| Please read "The Issues Page First! If you want more information on the other concerns, please read that particular page. Caution: This web page contains "documented" materials which may upset some people! Please read with an open, understanding mind! As an American veteran, I use some strong adjectives in describing some of the officials who are responsible for these wars and occupations based on lies, deceit and greed. ************************************** All articles, videos and links are for "fair use." Disclaimer: The views expressed in these articles, videos, and links on this webpage are the sole responsibilities of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of GeorgeHollandForCongress.com The contents of these articles are the sole responsibility of the authors. GeorgeHollandforCongress.com will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in these articles, videos or links. **************************************** Please read: (1) "Study: False statements preceded war." There were 935 lies in a two year period. President Bush lied 259 times. Secretary of State Colin Powell lied 254 times. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice lied 56 times. How many times have Senators Clinton, Lugar, Bayh, Obama, McCain and Reps. Ackerman and "AIPAC Mike" Pence lied? Also please read (2) "Truth was first U.S. casualty in Iraq War." The NATO Turkmeni$tan-Tran$-Afghani$tan- Paki$tani-India Pipeline War$ and Occupation$ Would you die for a lie? Why should others? General Dwight D. Eisenhower said it best: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. Obama’s Potemkin Afghanistan Posted By Justin Raimondo On March 9, 2010 @ 11:00 pm from Antiwar.com Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 by The Washington Post House Liberals Force Vote on Pullout From Afghanistan by Perry Bacon Jr. Dear Friends: I have opposed the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by NATO troops, primarily American troops before it began. As a USAF-NATO veteran, I do have some insight into the difficulties faced by our troops. I have sat down and listened, four different times, to Russian troops, (Afghanstis) who served in Afghanistan. Obama, Gates, Clinton, General McChrystal and Rep. Pence are fools on a fool's errand. There is nothing to "win" in this very poor, undeveloped third world country. As you read this entire page, you will understand why I have said this war is based on lies, deceit and greed. Hillary Clinton lied to Americans when she exclaimed, "Oh, I didn't know", in regards to claims that Iraq had WMD. She knew that Iraq had no WMD as I also knew. That is why I opposed that invasion also. If America is truly threatened by these "terrorists," then why aren't those who stand to lose the most; Rep. Pence, Senators Lugar and Bayh, the ultra rich, the Corporate CEOs, the members of Congress, the Bushes, the Clintons and all the rest of the warmongers in Afghanistan doing the fighting, dieing, killing and suffering? The average age of an American KIA in Iraq is 23 years of age, from a family of $ 30,000 median income. My responsibility as a Christian, a veteran and Candidate for Congress is to inform Americans with my knowledge and my research. Please read this page thoroughly! Most of these articles are by "experts," who have knowledge of what is happening in afghanistan. I AM WARNING YOU OF THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES IF OBAMA, GATES, PENCE. LUGAR, BAYH, and GENERAL McCHRYSTAL HAVE THEIR WAY AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN IS EXPANDED! AMERICA MUST GET OUT NOW!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! LIKE HILLARY CLINTON, YOU CAN'T SAY "OH, I didn't know." WHY WE ARE REALLY IN AFGHANISTAN: The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI) is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. FROM: WIKIPEDIA; THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA Please read Dr. Norman D. Livergood's, The New U. S. British Oil Imperialism Paul Thompson's excellent and well documented, Central Asian Oil, Enron And The Afghanistan Pipelines; which chronologically documents America's involvement in supporting the building of a Turkmenistan-Trans-Afghanistan- Pakistan-India pipeline, from the early 1990's and U.S. involvment and negotiations with the Taliban, including a threat to bomb the Taliban back into the stone age with "carpet bombings" if the Taliban did not agree to a U.S. north-south Turkmenistan-Trans- Afghanistan-Pakistani pipeline. Afghanistan sitting on a gold mine. The USGS estimates there are about 700 billion cubic metres of gas and 300 million tonnes of oil across several northern provinces. KABUL — Afghanistan is sitting on a wealth of mineral reserves -- perhaps the richest in the region -- that offer hope for a country mired in poverty after decades of war, the mining minister says. Significant deposits of copper, iron, gold, oil and gas, and coal -- as well as precious gems such as emeralds and rubies -- are largely untapped and still being mapped, Mohammad Ibrahim Adel told AFP. Reproduced from RAWA NEWS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Pacifying Afghanistan: a dangerous dream Washington – "If Gen. Stanley McChrystal prevails in persuading President Obama to insert more US troops in Afghanistan, do Americans understand the difficulty of the task they'd face? Do they understand that even more of our young men and women would be charged with pacifying a savage mountainous land the size of Texas? One where nearly every male older than 8 stands willing to die in the fight against foreign occupiers?" By Walter Rodgers Yahoo!.News Michael Moore warns Obama over Afghanistan "I passed on to him a personal request from my father and his Japanese friend: 'Mr. Obama, you do not know war. We both know war and want it no more'," he told reporters Our Corrupt Occupation of Afghanistan "Is it just me, or is the pontification of Western leaders about corruption in Afghanistan growing rather tiresome? There is something very Captain Renault about it. We're shocked, shocked that the Afghans have sullied our morally immaculate occupation of their country with their dirty corruption. How ungrateful can they be? But perhaps we should consider the possibility that our occupation of the country is not so morally immaculate - indeed, that the most corrupt racket going in Afghanistan today is the American occupation." By Robert Naiman, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, CommonDreams.org No More Troops to Afghanistan “Honor Veterans by Bringing Our Troops Home!” CommonDreams.org November 10, 2009 Celeste Zappala, the mother of Sgt. Sherwood Baker who was killed in action in Iraq in 2004 and was the first member of the Pennsylvania National Guard to die in combat since World War II, declares, "It serves no purpose to have more service members and civilians die in Afghanistan, where the military occupation is part of the problem, not