Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda
Type	“terrorist”
Interest of	Jason Burke, Gilles Kepel, Magnus Ranstorp
Exposed by	Niaz Khan
A sketchy term that has been repeated endlessly by the corporate media. "The Brotherhood" of the modern era.

Al Qaeda ("the Base") - alternatively spelled al Qaida and sometimes al Qa'ida is something of a catch-all term used in the West to refer to so-called "Islamic" terrorism. The commercially-controlled media use this as something of a mantra to create a bogeyman image, in much the same way that the word "communist" was used during the McCarthy era - and for similar reasons. Adam Curtis has argued that the concept was coined by the US Government for their own political purposes.

Official Narrative

Wikipedia defines al Qaeda as:

.... a militant Islamist group founded sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad. Most of the world considers it a terrorist organization.

... and it continues with the standard shibboleths - having by now acquired the status of revealed truth - of carnage "al Qaeda" has wreaked and plans to wreak. It is a good and useful work of reference - provided official narrative blinkers are removed. All this requires, is that reasonable efforts are made to filter the copious facts listed, through the eyes of the countless millions of Middle-Eastern and Central-Asian Muslims that have been on the receiving end of invading Western armies.

Origins

One of the best expositions of the origins of al Qaeda was provided in an interview with Pierre-Henri Bunel and published in Global Research in 2005 . The interview transcript is also available on Wikispooks. Brunel was a former Major in French Military Intelligence and concludes his article thus:

"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 and the lobbyists for the US war on terrorism are only interested in making money."

Remarkably for a BBC journalist, in part 3 of his film series Power of Nightmares, Adam Curtis tells how the name 'Al Qaeda' was invented by US prosecutors. He explains that they wished to prosecute Osama bin Laden in absentia for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings under the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) laws, but that these required that he was the head of a named criminal organisation responsible for the bombings.

A satirical view

From the Wikispooks blog:

Arabic, like English and most languages, has its collections of homonyms and it appears that “Toilet” (loo, khazi, WC, bathroom, john etc etc.) is a particularly populous one – especially since they have to cater for the Western fashion of sitting on a seat with a hole in it, rather than squatting.

And guess what? “al-Qaeda” is one of them – and the seat-type Western one at that!

So question: Can you imagine a group of terrorists styling themselves “The Red Toilet Faction”, “The Toilet Brigades”, “The Irish Republican Toilet” ? - Hmmm; me neither. It sticks out like the bulbous red backside of an Orangutan you might say – and sort of gives the game away.

 

Related Quotations

Page	Quote	Author	Date
"Terrorism"	“Terrorism is not really an '-ism'. There's no connection between the Sandinistas who fought the Contras and Al Qaida or Colombia's FARC and fisherman turned pirates in Africa and Asia, yet they are all called "terrorists". That's just a convenient way for your government to convince the world that there is another enemy '-ism' out there, like communism used to be. It diverts attention from the very real problems. Our narrow-minded attitudes and the resultant policies foment violence, rebellion and wars. In the long run, almost noone benefits from attacking the people we label as "terrorists", with one, glaring exception:- the corporatocracy. Those who own and run the companies that build the ships, missiles and armoured vehicles, make guns, uniforms and bulletproof vests, distribute food, soft drinks and ammunition, provide insurance, medicines and toilet paper, constructions ports, airstrips and housing and reconstruct devastated villages, schools, factories and hospitals. They, and only they, are the big winners. The rest of us are hoodwinked by that one, loaded word "terrorist". The current economic collapse has awakened us to the importance of regulating and reining in the people who control the businesses that benefit from the misuse of words like "terrorism" and who perpetrate other scams. We recognize today that white collar executives are not a special, incorruptible breed.”	Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
Joe Biden	“Our allies in the region were our largest problem in Syria. The Turks were great friends, and I have a great relationship with Erdogan, [who] I just spent a lot of time with, [and] the Saudis, the Emirates, etcetera. What were they doing? They were so determined to take down Assad, and essentially have a proxy Sunni-Shia war, what did they do? They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad – except that the people who were being supplied, [they] were al-Nusra, and al-Qaeda, and the extremist elements of jihadis who were coming from other parts of the world. Now, you think I'm exaggerating? Take a look. Where did all of this go? So now that's happening, all of a sudden, everybody is awakened because this outfit called ISIL, which was al-Qaeda in Iraq, when they were essentially thrown out of Iraq, found open space and territory in [eastern] Syria, [and they] work with al-Nusra, who we declared a terrorist group early on. And we could not convince our colleagues to stop supplying them. So what happened? Now, all of a sudden – I don't want to be too facetious – but they have seen the lord. Now we have ... been able to put together a coalition of our Sunni neighbors, because America can't once again go into a Muslim nation and be the aggressor. It has to be led by Sunnis. To go and attack a Sunni organization. And so what do we have for the first time? President Erdoğan told me, he is an old friend, said you were right, we let too many people through, now we are trying to seal the border.”	Joe Biden The Washington Post	2014
Tom Lantos	“Just a reminder to the predominantly Muslim-led government[s] in this world that here is yet another example that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim country [Kosovo] in the very heart of Europe. This should be noted by both responsible leaders of Islamic governments, such as Indonesia, and also for jihadists of all color and hue. The United States; principles are universal, and in this instance, the United States stands foursquare for the creation of an overwhelmingly Muslim country in the very heart of Europe.”	Tom Lantos	2007
Vladimir Putin	“95% of the world’s terrorist attacks are orchestrated by the CIA.”	Vladimir Putin	2017
Saudi Arabia	“Saudi Arabia is the Arab world’s leading state sponsor of terror. It backs ISIS, al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot and other terrorist groups – supplying them with weapons (including CWs), munitions, funding and other material support.”	Stephen Lendman	27 November 2017
Whitney Webb	“Bitcoiners should pay close attention to these developments as the DOJ in particular has attempted to paint bitcoin as the payment of choice for well-known terror groups like ISIS and al-Qaida, signaling that the working group proposed by this bill will likely seek to specifically target bitcoin. Adding to this concern is the fact that a slew of recent mainstream media reports — which cite Treasury and FinCEN officials, DOJ officials and CIA analysts — have claimed specifically that “terrorists are turning to bitcoin, and they’re learning fast”, that bitcoin is the “new frontier in terror financing”, and that “bitcoin is helping terrorists secretly fund their deadly attacks”. Even the prominent military think tank RAND Corporation has argued that “bitcoin and the dark web” are the newest terrorist threat.”	Whitney Webb	September 2023

