Abby
Martin speaks with retired army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, about his
role in the data mining program known as 'Able Danger' and the US
government's foreknowledge of a terrorist attack on September 11th,
2001.
".....Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists " George W Bush September 20th, 2001.
Standing
upon the ashes of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, Sept.
14, 2001, President Bush pledges that the voices calling for justice
from across the country will be heard. Responding to the Presidents'
words, rescue workers cheer and chant, "U.S.A, U.S.A."
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So
What Happened to the “Global War on Terrorism”? Al Qaeda is now
fighting with the rebels the US is supporting. John McCain is
visiting with members of terrorist groups and the Syrian rebels that
are being armed by the US and the UK have announced their
affiliation with Al Qaeda. The flag of Al Qaeda is flown along
with their own flag.
The Patriot Act was put
into place limiting the Freedoms of sovereign American
Citizens. NDAA was put into place to compromise even more of our
freedoms, all for the greater good it was said. A necessary
tool in the War on Terror. I am confused.
Are the American People now the Terrorists?
Are Al Qaeda and those who work with them now the good guys that need to be assisted and protected?
What the hell kind of upside down BS are they peddling here ?
Are we missing something here?
Because in any other situation this would be called TREASON
So what gives and why is no one speaking up about it ?
Americans
have been repeatedly told that Al Qaeda under the helm of the late
Osama bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Formulated
in the wake of the tragic events of september 11, 2001, the U.S. and
its allies launched a “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT) directed against
the numerous “jihadist” Al Qaeda affiliated terror formations in the
Middle East, Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia. The first stage
of the “Global War on Terrorism” was the bombing and invasion of
Afghanistan.
In the wake of 9/11, the” Global War on
Terrorism” served to obfuscate the real economic and strategic
objectives behind the US-led wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.
The
Patriot legislation was implemented. The national security doctrine
stated unequivocally that the American Homeland was to be protected
against “Islamic terrorists”.
For the last 13 years, war on
terrorism rhetoric has permeated political discourse at all levels of
government. Al Qaeda related threats and occurrences are explained –by
politicians, the corporate media, Hollywood and the Washington think
tanks– under a single blanket “bad guys” heading, in which Al Qaeda
(“the outside enemy of America”) is casually and repeatedly pinpointed
as “the cause” of numerous terror events around the World.
But
somehow, in the last few months, this “Al Qaeda paradigm” has shifted.
The American public has become increasingly skeptical regarding the
validity of the “Global War on Terrorism”
In recent months, with
the unfolding events in Syria, something rather unusual has occurred,
which has had a profound impact on the public’s perception and
understanding of Obama’s “Global War on Terrorism”.
The US
government is actively and openly supporting Syria’s Al Nusrah, the main
fighting force affiliated to al Qaeda, largely composed of foreign
mercenaries.
Tax dollars are relentlessly channeled to the
“rebels”. In turn, Secretary of State John Kerry meets with rebel
commanders who oversee the Al Qaeda affiliated entity.
Is this
part of a “new normal”: the unity of opposites whereby “terrorism” and
“counter-terrorism” are merged into a single foreign policy focus?
Is
it “politically correct” for a US Senator to mingle with leaders of a
terrorist organization, while at the same time paying lip service to the
“Global War on Terrorism”?
While this may be “business as usual”
for the US Secretary of State, American servicemen and women are now
“refusing to fight” a war in favor of terrorism under the emblem of the
“Global War on Terrorism”.
Channeling money and weapons to Al
Qaeda in Syria is carried out “in the open”, via the US State Department
and the Pentagon rather than in the context of a covert CIA operation.
John McCain enters Syria illegally and poses for photo ops with Al Qaeda leaders.
Hawkish
US Senator John McCain (C) poses with infamous kidnapper in Syria,
Mohamed Nour (seen with his hand on his chest and holding a camera) The Movement within the US Armed Forces
Needless to say, this mingling of politicians and terrorists strikes at the very foundations of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
Despite
the tide of media disinformation, people are increasingly aware that
these US sponsored rebels are not “revolutionaries” and that US military
aid is being channeled to the terror brigades.
A spontaneous movement on social media networks has emerged involving active members of the armed forces.
“I will not fight for al Qaeda”.
“Obama, I will not fight for your al Qaeda rebels in Syria.”
