Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
December 27, 2009
The explosion of what witnesses describe as a firecracker on
Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas
arrives at an opportune time for the Obama administration. The alleged
perpetrator, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, like shoe bomber Richard Reid
before him, appears to be an incompetent patsy. Mutallab told
investigators he was on a mission from al-Qaeda and he got the
explosive materials for the botched attack in Yemen.
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Yemen is a new front in the war against the manufactured enemy al-Qaeda. Not only is the United States providing assisstance
to the Yemeni government to bomb supposed al-Qaeda bases in the
southern part of the country, but Saudi Arabia conducted airstrikes
against targets in the north. Mohamed al-Anisi, the Yemeni national
security chief, told told the Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz that his
forces were cooperating with Washington on attacks and accused Iran of
aiding Houthi Shiite rebels. Earlier this week, a Saudi Ministry of
Defense official said 73 Saudis were killed fighting the Houthi rebels,
according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
Earlier this week al-Qaeda exploited an anti-government rally in
Sanna. “Al Qaeda militants made a rare public appearance in
restive south Yemen on Monday, telling an anti-government rally that
the group’s war was with the United States and not the Yemeni
army, residents said,” Reuters
reported on December 23. “The West and Saudi Arabia fear al Qaeda
will take advantage of the Yemeni government’s focus on a
Shi’ite rebellion in the north and rising secessionist sentiment
in the south to spread its operations to the kingdom, the world’s
top oil exporter.” An explosion during the demonstration killed
three people.
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The failed bombing of Flight 253 provides an excuse to expand the
GWOT into Africa. “The alleged bomber’s nationality and his
apparent origination in Nigeria raised immediate questions about
airport security in Africa’s most populous country, where
corruption, organized crime and crumbling infrastructure have long
hobbled an otherwise oil-rich government,” reports The Wall Street Journal.
“The alleged attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound jet by a
Nigerian national Friday raises new concern over possible extremist
Islamic activity in Nigeria and West Africa, a corner of Africa where
al Qaeda so far hasn’t put down significant roots.”
Ethiopian and U.S. intervention in Somalia was justified to the
international public under the pretext of fighting terrorism and
al-Qaeda. “Ethiopia has become a regional surrogate or proxy for
the United States and Britain. This is evident from the coordination of
the U.S. military and Ethiopian troops in Somalia,” Global Research noted in January, 2007.
“America’s renewed interest in the Horn of Africa dates
to November 2002 when the US military established its joint taskforce
in Djibouti, now the base for 1,800 troops, including special
operations forces,” The Guardian
reported on January 13, 2007. “By then, the west had good reason
to fear that Africa had become an arena for al-Qaida, and that the
failed state of Somalia could become a haven for the
organization’s operatives.”
Ethiopia invaded Somalia with US encouragement and military
assistance after the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), an Islamist militant
group that ruled much of the country, made military advances. On
January 5, 2007, al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri —
the notorious CIA operative in Afghanistan who was shepherded by the western intelligence asset the Muslim Brotherhood — issued a message urging Somalis to fight against the Ethiopian invaders.
The ICU is a classic intelligence fabrication. It was armed by none
other than Victor Bout, described as the world’s biggest illegal
arms dealer. Bout worked with CIA front companies in Afghanistan. He
also worked with the United Nations and African warlords, according to
investigative journalist Wayne Madsen.
“Unified Quest 2008″ underscores the importance of
Africa in the bogus (and highly profitable) GWOT. The May 2008 United
States Army War College war game included representatives from several
NATO countries, Australia, and Israel, along with the private military
contractors the Rand Corporation and Booz-Allen. Among scenarios
examined during the game were the possibility of direct American
military intervention involving some 20,000 U.S. troops in order to
“secure the oil,” and the question of how to handle
possible splits between factions within the Nigerian government. The
game ended without military intervention because one of the rival
factions executed a successful coup and formed a new government that
sought stability, reported the Stop NATO newsgroup.
Obama has defined the Africom mission to be within in the parameters
of U.S. national security and the larger globalist agenda.
“America has a responsibility to advance this vision, not just
with words, but with support that strengthens African capacity. When
there is genocide in Darfur or terrorists in Somalia, these are not
simply African problems — they are global security challenges,
and they demand a global response,” he said during a speech
delivered on July 11, 2009. “Our Africa Command is focused not on
establishing a foothold in the continent, but on confronting these
common challenges to advance the security of America, Africa and the
world.”
Africa Command was established October 1, 2007 as a temporary
sub-unified command under U.S. European Command, which for more than
two decades was responsible for U.S. military relations with more than
40 African nations. Africa Command was formally activated October 1,
2008, during a public ceremony at the Pentagon attended by
representatives of African nations posted in Washington, D.C.
In addition to paving the way for expanded incursion in Africa, the
failed bombing provides an excuse to further harass an impose police
state measures on airline passengers. “President Barack Obama,
vacationing in Hawaii, ordered heightened security, calling for
‘all appropriate measures to be taken’ after receiving a
briefing from national security officials, a White House statement
said,” reports Bloomberg. Obama considers yesterday’s incident as an attempted terrorist attack.
Airport security was increased around the world today. “The
Department of Homeland Security said passengers may notice additional
screening. Security at airports in the U.K., continental Europe,
Canada, parts of Asia and Australia was increased today, and a European
Commission statement said the authorities are in contact with Dutch and
U.S. officials,” BusinessWeek reports this morning.
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