Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Al Qaeda is More of a U.S. Propaganda Campaign than a Real Organization
Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook wrote:
Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski told the Senate that the war on terror is "a mythical historical narrative".
And see this Los Angeles Times Article, reviewing a BBC documentary entitled "The Power of Nightmares", which shows that the threat from Al Qaeda has been vastly overblown (and see this article on the people within the U.S. who are behind the hype).
Not only has the U.S. government hyped Al Qaeda, but it has issued numerous fake terror alerts to scare people.
There is a word for intentionally creating fear in order to manipulate opinion for political ends: terrorism.
Note: I had originally started this essay with the following quote:
"Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook says:
The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US."However, I did a little digging, and discovered that the quote was misattributed to Cook. It was actually made by former French intelligence and military officer Pierre-Henri Bunel in this speech.
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Pierre-Henri Bunel's speech is not accessible from the link you gave ...
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ReplyDeleteYou mention that Robin Cook didnt say that Al Qaida is a database but it appears from an article in the Guardian written by him:
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"Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians."
More details from:
http://shaphan.typepad.com/blog/2006/05/robin_cook_the_.html
"In the francophone world, a colourful former French military intelligence officer, Pierre-Henri Bunel, had had a book published in 2004, "Proche-Orient, une guerre mondiale?", extracts of which appeared [in French] on a French conspiracy website. The extract went into some detail of how al-Qaeda originally referred to a computer database of Islamist fighters. But, AFAIK, it was not until after Robin Cook had revealed the same in the Guardian, and after his death a month later, that an English translation of Bunel's words appeared on the web. It's a rough translation, which doesn't read well. But the basic outline of his account accords with what Cook had revealed."
I have been of the opinion for years that if there were any real threat of terrorism on the US that the borders would have been secured.
ReplyDeletewhen is our government (USA)& our military STOP murdering innocent people across the globe for financial gain & to rob them of their natural resourses? we have no reason what so ever to be "Proud Americans"....havent for decades now, not since BEFORE Kennedy.....althought WW1 & WW2, ALL wars were ALSO fought for FINANCIAL GAIN....certainly not fighting FOR ANYONES FREEDOM.....God Almighty will judge these murderers.
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