It is the Bush Administration, rather than Baghdad, which is supporting Al
Qaeda by Michel Chossudovsky
www.globalresearch.ca
28 January / janvier 2003
The URL of this article is:
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO301B.html
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Part II of a two part Series.
Part I was entitled: War Propaganda. See:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO301A.html
One of the main objectives of war propaganda is to As anti-war sentiment
grow and the political legitimacy the Bush Administration falters, doubts
regarding the existence of this "outside enemy" must be dispelled.
As the date of the planned invasion of Iraq approaches, the Bush
Administration and its indefectible British ally have multiplied
the "warnings" of future Al Qaeda terrorist attacks.
The enemy has to appear genuine: thousands of news stories and editorials
linking Al Qaeda to the Baghdad government are planted in the news chain.
Colin Powell underscored this relationship in his presentation to the Davos
World Economic Forum in January. Iraq is casually presented in official
statements and in the media as "a haven for and supplier of the terror
network":
"Evidence that is still tightly held is accumulating within the
administration that it is not a matter of chance that terror groups in the
al Qaeda universe have made their weapons of choice the poisons, gases and
chemical devices that are signature arms of the Iraqi regime."
1. In this context, propaganda purports to drown the truth, and kill the
evidence on how Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda was fabricated and transformed
into "Enemy Number One".
Meanwhile, "anti-terrorist operations" directed against Muslims, including
arbitrary mass arrests have been stepped up. In the US, emergency measures
are contemplated in the case of war. The corporate media is busy preparing
public opinion. A is said to be justified because : - the U.S. and Western
interests in the Western world have to be prepared for retaliatory attacks
from sleeper cells the second we launch an attack in Iraq.
2. Defence of the Homeland -Emergency procedures are already in place. The
Secretary of Homeland Defence -whose mandate is to - has already been
granted the authority "to take control of a national emergency", implying
the establishment of de facto military rule.
In turn, the newly established Northern Command would be put in charge of
military operations in the US theatre.
The Smallpox Vaccination Program
In the context of these emergency measures, preparations for compulsory
smallpox vaccination are already under way in response to a presumed threat
of a biological weapons attack on US soil. The vaccination program which
has been the object of intense media propaganda - would be launched with
the sole purpose of creating an atmosphere of panic among the population:
3. The hidden agenda is crystal clear. How best to discredit the anti-war
movement and maintain the legitimacy of the State? Create conditions, which
instill fear and hatred, present the rulers as "guardians of the peace",
committed to weeding out terrorism and preserving democracy.
In the words of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, echoing almost verbatim
the US propaganda dispatches:
"'I believe it is inevitable that they will try in some form or other,. 'I
think we can see evidence from the recent arrests that the terrorist
network is here as it is around the rest of Europe, around the rest of the
world. The most frightening thing about these people is the possible coming
together of fanaticism and the technology capable of delivering mass
destruction.'"
4.
Mass Arrests
The mass arrests of individuals of Middle Eastern origin since September
11 2001 on trumped up charges is not motivated by security
considerations. Their main function is to provide "credibility" to the
fear and propaganda campaign. Each arrest, amply publicised by the
corporate media, repeated day after day "gives a face" to this invisible
enemy. It also serves to drown the fact that Al Qaeda is a creature of
the CIA. "Enemy Number One" is not an enemy but an instrument.)
In other words, the Propaganda campaign performs two important
functions.
First it must ensure that the enemy is considered a real threat.
Second, it must distort the truth, --i.e. it must conceal "the
relationship" between this "fabricated enemy" and its creators within
the military-intelligence apparatus.
In other words, the nature and history of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda and
the Islamic brigades since the Soviet-Afghan war must be suppressed
because if it trickles down to the broader public, the legitimacy of the
so-called "war on terrorism" collapses like a deck of cards. And in the
process, the legitimacy of the main political and military actors is
threatened.
The "9/11 Foreknowledge" Scandal
On 16 May 2002, the New York tabloids revealed that "President Bush had
been warned of possible high jacking before the terror attacks" and had
failed to act.
