Proclaim Good and Forbid Evil, always and at all costs !"If you do not march forth, Allah will chastise you grievously and will replace you by another people, while you will in no way be able to harm Him. Allah has power over everything". 9:39.
No people can live successfully, fruitfully and triumphantly without strong memory of their past. 10th of Moharram is one such occasion. Muslims attempt to recall the tragic event around the 60th year after Prophet Muhammad migrated from Makkah to Madinah. This time it was his family led by his noble grandson Imam Hussain (peace & blessings be upon all of them).
Reciting Divine words, reflecting Prophetic advises and studying history enables us crystallize our insights. However, when we attempt to draw the imagery of Karbala, no heart could be so hard as not to be pierced with piteous feeling while replaying the Day of Ashura. Words can simply not do justice to the sacrifices made on that day. They kept their heads high, faces bathed in blood and tears, looking one upon another. Others stood in dolorous pain, looking up to the highest heavens, fixing their eyes upon it, crying out, asking help from the Only Helper; while others made lamentations in the manner of dirge.
Today we try to recall their pain, suffering and sacrifices, as they happened, to inspire ourselves and to understand the concept of sacrifice for a noble cause.Regrettably, sacrifice as is generally understood today, is to give up something that should not have been touched in the first place. Selfless and unasked giving is a rarity and unheard of. Giving one's entire self and off springs for His pleasure is unimaginable.
Muslims must spiritually survive from the unparallel yesterdays of Prophet's progeny.We have been largely overwhelmed by a culture that has emptied our memories, made us apologetic for who we are, and stripped us along the way of the sheerest hope of self-definition. We alone are presumed past less and are left to repair our self-esteem. Imperative it is for us today, to define ourselves by our ongoing tribulations and those who mete them out to us. Otherwise, we cannot be collectively successful if we have no idea or, worse, have the wrong idea of who we were and who we are. Getting replaced, then seems to be only logical and deserving (refer 9:39).
The intent of this writing is to stimulate, not to sate -- to pose the question and to invite reflection -- to cause ourselves to act for an almost forgotten legacy of the sacrifices made by our beloved Prophet (pbuh) and his progeny.O Allah (swt) bestow upon us the courage to enjoin, proclaim and enforce Good and patience and perseverance to forbid and stop Evil for and by all.
Ameen Ya Rabb.------
It is with deep regrets that we like to record yet another attempt to silence Muslim activism in the USA. The ongoing witch hunt started by the US Government around Oct/Nov 2001, continues!
Nov 2001: the funds of 3 major Relief Organizations (Holy Land Foundation, Global Relief Foundation & Benevolence International) were frozen.
Dec 2001: 1 Board member of GRF continues to remain in prison.
March 2002: 14 Muslim organizations & some of the top Muslim leaders living in the Virginia area were raided, under the pretext of aiding and abetting terror.
Friday, March 15, 2002
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
High Tech Bully
High Tech Bully!
At moments of national peril or national exaltation, patriotic emotions rise and people enthusiastically subscribe to any cause put forth to them. But these moments pass, the process of disengagement begins, and it usually does not take long for disengagement to eventuate in alienation. Another lunar cycle of thirty days has completed it's course (US bombing on Afghanistan started on Oct 8) and the might is yet to prove itself. The process of frustration and demands of disengagement has begun.
British ministers privately expressed frustration yesterday with the US prosecution of the war against terrorism, the first sign of serious differences between London and Washington since the attacks on September 11. (Guardian, Nov 9)
The German government came to the brink of collapse yesterday when Joschka Fischer, the Foreign Minister, threatened to resign over his Green party's reluctance to support the country's first combat mission since the Second World War. (Independent, Nov 9)
The United Nations is warning of a "disaster of tremendous proportions" after US planes bombed a hydro-electric power station close to a vast dam in southern Afghanistan. (Independent, Nov 8)
It seems to be our privilege today to prove ourselves right in the thesis that the world is our enemy; for if we reiterate this frequently enough and makes it the background of our conduct we are bound eventually to be right. Each one of us may have a different answer to the questions "who is whose enemy" and "who is waging a war against whom and why"?
We wage a war to save civilization itself. (President Bush - Nov 8 Address to the nation)
'Brutality smeared in peanut butter' America must stop the war now. (Arundhati Roy, Oct 20, MSNBC)
Hidden Agenda Behind War on Terror (John Pilger, Former Mirror chief foreign correspondent)
What creates a community of people who believe in 'reason', as against a mere aggregate of individuals, is the fact that they think objectively. This faculty permits them to interpret the past, make sense of the present and outline a shape for the future. Many believe that the political personality of US, as is known today, is the product of "imperial mentality", because what it does not do is just as significant, and just as consequential, as what it does. New set of rules are being laid out for the world to subscribe to.
