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by Robert Lederman (718) 743-3722 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> February 11, 2002 [Detailed notes substantiating this article are at the end] "States like these [Iran, Iraq and North Korea], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world." GW Bush, State of the Union address 1/29/2002 The leaders of many nations are scoffing at GW Bush's Axis of Evil comment in his State of the Union speech. Among their complaints is that Iraq, Iran and North Korea have little in common, share no agreement on joining an axis of anything and in the case of Iran and Iraq are each other's worst enemies. But was GW actually correct in lumping them together? Have the uninitiated missed the profound geopolitical wisdom of the man CNN's talking heads have begun to call, "the greatest American President''? There is one very important issue tying North Korea, Iran and Iraq together. Oil! The slippery black gold is very dear to GW Bush's heart and to the corporate sponsors of his administration like David Rockefeller and Enron, which Rockefeller's Chase Bank disastrously financed. The three nations Bush elevated to the status of "evil" just happen to be competitors of the Saudi Arabian oil fields that the Bush and Rockefeller families have been aligned with for the past 70 years. Outside of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the offshore oil fields of North Korea, the other main source of oil for the future is in the former Soviet Republics. For those oil and gas deposits to become an economically viable source for the West a huge pipeline has to be built through Afghanistan - exactly what Enron and the Bush administration were negotiating with the Taliban before 9/11. If the U.S. can't gain peaceful control over these nations' oil wealth, an invasion or overthrow of their governments will do the trick. To justify such an invasion Bush just needs the right excuse, such as an unending, "war on terrorism". Within each of these countries are factions and individuals -many of them with CIA training and/or funding - who will gladly stir up a little revolution when ordered to do so - or launch a terrorist attack. Then we can send in the bombers to "defend democracy". Contrary to the impression Bush has conveyed to the American public Afghanistan as a nation did not attack the U.S. and was actually peacefully negotiating an oil deal with U.S. corporations before 9/11. Although none of the alleged 9/11 hijackers were from Afghanistan, 15 of the 19 and bin Laden himself are from our great ally in the war against terrorism, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia massively funds terrorists and is as anti-American as a nation can get yet it's not part of Bush's Axis of Evil. Maybe that's because the Saudi royal family and the bin Laden family are long-time business partners with the Bush family. If as Bush claims we are focusing on Iran, Iraq and north Korea because they sell weapons and fund terrorists then why aren't we threatening England, France, Germany, Russia...and ourselves? The U.S. is the world's largest seller of weapons, has by far the largest biological and chemical weapons program and is the only nation that has ever used nuclear weapons. The U.S. finances terrorists like bin Laden all over the world and like Sadamn Hussein, we've used biological and chemical weapons against our own population. We also lead all other nations in funding terrorists. It was William Casey, founder of the eugenics-centered Manhattan Institute, who as CIA director in the Reagan/Bush administration built up Islamic fundamentalism in Afghanistan by supplying bin Laden and friends with billions of dollars in weapons, training and aid. If Al Qaida actually was behind the 9/11 attacks, we can thank Bill Casey for giving them the know-how to bring it off. Calling Iran, Iraq and North Korea, "uncivilized" as GW did in his address is somewhat ironic since they each existed as high cultures thousands of years before the U.S. became a nation. According to historians, six thousand years ago the area of the world we know as Iran and Iraq was the birthplace of what we euphemistically call Western civilization. It's also considered the homeland of the so-called Aryan race. Perhaps GW just wants to reclaim der fatherland. Korean culture is likewise thousands of years old and was highly developed when Europe was in the Dark Ages. It might come as quite a shock to Koreans to find that our semi-literate pretzel-munching leader thinks they are uncivilized. Even more ironic is that the real WWII Axis powers - Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan - had a major strategic problem in common. Unlike GW Bush's Axis of Evil, none had oil reserves, a prerequisite for world domination. Getting access to oil was part of their reason for invading other countries. Bush is doing exactly what they were doing in WWII, creating a justification for war, threatening war and then invading. While the three regimes Bush has announced he may invade next are among the world's least sympathetic, one thing is certain. Unlike the minimal military resistance the Taliban presented us with, these three nations have huge armies and advanced weapons, which in the case of Iraq, include biological and chemical weapons. We know for a certainty Iraq has these weapons because the former Bush administration and many of the present Bush administration's cabinet appointees such as Dick Cheney enriched themselves by supplying Sadamn Hussein with them. There