part of the solution. There wasn't a clear mission in Iraq, and there certainly isn't a clear mission in Afghanistan. A surge of troops is exactly the wrong approach and will just ensure that more families will experience the unbearable and unending pain that my family has experienced. It will be no honor to my son or family to have more troops deployed and killed." For over five years, Celeste and her family have spoken up for nonviolent solutions to conflicts as members of Gold Star Families Speak Out.. Rep. Eric Massa VIDEO: War In Afghanistan Must End Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami First Posted: 11- 5-09 12:22 PM | Updated: 11- 5-09 01:12 PM U.S. ambassador dissents on Afghan troop increase Strongly worded cables urge a pause until Kabul government shifts course By Greg Jaffe, Scott Wilson And Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:01 PM The U.S. ambassador in Kabul sent two classified cables to Washington in the last week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise, said senior U.S. officials. Happy Birthday, Pat Tillman http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20091106_happy_birthday_pat_tillman/ Posted on Nov 6, 2009 By Kevin Tillman Kevin honors Pat In Afghanistan and at home, we're being driven off a cliff Ron Smith November 27, 2009 baltimoresun.com "President Obama says this is a war we must win. Retired Army Col. Andrew J. Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University, who has written widely on military power and its limitations, says it's a war we cannot win." "As quoted in Matthew Yglesias' blog, Mr. Stewart says", "It's like they're coming in and saying to you, 'I'm going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seat belt?' And you say, 'I don't think you should drive your car off the cliff.' And they say, 'No, no, that bit's already been decided - the question is whether to wear a seat belt.' And you say, 'Well, you might as well wear a seat belt.' And then they say, 'We've consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says …'" Time To Bring Home The Troops Jennifer Brunner Ohio Secretary Of State; candidate for U.S. Senate Posted: November 29, 2009 The Huffington Post "The impact of this conflict on the United States, and my home state of Ohio, is unacceptable. As the cost to American and Ohioans' lives increases, billions are spent each month on the conflict in Afghanistan, ballooning our national debt and diverting resources we desperately need here at home." "Given the increasing death toll in Afghanistan, it is clear that progress in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban has slowed or worsened. We cannot remedy this by simply sending additional troops, given the conditions and corruption in Afghanistan. We cannot continue to justify the expenditure of blood and treasure without defining success for both the conflict and the region. In essence, we need to hear what we never heard from President Bush: What does it mean to "win" in Afghanistan?" Army says morale down among troops in Afghanistan By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer Nov. 13, 2009 Taliban gain foothold in once-stable Afghan north Hal Bernton | McClatchy Newspapers, Novembetr 13, 2009 Afghanistan: Groundhog day * Editorial * The Guardian, Wednesday 4 November 2009 Dear Friends: There are many conservatives who care for "the common good." Please read Dr. Paul Craig Roberts' article, an Antiwar.com original, "The Evil Empire" Posted By Paul Craig Roberts On November 6, 2009 An exerpt: "Obama inherited an excellent opportunity to bring US soldiers home from the Bush regime’s illegal wars of aggression. In its final days, the Bush regime realized that it could "win" in Iraq by putting the Sunni insurgents on the US military payroll. Once Bush had 80,000 insurgents collecting US military pay, violence, although still high, dropped in half. All Obama had to do was to declare victory and bring our boys home, thanking Bush for winning the war. It would have shut up the Republicans. But this sensible course would have impaired the profits and share prices of those firms that comprise the military/security complex. So instead of doing what Obama said he would do and what the voters elected him to do, Obama restarted the war in Afghanistan and launched a new one in Pakistan. Soon Obama was echoing Bush and Cheney’s threats to attack Iran. In place of health care for Americans, there will be more profits for private insurance companies. In place of peace there will be more war." Recent Updates October 31, 2009 Dear Friends: Eighteen more Americans were killed in Afghanistan this week! It is past time to withdraw and bring our troops home. /gth Afghanistan a Success – Time to Come Home! by Karen Kwiatkowski Reproduced for “fair use” from LewRockwell.com An excerpt: "Thinking people everywhere see our Afghanistan experience as a crash of 20th-century American empire on the 21st- century rocks of reality. The contraction of our empire – happening today in monetary as well as military terms – is at least a full generation overdue. The false sustenance of a financial bubble corresponds with the failing sustenance of military empire. Our children are the first generation who are not citizens, but Caesar’s slaves, bound to a life of fear and labor, made bearable only by their inchoate dreams of freedom. The military-industrial complex, a benign tumor in the days of Eisenhower, has metastasized to the extent that generals run Washington and the fourth estate exists solely to serve the imperial machine". Former Marine Captain Resigns in Protest of Afghanistan War by Salon.com by Glenn Greenwald Published on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 by Salon.com Top civilian in Southern province argues we're exacerbating the problem we're supposedly there to solve. An excerpt: "Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the Foreign Service, where he was the the senior U.S. civilian in the Taliban-dominated Southern Afghanistan province of Zabul, because he became convinced that our war in that country will not only inevitably fail, but is fueling the very insurgency we are trying to defeat. " Hey Obama, Your General McChrystal Is Trying To Sucker You On Afghanistan By Scott Ritter, Truthdig, Oct. 31, 2009 US-NATO Using Military Might To Control World Energy Resources Pentagon's Global Mission To Secure Oil And Gas Supplies By Rick Rozoff Global Research, September 22, 2009 Stop NATO "American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains" Martin Fletcher at Forward Operating Base in Wardak province, Afghanistan Reproduced for “fair use” from TIMESONLINE Dear Friends: At least 8 American soldiers died this past week when a very remote outpost, in Afghanistan, was attacked. Please read: 'Almost a Lost Cause' One of the deadliest attacks of the Afghan war is a symbol of the U.S. military's missteps. By Greg Jaffe Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 