Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Does an "Al Qaeda" Really Exist? - The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear
The Nation
by Robert Scheer
Is it conceivable that Al Qaeda, as defined by President Bush as the center of a vast and well-organized international terrorist conspiracy, does not exist?
To even raise the question amid all the officially inspired hysteria is heretical, especially in the context of the US media's supine acceptance of Administration claims relating to national security. Yet a brilliant new BBC film produced by one of Britain's leading documentary filmmakers systematically challenges this and many other accepted articles of faith in the so-called war on terror.
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear, a three-hour historical film by Adam Curtis recently aired by the British Broadcasting Corp., argues coherently that much of what we have been told about the threat of international terrorism "is a fantasy that has been exaggerated and distorted by politicians. It is a dark illusion that has spread unquestioned through governments around the world, the security services and the international media."
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It is exceedingly conceivable the the so called Al Qaeda monster is a creation of the President Bush Administration.
By the way, President Bush is in my country tomorrow..... they will be closing down all the roads in central Accra for about three hours in the evening, and for the next two days. Causing a great inconvenience to us poor Ghanaians who don't even know what he wants here ( maybe a bit of our new found oil?)
He will also be in my son's school tomorrow, I know my son will not be going to school tomorrow ( just in case that " Al Qaeda monster" does exist.
I've got all three parts in fact I have all of the Adam Curtis documentaries...I could hook you up if you want.
Denmark, I believe we have a point of convergence. TG, how could I access the documentary?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OIPZS72I Part 1
part 2 and 3 coming soon....
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1U40C06O part2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EGOTVZ9N part 3
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