is an ultimate irony about Bush's Axis of Evil quote. It was Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush and Prescott's father in law George Herbert Walker (GW Bush's namesake) who made their initial fortune on Wall Street supplying Nazi Germany and the other Axis nations with money, steel, ships, munitions, formulas for synthetic gas and other materials vital to creating their armies. In 1942 the U.S. Congress seized the Bush families' banking assets as Nazi fronts under the Trading With the Enemy Act. In a very literal sense, GW is a front man for the real Axis of Evil, the corporate terrorists who are busily enslaving mankind while genetically manipulating and polluting the entire world. Compared to them, Iran, Iraq and North Korea are bit players who can only aspire to one day achieve the levels of evil that have been the hallmark of the Bush family and their circle of corporate eugenicists for the past century. The following quotes and links illustrate the facts in this essay. NORTH KOREA North Korea's Upcoming Oil Boom http://www.kimsoft.com/1997/nk-oil3.htm http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/072nd_issue/98120202.htm "North Korea has an estimated reserve of 155 million tons (12 million barrels) in offshore oil fields in its Western sea area, a south Korean monthly magazine reported. "North Korea has five oil deposit zones in the Western sea, 150 km off the Nampo seashore, South Pyongan Province," it said. The monthly Shin Dong-A quoted a Korean-American expert as saying, "It has five zones in the area; 65 million tons in the first zone, 50 million tons in the second zone, 30 million tons in the third zone, a small amount of oil in the fourth zone, and 10 million tons in the fifth zone." <http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/019th_issue/97112701.htm> "N. Korean Oil Projects Emerge as Realistic Issue By Mun Ho Il Special to The People's Korea "The Canada-based KANTEK Company estimates in its materials declassified on Sept. 25 that the north Korean oil reserves in District No. 606 of the Korean West Sea continental shelf reach about five to 40 billion barrels. The south Korean vernacular daily Hanguk Ilbo on Sep. 29 reported the U.S.-based Stanton Group is eager to invest in an oil project as a KEDO-style consortium member." <http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/026th_issue/98011403.htm> "After 30 years of geological study and test drilling, the Ministry of Petroleum Industry concluded in its recent survey that there are eight oil-bearing basins in the DPRK. They are the Pyongyang Basin, West Sea Bay Basin, East Sea Bay Basin, Onchon Basin (Nampo), Kyongson Bay Basin (Chonjin), Anju Basin (South Pyongan Province) and Kilju Basin (North Hamgyong Province). The report suggests that the West Sea Bay and Anju Basins are promising among them, and figures out that the West Sea Bay Basin contains about 5 to 40 billion barrels of oil." IRAN This is from the U.S. Department of Energy <http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iran.html> "Iran is OPEC's second largest oil producer and holds 9% of the world's oil reserves and 15% of its gas reserves. Additionally, Iran is a focal point for regional security issues." NY Times March 29, 2000 Fearing Loss of Market Share, Iran Increases Oil Production VIENNA, March 29 -- Just hours after Iran angrily broke ranks with all other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, its leaders sent oil prices down today by announcing that they would, after all, increase their production in line with the rest of the group. "We are going to take our market share," Iran's OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said in an interview. "We are going to keep and preserve our market share. Beyond that, we will see what will happen."..."This would be serious if you had large excesses in capacity," said Irene King, senior oil economist at J.P.Morgan & Co. in New York." <http://www.sanibrite.ca/iran/oil.html> "It has been estimated that Iran is sitting on 83 -85 Billion (thousand millions) barrels oil. It means one eleventh (1/11) of world oil." Iran history and people: <http://www.sanibrite.ca/iran/> About 6,500 Years ago, successive waves of people were migrating into a land which is now called Iran and northern Iraq. They called themselves the black-headed (dark- haired) people. We know them as the Aryan/Sumerian, ancestors of Iranians and the land in which they settled as the land of Sumer (Iran Plateau) The Aryans/Sumerians established the first recognizable civilization with a workable system of government. Their other achievements include the invention of wheeled vehicles and the use of written language. The ancient Iranians developed the scientific practice of agriculture; on the arts side, a distinctive style of architecture and a complex religion which is reflected in their literature... IRAQ From the US Department of Energy <http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/iraq.html> "Iraq holds more than 112 billion barrels of oil - the world's second largest proven reserves. Iraq also contains 110 trillion cubic feet of gas, and is a focal point for regional security issues." <http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200103/21/eng20010321_65623.html> Iraq's Proven Oil Reserves Reach 115 Billion Barrels "Iraq has increased its proven oil reserves by three billion barrels to 115 billion barrels despite the crippling embargo imposed on it after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, according to local