Al-Qaeda Goes to Hollywood

Does Al-Qaeda actually exist? Anyone who asked this question just a few years back would have been branded a lunatic. The “informed” majority might have shouted in frustration, “Of course it exists! What about 911? What about those videos of bin Laden? What about his secret bunker in the mountains?”

As time moved on and “The War Against Terror™” (TWAT) unfolded and collapsed into disaster, certain influential individuals began to break ranks by questioning the characterisations of Al-Qaeda being used by Washington and London to build a case for war against Afghanistan and then, most controversially, Iraq.

They claimed the shadowy, pervasive and lethal terror network sold to the public as a clear and present danger and used as justification to launch major aggressions against Afghanistan and Iraq had been hyped beyond recognition.

A handful of journalists and researchers who preferred to do their own leg-work rather than be spoon-fed by the politicians discovered discrepancies in the official dogma early in the game. Some produced articles in mainstream newspapers or wrote books explaining the real nature of the terrorist threat. Some went as far as to describe the deep involvement of our own security services in the creation and funding of extremist Islamic groups.

But a large and highly organised Al-Qaeda was required as a vital component in pushing the military adventures of western leaders such as Bush and Blair. The sheer weight of propaganda spewing from the government spin factories overwhelmed any attempts to inform the public of the true nature of the threat they faced.

Even today most people are still hypnotised by tales told by powerful men who exploited the grief of the public following 911 and energised the understandable desire for revenge. But many, to varying degrees and on the strength of what has happened since, have become wise to the fact our governments lie and tend to lie all of the time.

“Baddies” hiding out in secret bunkers in the mountains? We’d scold our children for creating such fanciful excuses for bad behaviour. But not our politicians and business leaders. Surely the world is just a little more complicated than that?

The other side of the story: 911myths.com

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