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Is The War On Terror A Hoax? By Paul Craig Roberts September 30, 2011

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29273.htm

Is The War On Terror A Hoax?

By Paul Craig Roberts

September 30, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all in the name of the “war on terror.” Washington’s attacks on the countries constitute naked aggression and impact primarily civilian populations and infrastructure and, thereby, constitute war crimes under law. Nazis were executed precisely for what Washington is doing today.

Moreover the wars and military attacks have cost American taxpayers in out-of-pocket and already-incurred future costs at least $4,000 billion dollars--one third of the accumulated public debt--resulting in a US deficit crisis that threatens the social safety net, the value of the US dollar and its reserve currency role, while enriching beyond all previous history the military/security complex and its apologists.

Perhaps the highest cost of Washington’s “war on terror” has been paid by the US Constitution and civil liberties. Any US citizen that Washington accuses is deprived of all legal and constitutional rights. The Bush-Cheney-Obama regimes have overturned humanity’s greatest achievement--the accountability of government to law.

If we look around for the terror that the police state and a decade of war has allegedly protected us from, the terror is hard to find. Except for 9/11 itself, assuming we accept the government’s improbable conspiracy theory explanation, there have been no terror attacks on the US. Indeed, as RT pointed out on August 23, 2011, an investigative program at the University of California discovered that the domestic “terror plots” hyped in the media were plotted by FBI agents.

The FBI again thwarts its own Terror plot By Glenn Greenwald

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/29/fbi_terror/index.html

Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 14:30 ET
The FBI again thwarts its own Terror plot
By Glenn Greenwald

The FBI has received substantial criticism over the past decade -- much of it valid -- but nobody can deny its record of excellence in thwarting its own Terrorist plots. Time and again, the FBI concocts a Terrorist attack, infiltrates Muslim communities in order to find recruits, persuades them to perpetrate the attack, supplies them with the money, weapons and know-how they need to carry it out -- only to heroically jump in at the last moment, arrest the would-be perpetrators whom the FBI converted, and save a grateful nation from the plot manufactured by the FBI.

Mission Accomplished. The Iraq War Is a Smashing Success By Michael Parenti

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29217.htm

Mission Accomplished.
The Iraq War Is a Smashing Success

By Michael Parenti

Michael Parenti'swebsite http://michaelparenti.org/

September 26, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- A reader recently reported on my Facebook wall that President George Bush had admitted to singer Tony Bennett that the Iraq war had been a "mistake." I beg to differ.

The Iraq war has not been a mistake. There was a miscalculation, it being assumed that the US invasion would be quick, easy and dearly welcomed by appreciative Iraqis. Instead the US has faced a bitter, destructive, protracted and costly conflict. There was a "mistake" in terms of operational expectations but Bush achieved what he intended and Obama is faithfully carrying on with the mission. The Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld think tank, Project for a New American Century, had called for an invasion of Iraq over a year before 9/11. Iraq had to be taken out either with a quick easy war or a long tough one. In any case, the invasion and destruction of Iraq was not a "mistake."

Pandora’s Box was a six part 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis

Pandora’s Box

Pandora's BoxIt began with a weapon created by scientists that threatened to destroy the world. But then a group of men who were convinced they control the new danger began to gain influence in America. They would manipulate terror.

To do so, they would use the methods of science. Pandora’s Box was a six part 1992 BBC documentary television series written and produced by Adam Curtis, which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism.

Curtis’ later The Century of the Self had a similar theme. The title sequence made extensive use of clips from the short film Design for Dreaming, as well as other similar archive footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ6t5JA7OBA&list=PL137DFECB8ACDDE4F&feature=player_embedded

Saudi Royal Ties to 9/11 Hijackers Via Florida Saudi Family? By Russ Baker on Sep 22, 2011

http://whowhatwhy.com/2011/09/22/saudi-royal-ties-to-911-hijackers-via-florida-saudi-family-0/

Saudi Royal Ties to 9/11 Hijackers Via Florida Saudi Family?
By Russ Baker on Sep 22, 2011

Hijackers

WhoWhatWhy has found evidence linking the Saudi royal family to Saudis in South Florida who reportedly had direct contact with the 9/11 hijackers before fleeing the United States just prior to the attacks. Our report connects some of the dots first laid out by investigative author Anthony Summers and Florida-based journalist Dan Christensen in articles jointly published in the Miami Herald and on the nonprofit news site BrowardBulldog.org.