"Murder of values and universally accepted fundamental human principles is taking place on such a wide scale that if the world leaders still choose not to remove the blindfold of American influence from their eyes the whole world will turn into a perpetual inferno of violence and chaos." (Mufti Taqi Usmani, Nov 4)
Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned that the US should avoid giving the perception to the Muslim world that it is a "high tech bully". Senator Biden's assessment needs to be given due consideration, because through just and moral actions can the US create a positive image in the World.
Behind the general fog that the ideology of dissent generates, the outlines of a very material sociological and political problem are emerging. This is not a popular war, indeed. It is among the people of reason that extreme dissatisfaction is rife. It is among them that the isolationist ideal is experiencing its final convulsive agony.
Conscientious people must offer alternate policies relevant to the reality that can sustain a system based on justice and address the harsh and nasty imperatives of imperial powers. Until that happens, mothers will continue their silent cries and children will not stop to sob and the world will remain restless and explode!
At moments of national peril or national exaltation, patriotic emotions rise and people enthusiastically subscribe to any cause put forth to them. But these moments pass, the process of disengagement begins, and it usually does not take long for disengagement to eventuate in alienation. Another lunar cycle of thirty days has completed it's course (US bombing on Afghanistan started on Oct 8) and the might is yet to prove itself. The process of frustration and demands of disengagement has begun.
British ministers privately expressed frustration yesterday with the US prosecution of the war against terrorism, the first sign of serious differences between London and Washington since the attacks on September 11. (Guardian, Nov 9)
The German government came to the brink of collapse yesterday when Joschka Fischer, the Foreign Minister, threatened to resign over his Green party's reluctance to support the country's first combat mission since the Second World War. (Independent, Nov 9)
The United Nations is warning of a "disaster of tremendous proportions" after US planes bombed a hydro-electric power station close to a vast dam in southern Afghanistan. (Independent, Nov 8)
It seems to be our privilege today to prove ourselves right in the thesis that the world is our enemy; for if we reiterate this frequently enough and makes it the background of our conduct we are bound eventually to be right. Each one of us may have a different answer to the questions "who is whose enemy" and "who is waging a war against whom and why"?
We wage a war to save civilization itself. (President Bush - Nov 8 Address to the nation)
'Brutality smeared in peanut butter' America must stop the war now. (Arundhati Roy, Oct 20, MSNBC)
Hidden Agenda Behind War on Terror (John Pilger, Former Mirror chief foreign correspondent)
What creates a community of people who believe in 'reason', as against a mere aggregate of individuals, is the fact that they think objectively. This faculty permits them to interpret the past, make sense of the present and outline a shape for the future. Many believe that the political personality of US, as is known today, is the product of "imperial mentality", because what it does not do is just as significant, and just as consequential, as what it does. New set of rules are being laid out for the world to subscribe to.
"Murder of values and universally accepted fundamental human principles is taking place on such a wide scale that if the world leaders still choose not to remove the blindfold of American influence from their eyes the whole world will turn into a perpetual inferno of violence and chaos." (Mufti Taqi Usmani, Nov 4)
Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned that the US should avoid giving the perception to the Muslim world that it is a "high tech bully". Senator Biden's assessment needs to be given due consideration, because through just and moral actions can the US create a positive image in the World.
Behind the general fog that the ideology of dissent generates, the outlines of a very material sociological and political problem are emerging. This is not a popular war, indeed. It is among the people of reason that extreme dissatisfaction is rife. It is among them that the isolationist ideal is experiencing its final convulsive agony.
Conscientious people must offer alternate policies relevant to the reality that can sustain a system based on justice and address the harsh and nasty imperatives of imperial powers. Until that happens, mothers will continue their silent cries and children will not stop to sob and the world will remain restless and explode!
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
USA vs. WORLD
Since World War II, the United States have dropped bombs on 23 countries.
They include:
China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1984, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s, Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-1999, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, and Yugoslavia 1999.
