Sydney Siege Conspiracy Theories Floated By Iran, Muslim Leaders

Man Haron Monis was an Iranian refugee who came to Australia to be a Shia Muslim cleric, heal people and expose the injustices of the Iranian regime while extolling the virtues of the West. So goes one version of the events leading up to the Monday siege of a Sydney cafe that left Monis and two of the 17 hostages he took dead. But a number of alternative takes on just who Monis was have emerged in recent days, and not just from the typical conspiracy theorist crowd that sees every major world ev...