There is a concerted attempt by Vincent Cannistraro and other CIA propagandists to pin ultimate responsibility for the Alfred P. Murrah FB bombing on Osama Bin Laden's mystery terorists. Cannistraro himself originally blamed the destruction on "environmentalists out to destroy all human life on earth." He now claims (see the June 11, 2001 issue of The New American, published by the ultra-right Birch Society) that he had intelligence information BEFORE the blast concerning Middle Eastern terrorists. If this claim has any substance, and if he knew what he now says he knew, WHY did he tell reporters before McVeigh was captured that GREENS were behind the bombing? In The Boston Globe, on May 16, 1995, another Iran-contra connection, "anti-terrorism expert" (read: mil. psyop specialist with long-standing ties to Israeli intelligence and the fascist Popular Alliance Party of Spain, not to mention the CIA) Neil Livingstone, also diverted attention from the "Octopus": "There is a remarkable similarity between the methods used by Islamic terrorists in the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the attack on the World Trade Center, and the bombing in Oklahoma. The truckload of explosives is almost a signature or calling card and it is the weapon of choice among these groups." Livingstone, the author of several books on terrorism, continued: "Very typically, these terrorists have found homegrown radicals to use as dupes in the actual bombings. They have supplied the money and the technical expertise and highly skilled operatives to guide a project and then get out of town before they can be apprehended." I've long held that there was indeed a Middle Eastern connection - but like McVeigh and Nichols, the terrorists involved are linked to the Iran-contra players, particularly Gen. Schweitzer, John Singlaub and other ranking Pentagonians who remained in the background of the 1987-88 congressional investigation (which focused on Ollie North's civilain supply network almost exclusively and bent over backwards to skirt any discussion of the core DoD ties). � Alex Constantine