Post World War II, the United States has also assisted in over 20 different coups throughout the world, and the CIA was responsible for half a dozen assassinations of political heads of state. The following is a comprehensive summary of the imperialist strategy of the United States over the span of the past century:Argentina - 1890 - Troops sent to Buenos Aires to protect business interests.Chile - 1891 - Marines sent to Chile and clashed with nationalist rebels.Haiti - 1891 - American troops suppress a revolt by Black workers on United States-claimed Navassa Island.Hawaii - 1893 - Navy sent to Hawaii to overthrow the independent kingdom - Hawaii annexed by the United States.Nicaragua - 1894 - Troops occupied Bluefields, a city on the Caribbean Sea, for a month.China - 1894-95 - Navy, Army, and Marines landed during the Sino-Japanese War.Korea - 1894-96 - Troops kept in Seoul during the war.Panama - 1895 - Army, Navy, and Marines landed in the port city of Corinto.China - 1894-1900 - Troops occupied China during the Boxer Rebellion.Philippines - 1898-1910 - Navy and Army troops landed after the Philippines fell during the Spanish-American War; 600,000 Filipinos were killed.Cuba - 1898-1902 - Troops seized Cuba in the Spanish-American War; the United States still maintains troops at Guantanamo Bay today.Puerto Rico - 1898 - present - Troops seized Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War and still occupy Puerto Rico today.Nicaragua - 1898 - Marines landed at the port of San Juan del Sur.Samoa - 1899 - Troops landed as a result over the battle for succession to the throne.Panama - 1901-14 - Navy supported the revolution when Panama claimed independence from Colombia. American troops have occupied the Canal Zone since 1901 when construction for the canal began.Honduras - 1903 - Marines landed to intervene during a revolution.Dominican Rep 1903-04 - Troops landed to protect American interests during a revolution.Korea - 1904-05 - Marines landed during the Russo-Japanese War.Cuba - 1906-09 - Troops landed during an election. Nicaragua - 1907 - Troops landed and a protectorate was set up.Honduras - 1907 - Marines landed during Honduras' war with Nicaragua.Panama - 1908 - Marines sent in during Panama's election.Nicaragua - 1910 - Marines landed for a second time in Bluefields and Corinto.Honduras - 1911 - Troops sent in to protect American interests during Honduras' civil war.China - 1911-41 - Navy and troops sent to China during continuous flare-ups.Cuba - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American interests in Havana.Panama - 1912 - Marines landed during Panama's election.Honduras - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American interests.Nicaragua - 1912-33 - Troops occupied Nicaragua and fought guerrillas during its 20-year civil war.Mexico - 1913 - Navy evacuated Americans during revolution.Dominican Rep 1914 - Navy fought with rebels over Santo Domingo.Mexico - 1914-18 - Navy and troops sent in to intervene against nationalists.Haiti - 1914-34 - Troops occupied Haiti after a revolution and occupied Haiti for 19 years.Dominican Rep 1916-24 - Marines occupied the Dominican Republic for eight years.Cuba - 1917-33 - Troops landed and occupied Cuba for 16 years; Cuba became an economic protectorate.World War I - 1917-18 - Navy and Army sent to Europe to fight the Axis powers.Russia - 1918-22 - Navy and troops sent to eastern Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution; Army made five landings.Honduras - 1919 - Marines sent during Honduras' national elections.Guatemala - 1920 - Troops occupied Guatemala for two weeks during a union strike.Turkey - 1922 - Troops fought nationalists in Smyrna. China - 1922-27 - Navy and Army troops deployed during a nationalist revolt.Honduras - 1924-25 - Troops landed twice during a national election.Panama - 1925 - Troops sent in to put down a general strike.China - 1927-34 - Marines sent in and stationed for seven years throughout China.El Salvador - 1932 - Naval warships deployed during the FMLN revolt under Marti.World War II - 1941-45 - Military fought the Axis powers: Japan, Germany, and Italy.Yugoslavia - 1946 - Navy deployed off the coast of Yugoslavia in response to the downing of an American plane.Uruguay - 1947 - Bombers deployed as a show of military force.Greece - 1947-49 - United States operations insured a victory for the far right in national "elections."Germany - 1948 - Military deployed in response to the Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days.Philippines - 1948-54 - The CIA directed a civil war against the Filipino Huk revolt.Puerto Rico - 1950 - Military helped crush an independence rebellion in Ponce.Korean War - 1951-53 - Military sent in during the war.Iran - 1953 - The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power.Vietnam - 1954 - The United States offered weapons to the French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.Guatemala - 1954 - The CIA overthrew the democratically elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas in power.Egypt - 1956 - Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.Lebanon - 1958 - Navy supported an Army occupation of Lebanon during its civil war.Panama - 1958 - Troops landed after Panamanians demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone.Vietnam - 1950s-75 - Vietnam War.Cuba - 1961 - The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions failed to overthrow the Castro government.Cuba - 1962 - The Navy quarantines Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.Laos - 1962 - Military occupied Laos during its civil war against the Pathet Lao guerrillas.Panama - 1964 - Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone.Indonesia - 1965 - The CIA orchestrated a military coup.Dominican Rep- 1965-66 - Troops deployed during a national election.Guatemala - 1966-67 - Green Berets sent in.Cambodia - 1969-75 - Military sent in after the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia.Oman - 1970 - Marines landed to direct a possible invasion into Iran.Laos - 1971-75 - Americans carpet-bomb the countryside during Laos' civil war.Chile - 1973 - The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing President Allende who had been popularly elected. The CIA helped to establish a military regime under