In early September of this year, Summers and Christensen reported that a secret FBI probe, never shared with Congressional investigators or the presidential 9/11 commission, had uncovered information indicating the possibility of support for the hijackers from previously unknown confederates in the United States during 2001.

Now WhoWhatWhy reveals that those alleged confederates were closely tied to influential members of the Saudi ruling elite.

The House

Big Media Blacks-Out Wall Street Protests By Will Bunch, Attytood Blog 21 September 11 Reader Supported News

http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/7524-focus-big-media-blacks-out-wall-street-protests

Big Media Blacks-Out Wall Street Protests

By Will Bunch, Attytood Blog

21 September 11

RSN Special Coverage: Occupy Wall Street

hat do you think was running in the pro-government, pro-Mubarek newspapers in Egypt back in February, when crowds of unhappy and often un- or under-employed citizens began crowding into Tahrir Square? I don't know the answer to that, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say there probably wasn't a lot of coverage of what was happening in Tahrir Square, at least at first. They were probably running cute feature stories about an old-time falafel stand in a changing Cairo neighborhood, or maybe articles on parking problems at the Great Pyramids. They certainly weren't going to call attention to the elephant in the room that was about to knock over a corrupt and decadent society.

The September 11 Orgie By Michael Parenti September 14, 2011

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29126.htm

The September 11 Orgie

By Michael Parenti

September 14, 2011 - -For more than a week--and extending into September 12 and probably continuing a while longer-- the media have saturated the airwaves with 9/11 stories including sad tragic tales of friends of people who knew relatives who were lost or affected in some way by the terrible attacks of ten years ago. We kept hearing how we as a people and a nation "were never the same after 9/11." (So might as well go bomb Afghanistan for ten years and destroy Iraq and now Libya.)

Again and again we heard "What were you doing when you first heard the news?" "How did it make you feel to confront such a loss? "Do you still grieve for him or have you achieved closure?" "And what of that generation that was too young to remember 9/11? What are they thinking now?" and on and on, all day, all week.

Two MSM Stories on the TORONTO HEARINGS

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/09/the-truthers-are-out-there-toronto-hearings-on-the-events-of-september-11/

The truthers are out there: Toronto Hearings on the events of September 11
Matthew Sherwood for National Post

Matthew Sherwood for National Post

Megan O'Toole Sep 9, 2011 – 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: Sep 8, 2011 11:09 PM ET

As people across Canada and the United States publicly remembered the tenth anniversary of 9/11 this week, a small group at Ryerson University were examining another angle altogether: the “myth” of 9/11. The four-day Toronto Hearings kicked off Thursday with a trio of experts and academics offering their opinions on why the official narrative of 9/11 as a terrorist attack is flawed. The Post’s Megan O’Toole looks at the day’s highlights.

THE LEGAL ANGLE

Russ Baker, Sunday Night, Radio Everywhere (Coast to Coast): 9/11 Unanswered Questions

Russ Baker, Sunday Night, Radio Everywhere (Coast to Coast): 9/11 Unanswered Questions

Russ Baker talks about unanswered questions surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks: Coast to Coast AM, radio stations everywhere. 11pm-2am Pacific Time, Sunday 9/11; 2-5am Eastern Time Monday.

For stations in the US, Canada etc (and online worldwide), see this list: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/stations

Two groups for 9/11 explore the destruction and collapse of Twin Towers

The Shorthorn - The University of Texas-Arlington Student Newspaper
http://www.theshorthorn.com/index.php/entertainment/todo/27721-two-groups-for-911-explore-the-destruction-and-collapse-of-...