“Our
government tells us that we are fighting a war on terrorism.” That is
what is taught to new recruits in the Armed Forces. “We’re spreading
democracy by combating terrorism”.
Yet in recent months, millions of Americans have become aware of the fact that the Obama administration is lying. Supporting the Terrorists
Barack
Obama and John Kerry are not fighting terrorism. Quite the opposite:
They are actively supporting Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria, who are
responsible for the most despicable crimes, killings and atrocities
directed against the civilian population.
These crimes have been amply documented. Beheadings, executions of children. The most gruesome massacres.
The
Al Nusrah brigades have performed thousands of executions. A recently
released video reveals how two young boys are executed following the
reading of a death sentence.”In the video can be seen a terrorist
reading death sentence to the boys, gunfire is heard, boys fall dead.”
On Monday, the European Union formally labeled Hezbollah a “terrorist” group.
Why?
Because Hezbollah has gone to war with al-Qaeda.
But
wait a minute - wasn't al-Qaeda supposed to be the worst terrorist
group in the world? Isn't the West leading a “global war on terror”
whose main target is al-Qaeda? Shouldn't the West be thanking Hezbollah,
and showering it with rewards, for turning against global terrorist
enemy number one?
Apparently not.
Al-Qaeda is
now the West's darling in Syria. So anybody who resists al-Qaeda - as
Hezbollah recently decided to do - is a “terrorist.”
The irony doesn't get any thicker than that.
US
Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the EU's move. Kerry argued that
Hezbollah is indeed a terrorist organization because it “has deepened
its support” for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. What Kerry didn't say
is that Assad is fighting an insurgency led by al-Qaeda.
Translation: John Kerry supports al-Qaeda. He even says that anyone who opposes al-Qaeda is a terrorist.
This comes after Republican leader John McCain sneaked across the Syrian border to join al-Qaeda a little over a month ago.
In today's USA, al-Qaeda apparently enjoys bipartisan support.
As an American Muslim, I am confused about what my government wants me to believe and say.
I
have always opposed al-Qaeda. Does that mean I am a terrorist? Will
Homeland Security agents arrest me and send me to Guantanamo because I
don't like al-Qaeda? Will Guantanamo's cells soon be filling up with
anti-al-Qaeda Muslims like me? Will they experiment on us with torture
and brainwashing techniques designed to “reform” us by turning us into
al-Qaeda supporters?
I supposed I had better say something nice about al-Qaeda quickly, before DHS agents show up on my doorstep.
So
listen to me, NSA wiretappers: I am not THAT opposed to al-Qaeda! I
think Bin Laden gave some wonderful speeches in his day! (I'm talking
about the real Bin Laden, who died in December 2001 - not the fat
imposter of the December 2001 “confession video,” or the short, skinny
imposter with the jet-black beard who helped re-elect Bush in 2004.)
I
even agree with al-Qaeda's expressed desire to throw the Zionists and
Crusaders out of the Islamic world. If you don't believe me, I can show
you my bumper-sticker. It reads: “End the Crusades - give Palestine
back!”
Long
before 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s terrorist activities around the world
were being cited as a classic case of “blowback.” Quite obviously, the
CIA’s support for bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and other radical
Islamists in Afghanistan in the 1980s, ostensibly to counter the
Soviets, had indeed helped spawn a virulently anti-American global
terror network that was returning to haunt us.
Unfortunately,
aiding al-Qaeda is far from the only “mistake” of this sort to be made
by our government. In fact, the top policymakers at the State Department
and National Security Council — in both Republican and Democratic
administrations — seem to have a perverse proclivity for backing some of
the most brutal terrorist organizations and terror-sponsoring regimes,
time after time after time.
Here are a few disturbing examples of
the absurd and indefensible “war on terror” policies that are aiding our
enemies and undermining our security — and that are certain to bring a
torrent of deadly blowback to America for years, if not decades, to
come.
