Ali ElSalmy (former Egyptian Vice-Prime Minister, American educated economist who served in Anwar Sadat’s cabinet during the 1970s and former vice-president of Cairo University, on 9/11) (2011): “I’m not sure who was responsible for 9/11. If the U.S. cannot know, neither can I. I can’t accuse people unless there are trials. I don’t think that these conspiracy theories are applicable anymore, so I don’t want to argue with these theories unless there [are] proven ideas or facts” (Ali ElSalmy quoted in Eric Trager, “Why is the Middle East still in thrall to 9/11 conspiracy theories?”, The New Republic, 3 September 2011: https://newrepublic.com/article/94546/middle-east-radical-conspiracy-theories ).