Historical - 15 March 2003: Expose the between Al Qaeda and the Bush Administration

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How to Unseat the War Criminals and Reverse the

Tide of War?

 

Expose the Links between Al Qaeda and the Bush

Administration

by Michel Chossudovsky

 

www.globalresearch.ca 15 March 2003

 

The URL of this article is:

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO303D.html

 

When people across the US find out that Al Qaeda

is not linked to Saddam but is in fact a creation of

the CIA and that the terrorist warnings are

fabricated, the legitimacy of the Bush Administration

will tumble like a deck of cards. The perceived enemy

will no longer be Saddam, it will be Bush, Cheney,

Rumsfeld, Powell, et al.

 

Why is this important for the antiwar movement?

 

This relationship of the Bush Administration to

international terrorism, which is a matter of public

record, indelibly points to the criminalisation of the

upper echelons of US State apparatus.

 

Let's use this information to dismantle the Bush

Administration's war plans. Sensitize our fellow

citizens. Expose the " dubious links. "

 

Because when the truth trickles down, the leaders'

war plans will not have a shred of legitimacy in the

eyes of millions of Americans who believe that Al

Qaeda is " A Threat to America " and that their

president is committed to their security.

 

At this crucial juncture in our history, we must

understand that antiwar sentiment in itself does not

undermine the war agenda. The same applies to the

diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council: The

Bush Administration is intent upon waging war with or

without UN approval.

 

The only way to prevent this war from happening in

the weeks ahead is to unseat the rulers, who are war

criminals.

 

A precondition for breaking the legitimacy of the

Bush Administration is to fully reveal its links to

international terrorism and its complicity in the

tragic event of 9/11. This objective can only be

achieved by effectively curbing its propaganda

campaign and spreading the truth through a grassroots

citizen's information campaign.

 

Faced with a diplomatic deadlock in the UN

Security Council, Washington’s desperate pitch has

been to link Iraq to Al Qaeda.

 

Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda, --now " supported by

Baghdad " -- is heralded ad nauseam both in official

statements and in the media as " an Enemy of America " ,

responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Realties

are twisted and turned up side down: Supported by

Baghdad, Al Qaeda " preparing to attack America " ,

which justifies a " preemptive " invasion of Iraq to

" defend the homeland. "

 

In a February CNN-Time Magazine opinion poll, 76

percent of those surveyed felt " Saddam provides

assistance to Al Qaeda. " In another poll which asked

" Was Saddam Hussein personally involved in the

September 11 attacks? " 72 percent said " it was either

very or somewhat likely. " that Saddam was involved.

(CNN, 11 March 2003)

 

But who is this outside enemy?

 

While Colin Powell --without supporting evidence--

points in his UN address to " the sinister nexus

between Iraq and the Al Qaeda terrorist network " ,

official documents, press and intelligence reports

confirm that successive US administrations have

supported and abetted the Islamic militant network.

This relationship is an established fact, corroborated

by numerous studies, acknowledged by Washington's

mainstream think tanks:

 

In the 1980s the United States fought another

war in this region through similar means, a covert war

against the Soviet Union and a series of Soviet-backed

regimes in Afghanistan. Bin Laden and his terrorist

associates, their Afghan hosts, and the Pakistani

military are all part of this past U.S. history....

Given an opportunity to undermine the Soviet Union,

the United States became a partner in Pakistan's proxy

war . ( Samina Ahmed, The United States and Terrorism

in Southwest Asia; September 11 and Beyond,

International Security, 2001/2002 Winter)

With the active encouragement of the CIA and

Pakistan's ISI [inter Services Intelligence], who

wanted to turn the Afghan jihad into a global war

waged by all Muslim states against the Soviet Union,

some 35,000 Muslim radicals from 40 Islamic countries

joined Afghanistan's fight between 1982 and 1992. Tens

of thousands more came to study in Pakistani

madrasahs. Eventually more than 100,000 foreign Muslim

radicals were directly influenced by the Afghan jihad.

(Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban: Exporting Extremism,

Foreign Affairs, November-December 1999).