4, 2009 An excerpt: "Nine U.S. soldiers were killed and 27 were wounded during the July 13, 2008, attack, which raged for several hours and was one of the bloodiest of the Afghan war. Among the dead was Brostrom." Friends: This battle occurred over a year ago. In 1986, as a former hawk on Vietnam, I first ran for Congress warning the American sheeple that our great country must stay out of "foreign entanglements." As you read my documentation of "third party" materials; I hope you will understand why the occupation of Afghanistan was doomed to fail ! This debacle has been a tragic loss of American lives; especially young Americans from the working class, the poor and minorities! It is past time to bring our troops home! Dear Friends: If you will notice I start most pages with the "Study: False Statements preceded war." It is important that all patriotic Americans understand that the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq were based on lies, deceit and greed. To send our American troops to wars, based on these lies, deceit and greed is not the American way. This is not the "Christian" way. This is not USAF-NATO veteran George Holland's way! This is not "patriotism!" This is "fascism"! To continue to send American troops to wars, after these lies have become known is not "patriotism," but "fascism,"such as was popular in Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy. To continue to send troops to Iraq, after our troops have stated they wanted a "complete" withdrawal is "fascism" or "ultra -nationalism." Because these wars, under international laws, are illegal, thus they are "criminal" About 70% of Americans want our troops out of Iraq! Yet, not a single American soldier has been withdrawn because of the surge! This is why I have described Speaker Pelosi and those members of Congress who continue to finance these "criminal" wars as "petro-fascists" and "Zionists". I truly believe that one of the reasons the U.S. will be in Iraq indefinitely is to aid Israel in its territorial and military expansions in the Middle East. America is a bankrupt nation, both morally and financially! America cannot afford to continue these occupations and wars! The Bush administration and A Republican controlled Congress have tried to persuade the American people that NATO Forces, including Americans, were in Afghanistan to find and destroy Osama bin Laden and al Qaida. The newest American Zionist government of Barack Obama and the Zionist Democratic party are now following in Bush's footsteps; trying to convince the American people that the Taliban is our enemy and must be defeated so "peace" can be established and there will no longer be any threat to another terrorist attack. Zionist Obama, like Zionist Bush, is a "fool" on a "fool's errand." NATO Forces, especially America troops, are not in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, but to "ruthlessly crush" any opposition to the NATO 'north-south' pipelines which will carry Caspian Sea oil and natural gas from Turkmenistan to the Indian Ocean. Also to isolate Russia geopolitically. And last to rape Afghanistan of its natural resources, especially natural gas and oil! Folks, there are several important published "must read" sources which clearly outline why we are involved in The Middle East and The Euro-Asia area. (1) Dr. Norman D. Livergood's, The New U. S. British Oil Imperialism and (2) Paul Thompson's excellent and well documented, Central Asian Oil, Enron, And The Afghanistan Pipelines; which chronologically documents America's involvement in supporting the building of a Turkmenistan-Trans-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, from the early 1990's and U.S. involvment and negotiations with the Taliban, including a threat to bomb the Taliban back into the stone age with "carpet bombings" if the Taliban did not agree to a U.S. north-south Turkmenistan-Trans-Afghanistan-Pakistani pipeline. Paul Thompson's Central Asian Oil, Enron and The Afghanistan Pipelines in a multi colored paper. It may be hard to read and some links may be too old for reference. With apologies to Mr. Thompson, I have reproduced this paper at the end of this web page. Please scroll down for easier reading, if needed! Thank You! Russia spent ten years, from 1979 to 1989, suffering heavy losses of life, monies and equipment trying to accomplish the construction of this pipeline! After eight years of NATO and American troops in Afghanistan, why does Obama believe he can accomplish "victory" in Afghanistan? Please read, "More Troops, More Worries, Less Consensus in Afghanistan." by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Feb. 4, 2009 published in CommonDreams.org Please remember that Afghanistan is one of the poorest, most primitive countries in the world. Most of its citizens have no concept of a "central" government loyal to America's stooge, President Karzai. Most Afghans do well just to make it through the day with adequate food and shelter. What in God's name are the Zionist, fascist, militarists of America; Obama, Biden, Clinton, Pelosi, Hoyer, Boehner, Pence, McConnell and the others doing by subjecting the poor of this country to their whims and the effects of war on poor people. Please read "Afghanistan: Tens of thousands of People Displaced by Fighting and Hunger. Amnesty International, Feb.18, 2009, published in CommonDreams.org What are these Zionists representing Christian America doing by (1) Establishing the north-south pipeline, as part of America's "New World Empire" (2) Trying to isolate Russian influence, geopolitically and militarily in the Caspian Sea Basin region (3) and is this part of carrying on a program for the genocide of the moslem world? Obama and America can't say they weren't warned! "British envoy says mission in Afghanistanis doomed; according to leaked memo". 'Britain’s Ambassador to Afghanistan has stoked opposition to the allied operation there by reportedly saying that the campaign against the Taleban insurgents would fail and that the best hope was to install an acceptable dictator in Kabul'. From The Times, October 2, 2008, by Charles Breman, Paris and Michael Evans, Defense Editor Also, "Last Russian General Warns U.S. on Afghanistan." By Jim Heinz, Associated Press , Reproduced from Yahoo News! Also, "Russians Mark Anniversary of Afghans Wars End." By Gregory Feifer NPR Feb. 15, 2009 NATO's "ruthless" crushing of any opposition is beginning to take a very heavy toll on the civilians populations of both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Any gathering of civilians is now considered "fair game "for "Bomber" Obama's drone planes and missile attacks. One base which houses these drone-killing machines! Google Earth Reveals Secret History of U.S. Base in Pakistan. By Jeremy Rose, Feb. 19, 2009, the Times Online/UK, reproduced from CommonDreaqms.org "Wedding" parties have been the most attacked! An American drone with its sophisticated missiles can't tell the difference