General Pinochet.Cambodia - 1975 - Twenty-eight Americans killed in an effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had been seized.Angola - 1976-92 - The CIA backed South African rebels fighting against Marxist Angola.Iran - 1980 - Americans aborted a rescue attempt to liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy.Libya - 1981 - American fighters shoot down two Libyan fighters.El Salvador - 1981-92 - The CIA, troops, and advisers aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN.Nicaragua - 1981-90 - The CIA and NSC directed the Contra War against the Sandinistas.Lebanon - 1982-84 - Marines occupied Beirut during Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the Mediterranean.Honduras - 1983-89 - Troops sent in to build bases near the Honduran border.Grenada - 1983-84 - American invasion overthrew the Maurice Bishop government.Iran - 1984 - American fighters shot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf.Libya - 1986 - American fighters hit targets in and around the capital city of Tripoli.Bolivia - 1986 - The Army assisted government troops on raids of cocaine areas.Iran - 1987-88 - The United States intervened on the side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.Libya - 1989 - Navy shot down two more Libyan jets.Virgin Islands - 1989 - Troops landed during unrest among Virgin Island peoples.Philippines - 1989 - Air Force provided air cover for government during coup.Panama - 1989-90 - 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed.Liberia - 1990 - Troops entered Liberia to evacuate foreigners during civil war.Saudi Arabia - 1990-91 - American troops sent to Saudi Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq.Kuwait - 1991 - Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam Hussein.Somalia - 1992-94 - Troops occupied Somalia during civil war.Bosnia - 1993-95 - Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone" during civil war in Yugoslavia.Haiti - 1994-96 - American troops and Navy provided a blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA restored Aristide to power.Zaire - 1996-97 - Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution began.Albania - 1997 - Troops deployed during evacuation of foreigners.Sudan - 1998 - American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas components were manufactured.Afghanistan - 1998 - Missiles launched towards alleged Afghan terrorist training camps.Yugoslavia - 1999 - Bombings and missile attacks carried out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic.Iraq - 1998-2001 - Missiles launched into Baghdad and other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi targets since December 1998.
These **100** instances of American military intervention did not include times when the United States:
(1) deployed military police overseas;(2) mobilized the National Guard;(3) sent Navy ships off the coast of numerous countries as a show of strength;(4) sent additional troops to areas where Americans were already stationed;(5) carried out covert actions where American forces were not under the direct rule of an American command;(6) used small hostage rescue units;(7) used American pilots to fly foreign planes;(8) carried out military training and advisory programs which did not involve direct combat.U. S. Government Assassination Plots: Following is a list of prominent foreign leaders whose assassination or planning for same the United States has been involved in since the end of Second World War. The list does not include several assassinations in various parts of the world carried out by anti-Castro Cubans employed by CIA and headquartered in the United States:LIST A: NON MUSLIMS1949 - KIm Koo, Korean opposition leader1950's - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political figures in West Germany1955 - Jose' Antonio Remon, President of Panama1950's Chou En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts on his life1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premiere of North Korea1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader1955 - Jawar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two attempts on his life1961 - Francois "Papa Doc"Duvalier, leader of Haiti1961 - Patrice Lumumba , Prime Minister of Congo (Zaire)1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican Republic1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, more than 15 attempts on his life1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba1965 - Francisco Caamanao, Dominican Republic opposition leader1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader1970 - Salvadore Allende, President of Chile1970 - General Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army, Chile1970s and 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama Intelligence1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua1984 - The nine commandantes of the Sandanista National Directorate1980's - Dr. Gerald Bull, Canadian Ballistics Scientist assassinated by Mossad in Belgium.Partial List of Muslim Leaders Assassinated or Attempted Assassinations1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt1960 Brigadier General, Abdul Karim Kassem, Leader of Iraq1980-86 Muammar Qaddafi, Leader of Libya, several plots and attempts upon his life1982 Ayatullah Khomeini, Leader of Iran1983 General Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan army Commander1985 Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadllallah, Lebanese Shiite Leader (80 people killed in that attempt)1991 Saddam Hussein, Leader of IraqReference: Blum, William, "KILLING HOPE - U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," Appendix IIIU.S. Government Assassination Plots, page 453, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine 1995. ISBN 1-56751-052-3Very likely Victims:April 4, 1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Leader of Pakistan, for pursuing making of Nuclear Bomb.August, 1988. General Ziaul Haq, Military Leader of Pakistan.1995 - Murtaza Bhutto, Son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Anti-American would-be Leader - Pakistan.March 25, 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia through his Nephew, Saudi Arabia for imposing 1973 Oil Embargo.August 24, 1999. Mullah Mohammad Omar, in Kandhar, Afghanistan.