5.
The disinformation campaign was visibly stalling in the face of mounting
evidence of CIA-Osama links. For the first time since 9/11, the mainstream
press had hinted to the possibility of a cover-up at the highest echelons of
the US State apparatus.
FBI Agent Coleen Rowley, who blew the whistle on the FBI, played a key role
in unleashing the crisis. Her controversial Memo to FBI Director Robert
Mueller pointed to the existence of "deliberate roadblocks" on the
investigation of the September 11 attacks:
"Minutes after the 9/11 attacks the SSA [David Frasca, Director of the
Radical Fundamentalist unit in the FBI] said 'this was probably all just a
coincidence'and we were to do nothing until we got their permission,
because we might screw up something else going on elsewhere in the country"
6.
In response to an impending political crisis, the fear and disinformation
campaign went into overdrive. The news chain was all of a sudden inundated
with reports and warnings of "future terrorist attacks". A carefully worded
statement (visibly intended to instill fear) by Vice President Dick Cheney
contributed to setting the stage:
"I think that the prospects of a future attack on the U.S. are almost a
certainty... It could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week, it could
happen next year, but they will keep trying. And we have to be prepared."7
What Cheney is really telling us is that our "intelligence asset", which we
created, is going to strike again. Now, if this "CIA creature" were planning
new terrorist attacks, you would expect that the CIA would be first to know
about it. In all likelihood, the CIA also controls the so-called 'warnings'
emanating from CIA sources on "future terrorist attacks" in the US and
around
the World.
Propaganda's Consistent Pattern
Upon careful examination of news reports on actual, "possible" or "future"
terrorist attacks, the propaganda campaign exhibits a consistent pattern.
Similar concepts appear simultaneously in hundreds of media reports:
they refer to "reliable sources", a growing body of evidence --e.g.
government or intelligence or FBI.
They invariably indicate that the terrorist groups involved have "ties to
bin Laden" or Al Qaeda, or are "sympathetic to bin Laden",
The reports often points to the possibility of terrorist attacks, "sooner or
later" or "in the next two months".
The reports often raise the issue of so-called "soft targets", pointing to
the likelihood of civilian casualties.
They indicate that future terrorist attacks could take place in a number of
allied countries (including Britain, France, Germany) in which public
opinion is strongly opposed to the US-led war on terrorism.
They confirm the need by the US and its allies to initiate "pre-emptive"
actions directed against these various terrorist organizations and/or the
foreign governments which harbour the terrorists.
They often point to the likelihood that these terrorist groups possess WMD
including biological and chemical weapons (as well as nuclear weapons). The
links to Iraq and "rogue states" (discussed in Part I) is also mentioned.
The warnings also include warnings regarding "attacks on US soil", attacks
against civilians in Western cities.
They point to efforts undertaken by the police authorities to apprehend the
alleged terrorists.
The arrested individuals are in virtually all cases Muslims and/or of Middle
Eastern origin.
The reports are also used to justify the Homeland Security legislation as
well as the "ethnic profiling" and mass arrests of presumed terrorists.
This pattern of disinformation in the Western media applies the usual catch
phrases and buzz words. (See press excerpts below. The relevant catch
phrases are indicated in italics):
"Published reports, along with new information obtained from U.S.
intelligence and military sources, point to a growing body of evidence that
terrorists associated with and/or sympathetic to Osama bin Laden are
planning a significant attack on U.S. soil.
Also targeted are allied countries that have joined the worldwide hunt for
the radical Muslim cells hell-bent on unleashing new waves of terrorist
strikes.
The U.S. government's activation of antiterrorist forces comes as the FBI
issued a warning Nov. 14 that a "spectacular" new terrorist attack may be
forthcoming - sooner rather than later. ...
Elsewhere, the Australian government issued an unprecedented warning to its
citizens that al-Qaeda terrorists there might launch attacks within the next
two months.
