[Carlhole]

America's "War on Terrorism"

In this new and expanded edition of Michel Chossudovsky's 2002 best seller, the author blows away the smokescreen put up by the mainstream media, that 9/11 was an attack on America by "Islamic terrorists". Through meticulous research, the author uncovers a military-intelligence ploy behind the September 11 attacks, and the cover-up and complicity of key members of the Bush Administration.

The expanded edition, which includes twelve new chapters focuses on the use of 9/11 as a pretext for the invasion and illegal occupation of Iraq, the militarisation of justice and law enforcement and the repeal of democracy.

According to Chossudovsky, the "war on terrorism" is a complete fabrication based on the illusion that one man, Osama bin Laden, outwitted the $40 billion-a-year American intelligence apparatus. The "war on terrorism" is a war of conquest. Globalisation is the final march to the "New World Order", dominated by Wall Street and the U.S. military-industrial complex.

September 11, 2001 provides a justification for waging a war without borders. Washington's agenda consists in extending the frontiers of the American Empire to facilitate complete U.S. corporate control, while installing within America the institutions of the Homeland Security State.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Part I September 11

Background: behind September 11, Who is Osama bin Laden? Washington supports international terrorism, Cover-up or Complicity?

Part II War and Globalization

War and the Hidden Agenda, The Trans-Afghan Pipeline, America's War Machine, The American Empire, Disarming the New World Order, Political Deception: the Missing Link Behind 9/11.

PART III The Disinformation Campaign

War Propaganda: Fabricating an Outside Enemy, 9/11 and the Iran Contra Scandal, Giving a Face to the Enemy, Who is Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi? Protecting Al Qaeda Fighters in the War Theater.

Part IV The New World Order

War Criminals in High Office, The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade, Foreknowledge of 9/11, What happened on the Planes on the Morning of 9/11, America's Preemptive War Doctrine, The Post 9/11 Terror Alerts, Big Brother: Towards the Homeland Security State, The London 7/7 Bomb Attacks.

Appendices: Intelligence based on Plagiarism: The British "Intelligence" Iraq Dossier, The Financial Interests behind the World Trade Center (WTC) Lease.

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How does it compare with "Crossing the Rubicon" in terms of the mechanics of the plot?

[Carlhole]

"Crossing the Rubicon" was badly written. Ruppert could have put his whole argument in a succinct volume of, say, 100 pages and it would have been a whole lot more effective.

Alot of it was just re-hashed articles from FTW. I wish it had been a more down-to-earth presentation since, of all authors, Ruppert potentially had the largest audience. His only real contribution to the body of evidence that most 911 authors use was his description of the war games being conducted at the same time as the attacks. And this observation was not even Ruppert's initially.

The most-cited works are by Chossuduvsky ("War and Globalization") and Nafeez Ahmed ("War on Freedom", "Behind the War on Terror", "The War On Truth: 9/11, Disinformation And The Anatomy Of Terrorism").

Chossuduvsky's books are short and cut to the chase. His presentation knocks the wind out of the reader because he sources his material well, his facts are sound yet the over all argument is radical as hell to anyone accustomed to the usual tone of current events information.

As authors, Michael Chossuduvsky and F.William Engdahl are similar yet not identical. One will often cite the other. However, I would say that Engdahl takes a more academic historian's approach, Chossuduvsky is more "in your face rabble-rouser" even though it is Chossuduvsky who is the PhD Professor of Economics, the true academic.

Reviewer William Hare, over at Amazon.com, gave an adequate reveiw of the first edition:

Review of "War and Globalization", 2002

"...A large part of the book involves a necessary topic area that has been nervously glossed over by conventional American media sources for good reason; it hits too close to home and indicts the largest international energy conglomerates. The author spends much time examining the link between big oil and public policy. In terms of providing vital information, this compact volume provides more valuable information in one chapter than so many contemporary volumes do with many pages on 9-11 and related events. The Trans-Afghan Pipeline chapter is a compact gem, detailing the aspirations of the CentGas Consortium in the region. Chossudovsky demonstrates that the frequently repeated and fallacious Bushie shibboleths of getting Saddam before he gets us are rhetorical sallies designed to inflame public opinion by skirting around the important truths that only a few courageous authors such as himself dare reveal."