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It seems that 4 or 5 of the alleged dead terrorists are alive. One turned himself in to Florida FBI his brother who was also alleged to be a terrorist turned out to be dead a year ago. Both FBI and CNN printed a retraction.Another 3 or 4 have turned up alive in Saudi Arabia who said their ID's have been stolen.
At this point the real face behind the terrorist is still not known.
While the plane crashes and burns so thoroughly that even the black box is destroyed yet the passport of one of the hijackers flutters to the ground with no scratch.
Some of the terrorists went to a bar the night before which is hardly like religious radicals.
The FBI investigator has said in pursuing this case that for a crime so carefully choreographed the trail is quite clear. The terrorist used their real ID's (read stolen IDs) and they kindly left Arabic flight instructions and Quran in a rental car. The Actual quote of the investigator said it's as if somebody was deliberately leading us.
The crime involved some mole inside the Whitehouse which called the Whitehouse and gave secret password. In addition some people were astute enough to know the stock market and were able to short shares in Airlines and insurance stocks.
The Terrorist had to conspire for several years and were able to avoid detection by any number of intelligence agencies including NSA and echelon. The only way this would be possible is if they were supported by a foreign intelligence network say the KGB (They had Robert Hanson head of FBI counter intelligence on their payroll). The KGB could conceivably provide cover.
The other intelligence agency is of course the Mossad which had Jonathan Pollard give NSA monitoring techniques and frequencies.
The third possibility is US internal agencies. It is already well known that US military leaders proposed a secret plan to commit terrorist acts against Americans including the shooting down of a civilian airliner so as to provide a Causus Belli to invade Cuba. Included in the plan were to distribute passenger lists from all corners of the country so as to generate maximum hate and revulsion. This are detailed in a book By author James Bamford in book titled Body of Secrets.
The fourth possibility is China although one can doubt their intelligence.
It is also possible that these people were in fact Muslims but were infiltrated by one of these agencies and provided money and shelter.
In terms of motive the Russians would love to see US jump into Afghanistan (Estimated cost $100 Billion + 10,000 casualties). In fact the Russians are even willing to give its military bases to US. It shouldn't surprise anyone in the least if Russians started to secretly get weapons stolen from their depot's and given to Taliban.
The motive for Mossad is of course obvious but extremely risky. If they can get the war going quickly then the investigation results will be ignored. If however war is delayed and the investigation picks up steam they may at some point dump it on "rogue" agents.
In fact five Israeli's were picked up taking pictures of the WTC and celebrating and giving high fives. Note that the results of the voice from the Black boxes are still missing even for the one plane that crashed in Pennsylvania
References:
Suicide Hijacker: Alive & Well - Independant UK 17 September 2001 (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94438)
Stolen IDs - Tehran Times Sep 19 (http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=9/19/01&Cat=4&Num=020)
Stock Manipulation - Independant UK 18 September 2001 (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=94609)
"Mole in White House" Alive & Well - Independant UK 14 September 2001 (http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=93993)
Saudi Suspects in US Attacks Were Not in the US - Islamonline and Alwatan Jeddah (http://www.islam-online.net/english/news/2001-09/18/article10.shtml)
US planned to down plane as pretext for invading Cuba - Baltimore Sun, Book on NSA "Body of Secrets" by James Baumford (http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.nsa24apr24.story)
Body of Secrets - Random House (c)2001 (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/bamford/home.html)
"Questions raised about identity of hijackers" Alive And Well - Dawn 17 Sep 2001 (http://www.dawn.com/2001/09/17/int2.htm)
"5 Israelis Detained for 'Puzzling Behavior' - HAARETZ (Tel Aviv, Israel) Tuesday, September 18, 2001 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1053)
"The Sophistication of the Attackers" - Stratfor (Strategic Forign intelligence Tuesday, September 12, 2001 (http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109121640.htm)
"Hijacking Clues May be Red Herrings" - Stratfor (Strategic Forign intelligence Wednesday, September 13, 2001 (http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109132130.htm)
They include:
China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1984, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s, Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-1999, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, and Yugoslavia 1999.