8
Although CIA Director George Tenet said in recent congressional testimony
that "an attempt to conduct another attack on U.S. soil is certain," a trio
of former senior CIA officials doubted the chance of any "spectacular"
terror attacks on U.S. soil.
9
"Germans have been skittish since the terrorist attacks in the United
States, fearing that their country is a ripe target for terrorism. Several
of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks plotted their moves in Hamburg.
10
"On Dec. 18, a senior government official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, briefed journalists about the 'high probability' of a terrorist
attack happening 'sooner or later.' . he named hotels and shopping centres
as potential 'soft targets'. The official also specifically mentioned: a
possible chemical attack in the London subway, the unleashing of smallpox,
the poisoning of the water supply and strikes against "postcard targets"
such as Big Ben and Canary Warf.
The "sooner or later" alert followed a Home Office warning at the end of
November that said Islamic radicals might use dirty bombs or poison gas to
inflict huge casualties on British cities. This also made big headlines but
the warning was quickly retracted in fear that it would cause public panic.
11
The message yesterday was that these terrorists, however obscure, are
trying - and, sooner or later, may break through London's defences. It is a
city where tens of thousands of souls,. Experts have repeatedly said that
the UK, with its bullish support for the US and its war on terror, is a
genuine and realistic target for terror groups, including the al- Qaeda
network led by 11 September mastermind Osama bin Laden.
12
Quoting Margaret Thatcher: "Only America has the reach and means to deal
with Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein or the other wicked psychopaths who
will sooner or later step into their shoes."
13
According to a recent US State Department alert: "Increased security at
official US facilities has led terrorists to seek softer targets such as
residential areas, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, hotels, schools,
outdoor recreation events, resorts, beaches and planes."
14
Actual Terrorist Attacks
To be "effective" the fear and disinformation campaign cannot solely rely on
unsubstantiated "warnings" of future attacks, it also requires "real"
terrorist occurrences or "incidents", which provide credibility to the
Administration's war plans. Propaganda endorses the need to
implement "emergency measures" as well as implement retaliatory military
actions.
The triggering of "war pretext incidents" is part of the Pentagon's
assumptions. In fact it is an integral part of US military history.15 In
fact in 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had envisaged a secret plan entitled
"Operation Northwoods, to deliberately trigger civilian casualties to
justify the invasion of Cuba:
"We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," "We could
develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other
Florida cities and even in Washington" "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers
would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." (See the declassified
Top Secret 1962 document titled "Justification for U.S. Military
Intervention in Cuba"
16 (See Operation Northwoods at
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/NOR111A.html ).
There is no evidence that the Pentagon or the CIA played a direct role in
recent terrorist attacks. The latter were undertaken by organisations (or
cells of these organisations), which operate quite independently, with a
certain degree of autonomy. This independence is in the very nature of a
covert intelligence operation. The is not in direct contact with its covert
sponsors.
It is not necessarily cognizant of the role it plays on behalf of its
intelligence sponsors.
The fundamental question is who is behind them? Through what sources are
they being financed? What is the underlying network of ties?
A recent (2002) classified outbrief drafted to guide the Pentagon (P2OG), to
launch secret operations aimed at "stimulating reactions" among terrorists
and states possessing weapons of mass destruction -- that is, for instance,
prodding terrorist cells into action and exposing themselves to
"quick-response" attacks by U.S. forces.
17
The P2OG initiative is nothing new. It essentially extends an existing
apparatus of covert operations. Amply documented, the CIA has supported
terrorist groups since the Cold War era. This < prodding of terrorist cells
> under covert intelligence operations often requires the infiltration and
training of the radical groups linked to Al Qaeda.