between a wedding celebration and a group of "insurgents' or "militants, whatever these are! Speaker Pelosi has been to Afghanistan, so she can not say she was unaware that civilians, especially children, were being killed in these attacks. The latest attack victims included six women and two children. "U.S.: 13 civilians killed in Afghan Operation." by Jason Straziuso, AP News, Feb.21, 2009. Some of these attacks have murdered as many as 90 people. "U.N. Confirms 90 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Attack." compiled by Jason Ditz, News From Antiwar.com Sixty children were among the murdered! Another attack murdered at least five children. Please see: "Killings of 5 Afghan children inflame tensions." By Amir Shah, Associated Press Writer, Monday, September 1, 2008. Reproduced from Yahoo!News "Afghan Airstrikes Kill 76 Afghanistan, 20 more dead civilians Speaker Pelosi apparently was not upset by these deaths of women and children. Pelosi has been one of America's biggest supporters of Israel's recent criminal invasion of Gaza which resulted in 346 Gazan children being murdered by the Israeli Defense (?) Forces. (1) 'Sustained' Push Seen In Afghanistan U.S. Commander Says Troop Level of 60,000 Is Needed for at least Three to Four Years. By Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post Staff Writer, Feb. 19, 2009 (2) Who Are The Taliban? The Afghan War Deciphered. By Anand Gopal- Tomdispatch.com Dec. 9, 2008 Alternet (This is a lengthy read, but very informative.) (3) Afghanistan. Too much ground, Too Few Troops. By Ron Shirtz, Dec. 18, 2008, Reproduced from LewRockwell.com (4) The Aimless War: Why Are We in Afghanistan? By Joe Klein, Time Magazine, Dec. 11, 2008 Reproduced From Yahoo News! Updated Sept. 9, 2008 Dear Friends: As you know, the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan was based on the administration and Congress' claims that Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida and The Taliban, (the overthrown former ruling government of Afghanistan) were behind the tragic events of 9-11. On that claim and the charge that The Taliban refused to hand over Osama bin Laden to American officials, the U.S. started an extensive air war and invasion to defeat The Taliban government and enable "the Northern Army,' made up mostly of Turkmenistanis to seize control of Kabul. The U.S. placed a puppet government and President Karzai, a Unocal official in power. Seven years later, America is "bogged" down in a "quagmire" war, The Taliban are increasing in strength and numbers and NATO Forces are facing world wide outrage for the killing of innocent Afghanistan and Pakistani women and children. NATO forces now are going across the border into Pakistan in pursuit of The Taliban forces. ************************************* Please read, "Oil, not Democracy." I am starting this section with Catherine Austin Fitts "foreword" in "Crossing The Rubicon". It should send an immense fear of those who control our government and especially Congress. America is a plutocracy, controlled by an oligarchy of ultra rich corporate and political elites!! Catherine Austin Fitts, starts a letter to Condi Rice, regarding Rice's testimony before the 9-11 commission, with "You are a liar!" also in the letter, she admonishes Rice, "If you want to see a terrorist, you need look no further than your mirror!" These statements should apply to virtually every member of Bush's administration and Congress who have supported these invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq! It should be clear to all concerned Americans that the lies, deceit and greed which were the basis for the invasion of Iraq are now being used by President Bush, Speaker Pelosi, House Majority Leader Hoyer, Reps. Ackerman, Pence and Senators Bayh, Obama, McCain, Clinton, and others are leading the "charge" for AIPAC wishes to have the U.S. invade Iran. Indiana's own resident "war criminal" warmonger, Senator Bayh is the Senate sponsor of "The Iran War Resolution." Americans should remember that Senator Bayh is an attorney and was the co-sponsor of President Bush's criminal carnage war, "The Iraq War." Senator Bayh, as an attorney, should have demanded from President Bush, as I did from Rep. Pence, "Where is your evidence of WMD?" Instead, being ultra rich and a loyal, warmongering member of "The War Party," Senator Bayh jumped on the war train before it ever left the station. Because the U.S. is now involved in fighting and funding wars in four separate countries; Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, I have decide to have separate web pages for these two war areas; The Iraq-Iran Wars and The Turkmkenistan-Trans-Afghanistan- Pakistani-India Pipeline Wars. All are related by the common thread of American Imperialism and Israeli expansion aggression. Again, for those who can remember the catastrophic events of 9-11, America was told that the Taliban government in Afghanistan, at that time, had given sanctuary to Osama bin Laden, the supposed "mastermind" behind the 9-11" attacks. The Bush administration told America that the Taliban refused to "hand over" Osama bin Laden and was subsequently invaded by America. Today, seven years later, Americans are told that we are "fighting terrorism" in Afghanistan. Is this the truth? This web page will hopefully shed rays of truth onto this war via documented facts which vary greatly from the propaganda of The Republican Bush administration and their complicit fellow war criminals; the Congressional criminal, war mongers, Reid, Biden, Pelosi, Hoyer, Bayh, Obama, Clinton, Pence, Ackerman and the others which I refer to as "The War Party.". ************************************************ Who is Osama bin Laden? He is a son of a ultra rich, Saudi family engaged in construction; a family which has close ties to the Saudi royal and George Bush families! He is a "wahhabi" Sunni, which is the official religion of the Saudi royal family and of Saudi Arabia. We know that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi Wahabbis. Please remember; Osama bin Laden is a Saudi,"Wahhabi"Sunni fundamentalist! Sunni wahhabiism is the official and only religion allowed in Saudi Arabia. Wahhabis are dedicated to using violence in meeting violence and what they considers injustices to the Muslim world; removing "western influences," including U.S. military presence from Saudi Arabia and the Islam Middle East! Like so many other "terrorists," Osama is a creation of America's C.I.A. and The Saudi Arabian family. Therefore; if Osama bin Laden is the "brains" behind 9/11, then the C.I. A. and The Saudis must share responsibility for his "terrorist" acts. The C.I.A.with Saudi Arabia, organized and financed, Osama and other fundamentalists, into the "afghan resistance" or mujahideen, during the years Russia invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up its puppet government. Osama hated Saddam Hussein, the non fundamentalist, whom he believed to be