Two groups for 9/11 explore the destruction and collapse of Twin Towers

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 - Page 1 of 2
Lindsey Juarez, The Shorthorn staff

After seeing the Twin Towers in New York City diminished to nothing but rubble 10 years ago, many didn’t question whether two planes could topple the tallest buildings in the world.

After seeing the velocity and motion at which Building 7 of the World Trade Center came down later that day, some experts did question whether burning debris could flatten a building in seconds.

Now, groups like Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and North Texans for 9/11 Truth are wondering if the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 were planned.

However, if there is one thing David Berrera wants people to know, it’s that the members of North Texans for 9/11 Truth are not conspiracy theorists.

“What we’re more into is looking at the facts and taking those facts where they lead us,” Berrera, a member of North Texans for 9/11 Truth, said. “What we’re looking at is more of a forensic style of investigation.”

9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed David Ray Griffin September 2, 2011

http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20110903123552173

9/11 Ten Years Later: When State Crimes Against Democracy Succeed
Although Dr. Griffin had hoped that his new book would be available for the 10th anniversary of 9/11, he has just learned from his publisher (Interlink Books) that the printer will probably not get copies to Interlink until September 12 (which would mean that it would not reach Amazon.com and most bookstores until several days later). But Dr. Griffin has provided to 911Truth.org the book's table of contents and its introduction.
– Ed.

David Ray Griffin
September 2, 2011

Table of Contents

Introduction: 9/11 Ten Years Later

1. Did 9/11 Justify the War in Afghanistan?
2. The Destruction of the World Trade Center: Why Have Otherwise Rational Journalists Endorsed Miracles?
3. Why Have Bill Moyers and Robert Parry in Particular Endorsed Miracles?
4. Building What? How State Crimes Against Democracy Can Be Hidden in Plain Sight
5. Phone Calls from the 9/11 Planes: How They Fooled America

America’s FBI Goes Rogue By Lawrence Davidson Entrapment as Government Policy September 01, 2011 "Information Clearing House"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29007.htm

America’s FBI Goes Rogue

By Lawrence Davidson

Entrapment as Government Policy

September 01, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- Here is an important question: What single organization is responsible for more terror plots in the USA than any other? Possible answers: Al Qaida. That would no doubt be the popular answer but it would be wrong. The KKK. Way past their prime, so that is not it. The Jewish Defense League. Good guess, but still not it. So what is the correct answer? It is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, AKA the FBI. Don’t believe me? Well, just read Trevor Aaronson’s expose entitled “The Informants” published in the September/October 2011 issue of Mother Jones.

Operation False Flag: A Modern Primer - Activist Post

The Original with pictures and links: http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/operation-false-flag-modern-primer.html

Operation False Flag: A Modern Primer

Number Six
Activist Post

Definition: When governments or organizations (usually connected to the former) stage highly sophisticated attacks on their own or foreign soil with the purpose of placing the blame on a desirable enemy foreign or domestic, one who has otherwise done no wrong. Essentially a setup, it provides the government entity with an excuse via fabricated evidence in complicity with media to fulfill its various agendas (i.e. war or law making).

As false flag operations gain further ground and frequency, the better you know their history, the sooner you can recognize when they are about to happen or as they occur.

It is a fact that essentially every single war since the Spanish-American War of 1898 has included the use of a false flag operation as an excuse to enter into conflict. The lies have become uncovered after the fact, too late to prevent mass death and destruction.

Michel Chossudovsky on the 9/11 10th Anniversary - GRTV Feature Interview 001 GlobalResearchTV

Michel Chossudovsky on the 9/11 10th Anniversary - GRTV Feature Interview 001
GlobalResearchTV


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8hGPwJR6mM&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_375101

GlobalResearchTV on Aug 31, 2011

In the inaugural edition of this new weekly video interview series from GlobalResearchTV.com, James Corbett talks to Professor Michel Chossudovsky about the history of the 9/11 Truth movement, the current state of the movement, and the deplorable state of the anti-war movement, which has largely rejected 9/11 Truth and bought into the "war on terror."

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