The big US propaganda machine is running at full blast about the recent ‘win’ over al-

Qaeda and winning the totally imaginary ‘war on terror’. In reality, al-Qaeda is nothing
less than the very proud firstborn offspring of the US. In fact, the story of al-Qaeda is
really and truly the story of the US itself.

The story, or at least the main part of it, begins during the closing months of 1945. As
the soviet army steamrolls its way across Europe and into Berlin, the US wakes up to the
realisation that there is now an army which will not be easily taking orders from it. War
victory (especially the one in the Pacific) further reinforces the newfound belief that US
political and military supremacy has become indispensable to the destiny of the nations.
The Cold War replaces WW2. The US becomes totally convinced that it must curtail and
defeat its newest adversary by hook or by crook. The US CIA becomes the chief weapon
of the country for the Cold War struggle. The CIA, being able to function virtually 24/7,
starts operating very actively in every major area and region of the world. In no time the
CIA becomes a byword for US black killer operations, or in plain words, global terror.

In the 1970s, the US became the top foreign influence in the Middle East. Coincidently,
around this time, Afghanistan was wallowing in a state of turmoil caused by one coup
incident after another. Finally in 1978, Afghan marxists took control but the big turmoil
continued. Eventually the marxists had to implore the soviets for urgent assistance. At
this point the CIA decided to act. Its aim was to lure the USSR into direct intervention.
It supplied the Afghan marxists’ opponents with weapons and advisers. As a result, the
situation quickly and greatly worsened. The country thithered near the brink of collapse.
Worse, the reactions and the recklessness of the Afghan leadership deeply alarmed the
USSR. On 27 Dec 1979 it sent in its army into Kabul to remove the Afghan leadership
and replaced it with a new one. It was a big mistake. The US openly denounced the
USSR and led an international campaign against soviet Afghanistan. Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia and others also openly opposed the soviets. The CIA recruited and shipped Arab
fighters to Pakistan from where they infiltrated into Afghanistan. The Afghan insurgency
eventually won and the USSR withdrew in 1989. But, while still fighting the soviets, the
‘Afghan Arabs’ had become interested in other places outside of Afghanistan. The CIA
found this very useful and many experienced fighters were later smuggled to the Balkans
and parts of eastern europe to fight US ‘enemies’. But before this, while still fighting the
soviets and still receiving US help, the unofficial existence of ‘al-Qaeda’ became official
by simply putting down a name. Thus, al-Qaeda and the US are really comrades-in-arms.

After the USSR left, some of the ‘Afghan Arabs’, including a man called Osama (now
the ‘al-Qaeda’ leader) returned home. Not long after coming home, Osama had a fallout
with the Saudi rulers. Also, he stopped viewing the US as a friend. His organisation
carried out a few explosions here and there and Osama eventually had to leave for
neighbouring Sudan.
In Sudan, again, after a few more explosions, he was asked to leave. At this point,
(ex-soviet) Afghanistan was about to fall into the hands of the Taliban and Osama
returned there, only just very shortly before they marched into the capital.

After Kabul was captured by the Taliban, Osama set up training camps there and
al-Qaeda was now international. People from S E Asia, south Asia, Africa and even
Europe flocked to these camps. The US knew the organisation was behind several
anti-US attacks taking place in Africa and the nearby Arab region yet the CIA and
other intelligence agencies still had a free hand in making deals with al-Qaeda. The
US government also welcomed the new Taliban government in Kabul and visits by
Taliban representatives to the US took place up to March 2001. Thus, while the US
State Department knew all about the activities of al-Qaeda, the CIA and company
were still allowed to work with it. So, what is all this about fighting a war on terror ?
The US was in total cahoots with al-Qaeda. The US was actually the terror itself.

The US was friendly to the Taliban for a number of reasons. Among them was the
idea or prospect of getting their cooperation for US access to Central Asian oil or
gas sources plus a possible common stand against Teheran. The US was willing to
work secretly with al-Qaeda in order to destabilise eastern Europe and the southern
regions of Russia and areas bordering western China. But then unexpectedly came
the attacks on the twin towers and the pentagon. The attacks put a (temporary) hiatus
to the secret cooperation between the US and al-Qaeda, and Osama as the head of
al-Qaeda, was immediately branded ‘public enemy number one’ by the US.

(That title was supposed to have been reserved for the PRC. )

Still, soon after the dust from the attacks had died down, the US was again busily
cooperating with al-Qaeda. Afghan heroin, which funded the Taliban and its local
al-Qaeda allies, was allowed to resume normal shipments abroad. Heroin, when
mixed with organised crime is the magic potion to weaken your enemies and cultivate
the right levels of lawlessness desired. And this year, the US provided unstinting
support to the Libyan branch of al-Qaeda in north Africa. So much for the war on terror.

The story of al-Qaeda is truly the story of the US ! It is just that leaders will always
come and go. Al-Qaeda will always and always be the firstborn offspring of the US.

Note: The current US action in attacking Tripoli is easily ten times worse than the
1979 intrusion by the former USSR. Also, the so-called missile shield now being
erected in Europe is proof of the US desire to destabilise Russia (and other countries).
A nation reeling in its death throes might just be tempted to shoot off a few rockets;
the Cold War is really not over yet. It still has a few more stages to go !