Cave Dwelling Muslim Behind Liquid Bomb Non-Plot
Kurt Nimmo | 21.08.2006 17:11 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | Birmingham
Never mind that “liquid bombs” are fantastical nonsense, or there is no evidence those arrested—more accurately, disappeared—in Britain plotted to blow up planes (no bombs, no airline tickets, no passports), the corporate media, having established the now widely believed Brothers Grimm story of Muslim perfidy by way of household chemicals, has moved to the next level.
Never mind that “liquid bombs” are fantastical nonsense, or there is no evidence those arrested—more accurately, disappeared—in Britain plotted to blow up planes (no bombs, no airline tickets, no passports), the corporate media, having established the now widely believed Brothers Grimm story of Muslim perfidy by way of household chemicals, has moved to the next level.
“An al-Qaeda operative who masterminded the alleged plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic is hiding in mountainous terrain in north-eastern Afghanistan, a Pakistan intelligence official has claimed,” reports the Scotsman. “Although his name and nationality have not been revealed, the suspect allegedly exchanged messages, carried by a courier, with detained British national Rashid Rauf, who is being interrogated by Pakistani authorities in connection with the alleged plot that was smashed last week with at least 30 people arrested in both Britain and Pakistan.”
As usual, a bit of translation is required: the “al-Qaeda operative,” in fact a Jaish-e-Mohammed (an ISI, thus CIA, creation) patsy, has told his “interrogators,” that is to say torturers, whatever they want to hear, or what the United States and Britain want to hear in order to lend a veneer of credence, no matter how suspect and transparent, to their Brothers Grimm story of perfidious Muslims who hate our freedom so much they rummaged under their sinks in search of explosive cleaners.
Of course, at the heart of this fairy tale, al-Qaeda lurks. “Rauf was in touch with the al-Qaeda operative through a courier from Afghanistan who would cross the porous, mountainous frontier separating Afghanistan and Pakistan to deliver messages, the official said.”
But this “courier” is hardly your run-of-the-mill operative, he is instead “a close aide to Egyptian-born al-Qaeda No2 Ayman al-Zawahri,” thus “al-Zawahri probably approved the plan to blow up passenger planes leaving London for the United States by detonating disguised liquid explosives carried on board in hand luggage.”
For those of us who venture beyond reading the ticker down in the lower third of the screen on Fox News, the idea Ayman al-Zawahiri is behind this nefarious non-plot makes perfect sense, as he is an intelligence asset par excellence.
“Ayman al-Zawahiri headed up the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the ‘covert-overt’ militant arm of the CIA-MI6 penetrated Muslim Brotherhood,” I wrote earlier this year. “His brother, Zaiman, ran terrorist camps under NATO protection in the U.S. zone in Kosovo (it’s a family affair). You’d think no self-respecting hater of the Great Satan would live in America, and yet al-Zawahiri, according to January 2000 U.S. Congressional testimony, was granted U.S. residence by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, something almost impossible for many legitimate immigrants to obtain (unless they enjoy CIA clearance).”
But never mind. Our Ministry of Fantastic Stories, otherwise known as the corporate media, more accurately described as the stenographic wing of the neocon-dominated government, has spent a lot of time and effort building Ayman al-Zawahiri into an archfiend of illustrious and scary Freddy Kruger proportion, second only to Osama, who we hear from on occasion, no matter a recent Osama tape is “like a voice from the grave,” not surprising as Osama died some time ago.
“An al-Qaeda operative who masterminded the alleged plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic is hiding in mountainous terrain in north-eastern Afghanistan, a Pakistan intelligence official has claimed,” reports the Scotsman. “Although his name and nationality have not been revealed, the suspect allegedly exchanged messages, carried by a courier, with detained British national Rashid Rauf, who is being interrogated by Pakistani authorities in connection with the alleged plot that was smashed last week with at least 30 people arrested in both Britain and Pakistan.”
As usual, a bit of translation is required: the “al-Qaeda operative,” in fact a Jaish-e-Mohammed (an ISI, thus CIA, creation) patsy, has told his “interrogators,” that is to say torturers, whatever they want to hear, or what the United States and Britain want to hear in order to lend a veneer of credence, no matter how suspect and transparent, to their Brothers Grimm story of perfidious Muslims who hate our freedom so much they rummaged under their sinks in search of explosive cleaners.