corrupt and "westernized." Also, Saudi Arabia is one of the most corrupt, despotic, tyrannical regimes in the Middle East! There is abundant evidence to show that the Saudi "wahhabi" clerics are behind the exportation of the violence being directed towards America and its allies! Fifteen of the nineteen 9-11 hi-jackers were Saudis. Were these Saudis influenced by their "Wahhabi" clerics? How much of the financing for 9-11, Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and terrorists' organizations came from within Saudi Arabia, especially the Wahhabi princes? So why didn't the U.S. invade Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq? President Bush doesn't talk about the Bush family ties to the bin Laden and royal Saudi families. Business and profits, as usual, with the Saudis takes priority! There are too many ties between our government and the Saudis over the years; too many covert operations, many illegal, financed with the aid of the Saudi government. There are simply too many Saudi owned and controlled American corporations. Virtually every major American political or business player, especially The Carlyle Group, has enjoyed the largess of the Saudis' monies. No one criticizes the Saudis. The Saudis have "bought" America! Please read "The Bush-Saudi Connection" by Michelle Mairesse Many Americans, especially veterans, have compared the U.S. quagmire in Iraq to the U.S. quagmire in Vietnam. A better comparison would be Russia's, ( a world power) and now the U.S. quagmire in its invasion of Afghanistan, (a third world moslem country). Russia went into Afghanistan to establish a puppet government in order to secure a north-south pipeline for its own pipeline to originate in Russia to go into Afghanistan. The U.S. has gone into Afghanistan to build and protect a north-southpipe line from Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea area into Afghanistan, on into Pakistan, into India and down to the Indian Ocean. Please read Dr. Norman D. Livergood's, "The New U.S. British Oil Imperialism." Friends, we know that President Bush and Congress lied to the American people about going into Afghanistan in order to defeat the Taliban and capture Osama bin Laden. I have spoken of the greed, lies and deceit of the Iraq war. The same can be applied to the war in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of well written articles about why the U. S. really is involved in Afghanistan: it involves "empire building,"(petrol-fascism?) the greed for Caspian Sea area resources, (oil and natural gas), and the need for a north-south pipeline controlled by the U.S. I have read "The New U.S. British Oil Imperialism" by Norman D. Livergood. In my opinion, he certainly has the credentials to speak out! Some of his article may be subjective, but I believe most is objective. It's a little lengthy, but very, very informative. Here are some excerpts: "As soon as the Soviets discovered the vast Caspian Sea oil fields in the late 1970's - they attempted to take control of Afghanistan to build a massive north-south pipeline system to allow the Soviets to send their oil directly through Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Indian Ocean seaport. The result was the long Soviet Afghan war. The Standard Oil influenced U.S. government saw the danger of a Russian north- south pipeline and the CIA trained and funded armed terrorist groups, including Osama bin Laden, who defeated the Soviets in the late 1980's." Dr. Livergood also informs us: "The reason the so-called 'war against terrorism' began in Afghanistan- is because it is critical to the U.S.- British rulers' plans to control the Caspian Sea area oil and gas." Dr. Livergood also enlightens us: "The U.S. military has already set up a permanent operations base in Uzbekistan. The so-called anti- terrorist strategy is clearly designed to simultaneously consolidate control over Middle Eastern & South Asian oil, and contain & neutralize the former Soviet Union. With that strategy, Afghanistan is exactly where they need to be." Another excerpt reads, "Despite the misgivings of Russia, China, India or any other nation, Afghanistan & Iraq will now become the base of operations in destabilizing, isolating & establishing control over the South Asia regimes and the Middle-East. [ Note that Iran stands between Iraq & Afghanistan and you can understand why Bush included Iran in the 'Axis of evil.' ] After the conquest of this area is complete and the permanent military posts are set up, they will begin construction of a pipeline through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan to deliver petroleum to the Asian market." Another excerpt informs us, "President Bush says our military will continue its presence in Afghanistan, which means that while the U. N. forces serve as a paramilitary police force, the U.S. soldiers will be guarding the construction of the north-south pipeline." Russia with its heavy armor, helicopters and superior firepower found itself constantly besieged and being defeated by U.S. and Saudi supported "mujahideen" These "freedom fighters" pouring into Afghanistan from other muslim countries, especially Suadia Arabia, (Osama bin Laden) to fight alongside of indigenous moslems to defeat the "infidel" Russian invaders also included extremist groups such as the "Wahhabis" and the Muslim Brotherhood. Why should the U.S. "infidel" invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq produce any different response from the Afghans, the Iraqis and Islamic fundalmentalists, than what the Russians faced in Afghanistan? Now these "freedom fighters" from the moslem world are fighting alongside of the indigenous "insurgents" in Iraq against the American-Israeli supported "infidel" invasion/occupation but now they are called "terrorists". Friends, all of the muslim and Arab Middle East recognize the Afghanistan occupation to install oil pipelines and the Iraq invasion for what they are: continued "empire building" (petrol fascism) by the Bush-Cheney, Obama, Biden, McCain, Lieberman,Clinton and Bayh and Pence cabal, using the American military to extend their spheres of influence, attempting to control Middle East and Caspian Sea oil and to make Israel the predominant country in the Middle East. This is why Bush, Cheney, Pelosi, Biden, Obama, McCain, Bayh, Clinton, Hoyer, Pence and Boehner set up the new ten year aid package to Israel, guaranteeing Israel $5 billion per year, $3 billion of which is military aid, which will be used to oppress and suppress the Palestinians. I have spoken with American combat veterans from both the Vietnam and Iraq wars and also with Russian combat veterans, (Afghanstis) who served in Afghanistan. A common theme of these veterans' collective experiences was "My government lied to me!" Now do you the reader understand why I ask, "Why die for a lie?" The arab-muslims of the Middle East and Asia are developing a "resistance" in Afghanistan and Pakistan to NATO Forces U.S. just as they