Criminalization of the State: Links between US Officials and Al Qaeda

I had come across this the other day while reading and doing a little bit or research on the Bush Cable and the Strauss con's and thought it would be of interest to one or two readers here as well. Some of the articles linked are a bit dated but I think still relevant to todays geopolitical. secne

The Iran-gate Cover-up
Reagan's National Security Adviser Rear Admiral John Point dexter, who was later indicted on conspiracy charges and lying to Congress was replaced by Frank Carlucci as National Security Adviser. And Maj. General Colin Powell was appointed deputy to Frank Carlucci, namely "'number two" on the National Security team.

"Both came to the White House after the Iran contra revelations and the NSC housecleaning [i.e. cover-up] that followed [the Iran-gate scandal]" (The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, 16 June 1987).

Needless to say, this housecleaning was a cover-up: Colin Powell was in on the Iran-gate affair
While several Iran-gate officials including John Pointdexter and Oliver North were accused of criminal wrongdoing, the main actors in the CIA and the Pentagon, namely Armitage and Casey, were never indicted, neither was Lieutenant General Colin Powell who authorized the procurement of TOW missiles from the Defense Logistics Agency .

Moreover, while weapons were being sold covertly to Iran, Washington was also supplying weapons through official channels to Baghdad. In other words, Washington was arming both sides in the Iran-Iraq war.

And who was in charge of negotiating those weapons sales to Baghdad? Donald Rumsfeld

Criminalization of the State: Links between US Officials and Al Qaeda
These historical links to terrorist organizations are but the tip of the iceberg: Recent evidence suggests that Colin Powell and his Deputy Richard Armitage were involved in the political cover-up of the September 11 attacks In fact the evidence points to political complicity at the highest echelons of the Bush Administration.

It is the Bush Administration rather than the Iraqi government which has links to Islamic terrorism. But none of this information has trickled down to the broader public and the media considers the links of successive US administrations to the militant Islamic network as largely irrelevant. (For details and analysis see the extensive bibliographic references see link)

There are documented links between Al Qaeda and senior Bush Administration officials including Sec. Colin Powell and Deputy Sec. Richard Armitage. Documented by the US Congress, there are links record between President Clinton and Al Qaeda .
The Chairman of the 9/11 Investigation Commission Thomas Kean appointed by President Bush was a business partner of a powerful member of the bin Laden family.(See Fortune Magazine, January 22, 2003 ; Xymphora, December 2002 See also Global Outlook, No. 4, 2003 ).

There is evidence of dubious links involving members of the US Congress, including Senator Bob Graham and Rep. Porter Goss, chairmen of the Senate and House committees on Intelligence.

Colin Powell and Richard Armitage had high level talks with the former ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad in the immediate wake of 9/11. Now it just so happens that according to the FBI and Indian intelligence, General Mahmoud, the head of Pakistan's military intelligence and the alleged "money-man" behind the 9/11 attacks, had transferred funds to 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta. There is also extensive evidence of business links between the Bush and bin Laden families (See George W. Bush Financial Scams: CRG selection of articles).

al-Qaeda - background on the bogeyman CIA, Pakistani and Saudi connections "al-CIA-duh

The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target:The Emerging Euro-denominated International Oil Marker

Syria - next on the hit-list? It's Israel's main military foe and on the pipeline route from Iraq

The links has been always there since oil was found in Iraq, US involvement in the region alone with other powers to grasp a piece of the pie.

All these actions and deals has always been done with not regard of the people of the middle east, supporting governments for favors and access to oil.

The Iraqi-Iranian war left about 1 million deaths in the region while countries with power sat back while providing arms to both sides.

Even Israel was involved while the US sat back and did nothing to help because it was not in its his best interest at the time.

Now people still ask around while the middle east has turned bitter against the west and is so hateful toward America.

Perhaps these people should go back into history and and see for themselves. Instead of believing the lies the government tells.

Nice find Sauron, as a matter of fact I was just reading about the Iraq-Iranian war.