 

Al Qaeda was created and sustained by US foreign

policy. Yet according to Powell in his " authoritative "

February 5 UN presentation:

 

" These al Qaeda affiliates, based in Baghdad,

now coordinate the movement of people, money and

supplies into and throughout Iraq for his network, and

they've been operating freely in the capital for more

than eight months "

 

The Big Lie

 

In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq,

the foreign policy lies have become increasingly

grotesque. Yet neither the media nor foreign

governments (including those of France, Germany and

Russia) have had the courage of openly accusing the

Bush administration of lying to the UN Security

Council, to build a pretext for waging war in

violation of the UN charter

 

According to a " top secret British document " ,

quoted by the BBC " there is nothing but enmity between

Iraq and Al Qaeda. The BBC said the leak came from

[british] intelligence officials upset that their work

was being used to justify war. " (quoted in Daily News,

New York, 6 February 2003). Ironically, State

department documents as well the powerful Council on

Foreign Relations (CFR) which plays a behind the

scenes role in US military planning, suggest that

Colin Powell’s statements at the UN are fabricated:

 

" The question of Iraqi links to al-Qaeda

remains murky, although senior Bush administration

officials insist such ties exist… [M]any experts and

State Department officials note that any al-Qaeda

presence in Iraq probably lies in northern regions

beyond Saddam’s control. Many experts say there is

scant evidence of ties between al-Qaeda and Iraq,

noting that al-Qaeda’s loathing for " impious " Arab

governments makes it an unlikely bedfellow for

Saddam’s secular regime. " (Council on Foreign

Relations (CFR) at

http://www.cfrterrorism.org/groups/alqaeda3.html )

 

Moreover, in a press conference held together with

British Prime Minister Tony Blair in late January

2003, President Bush flatly denied the existence of

links between Baghdad and Al Qaeda:

 

[Adam Boulton, Sky News (London):] One

question for you both. Do you believe that there is a

link between Saddam Hussein, a direct link, and the

men who attacked on September the 11th?

 

THE PRESIDENT: I can't make that claim.

 

THE PRIME MINISTER: That answers your question.

 

The president’s answer contradicts the statement

made barely a month later by Sec Colin Powell to the

UN Security Council where he accused Baghdad of

harboring Al Qaeda.

Fabricated Terrorist Warnings

 

The day following Colin Powell's flopped

presentation to the UN Security Council, the Bush

administration declared an ‘Orange Code’ Terror Alert.

Disinformation was now being fabricated in a totally

improvised fashion. Anti-aircraft missiles were

immediately deployed around Washington. The media

became inundated with stories on Iraqi support to an

impending Al Qaeda attack:

 

‘The nation is now on Orange Alert because

intelligence intercepts and simple logic both suggest

that our Islamic enemies know the best way to strike

at us is through terrorism on U.S. soil.‘ (New York

Post, 11 Feb 2003).

 

A fabricated story emanating from the CIA on

so-called ‘radioactive dirty bombs’ had been planted

in the news chain (ABC News, 13 Feb 2003). Sec. Powell

warned that

 

" it would be easy for terrorists to cook up

radioactive ‘dirty’ bombs to explode inside the U.S. …

‘How likely it is, I can't say... But I think it is

wise for us to at least let the American people know

of this possibility.’ " (ABC This Week quoted in Daily

News (New York), 10 Feb. 2003).

 

Meanwhile, network TV warned that " American

hotels, shopping malls or apartment buildings could be

al Qaeda's targets as soon as next week… " .Following

the announcement, tens of thousands of Americans

rushed to purchase duct tape, plastic sheets and

gas-masks.

 

It later transpired that the terrorist alert was

fabricated by the CIA, in all likelihood in

consultation with the State Department (ABC News, 13

Feb. 2003). The FBI, for the first time had pointed

its finger at the CIA. While tacitly acknowledging

that the alert was a fake, Homeland Security Secretary

Tom Ridge decided to maintain the ‘Orange Code’ alert:

 

" Despite the fabricated report, there are no

plans to change the threat level. Officials said other

intelligence has been validated and that the high

level of precautions is fully warranted. " ( ABC News,

13 Feb. 2003 ).

 

A few days later, in another failed propaganda

initiative, a mysterious Osama bin Laden audio tape

was presented by Sec. Colin Powell to the US Congress

as ‘evidence’ that the Islamic terrorists " are making

common cause with a brutal dictator " . (US official

quoted in The Toronto Star, 12 Feb. 2003). Curiously,

the audio tape was in Colin Powell's possession prior

to its broadcast by the Al Jazeera TV Network. (Ibid.)

,

Colin Powell's Role: From Iran-Contra to September

11

 

Both Colin Powell and his Deputy Richard Armitage,

who casually accuse Baghdad and other foreign

governments of " harboring " Al Qaeda, played a direct

role, at different points in their careers, in

supporting terrorist organizations.