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
1980s Afghan war	24 December 1979	15 February 1989	Afghanistan	Another episode of the Soviet Union and US imploding a third world country from inside by fuelling a civil war with weapon smuggling. Afghanistan has yet to recover.

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Al Qaeda - the Database	article	20 September 2005	Pierre-Henri Bunel
Document:Another Chemical Weapon False Flag on the Eve of Peace Talks in Brussels	article	4 April 2017	Paul Antonopoulos	The Khan Sheikoun gas attack in Idlib province, like that in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta in 2013, can be a very useful means of propaganda
Document:Dropping bombs on behalf of Al Qaeda	article	9 April 2017	Peter Hitchens	On Friday morning 7 April 2017 the United States Navy launched 59 cruise missiles on behalf of Al Qaeda
Document:How Al Qaeda men came to power in Libya	article	7 September 2011	Thierry Meyssan
Document:ISIS Mayhem Being Fueled by Drugs and Arms – Supplied by Saudi Arabia and the CIA	Wikispooks Page	30 October 2015	21st Century Wire 'Burning Blogger of Bedlam'
Document:Interview with Osama bin Laden	interview	28 September 2001	Osama bin Laden	Interview with Osama bin Laden by Pakistani newspaper soon after the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon
Document:Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq	Article	3 June 2015	Seumas Milne	American forces bomb one set of rebels while backing another in Syria, and mount what are effectively joint military operations with Iran against ISIS in Iraq while supporting Saudi Arabia’s military campaign against Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen
Document:Russia released statement on British role in attacks on Black Sea Fleet	Article	2 November 2022	Lyndon LaRouche	“Today, the Kiev regime employs unacceptable fascist war methods using terrorist tactics and in doing so is becoming increasingly similar to ISIS and al-Qaeda. This, however, is not surprising, considering that these groups were created by the same masterminds and instructors from Anglo-Saxon countries."
Document:Swedish Medical Association Says White Helmets Murdered Kids for Fake Gas Attack Videos	article	6 April 2017	Gordon Duff	President Trump is now threatening to take America into a war against Syria, Iran and even Russia, a war he says is justified by “evidence” he received from Al Qaeda's White Helmets, a “Deep State” organisation funded by the CIA and MI6
Document:The CIA’s Libya Rebels	webpage	24 March 2011	Webster Tarpley
Document:The Last Bus to Idlib: Terrorist Safe-Haven in Syria About to Face a Cleaning Out	Article	3 August 2018	Steven Sahiounie	One by one, all other areas in Syria under terrorist control have fallen, and now the final battle for Idlib province looms large on the horizon. The liberation of Idlib will begin soon, and the green buses can finally get back to their job of transporting Syrians as they live, shop and work in peace at last.
Document:The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is a Propaganda Front funded by the EU	article	12 April 2013	'Tony Cartalucci'	New York Times admits fraudulent Syrian human rights group is UK-based “one-man band” funded by EU and one other “European country”
Document:The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means	article	8 July 2005	Robin Cook	Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Inexplicably, and with disastrous consequences, it never appears to have occurred to Washington that once Russia was out of the way, Bin Laden's organisation would turn its attention to the west.
Document:Theresa May's personal role in facilitating terror attacks	video	5 June 2017	Dan Glazebrook	Theresa May and her Cabinet are complicit in murder. They are war criminals. If the principles established by the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II were applied, they would be hung.
Document:We Are The Bad Guys	blog post	12 August 2024	Craig Murray	In the United Kingdom it falls to the Celtic nations to try to break up the state which is a subordinate but important imperialist engine. The paths of resistance are various, depending where you are. But find one and take one.
Document:Who has Committed the Recent Gas Attack in Syria	Article	6 April 2017	Jean Périer	The plan to incriminate the Syrian government for the use of chemical weapons was finalised at a meeting in an Israeli army camp deep inside the occupied territory of the Golan Heights attended by leaders of a number of terrorist groups sponsored by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, Israel, France, UK and the United States.
File:Sinjar-records final.pdf	report	December 2007	Joseph Felter Brian Fishman
The Power of Nightmares	film	2004	Adam Curtis	A some-holds-barred look at how fear has come to dominate politics in America, Britain and around the world — which observes that much of that fear is based on an illusion.

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