• Kosovo: In Kosovo, President Bush has continued
the Clinton policy of supporting Hashim Thaci, the Islamo-Leninist
leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) terrorists. Thaci came to
power in this province of Serbia as a result of our military
intervention on behalf of the KLA. For years now, the KLA has been
carrying out a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Orthodox
Christians who still live in Kosovo. Thaci is also the head of the
Drenica Group of the fearsome Albanian mafia. Under his leadership,
hundreds of Christian churches and monasteries, many dating to Medieval
times, have been desecrated and destroyed. Christians have been
murdered, robbed, persecuted, and driven out. Kosovo, the cradle of
Serbia’s Orthodox Christianity, has been transformed into a
Marxist-Islamic thugocracy. President Bush’s recognition of Kosovo’s
claim of independence in February of this year will accelerate the
radical Islamification of Europe.
• Albania: The Bush
administration is intensifying the love affair begun by President
Clinton and Secretary Albright with the Albanian regime of Sali Berisha.
During his historic trip to Albania in 2007 (the first by a U.S.
president), President Bush praised Albania as “a model of religious
tolerance” and congratulated Berisha for his desire “to fight
corruption.” Religious tolerance? Virtually all non-Muslims have been
driven out of Albania under Berisha, who is broadly recognized as one of
the most corrupt rulers in Europe. As president of Albania from
1992-1997, Berisha welcomed Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda cadres into
Albania. Now the country’s prime minister, Berisha is the beneficiary
of U.S. and NATO assistance, even as he continues to back Islamic
terrorists in neighboring Bosnia and Kosovo.
• Iraq: The
U.S. government has sacrificed the lives of thousands of American
troops, along with hundreds of billions of dollars, to back the
government of Nouri al-Maliki. But the Maliki government is closely
allied with Iran — which, the administration tells us, is our deadly
enemy. In Iraq’s violent inter-sectarian and intra-sectarian violence,
the administration is backing “good” Sunni and Shia factions, which have
terrorist pedigrees equally as vulgar as those of the “bad” Sunni and
Shia factions we are opposing. Hence we find the U.S. military arming
and training the Iranian-backed Badr Brigades and other forces of the
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). In fact, our
underpaid soldiers are now tasked with literally handing out truckloads
of cash in stacks of hundred dollar bills to Iraqi militia members,
many of whom are members of (or allies of) al-Qaeda and other groups
that are killing our troops. In a February 19, 2008 article entitled
“Money Day in Baghdad,” U.S. News & World Report
correspondent Alex Kingsbury describes the U.S. “microgrants” program,
in which a U.S. Army captain with a backpack jammed full with $110,000
in hundred dollar bills hands out packets of $2,500 to (supposedly)
worthy recipients.
Even mainstream reports now are
confirming what was considered 'conspiracy theories' several months ago
regarding Obama's support for al-Qaeda and the Syrian rebels.
‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime
If
Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for
the very first time in history – that the United States will be on the
same side as Al-Qaeda.
Quite an alliance! Was it not the
Three Musketeers who shouted “All for one and one for all” each time
they sought combat? This really should be the new battle cry if – or
when – the statesmen of the Western world go to war against Bashar
al-Assad.
The men who destroyed so many thousands on 9/11 will
then be fighting alongside the very nation whose innocents they so
cruelly murdered almost exactly 12 years ago. Quite an achievement for
Obama, Cameron, Hollande and the rest of the miniature warlords.
This, of course, will not be trumpeted by the Pentagon or the White House – nor, I suppose, by Al-Qaeda
– though they are both trying to destroy Bashar. So are the Nusra
front, one of Al-Qaeda’s affiliates. But it does raise some interesting
possibilities.
Maybe the Americans should ask Al-Qaeda for
intelligence help – after all, this is the group with “boots on the
ground”, something the Americans have no interest in doing. And maybe
Al-Qaeda could offer some target information facilities to the country
which usually claims that the supporters of Al-Qaeda, rather than the
Syrians, are the most wanted men in the world.
There will be some
ironies, of course. While the Americans drone Al-Qaeda to death in Yemen
and Pakistan – along, of course, with the usual flock of civilians –
they will be giving them, with the help of Messrs Cameron, Hollande and
the other Little General-politicians, material assistance in Syria by
hitting Al-Qaeda’s enemies. Indeed, you can bet your bottom dollar that
the one target the Americans will not strike in Syria will be Al-Qaeda
or the Nusra front.
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama
has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking
to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, sources
familiar with the matter said.
Obama's order, approved earlier
this year and known as an intelligence "finding," broadly permits the
CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the
rebels oust Assad.