 

Both men were implicated --operating behind the

scenes-- in the Irangate Contra scandal during the

Reagan Administration, which involved the illegal sale

of weapons to Iran to finance the Nicaraguan Contra

paramilitary army.

 

[Coronel Oliver] North set up a team including

[Richard] Secord; Noel Koch [Armitage's deputy] , then

assistant secretary at the Pentagon responsible for

special operations; George Cave, a former CIA station

chief in Tehran, and Colin Powell, military assistant

to U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger...(The

Guardian, December 10, 1986)

 

Although Colin Powell was not directly involved in

the arms' transfer negotiations, which had been

entrusted to Oliver North, he was among " at least five

men within the Pentagon who knew arms were being

transferred to the CIA. " (The Record, 29 December

1986). Lieutenant General Powell was directly

instrumental in giving the " green light " to

lower-level Irangate officials in blatant violation of

Congressional procedures. According to the New York

Times, Colin Powell took the decision (at the level of

military procurement), to allow the delivery of

weapons to Iran:

 

Hurriedly, one of the men closest to Secretary

of Defense Weinberger, Maj. Gen. Colin Powell,

bypassed the written ''focal point system'' procedures

and ordered the Defense Logistics Agency [responsible

for procurement] to turn over the first of 2,008 TOW

missiles to the C.I.A., which acted as cutout for

delivery to Iran " (New York Times, 16 February 1987)

 

Richard Armitage

 

Richard Armitage held the position of Assistant

Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration. He

was in charge of coordinating covert military

operations including the Iran-Contra operation. He was

in close liaison with Coronel Oliver North. His deputy

and chief anti-terrorist official .Noel Koch was part

of the team set up by Oliver North. Following the

delivery of the TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran, the

proceeds of these sales were deposited in numbered

bank accounts and the money was used to finance the

Nicaraguan Contras. (UPI. 27 November 1987). A

classified Israeli report provided to the Iran- contra

panels of the Congressional enquiry confirms that

Armitage ''was in the picture on the Iranian issue.''

(New York Times, 26 May 1989):

 

" With a Pentagon position that placed him over

the military's covert operations branch, Armitage was

a party to the secret arms dealing from the outset. He

also was associated with former national security aide

Oliver L. North in a White House counterterrorism

group, another area that would also have been a likely

focus of congressional inquiry " (Washington Post, 26

May 1989)

 

CIA Director William Casey with the collaboration

of Richard Armitage in the Pentagon " ran the

Mujahideen covert war against the Soviet Union… "

(quoted in Domestic Terrorism: The Big Lie The " War " )

" Contragate was also an off-the-shelf drug-financed

operation run by Casey. " (Ibid ).

Financing the Islamic Brigades

 

The Iran Contra procedure was similar to that used

in Afghanistan, where secret aid was channeled to the

militant Islamic brigade (US News and World Report, 15

December 1986). In fact part of the proceeds of the

weapons sales to Iran had been channeled to finance

the Mujahideen. :

 

" :The Washington Post reported that profits

from the Iran arms sales were deposited in one

CIA-managed account into which the U.S. and Saudi

Arabia had placed $250 million apiece. That money was

disbursed not only to the contras in Central America

but to the rebels fighting Soviet troops in

Afghanistan. " (U.S. News & World Report, 15 December

1986)

 

The Irangate Cover-up

 

Reagan's National Security Adviser Rear Admiral

John Pointdexter, who was later indicted on conspiracy

charges and lying to Congress was replaced by Frank

Carlucci as National Security Adviser. And Maj.

General Colin Powell was appointed deputy to Frank

Carlucci, namely " 'number two " on the National

Security team.

 

" Both came to the White House after the Iran

contra revelations and the NSC housecleaning [i.e.

coverup] that followed [the Irangate scandal] " (The

MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, 16 June 1987).

 

Needless to say, this housecleaning was a

cover-up: Colin Powell was in on the Irangate affair

 

While several Irangate officials including John

Pointdexter and Oliver North were accused of criminal

wrongdoing, the main actors in the CIA and the

Pentagon, namely Armitage and Casey, were never

indicted, neither was Lieutenant General Colin Powell

who authorized the procurement of TOW missiles from

the Defense Logistics Agency .

 

Moreover, while weapons were being sold covertly

to Iran, Washington was also supplying weapons

through official channels to Baghdad. In other words,

Washington was arming both sides in the Iran-Iraq war.

