Dr Matthew Gray. Photo by Belinda Pratten.
From the mystery around the death of Princess Diana to a British and American plot to bomb news network Al-Jazeera's Qatar headquarters, conspiracy theories are nothing new in Middle Eastern politics. In his new book, ANU researcher Dr Matthew Gray unpicks some of the theories and finds mixed motivations for their cultivation. Whether we admit it or not, most of us love a good conspiracy. Books and movies with a conspiracy plot have always been popular, and many of us will admit to believing in one or two shady schemes. Stories of secret plots and intrigue are part of the swirling discussion around any big event, especially the controversial ones: the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed, 9/11, or the JFK assassination, for example. Australians certainly aren?t immune from conspiratorialising. The disappearance of Harold Holt, the circumstances of the Whitlam dismissal and the Hilton Hotel bombing all have their share of conspiracy theories.
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