Covert support by the US military and intelligence apparatus has been
channelled to various Islamic terrorist organisations through a complex
network of intermediaries and intelligence proxies. Moreover, numerous
official statements, intelligence reports confirm recent links (in the post
Cold War era) between US military-intelligence units and Al Qaeda
operatives, as occurred in Bosnia (mid 1990s), Kosovo (1998-99) and
Macedonia (2001).18 The Republican Party Committee of the US Congress in a
1997 report points to open collaboration between the US military and Al
Qaeda operatives in the civil war in Bosnia.19 (See US Congress, 16 January
1997, http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/DCH109A.html )
Ties to Al Qaeda and Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI)
It is indeed revealing that in virtually all post 9/11 terrorist
occurrences, the terrorist organization is said to have "ties to Osama bin
Laden's Al Qaeda". This in itself is a crucial piece of information. Of
course, the fact that Al Qaeda is a creature of the CIA is neither
mentioned in the press reports nor is considered relevant.
The ties of these terrorist organizations (particularly those in Asia) to
Pakistan's military intelligence (ISI) is acknowledged in a few cases by
official sources and press dispatches. Confirmed by the Council on Foreign
Relations (CFR), some of these groups are said to have links to Pakistan's
ISI, without identifying the nature of these links. Needless to say, this
information is crucial in identifying the sponsors of these terrorist
attacks.
In other words, the ISI is said to support these terrorist organizations,
while at same time maintaining close ties to the CIA.
The Bali Bomb Attack (October 2002)
The Bali attack in the Kuta seaside resort resulted in close to 200 deaths,
mainly Australian tourists. The bomb attack was allegedly perpetrated by
Jemaah Islamiah, a group, which operates in several countries in South East
Asia.
Press reports and official statements point to close ties between Jemaah
Islamiah (JI) and Al Qaeda. The JI's "operational leader" is Riduan
Isamuddin, alias Hambali, a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan war, who was
trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to a report by UPI:
"The [Soviet-Afghan] war provided opportunities for key figures of these
groups, who went to Afghanistan, to experience firsthand the glory of jihad.
Many of the radicals detained in Singapore and Malaysia derived their
ideological inspiration from the activities of the Mujahideen in Afghanistan
and Pakistan"
20
What the report fails to mention is that the training of the Mujahideen in
Afghanistan and Pakistan was a CIA sponsored initiative launched under
President Jimmy Carter in 1979, using Pakistan's ISI as a go-between.
JI's links to Indonesia's Military Intelligence
There are indications, that in addition to its alleged links to Al Qaeda,
Jemaah Islamiah also has links to Indonesia's military intelligence, which
in turn has links to the CIA and Australian intelligence.
The links between JI and Indonesia's Intelligence Agency (BIN) are
acknowledged by the International Crisis Group (ICG):
"This link [of JI to the BIN] needs to be explored more fully: it does not
necessarily mean that military intelligence was working with JI, but it does
raise a question about the extent to which it knew or could have found out
more about JI than it has acknowledged." 21 (International Crisis Group,
http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=845,2003 )
The ICG, however, fails to mention that Indonesia's intelligence apparatus
has for more than 30 years been controlled by the CIA.
In the wake of the October 2002 Bali bombing, a contradictory report
emanating from Indonesia's top brass, pointed to the involvement of both
the head of Indonesian intelligence General A. M. Hendropriyono as well as
the CIA:
"The agency and its director, Gen. A. M. Hendropriyono, are well regarded by
the United States and other governments. But there are still senior
intelligence officers here who believe that the C.I.A. was behind the
bombing."
22
In response to these statements, the Bush Administration demanded that
President Megawati Sukarnoputri, publicly refute the involvement of the U.S
in the attacks. No official retraction was issued. Not only did President.
Megawati remained silent on this matter, she also accused the US of being:
"a superpower that forced the rest of the world to go along with it. We see
how ambition to conquer other nations has led to a situation where there is
no more peace unless the whole world is complying with the will of the one
with the power and strength."
23
Meanwhile, the Bush Administration, had used the Bali attacks to prop up its
fear campaign:
"President Bush said Monday that he assumes al-Qaeda was responsible for the
deadly bombing in Indonesia and that he is worried about fresh attacks on
the
United States."
