----- Original Message ----- > 9:09 AM > Subject: Lebanon: Druze Leader Believes CIA, Mossad Behind US Attacks > > > FYI > > Saturday September 15, 5:55 PM > Lebanese Druze leader believes CIA, Mossad responsible > for US attacks > BEIRUT, Sept 15 (AFP) - > Lebanon's anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt > believes the CIA and Israel's secret service Mossad > are behind the terrorist attacks in the United States, > and that Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden is an > "American agent," newspaper reports said Saturday. > "There are a number of questions on the authors of the > attacks in America. I think they (the attacks) were a > great coup carried out by the secret services. The CIA > and the Mossad could be behind (the attacks) to > provoke a new war and impoverish and occupy the Middle > East," Jumblatt was quoted as saying. > "Who is bin Laden who has become the number one > (enemy) of western civilisations? He is an invention > of the American secret services who chose to fight > against the Soviets in Afghanistan with US backing," > said Jumblatt, who had ties with the Soviet Union > until its collapse in 1991. > "It is an enormous scandal because in 1994, the CIA > pointed the finger at bin Laden as a very dangerous > man," Jumblatt said, adding: "It is also surprising > that a great state which has a military budget of 350 > billion dollars, was not able to thwart these > attacks." > "One should find out whether the American (secret) > services are implicated in starting a merciless war > between America and the racist West against Arabs and > the Muslims," he said. > Jumblatt, who defends the Palestinian uprising and > their right to an independent state, also expressed > concern that the "war against terrorism" could develop > into a "huge massacre of Palestinians." > "Under the pretext of fighting bin Laden, the Zionists > may commit a huge massacre in Palestine to push > through an exodus of its Arab residents and give the > green-light to (Prime Minister Ariel Sharon) to carry > out a huge massacre," Jumblatt said. > He also called on Britain to "present its apologies to > the Arab and Muslim people for its crime: the creation > of Israel." > Britain, which in 1920 was granted a mandate over > Palestine up until the 1948 creation of the Israeli > state, promised to aid the "Jews to create a home in > Palestine," during the 1917 Balfour declaration often > considered to have led to the establishment of the > Jewish state. > Jumblatt, who was presiding over a ceremony in the > Shouf mountains southeast of Beirut, also called on > the audience to observe one minute of silence in > memory of the "innocent (people) killed in the World > Trade Center." > The silence was also held in memory of the "Arabs > killed in Palestine, in south Lebanon, in Syria, > Jordan and Iraq in the war against Israel," he said. > > > __________________________________________________ > > NSP Lista isprobava demokratiju u praksi ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