This and other developments signal a shift
toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for Assad's armed
opponents - a shift that intensified following last month's failure of
the U.N. Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against the
Damascus government.
The White House is for now apparently stopping short of giving the rebels lethal weapons, even as some U.S. allies do just that.
But
U.S. and European officials have said that there have been noticeable
improvements in the coherence and effectiveness of Syrian rebel groups
in the past few weeks. That represents a significant change in
assessments of the rebels by Western officials, who previously
characterized Assad's opponents as a disorganized, almost chaotic,
rabble.
Precisely when Obama signed the secret intelligence authorization, an action not previously reported, could not be determined.
The full extent of clandestine support that agencies like the CIA might be providing also is unclear.
White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined comment.
'NERVE CENTER'
A
U.S. government source acknowledged that under provisions of the
presidential finding, the United States was collaborating with a secret
command center operated by Turkey and its allies.
Last week, Reuters reported that, along with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey
had established a secret base near the Syrian border to help direct
vital military and communications support to Assad's opponents.
This "nerve center" is in Adana, a city in southern Turkey
about 60 miles from the Syrian border, which is also home to Incirlik, a
U.S. air base where U.S. military and intelligence agencies maintain a
substantial presence.
Mona Alami, Special for USA TODAY 9:04 a.m. EDT June 14, 2013
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BEIRUT
— A Syrian rebel group's April pledge of allegiance to Al-Qaeda's
replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's
influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the
Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The
pledge of allegiance by Syrian Jabhat al Nusra Front chief Abou Mohamad
al-Joulani to Al-Qaeda leader Sheik Ayman al-Zawahri was coupled with an
announcement by the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq, the Islamic State of
Iraq, that it would work with al Nusra as well.
Lebanese Sheik
Omar Bakri, a Salafist who says states must be governed by Muslim
religious law, says Al-Qaeda has assisted al Nusra for some time.
"They
provided them early on with technical, military and financial support ,
especially when it came to setting up networks of foreign jihadis who
were brought into Syria," Bakri says. "There will certainly be greater
coordination between the two groups."
The United States, which
supports the overthrow of Assad, designated al Nusra a terrorist entity
in December. The Obama administration has said it wants to support only
those insurgent groups that are not terrorist organizations.
Al
Nusra and groups like it have seen some of the most significant
victories against Syrian government forces in the course of the
2-year-old uprising in which Assad's forces have killed about 80,000
people. Rebels not affiliated with al-Qaeda have pressed Washington for
months to send weaponry that will allow them to match the heavy weapons
of the Syrian army. They've urged the West to mount an air campaign
against Assad's mechanized forces.
President Obama refuses to
provide any direct military aid. Foreign radical Islamists streaming
into the fight from the Middle East and Europe are making headway with
the Syrian population by providing services and gaining ground in
battles.
Bombing Syria would make US pilots ‘Al-Qaeda's air force’ – Kucinich
Published time: August 28, 2013 15:08
A 'targeted strike' on Syria by the US would be
nothing but an act of war, former Congressman Dennis Kucinich said,
adding that an airstrike on President Assad’s anti-radical Islamist
forces would mean the US Air Force was supporting Al-Qaeda.
Kucinich, a prominent anti-war politician who has consistently
opposed America’s military involvement in Iraq and Libya, warned
that President Barack Obama would be violating the US
Constitution if he took military action against Syria without
authorization from Congress.
An airstrike on Syria would also embolden multinational jihadists
with links to Al-Qaeda, warned Kucinich, a four-time Congressman
who was a longshot contender for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 2004 and 2008. For the US, that would mean being
dragged into yet another war in the Middle East, he said.
“So what, we're about to become Al-Qaeda's air force now?”
said Kucinich. “This is a very, very serious matter that has
broad implications internationally. And to try to minimize it by
saying we're just going to have a 'targeted strike' — that's an
act of war. It's not something to be trifled with.”
Kucinich, who stood down in January after losing the Democratic
nomination for his seat in the House of Representatives, said he
doubted the allegations that President Assad had used chemical
weapons against his own people.
“This is being used as a pretext,” he said. “The
verdict is in before the facts have been gathered. What does that
tell you?” said Kucinich, adding that the Obama
administration was “rushing” toward a possible “World
War 3.”
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