did to the Russians. After seven years, we are getting deeper and deeper into a "quagmire of deep doo doo! NATO cannot win! There is nothing to win! Obama, like Bush, is a fool on a fool's errand. However, it will not be Obama's blood that is shed; but the blood of young naive American troops from the poor, working class and minority families! It's criminal to continue this psychopathic venture. We are a bankrupt nation! We can't afford these endless wars! We must get out now! Would you die for "The New U.S. British Oil Imperialism?Folks, there are several important published sources which clearly outline why we are involved in The Middle East and The Euro-Asia area. (1) Dr. Norman D. Livergood's, The New U. S. British Oil Imperialism and (2) Paul Thompson's excellent and well documented, Central Asian Oil, Enron, And The Afghanistan Pipelines; which chronologically documents America's involvement in supporting the building of a Turkmenistan-Trans-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, from the early 1990's and U.S. involvment and negotiations with the Taliban, including a threat to bomb the Taliban back into the stone age with "carpet bombings" if the Taliban did not agree to a U.S. north-south Turkmenistan-Trans-Afghanistan-Pakistani pipeline. CENTRAL ASIAN OIL, ENRON, AND THE AFGHANISTAN PIPELINES by Paul Thompson The key to abbreviations and other explanations can be found on the main timeline page. Some other events may be added to provide a chronological context. Categories This story is so complicated and long, I've tried to break it into threads of different colors to make it easier to digest, as well as the main page, the page for the day of September 11, and the abridged timeline. Central Asian oil, Enron and the Afghanistan pipelines. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Information that should have shown what kind of attack al-Qaeda would make. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. US preparing for a war with Afghanistan before 9/11, increasing control of Asia before and since. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Incompetence, bad luck, and/or obstruction of justice. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Suggestions of advanced knowledge that an attack would take place on or around 9/11. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Cover-up, lies, and/or contradictions. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Israeli "art student" spy ring, Israeli foreknowledge evidence. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Anthrax attacks and microbiologist deaths. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Pakistani ISI and/or opium drug connections. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. Bin Laden family, Saudi Arabia corruption and support of terrorists, connections to Bush. For a separate page of these entries only, click here. 1991: Future National Security Advisor Rice joins Chevron's board of directors, and works with Chevron until being picked as Bush's National Security Advisor in 2001. Chevron even names an oil tanker after her. Rice is hired for her expertise in Central Asia, and much of her job is spent arranging oil deals in the Central Asian region. Chevron also has massive investments there, which grow through the 1990's. [Salon, 11/19/01] 1991 (B): Bin Laden, having returned from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia and the family business in 1989, moves to Sudan. With a personal fortune of around $250 million (estimates range from $50 to $800 million [Miami Herald, 9/24/01]), he begins plotting terrorist attacks against the US. [New Yorker, 1/24/00] 1991-1997: The Soviet Union collapses in 1991, creating many new nations in Central Asia. Major US oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Texaco, Unocal, BP Amoco, Shell and Enron, directly invest billions in these Central Asian nations, bribing heads of state to secure equity rights in the huge oil reserves in these regions. The oil companies commit to future direct investments in Kazakhstan of $35 billion. These companies face the problem however of having to pay exorbitant prices to Russia to use Russian pipelines to get the oil out. These oil fields have an estimated $6 trillion potential value. US companies own approximately 75% of the rights. [New Yorker, 7/9/01, Asia Times, 1/26/02] FTW November 1993: The Indian government gives approval for Enron's Dabhol power plant, located near Bombay on the west coast of India. Enron has invested $3 billion, the largest single foreign investment in India's history. Enron owns 65% of Dabhol. This liquefied natural gas powered plant is supposed to provide one-fifth of India's energy needs by 1997. [Asia Times, 1/81/01, Indian Express, 2/27/00] October 21, 1995: The oil company Unocal signs a contract with Turkmenistan to export $8 billion worth of natural gas through a $3 billion pipeline which would go from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan. Political considerations and pressures allow Unocal to edge out a more experienced Argentinean company for the contract. Henry Kissinger, a Unocal consultant, calls it "the triumph of hope over experience." [Washington Post, 10/5/98] June 24, 1996: The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan signs a deal with Enron "that could lead to joint development of the central Asian nation's potentially rich natural gas fields." [Houston Chronicle, 6/25/96] The $1.3 billion venture teams Enron with the state companies of Russian and Uzbekistan. [Houston Chronicle, 6/30/96] July 8, 1996: The US government agrees to give $400 million to help Enron and a Uzbeki state company develop natural gas fields in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan. [Oil and Gas Journal, 7/8/96] August 13, 1996: Unocal and Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia come to agreement with state companies in Turkmenistan and Russia to to build a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan, the agreement is finalized the next year (see October 27, 1997). [Unocal website, 8/13/96] The Boston Herald later reports that, "The prime force behind Delta Oil appears to be Mohammed Hussein al-Amoudi" (see November 22, 2002 (B)) and that his business interests are "enmeshed" with those of Khalid bin Mahfouz (see for instance 1988 (B) and April 1999). Together and separately, al-Amoudi and bin Mahfouz have become "partners with US firms in a series of ambitious oil development and pipeline projects in central and south Asia." [Boston Herald, 12/10/01] The two are later included in a secret United Nations list of financiers funding al- Qaeda (see November 26, 2002). September 27, 1996: The Taliban conquer Kabul [AP, 8/19/02], establishing control over much of Afghanistan. A surge in the Taliban's military successes at this time is later attributed to an increase in direct military assistance from Pakistan's ISI. [New York Times, 12/8/01] The oil company Unocal