24
The news [regarding the Bali attack] came as US intelligence officials
warned that more attacks like the Indonesian bombing can be expected in the
next few months, in Europe, the Far East or the US."25
Cover-up
The links of JI to the Indonesian intelligence agency were never raised
in the official Indonesian government investigation --which was guided
behind the scenes by Australian intelligence and the CIA.
Moreover, shortly after the bombing, Australian Prime Minister John
Howard "admitted that Australian authorities were warned about possible
attacks in Bali but chose not to issue a warning."26 Also In the wake of
the bombings, the Australian government chose to work with Indonesia's
Special Forces the Kopassus, in the so-called "war on terrorism".
Australia: "Useful Wave of Indignation"
Reminiscent of Operation Northwoods, the Bali attack served to trigger
"a useful wave of indignation."27 They contributed to swaying Australian
public opinion in favour of the US invasion of Iraq, while weakening the
anti-war protest movement. In the wake of the Bali attack, the
Australian government "officially" joined the US-led "war on terrorism."
It has not only used the Bali bombings as a pretext to fully integrate
the US-UK military axis, it has also adopted drastic police measures
including "ethnic profiling" directed against its own citizens:
Prime Minister John Howard made the extraordinary declaration recently
that he is prepared to make pre-emptive military strikes against
terrorists in neighbouring Asian countries planning to attack Australia.
Australian intelligence agencies also are very worried about the
likelihood of an al-Qaeda attack using nuclear weapons.28
The Attacks on the Indian Parliament (December 2001)
The December 2001 terrorist attacks on the Indian Parliament --which
contributed to pushing India and Pakistan to the brink of war-- were
allegedly conducted by two Pakistan-based rebel groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba
("Army of the Pure") and Jaish-e-Muhammad ("Army of Mohammed"). The
press reports acknowledged the ties of both groups to Al Qaeda, without
however mentioning that they were directly supported by Pakistan=s ISI.
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) confirms in this regard that:
"through its Interservices Intelligence agency (ISI), Pakistan has
provided funding, arms, training facilities, and aid in crossing borders
to Lashkar and Jaish.Many were given ideological training in the same
madrasas, or Muslim seminaries, that taught the Taliban and foreign
fighters in Afghanistan. They received military training at camps in
Afghanistan or in villages in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Extremist
groups [supported by the ISI] have recently opened several new madrasas
in Azad Kashmir."29 (Council on Foreign Relations at
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/groups/harakat2.html , Washington 2002)
What the CFR fails to mention is the crucial relationship between the ISI
and the CIA and the fact that the ISI continues to support Lashkar, Jaish
and the militant Jammu and Kashmir Hizbul Mujahideen (JKHM), while also
collaborating with the CIA. Ironically, confirmed by the writings of
Zbigniew Brzezinski (who happens to be a member of the CFR), the training
of these "foreign fighters" was an initiative of US foreign policy,
launched during the Carter Administration in 1979 at the outset of the
Soviet-Afghan war. Coinciding with the 1989 Geneva Peace Agreement and the
Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the ISI was instrumental in the
creation of the militant Jammu and Kashmir Hizbul Mujahideen (JKHM).30 The
timely attack on the Indian Parliament, followed by the ethnic riots in
Gujarat in early 2002, were the culmination of a process initiated in the
1980s, financed by drug money and abetted by Pakistan's military
intelligence.
Dismantling the Propaganda Campaign, Building an Anti-War Consensus We are
at the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history, requiring an
unprecedented degree of solidarity, courage and commitment. America's war,
which includes the "first strike" use of nuclear weapons, threatens the
future of humanity.
Much of the justification for waging this war without borders rests on the
legitimacy of the Bush administration's anti-terrorist programme. The latter
forms part of the propaganda campaign, which in turn is used to sway the US
population into an unconditional acceptance of the war agenda.
In the US, and around the world, the anti-war movement has gained in
impetus.
While millions of people have joined hands in opposing the war, the Bush
Administration's fear and disinformation campaign, relayed by the corporate
media, has served to uphold the shaky legitimacy of the Bush administration.