newspapers. Oil ministry undersecretary Taha Hammud said that Iraq has increased oil reserves by three billion barrels to 115 billion barrels. He also said that Iraq's oil reserves will continue to increase in the future to reach 300 billion barrels, overrunning Saudi Arabia. Iraq's reserves are second in the world to Saudi Arabia, which has reserves totaling 261 billion barrels." Iraq: the cradle of civilization <http://home.achilles.net/~sal/iraq_history.html> "In ancient times the land area now known as modern Iraq was almost equivalent to Mesopotamia, the land between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The Mesopotamian plain was called the Fertile Crescent. This region is known as the Cradle of Civilization; it was the birthplace of the varied civilizations that moved us from prehistory to history. An advanced civilization flourished in this region long before that of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, for it was here in about 4000BC that the Sumerian culture flourished." BOSTON GLOBE 4/23/2001 TRIUMPHS, TROUBLES SHAPE GENERATIONS PRESCOTT BUSH PAVED MODERATE PATH FOR SON AND GRANDSON; WOUNDED BY FRIEND'S BETRAYAL, HE PUT HIGH PRICE ON LOYALTY By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff Date: 04/23/2001 Page: A1 Section: National/Foreign AN AMERICAN DYNASTY Last of two parts "Prescott Bush was surely aghast at a sensational article the New York Herald Tribune splashed on its front page in July 1942. "Hitler's Angel Has 3 Million in US Bank," read the headline above a story reporting that Adolf Hitler's financier had stowed the fortune in Union Banking Corp., possibly to be held for "Nazi bigwigs." Bush knew all about the New York bank: He was one of its seven directors. If the Nazi tie became known, it would be a potential "embarrassment," Bush and his partners at Brown Brothers Harriman worried, explaining to government regulators that their position was merely an unpaid courtesy for a client. The situation grew more serious when the government seized Union's assets under the Trading with the Enemy Act, the sort of action that could have ruined Bush's political dreams. As it turned out, his involvement wasn't pursued by the press or political opponents during his Senate campaigns a decade later. But the episode may well have been one of the catalysts for a dramatic change in his life. Just as the Union Banking story broke, Bush volunteered to be chairman of United Service Organizations, putting himself on the national stage for the first time. He traveled the country raising millions of dollars to help boost the morale of US troops during World War II, enhancing his stature in a way that helped him get elected US senator. A son and grandson would become presidents." "The Bush family fortune came from the Third Reich." -John Loftus, former US Justice Dept. Nazi War Crimes investigator and President of the Florida Holocaust Museum quoted in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune 11/11/2000 <http://www.newscoast.com/headlinesstory2.cfm?ID=35115> Wall Street Journal September 27, 2001 Bin Laden Family Could Profit From a Jump In Defense Spending Due to Ties to U.S. Bank Through this investment and its ties to Saudi royalty, the bin Laden family has become acquainted with some of the biggest names in the Republican Party. In recent years, former President Bush, ex-Secretary of State James Baker and ex-Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci have made the pilgrimage to the bin Laden family's headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Bush makes speeches on behalf of Carlyle Group and is senior adviser to its Asian Partners fund, while Mr. Baker is its senior counselor. Mr. Carlucci is the group's chairman. Osama is one of more than 50 children of Mohammed bin Laden, who built the family's $5 billion business, Saudi Binladin Group, largely with construction contracts from the Saudi government. LA Times 1/10/2002 Arms Buildup Enriches Firm Staffed by Big Guns Defense: Ex-president and other elites are behind weapon-boosting Carlyle Group. WASHINGTON -- Even by Washington standards, the Carlyle Group has some serious clout. President George W. Bush's father works for Carlyle; so does former Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci, whose close friend Donald H. Rumsfeld now runs the Pentagon; and so does a stellar cast of retired generals and Cabinet secretaries, including former Secretary of State James A. Baker III. And even by Wall Street standards, the Carlyle Group has some serious money: $12.5 billion in investments at last count. The Washington-based private equity firm, which advises and invests for wealthy clients and institutions, has shown returns of more than 34% through the last decade, particularly through timely defense and aerospace investments. So when President Bush declared war on terrorism in September, few were better poised than Carlyle to know how and when to make money. On a single day last month, Carlyle earned $237 million selling shares in United Defense Industries, the Army's fifth-largest contractor. The stock offering was well timed: Carlyle officials say they decided to take the company public only after the Sept. 11 attacks. The stock sale cashed in on increased congressional support for hefty defense spending, including one of United Defense's cornerstone weapon programs. For more on the Bush/Carlyle story see <http://www.redherring.com/vc/2002/0111/947.html> Carlyle's Way: Making a mint inside "the iron triangle" of defense, government and industry Feb 4, 