Post World War II, the United States has also assisted in over 20 different coups throughout the world, and the CIA was responsible for half a dozen assassinations of political heads of state. The following is a comprehensive summary of the imperialist strategy of the United States over the span of the past century:Argentina - 1890 - Troops sent to Buenos Aires to protect business interests.Chile - 1891 - Marines sent to Chile and clashed with nationalist rebels.Haiti - 1891 - American troops suppress a revolt by Black workers on United States-claimed Navassa Island.Hawaii - 1893 - Navy sent to Hawaii to overthrow the independent kingdom - Hawaii annexed by the United States.Nicaragua - 1894 - Troops occupied Bluefields, a city on the Caribbean Sea, for a month.China - 1894-95 - Navy, Army, and Marines landed during the Sino-Japanese War.Korea - 1894-96 - Troops kept in Seoul during the war.Panama - 1895 - Army, Navy, and Marines landed in the port city of Corinto.China - 1894-1900 - Troops occupied China during the Boxer Rebellion.Philippines - 1898-1910 - Navy and Army troops landed after the Philippines fell during the Spanish-American War; 600,000 Filipinos were killed.Cuba - 1898-1902 - Troops seized Cuba in the Spanish-American War; the United States still maintains troops at Guantanamo Bay today.Puerto Rico - 1898 - present - Troops seized Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War and still occupy Puerto Rico today.Nicaragua - 1898 - Marines landed at the port of San Juan del Sur.Samoa - 1899 - Troops landed as a result over the battle for succession to the throne.Panama - 1901-14 - Navy supported the revolution when Panama claimed independence from Colombia. American troops have occupied the Canal Zone since 1901 when construction for the canal began.Honduras - 1903 - Marines landed to intervene during a revolution.Dominican Rep 1903-04 - Troops landed to protect American interests during a revolution.Korea - 1904-05 - Marines landed during the Russo-Japanese War.Cuba - 1906-09 - Troops landed during an election. Nicaragua - 1907 - Troops landed and a protectorate was set up.Honduras - 1907 - Marines landed during Honduras' war with Nicaragua.Panama - 1908 - Marines sent in during Panama's election.Nicaragua - 1910 - Marines landed for a second time in Bluefields and Corinto.Honduras - 1911 - Troops sent in to protect American interests during Honduras' civil war.China - 1911-41 - Navy and troops sent to China during continuous flare-ups.Cuba - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American interests in Havana.Panama - 1912 - Marines landed during Panama's election.Honduras - 1912 - Troops sent in to protect American interests.Nicaragua - 1912-33 - Troops occupied Nicaragua and fought guerrillas during its 20-year civil war.Mexico - 1913 - Navy evacuated Americans during revolution.Dominican Rep 1914 - Navy fought with rebels over Santo Domingo.Mexico - 1914-18 - Navy and troops sent in to intervene against nationalists.Haiti - 1914-34 - Troops occupied Haiti after a revolution and occupied Haiti for 19 years.Dominican Rep 1916-24 - Marines occupied the Dominican Republic for eight years.Cuba - 1917-33 - Troops landed and occupied Cuba for 16 years; Cuba became an economic protectorate.World War I - 1917-18 - Navy and Army sent to Europe to fight the Axis powers.Russia - 1918-22 - Navy and troops sent to eastern Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution; Army made five landings.Honduras - 1919 - Marines sent during Honduras' national elections.Guatemala - 1920 - Troops occupied Guatemala for two weeks during a union strike.Turkey - 1922 - Troops fought nationalists in Smyrna. China - 1922-27 - Navy and Army troops deployed during a nationalist revolt.Honduras - 1924-25 - Troops landed twice during a national election.Panama - 1925 - Troops sent in to put down a general strike.China - 1927-34 - Marines sent in and stationed for seven years throughout China.El Salvador - 1932 - Naval warships deployed during the FMLN revolt under Marti.World War II - 1941-45 - Military fought the Axis powers: Japan, Germany, and Italy.Yugoslavia - 1946 - Navy deployed off the coast of Yugoslavia in response to the downing of an American plane.Uruguay - 1947 - Bombers deployed as a show of military force.Greece - 1947-49 - United States operations insured a victory for the far right in national "elections."Germany - 1948 - Military deployed in response to the Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days.Philippines - 1948-54 - The CIA directed a civil war against the Filipino Huk revolt.Puerto Rico - 1950 - Military helped crush an independence rebellion in Ponce.Korean War - 1951-53 - Military sent in during the war.Iran - 1953 - The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power.Vietnam - 1954 - The United States offered weapons to the French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.Guatemala - 1954 - The CIA overthrew the democratically elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas in power.Egypt - 1956 - Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.Lebanon - 1958 - Navy supported an Army occupation of Lebanon during its civil war.Panama - 1958 - Troops landed after Panamanians demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone.Vietnam - 1950s-75 - Vietnam War.Cuba - 1961 - The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions failed to overthrow the Castro government.Cuba - 1962 - The Navy quarantines Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.Laos - 1962 - Military occupied Laos during its civil war against the Pathet Lao guerrillas.Panama - 1964 - Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone.Indonesia - 1965 - The CIA orchestrated a military coup.Dominican Rep- 1965-66 - Troops deployed during a national election.Guatemala - 1966-67 - Green Berets sent in.Cambodia - 1969-75 - Military sent in after the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia.Oman - 1970 - Marines landed to direct a possible invasion into Iran.Laos - 1971-75 - Americans carpet-bomb the countryside during Laos' civil war.Chile - 1973 - The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing President Allende who had been popularly elected. The CIA helped to establish a military regime under General Pinochet.Cambodia - 1975 - Twenty-eight