At this critical crossroads, the anti-war/pro-democracy movement must
necessarily move to a higher plane, which addresses the main functions of
the Administration's propaganda machine. The main purpose of propaganda is
to sustain the legitimacy of the rulers and ensure that the rulers remain in
power.
Undermining the Bush Administration's < Right to Rule> In other words, the
mobilization of antiwar sentiment in itself will not reverse the tide of
war.
What is needed is to consistently challenge the legitimacy of the main
political and military actors, reveal the true face of the American Empire
and the underlying criminalisation of foreign policy. Ultimately what is
required is to question and eventually undermine the Bush Administration's .
Revealing the lies behind the Bush Administration is the basis for
destroying the legitimacy of the main political and military actors.
Even if a majority of the population is against the war, this in itself will
not prevent the war from occurring. The propaganda campaign's objective is
to sustain the lies which support the legitimacy of the main political and
military actors, including Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Tenet,
Armitage, Rice, et al. As long as the Bush Cabinet is considered a in the
eyes of the people and World public opinion, it will carry out the Iraqi
invasion plan, whether it has public support or not.
In other words, this legitimacy must be challenged. Similarly in Britain,
where a majority of the population is against the US-led war, actions must
be launched which ultimately result in the downfall of the Blair Cabinet
and the withdrawal of Britain from the US-led military coalition.
A necessary condition for bringing down the rulers is to weaken and
eventually dismantle their propaganda campaign. How best to achieve this
objective? By fully uncovering the lies behind the "war on terrorism" and
revealing the complicity of the Bush administration in the events of 9/11.
This is a big hoax, it's the biggest lie in US history. The war pretext does
not stick and the rulers should be removed.
Moreover, it is important to show that "Enemy Number One" is fabricated. The
terrorist attacks are indeed real, but who is behind them? The covert
operations in support of terrorist organisations, including the history of
Al Qaeda's links to the CIA since the Soviet Afghan war, must be fully
revealed because they relate directly to the wave of terrorist attacks
which have occurred since September 11, all of which are said to have links
to Al Qaeda.
To reverse the tide, the spreading of information at all levels, which
counteracts the propaganda campaign is required.
The truth undermines and overshadows the lie.
And the truth is that the Bush administration is in fact supporting
international terrorism as a pretext to wage war on Iraq.
Once this truth becomes fully understood, the legitimacy of the rulers will
collapse like a deck of cards. This is what has to be achieved. But we can
only achieve it, by effectively counteracting the official propaganda
campaign.
The momentum and success of the large anti-war rallies in the US, the
European Union and around the world, should lay the foundations of a
permanent network composed of tens of thousands of local level anti-war
committees in eighbourhoods, work places, parishes, schools, universities,
etc. It is ultimately through this network that the legitimacy of those
who "rule in our name will be challenged.
To shunt the Bush Administration's war plans and disable its propaganda
machine, we must, in the months ahead reach out to our fellow citizens
across the land, in the US, Canada and around the world, to the millions of
ordinary people who have been misled on the causes and consequences of this
war, not to mention the implications of the Bush Administration's Homeland
Security legislation, which essentially sets in place the building blocks
of a police state.
This initiative requires the spreading of information in an extensive
grassroots network, with a view to weakening and ultimately disabling the
Bush Administration's propaganda machine.
When the lies including those concerning September 11 are fully revealed and
understood by everybody, the legitimacy of the Bush Administration will be
broken Big Brother will have no leg to stand on, that is, no more wars to
feed on. While this will not necessarily result in a fundamental and
significant "regime change" in the US, a new "anti-war consensus" will have
emerged, which will eventually pave the way for a broader struggle against
the New World Order and the American Empire's quest for global domination. _
NOTES
1. Washington Post, 25 January 2003.
2. Ibid
3 Chicago Sun, 31 December 2002.
4 Reuters, 21 February 2003
5. See Ian Woods, Conspiracy of Silence, McKinney Vindicated, Global
Outlook, No. 2, 2002.
