FAKE TERROR

From Xymphora:

Professor Torture himself, John Yoo, is advocating that the United States set up a phony terrorist organization in order to assist in fighting the 'war on terror'. I thought the United States already had such an operation. I think it's called something like 'al Qaeda'. By the way, advocating some kind of intelligence operation in a newspaper article when the author has lots of ways to suggest it to the proper authorities through the regular channels is itself evidence that the article is intended to do something different than what it suggests.

John Yoo: “It could have its own websites, recruitment centers, training camps and fundraising operations. It could launch fake terrorist operations and claim credit for real terrorist strikes, helping to sow confusion within Al Qaeda’s ranks, causing operatives to doubt others’ identities and to question the validity of communications.”

I wonder if Yoo knows that such an organisation is aleady in place, it's called P2OG and is designed to “to bring together CIA and military covert action, information warfare, intelligence and cover and deception,” as David Isenberg writes. “P2OG would launch secret operations aimed at ’stimulating reactions’ among terrorists and states possessing weapons of mass destruction, meaning it would prod terrorist cells into action, thus exposing them to ‘quick-response’ attacks by US forces. The means by which it would do this is the far greater use of special operations forces.”

Frank Morales comments: “Bush’s war on terrorism could be the ultimate manifestation of the provocateur state; carrying out of clandestine ‘executive actions’ and ’special operations’ directed against populations, including our own, who are truly ignorant of the real ‘enemy’ in the face of the ever-present manufactured one, traumatized by strategic terror designed to engender fear and acquiescence to further ’security measures’—thereby enriching the military, police agencies, and munitions and nuclear business enterprises.”

Europe already had such groups. Remember the italian P2 Network which tried to convince the italian public that communism was a bad thing with bombing the bologna trainstation in the 80's and blaming it on the Red Brigades City Guerilla. P2 was part of the secret Gladio "Stay Behinf" Network. Most of European countries had such "stay behind" units operating without the knowledge of Parliments. In Switzerland it was called "P26" in France it was called "Glaive", Austias Unit was named "Schwert" and so on.

Daniel Ganser a Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich wrote a book about it.

OSAMA BIN LADEN

AFP: Qaeda warns European nations to quit Iraq by August 15 or risk attacks

The Al-Qaeda terror network warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the deadly London bombings, according to an Internet statement."This message is the final warning to European states. We want to give you a one-month deadline to bring your soldiers out from the land of Mesopotamia (Iraq)," said the statement signed by Al-Qaeda group the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades and dated July 16.After August 15, "there will be no more messages, just actions that will be engraved on the heart of Europe."It will be a bloody war in the service of God," said the statement, the authenticity of which could not be verified."It's a message we are addressing to the crusaders who are still present in Iraq -- Denmark, the Netherlands, Britain, Italy and those other countries whose troops continue to criss-cross Iraqi territory.

"Osama told us before but as usual nobody will listen and the next time they attack Goverments will be again in denial of reality blaming "their hate of our values" and not our policies as the reason for their actions"

IRAQ: VOTE MANIPULATION

Democracy Now: Seymour Hersh: Bush Authorized Covert Plan to Manipulate Iraqi Elections

Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that President Bush authorized covert plans last year to support the election campaigns of Iraqi candidates and political parties with close ties to the White House. Hersh cites unidentified former military and intelligence officials who said the administration went ahead with the plan over congressional opposition. [includes rush transcript]

IRAQ: VOTE MANIPULATION

New Yorker: Get Out The Vote by Seymour M. Hersh

Did Washington try to manipulate Iraq’s election?

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