And who was in charge of negotiating those weapons

sales to Baghdad? Donald Rumsfeld

 

Criminalisation of the State: Links between US

Officials and Al Qaeda

 

These historical links to terrorist organisations

are but the tip of the iceberg: Recent evidence

suggests that Colin Powell and his Deputy Richard

Armitage were involved in the political cover-up of

the September 11 attacks In fact the evidence points

to political complicity at the highest echelons of the

Bush Administration.

 

It is the Bush Administration rather than the

Iraqi government which has links to Islamic terrorism.

But none of this information has trickled down to the

broader public and the media considers the links of

successive US administrations to the militant Islamic

network as largely irrelevant. (For details and

analysis see the extensive bibliographic references

indicated below)

 

There are documented links between Al Qaeda and

senior Bush Administration officials including Sec.

Colin Powell and Deputy Sec. Richard Armitage.

Documented by the US Congress, there are links record

between President Clinton and Al Qaeda .

 

The Chairman of the 9/11 Investigation Commission

Thomas Kean appointed by President Bush was a business

partner of a powerful member of the bin Laden

family.(See Fortune Magazine, January 22, 2003 ;

Xymphora, December 2002 See also Global Outlook,

No. 4, 2003 ) .

 

There is evidence of dubious links involving

members of the US Congress, including Senator Bob

Graham and Rep. Porter Goss, chairmen of the Senate

and House committees on Intelligence.. Colin Powell

and Richard Armitage had high level talks with the

former ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad in the

immediate wake of 9/11. Now it just so happens that

according to the FBI and Indian intelligence, General

Mahmoud, the head of Pakistan's military intelligence

and the alleged " money-man " behind the 9/11 attacks,

had transferred funds to 9/11 ringleader Mohammed

Atta. There is also extensive evidence of business

links between the Bush and bin Laden families (See

George W. Bush Financial Scams: CRG selection of

articles ).

 

Tabulated below are a number of documented " links "

of senior US officials and elected politicians to the

Islamic terrorist network. The sources of the

information and the URL (where available) are

indicated in the right hand column.

 

This information is crucial at a time when the

Bush Administration is accusing Baghdad of having

links to international terrorism. What is provided

below is a synopsis based on numerous studies,

documents and reports. For an in-depth analysis as

well as historical overview of the broad relationship

between the US government and Islamic terrorism, the

reader is referred to the bibliography indicated

below.

 

 

 

Table 1, Historical Background:

 

" Links " of US Officials to Al Qaeda and other

Terrorist Organizations (partial list)

 

Official, Circumstances, Document or Source

 

Jimmy Carter

 

 

Signed first directive for covert support to the

Islamic militant network in Afghanistan in July 1979

 

 

Interview with Brzezinski in the Nouvel

Observateur, 15-21 January 1998

 

Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to

President Carter

 

 

As National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter,

Brzezinski was the architect of covert support to the

Islamic militant network in the Soviet Afghan war.

 

 

Interview with Brzezinski in the Nouvel

Observateur, 15-21 January 1998

 

 

 

Ronald Reagan

 

 

Signed National Security Decision Directive 166,

(1985) which allowed for stepped up covert aid to the

Islamic brigades in the Soviet-Afghan war.

 

 

Washington Post, July 19, 1992

 

 

 

 

 

George H. W. Bush

 

 

Continued the covert support to the Islamic

militant network initiated under Carter and the Reagan

presidencies.

 

Provided support to Iran Contra officials during

his term as Vie Presdient

 

Business ties to the bin Laden family through the

Carlyle Group.

 

 

Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2001

Fortune, 8 March 2002

 

The New York Times, February 12, 1989

 

Salon.com, 19 November 2001

 

Foreign Policy in Focus, 30 April 2002

 

 

 

Bill Clinton

 

 

Ordered collaboration of the US military with Al

Qaeda operatives during the Civil war in Bosnia.

Supported the KLA, which was also being supported by

Al Qaeda.

 

 

Republican Party Committee of the US Congress,

1997

 

Anthony Lake, National Security Adviser to

President Clinton

 

 

Ordered covert support to the Islamic terrorist

organizations fighting in Bosnia (1993-95)

 

 

Republican Party Committee of the US Congress,

1997

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2: Bush Administration Officials:

 

Links to Al Qaeda and the 9/11 Terrorists

(partial list)

 

Name of Official, Nature of Link, Source of

Information

 

 

George W. Bush

 

 

Business links in the 1980s when he was in the

Texas oil business to the Bin Laden family including

Salem bin Laden (Osama’s brother) and Khalid bin

Mahfouz (Osama’s brother in law). identified in the

9/11 victims families’ lawsuit as the financier of

9/11.

