organizations and individuals without any thought for reality but!! Not always are conspiracy theories contradictory in nature because sometimes they end up being actually true. Here are 7 conspiracy theories proven true in 2017.
This is a huge shot in the arm for conspiracy theorists who more often than not turn out to be the butt of jokes everywhere. However, 2017 uncovered several facts proving what was suspected was true all along. Such issues turned out fact in the very eyes of the public.
1United States provided Aid to Syrian Terrorists and Armed ISIS fighters
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Speculation was ripe that it was the US who funded and even aided ISIS fighters. In November a BBC report dropped a huge bombshell confirming the suspicions of how the US and even the UK were assisting ISIS fighters to escape. The BBC reported
“The BBC has uncovered details of a secret deal that let hundreds of Islamic State fighters and their families escape from Raqqa, under the gaze of the US and British-led coalition and Kurdish-led forces who control the city”. The report detailed how a convoy consisting of some of IS’s most hardened and notorious fighters escaped spreading out across Syria and even as far as Turkey.
This isn’t surprising given the fact that it was the US who had also played a role in the making of the Taliban during the Russian occupation of Afghanistan.
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2Hollywood’s sleazy abuse of women
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This turned out to be the biggest scandal of 2017 when reports uncovered how some of Hollywood bigwigs were habituated in soliciting physical favors and physically exploiting wannabe actresses. Even children in the entertainment industry were not spared. What let the cat out of the bag was Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein being accused by innumerous Hollywood actresses of physical molestation. Some of these included big names like Kate Beckinsale, Lysette Anthony and Gwyneth Paltrow.
The accusations created a domino effect and more and more women came out of the closet bringing down big names in the entertainment industry, politics, and business. It was the biggest scandal of 2017 leading to the #Me Too movement against physical exploitation of women worldwide. Internet sleuths used social media platforms like Reddit to expose the elite of Hollywood and the government and their involvement with physical exploitation and pedophile rings.
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