6. Coleen Rowley, Memo To FBI Director Robert Mueller, quoted in Global
Outlook, No. 3, 2003, p. 28.
7. The Boston Globe, 5 June 2002.
8. Insight on the News, 3 February 2003.
9. UPI, 19 December 2002.
10. New York Times, 6 January 2003.
11. Toronto Star, 5 January 2003.
12. The Scotsman, 8 January 2003.
13. UPI, 10 December 2002.
14. AFP, 3 January 2003.
15. See Richard Sanders, War Pretext Incidents, How to Start a War,
Global Outlook, published in two parts, Issues 2 and 3, 2002-2003.
16.Operation Northwoods, declassified top secret document sent by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara on March
13, 1962, http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/NOR111A.html .
17. William Arkin, The Secret War, The Los Angeles Times, 27 October
2002.
18. See Michel Chossudovsky, War and Globalisation, The Truth behind
September 11, Global Outlook, 2003, Chapter 3,
http://globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html
19. See Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into
Militant Islamic Base, Congressional Press Release, US Congress, 16
January 1997, http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/DCH109A.html
20. UPI, 6 January 2002.
21. International Crisis Group, Indonesia Backgrounder: How The Jemaah
Islamiyah Terrorist Network Operates,
http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=845 , 2003
22, Raymond Bonner and Jane Perlez, More Attacks on Westerners Are
Expected in Indonesia, New York Times, 25 November 2002
23. Quoted in Raymond Bonner and Jane Perlez, op cit.
24. USA Today, 15 October 2002.
25. Business AM, 15 October 2002.
26. Christchurch Press, 22 November 2002), (Similar warnings were made
by the CIA).
27. Operation Northwoods, op cit.
28. Insight on the News, 3 February 2003.
29. Council on Foreign Relations at:
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/groups/harakat2.html , Washington 2002.
30. See K. Subrahmanyam, Pakistan is Pursuing Asian Goals, India Abroad,
3 November 1995.
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ANNEX
Supporting evidence that successive US administrations have supported Al
Qaeda is summarized below (references are provided to a selected
bibliography):
The "Islamic Brigades" are a creation of US foreign policy. In the
post-Cold War era, the CIA continues to support and use Osama bin
Laden's Al Qaeda in its covert operations. In standard CIA jargon, Al
Qaeda is categorized as an "intelligence asset".
The U.S. Congress has documented in detail, the links of Al Qaeda to
agencies of the U.S. government during the civil war in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as in Kosovo and Macedonia.
The evidence confirms that Al Qaeda is supported by Pakistan's military
intelligence, the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI). Amply documented, the
ISI, allegedly played an undercover role in financing the 9/11 attacks. The
ISI has a close working relationship with the CIA.
Pakistan's ISI has consistently supported various Islamic terrorist
organizations, while also collaborating with the CIA.
These various terrorist groups supported by Pakistan's ISI operate with some
degree of autonomy in relation to their covert sponsors, but ultimately they
act in the way which serves US interests.
The CIA keeps track of its "intelligence assets". Amply documented, Osama
bin Laden's whereabouts are known. Al Qaeda is infiltrated by the CIA. In
other words, there were no "intelligence failures"! The 9-11 terrorists did
not act on their own volition. The suicide hijackers were instruments in a
carefully planned intelligence operation.
For further details consult: Centre for Research on Globalization, 9/11
Reader, which constitutes and extensive bibliography at
http://globalresearch.ca//by-topic/sept11/
See also Michel Chossudovsky, War and Globalisation, The Truth behind
September 11, Global Outlook, 2002
http://globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html
Centre for Research on Globalization, Foreknowledge of 9/11 A Compilation of
CRG articles and documents in support of a 9-11 Investigation,
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG204A.html
Michel Chossudovsky is author of War and Globalisation, the Truth behind
September 11, for details see
http://globalresearch.ca/globaloutlook/truth911.html
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