is hopeful that the Taliban will stabilize Afghanistan, and allow its pipeline plans to go forward. In fact, "preliminary agreement [on the pipeline] was reached between the [Taliban and Unocal] long before the fall of Kabul. ... Oil industry insiders say the dream of securing a pipeline across Afghanistan is the main reason why Pakistan, a close political ally of America's, has been so supportive of the Taliban, and why America has quietly acquiesced in its conquest of Afghanistan." [Telegraph, 10/11/96] October 11, 1996: The Telegraph publishes an interesting article about pipeline politics in Afghanistan. Some quotes: "Behind the tribal clashes that have scarred Afghanistan lies one of the great prizes of the 21st century, the fabulous energy reserves of Central Asia." "'The deposits are huge,' said a diplomat from the region. ‘Kazakhstan alone may have more oil than Saudi Arabia. Turkmenistan is already known to have the fifth largest gas reserves in the world.'" [Telegraph, 10/11/96] 1997: Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski publishes a book in which he portrays the Eurasian landmass as the key to world power, and Central Asia with its vast oil reserves as the key to domination of Eurasia. He states that for the US to maintain its global primacy, it must prevent any possible adversary from controlling that region. He notes that, "The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America’s engagement in World War II largely because of the shock effect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor." Furthermore, because of popular resistance to US military expansionism, his ambitious Central Asian strategy could not be implemented "except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat." [The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives, 1997 (the link is to excerpts of the book from a From the Wilderness article)] August 1997: The CIA creates a secret task force to monitor Central Asia's politics and gauge its wealth. Covert CIA officers, some well- trained petroleum engineers, travel through southern Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to sniff out potential oil reserves. [Time, 5/4/98] October 27, 1997: Halliburton, a company with future Vice President Cheney as CEO, announces a new agreement to provide technical services and drilling for Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia. The press release also mentions that "Halliburton has been providing a variety of services in Turkmenistan for the past five years." On the same day, a consortium to build a pipeline through Afghanistan is formed. It's called CentGas, and the two main partners are Unocal and Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia. [Halliburton press release, 10/27/97, CentGas press release, 10/27/97] November 26, 1997: An industry newsletter reports that Saudi Arabia has abandoned plans to have open bids on a $2 billion power plant near Mecca, deciding that the government will build it instead. What's interesting is that one of the bids was made by a consortium of Enron, the Saudi Binladen Group (run by Osama's family), and Italy's Ansaldo Energia. [Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections, 1/22/98] December 4, 1997: Representatives of the Taliban are invited guests to the Texas headquarters of Unocal to negotiate their support for the pipeline. Future President Bush Jr. is Governor of Texas at the time. The Taliban appear to agree to a $2 billion pipeline deal, but will do the deal only if the US officially recognizes the Taliban regime. The Taliban meet with US officials, and the Telegraph reports that "the US government, which in the past has branded the Taliban's policies against women and children 'despicable,' appears anxious to please the fundamentalists to clinch the lucrative pipeline contract." A BBC regional correspondent says "the proposal to build a pipeline across Afghanistan is part of an international scramble to profit from developing the rich energy resources of the Caspian Sea." [BBC, 12/4/97, Telegraph, 12/14/97] FTW December 14, 1997: It is reported that Unocal has hired the University of Nebraska to train 400 Afghani teachers, electricians, carpenters and pipefitters in anticipation of using them for their pipeline in Afghanistan. 150 students are already attending classes. [Telegraph, 12/14/97] February 12, 1998: Unocal Vice President John J. Maresca - later to become a Special Ambassador to Afghanistan - testifies before the House of Representatives that until a single, unified, friendly government is in place in Afghanistan the trans-Afghani pipeline will not be built. He suggests that with a pipeline through Afghanistan, the Caspian basin could produce 20 percent of all the non-OPEC oil in the world by 2010. [House International Relations Committee testimony, 2/12/98] FTW Early 1998: Bill Richardson, the US Ambassador to the UN, meets Taliban officials in Kabul (all such meetings are technically illegal, because the US still officially recognizes the government the Taliban ousted as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan). US officials at the time call the pipeline project a "fabulous opportunity" and are especially motivated by the "prospect of circumventing Iran, which offered another route for the pipeline." [Boston Globe, 9/20/01] June 1998 (B): Enron's agreement to develop natural gas with the government of Uzbekistan is not renewed. Enron closes its office there. The reason for the "failure of Enron's flagship project" is an inability to get the natural gas out of the region. Uzbekistan's production is "well below capacity" and only 10% of its production is being exported, all to other countries in the region. The hope was to use a pipeline through Afghanistan, but "Uzbekistan is extremely concerned at the growing strength of the Taliban and its potential impact on stability in Uzbekistan, making any future cooperation on a pipeline project which benefits the Taliban unlikely." A $12 billion pipeline through China is being considered as one solution, but that wouldn't be completed until the end of the next decade at the earliest. [Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections, 10/12/98] June 23, 1998: Future Vice President Cheney, working for the Halliburton energy company, states: "I can't think of a time when we've had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian. It's almost as if the opportunities have arisen overnight." The Caspian Sea is in Central Asia. [Cato Institute Library, Chicago Tribune, 8/10/00] August 7, 1998: Terrorists bomb the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The bomb in Nairobi, Kenya kills 213 people, including 12 US nationals, and injures more than 4,500. The bomb in Dar es Salaam kills 11 and injures 85. The attack is blamed on al-Qaeda. [PBS Frontline, 2001]June 1998 (B): Enron's agreement to develop natural gas with the government of Uzbekistan is not renewed. Enron closes its office there. The