2002 Newsweek Periscope DEALS Neil Bush's Saudi Business Connection What was Neil Bush doing in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, last week? Officially, the president's youngest brother was a keynote speaker at an international business forum. (Among the main backers of the event: the Saudi Binladin Construction Group...With an audience filled with Saudi royals, Bush talked about the role of "public opinion" in shaping U.S. Mideast policy. But Bush's main purpose wasn't public-relations advice. NEWSWEEK has learned the presidential sibling also had another agenda: recruiting Middle East investors for an educational-software firm that, industry sources say, may benefit enormously from the new $26.5 billion education bill signed by President George W. Bush. Neil Bush's Austin-based firm, called Ignite, has raised about $18 million since last year, mostly from foreign investors in Japan, Taiwan and the Middle East, said Ignite exec Kenneth Leonard. The company is exploring joint ventures with computer software firms in Dubai and is seeking contracts with the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Education and other foreign governments, said Leonard, who has accompanied Bush on three trips to the Mideast since George W became president. Bush/Bioport and the Anthrax attack <http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/JF02/biodefense.html> <http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_5.html> Report: Saudis financed escape of 4,000 Al Qaida to fight Israel "Every Republican candidate for President since 1936 has been nominated by the Chase National Bank." -- From ROBERT A. TAFT after his defeat at the 1952 Republican convention . [Chase is owned by the Rockefellers and finances the Manhattan Institute where Bush and Giuliani got all their ideas.] <http://www.rense.com/general14/theongoing.htm> "At the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco, Nelson Rockefeller was in the forefront of the struggle to establish not only an American system of political and economic security but a new world order." New York Times, November 1975 <http://www.rense.com/general14/theongoing.htm> "The world can therefore seize the opportunity [Persian Gulf crisis] to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind." President George Bush, 1991 <http://www.rense.com/general14/theongoing.htm> Enron and the oil pipeline deal http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/ntc85031.htm "Enron/Uzbek Oil and Gas: Represented a multinational energy company in connection with its joint venture to develop an oil and gas deposit in Uzbekistan." <http://www.mbpprojectfinance.com/transactions/s_oilgas.html> <http://www.advancenet.net/~k_a/uzbekistan/companies.htm> "UZBEKISTAN - The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) has agreed to provide $400 million in financing for a joint venture of Uzbekneftegaz and Enron oil and Gas Co. (Houston) to develop a clutch of gas fields in Uzbekistan. It is the largest OPIC commitment in Central Asia thus far." <http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/drillbits/0801/96080107.html> "The one serious drawback companies have faced is getting the supplies to the right market, the energy-hungry Asian Pacific economies. Afghanistan -- the only Central Asian country with very little oil -- is by far the best route to transport the oil to Asia. Enron, the biggest contributor to the Bush-Cheney campaign of 2000, conducted the feasibility study for a US $2.5 billion trans-Caspian gas pipeline which is being built under a joint venture agreement signed in February 1999 between Turkmenistan, Bechtel and General Electric Capital Services." <http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/drillbits/6_08/1.html> NY Daily News 2/10/2002 New Bush Tie to Enron White House lawyer got 35G while in Tex. Yet another White House official has a long history with Enron. White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, who has been mentioned as a possible Bush nominee for the Supreme Court, received more than $100,000 in political contributions from the energy industry in recent years as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Enron and Enron's law firm were Gonzales' biggest contributors in his 2000 judicial election, giving $35,450. Gonzales also worked for Enron's law firm from 1982 through 1992. From: <http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MAD201A.html> "According to Afghan, Iranian, and Turkish government sources, Hamid Karzai, the interim Prime Minister of Afghanistan, was a top adviser to the El Segundo, California-based UNOCAL Corporation which was negotiating with the Taliban to construct a Central Asia Gas (CentGas) pipeline from Turkmenistan through western Afghanistan to Pakistan. Karzai, the leader of the southern Afghan Pashtun Durrani tribe, was a member of the mujaheddin that fought the Soviets during the 1980s. He was a top contact for the CIA and maintained close relations with CIA Director William Casey, Vice President George Bush, and their Pakistani Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) Service interlocutors. Later, Karzai and a number of his brothers moved to the United States under the auspices of the CIA. Karzai continued to serve the agency's interests, as well as those of the Bush Family and their oil friends in negotiating the CentGas deal, according to Middle East and South Asian sources." May God bless America and may the American people impeach GW Bush and forever reject the entire Bush crime family. |