 

Bin Mahfouz is suspected to have funnelled

millions of dollars to the Al Qaeda network.

 

 

Intelligence Newsletter, 2 March 2000 , AFP London

7 November 2001, Salon.com, 19 November 2001 , Boston

Herald, 11 December 2001, Bush Watch 2001 , In these

Times, 12 November 2001

 

George W. Bush Financial Scams: CRG selection of

articles

 

 

 

Colin Powell, Secretary of State

 

 

Negotiated the terms of Pakistan’s cooperation in

the war on terrorism with the moneyman behind 9/11,

General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of Pakistan Military

Intelligence (ISI). The General was according to

several reports, including the FBI is alleged to have

transferred $100.000 to the ringleader of 9/11

Mohammed Atta.

 

Colin Powell was also involved behind the scenes

in the Iran Contra affair. Maj. General Powell

authorized the illegal transfer of weapons to Iran.

 

 

Miami Herald, 16 September 2001,

 

Washington Post,

 

ABC News 30 September 2001,

 

AFP, 10 October, 2001,

 

Times of India, 9 October 2001

 

 

 

 

Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State

 

 

Involved in the covert plan to support the

militant Islamic base from its inception during the

Reagan Administration. Also involved in the Iran

Contra scandal which consisted in the illegal sale of

weapons to Iran to finance the Nicaraguan Contras.

 

Richard Armitage also met the alleged money-man

behind 9/11, General Mahmoud Ahmad in meetings at the

state Department on Sept 12 and 13

 

 

Miami Herald, 16 September 2001,

 

Washington Post, ABC News 30 September 2001, AFP,

10 October, 2001, Times of India, 9 October 2001,

 

United Press International, 18 July 2001

 

 

 

Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State

 

 

Meetings with ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad in

the week prior to 9/11

 

 

 

 

 

George Tenet, CIA Director

 

 

Meetings with ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad in

the week prior to 9/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sen. Bob Graham and Rep. Porter Goss, Chairmen of

the Select Committees on Intelligence of the Senate

and House

 

 

Meetings with ISI Chief Mahmoud Ahmad, the

moneyman behind the terrorists in Pakistan in late

August 2001, Meeting with the ISI Chief on the morning

of September 11.

 

The Council on Foreign Relations views the ISI as

a terrorist organization .

 

 

Miami Herald, 16 September 2001, 16 Washington

Post, 18 May 2002

 

Council on Foreign Relations

 

 

 

 

John Pointdexter, Heads the Total Information

Awareness Program (TIA)

 

 

Involved in conspiracy in the Irangate Contra

scandal. Indicted of " conspiring to defraud the

government by diverting funds from secret US arms

sales to Iran " .

 

Numerous press reports. See UPI, 13 December 1988

New York Times 10 December 1988

 

 

 

 

John Negroponte, US Permanent Representative to

the United Nations

 

John Negroponte, the US official involved in

current negotiations in UN Security Council, was

involved in supporting paramilitary death squadrons

while he was US ambassador to Honduras in the 1980s.

 

The Contra were operating out of Honduras with

military aid provided from the sale of weapons to

Iran. " As the American Ambassador in Honduras from

November 1981 to June 1985, Mr. Negroponte was

instrumental in the military buildup of the Nicaraguan

rebels [Contra] " .

 

 

New York Times 13 December 1988, San Francisco

Examiner

 

 

 

Thomas Kean, Chairman of the 9/11 Commission

 

Business partner of Khalid bin Mahfouz and

Mohammed Al Ahmoudi in the Hess-Delta joint venture.

Bin Mahfouz is according to the CIA, the brother in

law of Osama bin Laden

 

 

Fortune Magazine , February 2003 , Energy Compass,

15 Nov. 2002

 

Global Outlook, no 4. 2003

 

 

 

Implications for the Antiwar movement

 

What are the implications for the Anti-war

movement? This relationship of the Bush Administration

to international terrorism is a matter of public

record, which indelibly points to the criminalisation

of the upper echelons of US State apparatus.

 

Let's use this information to undo the Bush

Administration's war plans:

 

Sensitize our fellow citizens.

 

Expose the Links.

 

Because when the truth trickles down, the leaders'

war plans will not have a shred of legitimacy in the

eyes of millions of Americans who believe that Al

Qaeda is a threat to America and that their president

is committed to their security.