reason for the "failure of Enron's flagship project" is an inability to get the natural gas out of the region. Uzbekistan's production is "well below capacity" and only 10% of its production is being exported, all to other countries in the region. The hope was to use a pipeline through Afghanistan, but "Uzbekistan is extremely concerned at the growing strength of the Taliban and its potential impact on stability in Uzbekistan, making any future cooperation on a pipeline project which benefits the Taliban unlikely." A $12 billion pipeline through China is being considered as one solution, but that wouldn't be completed until the end of the next decade at the earliest. [Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections, 10/12/98] August 7, 1998: Terrorists bomb the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The bomb in Nairobi, Kenya kills 213 people, including 12 US nationals, and injures more than 4,500. The bomb in Dar es Salaam kills 11 and injures 85. The attack is blamed on al-Qaeda. [PBS Frontline, 2001] August 9, 1998: The Northern Alliance capital of Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif, is conquered by the Taliban. Military support of Pakistan's ISI plays a large role; there is even an intercept of an ISI officer stating, "My boys and I are riding into Mazar-i-Sharif." [New York Times, 12/8/01] This victory gives the Taliban control of 90% of Afghanistan, including the entire pipeline route. CentGas, the consortium behind the gas pipeline that would run through Afghanistan, is now "ready to proceed. Its main partners are the American oil firm Unocal and Delta Oil of Saudi Arabia, plus Hyundai of South Korea, two Japanese companies, a Pakistani conglomerate and the Turkmen government." However, the pipeline cannot be financed unless the government is officially recognized. "Diplomatic sources said the Taliban's offensive was well prepared and deliberately scheduled two months ahead of the next UN meeting" to decide if the Taliban should be recognized. [Telegraph, 8/13/98] December 5, 1998: In the wake of the al-Qaeda US embassy attacks (see August 7, 1998), the US gives up on putting a pipeline through Afghanistan. Unocal announces its withdrawing from the CentGas pipeline consortium, and closing three of its four offices in Central Asia. A concern that Clinton will lose support among women voters for upholding the Taliban also plays a role in the cancellation. [New York Times, 12/5/98] FTW Late 1998 (B): During the investigation of the 1998 embassy bombings, FBI counter-terrorism expert John O'Neill finds a memo by al-Qaeda leader Mohammed Atef on a computer. The memo shows that bin Laden's group has a keen interest in and detailed knowledge of negotiations between the Taliban and the US over an oil and gas pipeline through Afghanistan. Atef's analysis suggests that the Taliban are not sincere in wanting a pipeline, but are dragging out negotiations to keep Western powers at bay. [Salon, 6/5/02] June 1999: Enron announces an agreement to build a $140 million power plant in the Gaza Strip. One of the major financers for the project comes from the Saudi Binladin Group, a company owned by Osama's family. This is the second attempted project between these two companies. 90% complete, the construction is halted because of Palestinian - Israeli violence and then Enron's bankruptcy. [Washington Post, 3/2/02] July 4, 1999: With the chances of a pipeline deal with the Taliban looking increasingly unlikely, the US government finally issues an executive order prohibiting commercial transactions with the Taliban. [Executive Order, 7/4/99] December 20, 1999: The BBC explains one reason why the Northern Alliance has been able to hold out for so long in its civil war against the Taliban in Afghanistan: "Iran has stirred up the fighting in order to make sure an international oil pipeline [goes] through its territory and not through Afghanistan." [BBC, 12/20/99] September 2000: The neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American Century writes a "blueprint" for the "creation of a 'global Pax Americana.'" The document, entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century, was written for the Bush team even before the 2000 Presidential election. It was commissioned by future Vice President Cheney, future Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, future Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Florida Governor and President Bush's brother Jeb Bush, and future Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis Libby. The report calls itself a "blueprint for maintaining global US preeminence, precluding the rise of a great power rival, and shaping the international security order in line with American principles and interests." The plan shows Bush intended to take military control of Persian Gulf oil whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power and should retain control of the region even if there is no threat. It says: "The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein." The report calls for the control of space through a new "US Space Forces," the political control of the internet, the subversion of any growth in political power of even close allies, and advocates "regime change" in China, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Iran and other countries. It also mentions that "advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool." A British Member of Parliament says of the report, "This is a blueprint for US world domination -- a new world order of their making. These are the thought processes of fantasist Americans who want to control the world" (see also Spring 2001 and April 2001 (D)). [Sunday Herald, 9/7/02, click here to download the think tank report] However, the report complains that these changes are likely to take a long time, "absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor." [PNAC Report, 8/00] In an NBC interview at about the same time, Vice Presidential candidate Cheney defends Bush Jr.'s position of maintaining Clinton's policy not to attack Iraq because the US should not act as though "we were an imperialist power, willy-nilly moving into capitals in that part of the world, taking down governments." [Washington Post, 1/12/02] October 12, 2000: The USS Cole is bombed in the Aden, Yemen harbor by al-Qaeda terrorists. 17 US soldiers are killed. [ABC News, 10/13/00] January 21, 2001: George Bush Jr. is inaugurated as the 43rd US President, replacing Clinton. The only major figure to permanently remain in office is CIA Director Tenet, appointed in 1997 and reputedly a long time friend of Bush Sr. FBI Director Louis Freeh stays on until June 2001. Numerous figures in Bush's administration have been directly employed in the oil industry, including Bush, Vice President Cheney and National Security Advisor Rice. Enron's ties also reach deep into the administration. [Washington Post, 1/18/02] |
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