Americans killed in an effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had been seized.Angola - 1976-92 - The CIA backed South African rebels fighting against Marxist Angola.Iran - 1980 - Americans aborted a rescue attempt to liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy.Libya - 1981 - American fighters shoot down two Libyan fighters.El Salvador - 1981-92 - The CIA, troops, and advisers aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN.Nicaragua - 1981-90 - The CIA and NSC directed the Contra War against the Sandinistas.Lebanon - 1982-84 - Marines occupied Beirut during Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the Mediterranean.Honduras - 1983-89 - Troops sent in to build bases near the Honduran border.Grenada - 1983-84 - American invasion overthrew the Maurice Bishop government.Iran - 1984 - American fighters shot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf.Libya - 1986 - American fighters hit targets in and around the capital city of Tripoli.Bolivia - 1986 - The Army assisted government troops on raids of cocaine areas.Iran - 1987-88 - The United States intervened on the side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.Libya - 1989 - Navy shot down two more Libyan jets.Virgin Islands - 1989 - Troops landed during unrest among Virgin Island peoples.Philippines - 1989 - Air Force provided air cover for government during coup.Panama - 1989-90 - 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed.Liberia - 1990 - Troops entered Liberia to evacuate foreigners during civil war.Saudi Arabia - 1990-91 - American troops sent to Saudi Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq.Kuwait - 1991 - Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam Hussein.Somalia - 1992-94 - Troops occupied Somalia during civil war.Bosnia - 1993-95 - Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone" during civil war in Yugoslavia.Haiti - 1994-96 - American troops and Navy provided a blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA restored Aristide to power.Zaire - 1996-97 - Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution began.Albania - 1997 - Troops deployed during evacuation of foreigners.Sudan - 1998 - American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas components were manufactured.Afghanistan - 1998 - Missiles launched towards alleged Afghan terrorist training camps.Yugoslavia - 1999 - Bombings and missile attacks carried out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic.Iraq - 1998-2001 - Missiles launched into Baghdad and other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi targets since December 1998.
These **100** instances of American military intervention did not include times when the United States:
(1) deployed military police overseas;(2) mobilized the National Guard;(3) sent Navy ships off the coast of numerous countries as a show of strength;(4) sent additional troops to areas where Americans were already stationed;(5) carried out covert actions where American forces were not under the direct rule of an American command;(6) used small hostage rescue units;(7) used American pilots to fly foreign planes;(8) carried out military training and advisory programs which did not involve direct combat.U. S. Government Assassination Plots: Following is a list of prominent foreign leaders whose assassination or planning for same the United States has been involved in since the end of Second World War. The list does not include several assassinations in various parts of the world carried out by anti-Castro Cubans employed by CIA and headquartered in the United States:LIST A: NON MUSLIMS1949 - KIm Koo, Korean opposition leader1950's - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political figures in West Germany1955 - Jose' Antonio Remon, President of Panama1950's Chou En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts on his life1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premiere of North Korea1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader1955 - Jawar Lal Nehru, Prime Minister of India1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two attempts on his life1961 - Francois "Papa Doc"Duvalier, leader of Haiti1961 - Patrice Lumumba , Prime Minister of Congo (Zaire)1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican Republic1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, more than 15 attempts on his life1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba1965 - Francisco Caamanao, Dominican Republic opposition leader1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader1970 - Salvadore Allende, President of Chile1970 - General Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army, Chile1970s and 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama Intelligence1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua1984 - The nine commandantes of the Sandanista National Directorate1980's - Dr. Gerald Bull, Canadian Ballistics Scientist assassinated by Mossad in Belgium.Partial List of Muslim Leaders Assassinated or Attempted Assassinations1950's Sukarno, President of Indonesia1957 Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt1960 Brigadier General, Abdul Karim Kassem, Leader of Iraq1980-86 Muammar Qaddafi, Leader of Libya, several plots and attempts upon his life1982 Ayatullah Khomeini, Leader of Iran1983 General Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan army Commander1985 Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadllallah, Lebanese Shiite Leader (80 people killed in that attempt)1991 Saddam Hussein, Leader of IraqReference: Blum, William, "KILLING HOPE - U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II," Appendix IIIU.S. Government Assassination Plots, page 453, Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine 1995. ISBN 1-56751-052-3Very likely Victims:April 4, 1979 - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Leader of Pakistan, for pursuing making of Nuclear Bomb.August, 1988. General Ziaul Haq, Military Leader of Pakistan.1995 - Murtaza Bhutto, Son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Anti-American would-be Leader - Pakistan.March 25, 1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia through his Nephew, Saudi Arabia for imposing 1973 Oil Embargo.August 24, 1999. Mullah Mohammad Omar, in Kandhar, Afghanistan.