Of course, at the heart of this fairy tale, al-Qaeda lurks. “Rauf was in touch with the al-Qaeda operative through a courier from Afghanistan who would cross the porous, mountainous frontier separating Afghanistan and Pakistan to deliver messages, the official said.”
But this “courier” is hardly your run-of-the-mill operative, he is instead “a close aide to Egyptian-born al-Qaeda No2 Ayman al-Zawahri,” thus “al-Zawahri probably approved the plan to blow up passenger planes leaving London for the United States by detonating disguised liquid explosives carried on board in hand luggage.”
For those of us who venture beyond reading the ticker down in the lower third of the screen on Fox News, the idea Ayman al-Zawahiri is behind this nefarious non-plot makes perfect sense, as he is an intelligence asset par excellence.
“Ayman al-Zawahiri headed up the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the ‘covert-overt’ militant arm of the CIA-MI6 penetrated Muslim Brotherhood,” I wrote earlier this year. “His brother, Zaiman, ran terrorist camps under NATO protection in the U.S. zone in Kosovo (it’s a family affair). You’d think no self-respecting hater of the Great Satan would live in America, and yet al-Zawahiri, according to January 2000 U.S. Congressional testimony, was granted U.S. residence by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, something almost impossible for many legitimate immigrants to obtain (unless they enjoy CIA clearance).”
But never mind. Our Ministry of Fantastic Stories, otherwise known as the corporate media, more accurately described as the stenographic wing of the neocon-dominated government, has spent a lot of time and effort building Ayman al-Zawahiri into an archfiend of illustrious and scary Freddy Kruger proportion, second only to Osama, who we hear from on occasion, no matter a recent Osama tape is “like a voice from the grave,” not surprising as Osama died some time ago.
Kurt Nimmo
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Actually these disappeared...
22.08.2006 09:44
Sorry mate but you are full of it, 11 of these 'disappeared' are in court today!
so they haven't disappeared at all, one was released without charge and as is usual unfortunately for IM you are spouting conspiracy theories that fly in the face of reality. They will be tried in an open court! If found innocent released.
Arthur
Arthur is right
22.08.2006 11:22
Luckily there are voices of reason like Arthur who balancethe idiots. My worry is that people like the latest arrests read the daft comments here and believe them. Poor kids
First time visit
The evidence
22.08.2006 11:40
Well, according to the police there *is* evidence. From the police statement today:
"First, there is evidence from surveillance carried out before 10th August. This includes important, indeed, highly significant video and audio recordings.
"I can also tell you that since 10th August we have found bomb making equipment. There are chemicals, including hydrogen peroxide, electrical components, documents and other items.
"We have also found a number of video recordings - these are sometimes referred to as martyrdom videos. This has all given us a clearer picture of the alleged plot.
"However, the investigation is far from complete."
This could, of course, turn out to be bollocks. But we don't know that yet. Interestingly, police admitted to the cock-ups at Forest Gate and Stockwell within a day or two of them happening (when those cock-us were given, erm, quite a lot of coverage by the mainstream press...) But there has been no public u-turn from the police on this one - so far.
And why aren't the police producing more detailed evidence at the moment? Because, erm, there's a ongoing investigation into terrorist activity and they are trying to track down other possible cells? Just a thought.
Incidentally, the flights and passport thing - I'd be interested to know where this idea has come from that none of them had passports. Some of them may not have done, but I've not read anywhere that they all didn't - and only nine of the 24 would be needed for the attack, if it follows the pattern described in some papers. They might have been planning to get last-minute plane tickets because they are a) cheaper and b) would reduce the time for detailed background checks. (Although the experience of friends getting last-minute plane tickets is that you get extra scrutiny, so that probably wouldn't work).
Norville B
well done chaps
22.08.2006 17:06
3 comments already, believe the govenment and police because they is honest, honest.
why I is making the TATP in airline loos all the time, a mere 3-5 hours is all.
I am taking part in the greatest show on earth, the war on terror/terra.
hear my megaphone across all mediums.
mr megaphone
Were Doomed DOOMED!!
23.08.2006 13:10
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