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Operation Blowback by Bob Fitrakis 11/1/01 It’s a good thing Americans are notoriously ahistorical. Otherwise they might remember how the U.S. installed Pakistani military dictator General Zia ul-Haq in 1977. They might also remember President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, Zbignew Brzezinski—wearing a bizarre turban that looked like it was borrowed from an Indian Sikh rather than an Afghan warrior—standing on the border of the Soviet Union and shouting to the Mujaheddin to “wage a jihad!” against the Communists. In the summer of 1979, Brzezinski advised Carter to sign a secret directive to support the fledgling Mujaheddin movement. That was six months before Soviet tanks rolled into Kabul. In a series of articles and books, Brzezinski, a former Columbia University professor, analyzed how the multi-ethnic Soviet Union could be destroyed through inflaming the religious passions of 50 million to 60 million Central Asian Muslims. The Mujaheddin took the message to heart. They’re now waging a jihad against us.... The Saudi royal family, despite pressure, declined direct participation. Instead they sent Osama bin Laden—the son of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest citizens—to Afghanistan. Government records indicate the CIA’s covert action in creating the Mujaheddin and bin Laden’s terrorist apparatus cost $3.2 billion, the most expensive covert operation in the CIA’s history. So lucrative was the opium and drug business in the Golden Crescent—where Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran meet—the off-shore accounts in Pakistan’s largest bank, Habib, overflowed. The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), founded by Agha Hasan Abedi, pitched in to help with the money laundering and became notorious as the most corrupt bank in world history. BCCI now stands for the Bank of Crooks and Criminals International, after going belly-up in 1991 with a reported $20 billion missing. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