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It seems that 4 or 5 of the alleged dead terrorists are alive. One turned himself in to Florida FBI his brother who was also alleged to be a terrorist turned out to be dead a year ago. Both FBI and CNN printed a retraction.Another 3 or 4 have turned up alive in Saudi Arabia who said their ID's have been stolen.
At this point the real face behind the terrorist is still not known.
While the plane crashes and burns so thoroughly that even the black box is destroyed yet the passport of one of the hijackers flutters to the ground with no scratch.
Some of the terrorists went to a bar the night before which is hardly like religious radicals.
The FBI investigator has said in pursuing this case that for a crime so carefully choreographed the trail is quite clear. The terrorist used their real ID's (read stolen IDs) and they kindly left Arabic flight instructions and Quran in a rental car. The Actual quote of the investigator said it's as if somebody was deliberately leading us.
The crime involved some mole inside the Whitehouse which called the Whitehouse and gave secret password. In addition some people were astute enough to know the stock market and were able to short shares in Airlines and insurance stocks.
The Terrorist had to conspire for several years and were able to avoid detection by any number of intelligence agencies including NSA and echelon. The only way this would be possible is if they were supported by a foreign intelligence network say the KGB (They had Robert Hanson head of FBI counter intelligence on their payroll). The KGB could conceivably provide cover.
The other intelligence agency is of course the Mossad which had Jonathan Pollard give NSA monitoring techniques and frequencies.
The third possibility is US internal agencies. It is already well known that US military leaders proposed a secret plan to commit terrorist acts against Americans including the shooting down of a civilian airliner so as to provide a Causus Belli to invade Cuba. Included in the plan were to distribute passenger lists from all corners of the country so as to generate maximum hate and revulsion. This are detailed in a book By author James Bamford in book titled Body of Secrets.
The fourth possibility is China although one can doubt their intelligence.
It is also possible that these people were in fact Muslims but were infiltrated by one of these agencies and provided money and shelter.
In terms of motive the Russians would love to see US jump into Afghanistan (Estimated cost $100 Billion + 10,000 casualties). In fact the Russians are even willing to give its military bases to US. It shouldn't surprise anyone in the least if Russians started to secretly get weapons stolen from their depot's and given to Taliban.
The motive for Mossad is of course obvious but extremely risky. If they can get the war going quickly then the investigation results will be ignored. If however war is delayed and the investigation picks up steam they may at some point dump it on "rogue" agents.
In fact five Israeli's were picked up taking pictures of the WTC and celebrating and giving high fives. Note that the results of the voice from the Black boxes are still missing even for the one plane that crashed in Pennsylvania
References:
Suicide Hijacker: Alive & Well - Independant UK 17 September 2001 (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=94438)
Stolen IDs - Tehran Times Sep 19 (http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=9/19/01&Cat=4&Num=020)
Stock Manipulation - Independant UK 18 September 2001 (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=94609)
"Mole in White House" Alive & Well - Independant UK 14 September 2001 (http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=93993)
Saudi Suspects in US Attacks Were Not in the US - Islamonline and Alwatan Jeddah (http://www.islam-online.net/english/news/2001-09/18/article10.shtml)
US planned to down plane as pretext for invading Cuba - Baltimore Sun, Book on NSA "Body of Secrets" by James Baumford (http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.nsa24apr24.story)
Body of Secrets - Random House (c)2001 (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/bamford/home.html)
"Questions raised about identity of hijackers" Alive And Well - Dawn 17 Sep 2001 (http://www.dawn.com/2001/09/17/int2.htm)
"5 Israelis Detained for 'Puzzling Behavior' - HAARETZ (Tel Aviv, Israel) Tuesday, September 18, 2001 (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1053)
"The Sophistication of the Attackers" - Stratfor (Strategic Forign intelligence Tuesday, September 12, 2001 (http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109121640.htm)
"Hijacking Clues May be Red Herrings" - Stratfor (Strategic Forign intelligence Wednesday, September 13, 2001 (http://www.stratfor.com/home/0109132130.htm)
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