 

The Bush Administration has been pushing the lies

to the brink. Colin Powell presents phony intelligence

to the UN Security Council. President Bush says in his

State of the Union Address that he wants to " liberate

Iraq " , yet an earlier statement emanating from the

White House confirms that the administration is

contemplating the use of nuclear weapons. The

Propaganda campaign is fatally flawed because people

no longer believe the lies.

 

And when the lies emanating from the seat of

political authority are openly questioned, the

legitimacy of the leaders is threatened. And the lies

eventually backlash on their State sponsors.

 

And this constitutes and opportunity for the

antiwar movement.

 

To reverse the tide of war, the propaganda

apparatus must be effectively disarmed. What this

requires is an information campaign which reveals the

causes and consequences of war, sensitizes all sectors

of the population with a view to ultimately breaking

the legitimacy of the main political and military

actors.

 

The antiwar movement in the US and around the

World has successfully challenged Bush’s war agenda.

However, it has not unraveled the lies pertaining to

September 11 and the so-called " war on terrorism "

which constitutes the cornerstone of the

Administration’s war propaganda.

 

September 11 is used profusely as a justification

for waging a preemptive war against Iraq. It is part

of the Administration’s doctrine of " self-defense " .

 

Moreover, while mobilizing millions of people

around the World, the antiwar protest movement remains

profoundly divided. Many of the civil society and

trade union organizations which have taken a stance

against the invasion of Iraq, were nonetheless

supportive of the Bush administration’s invasion of

Afghanistan in retaliation to the September 11

attacks. While integrating the anti-war movement, they

remain convinced that Al Qaeda is " a threat to

America " and global security. They firmly believe in

the so-called " war on terrorism’ against the alleged

perpetrators of 9/11 and are broadly supportive of the

Bush administration’s anti-terrorist agenda: " We are

against the invasion of Iraq, but we should go after

Al Qaeda. " " We believe that Iraq is not a threat

against World peace, but we support the

Administration’s " war on terrorism " . In turn, many

prominent progressive intellectuals and foreign policy

analysts have not only dismissed the links of the Bush

Administration to Al Qaeda, they have upheld the

Administration's " War on terrorism " .

 

This ambivalence weakens the antiwar movement

because it ultimately serves to uphold the legitimacy

of " the anti-terrorist " agenda at home and around the

world. Under an anti-terrorist banner, the

Administration launched " Operation Enduring Freedom "

which consists in sending US Special Forces to

collaborate with foreign governments in the " war on

terrorism " . In the US, it launched the Patriot Act,

which repeals fundamental civil rights in the name of

the " war on terrorism " .

 

The war on terrorism is an integral part of Bush’s

National Security Doctrine . It is is being used as a

pretext for waging war on Iraq. Many antiwar activists

are unaware that successive US administrations have

over the last 20 years supported Islamic terrorism

including Al Qaeda . The latter is a creation of the

CIA. It is a key instrument of US foreign policy.

 

At this crucial juncture in our history, we must

understand that antiwar sentiment in itself does not

undermine the war agenda. The same applies to the

diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council: The US

is intent upon waging war with or without UN approval.

 

The only way to prevent this war from happening in

the weeks ahead is to unseat the rulers, who are war

criminals.

 

A precondition for breaking the legitimacy of the

Bush Administration is to fully reveal and expose its

links to international terrorism, by undoing its

propaganda campaign and spreading the truth through a

well organised grassroots citizen's information

campaign.

 

And the way to unseat the rulers is to break their

legitimacy in the eyes of the people. In other words,

it is necessary to fully reveal the lies concerning

the so-called " war on terrorism " to our fellow

citizens, which are used to justify the invasion of

Iraq,

Selected Bibliographical Material and Links

 

Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG),

Foreknowledge of 9-11 :A Compilation of CRG articles

and documents in support of a 9-11 Investigation

 

Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), 9/11

Reader and Archive

 

Nic Levis, The 9/11 Truth Movement Selected

Resources for Researchers and Activists

 

Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), George

W. Bush Financial Scams: CRG selection of articles .

 

Propaganda Matrix Archive on Prior knowledge at

/www.propagandamatrix.com/

 

Centre for Cooperative Research, The Complete 9/11

Timeline at www.cooperativeresearch.org/

 

Michel Chossudovsky is the author of international

best seller War and Globalization, The Truth behind

September 11. To order the book online click here

 

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