Posted on 23-6-2003

How and Why America was attacked September 11th, 2001

A review of Nafeez Ahmed's  "The War on Freedom,How and Why America was attacked September 11th, 2001". Nafeez Ahmed, a British political scientist and human rights activist, is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development in Brighton, U.K. www.globalresearch.org a think tank dedicated to the promotion of human rights, justice and peace. Reviewed by Bruce Dyer - Nelson, NZ.

Ahmed's revealing investigation into what happened before and on September 11 provides some insight into why the White House is currently blocking publication of most of the joint Congressional inquirys 800-page report into the event. "On the subject "How and Why America was attacked on 11 September, 2001", the best, most balanced report, thus far, is by Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed ..."                                 Gore Vidal

If you are at all interested in what Bush is up to you need to read this book. It starts with an historical perspective with US designs on Central Asia being revealed in a 1997 Council on Foreign Relations study by long-time US strategic advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski which explains that  "A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world's 3 most advantaged and economically productive regions."

America's attempts to secure its strategic and economic interests was a key factor in the shift in U.S. policy from initially being pro-Taliban to anti when the Afghan regime proved uncooperative. Moreover In an interview on the BBC, Niaz Nacik, a former Pakistani foreign secretary revealed that senior American officials advised him in July 2001, that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by mid-October 2001. Ahmed provides compelling evidence as to how September 11th provided the trigger for that action to proceed with the need for such a trigger being foreshadowed by Brzezinski in his Council on Foreign Relations study where he wrote "As America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy except in the circumstances of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat."

The book conclusively reveals that

  • despite their being under the surveillance of the U.S. intelligence community, the hijackers including Mohammed Atta the leader of the 9.11 attacks, were allowed to travel freely into and out of the US during 2000 and 2001.
  • there were multiple intelligence warnings of an attack that was expected on September 11th including warnings from the Israelis, the Russians, the French and the Egyptians.
  • Over the 4 trading days before 11th Sept, shares of United Airlines and American Airlines, the companies whose planes were hijacked in the attacks on New York and Washington were massively sold short. "These multiple, massive and unprecedented financial transactions point unequivocally to the fact that the investors behind these trades were speculating in anticipation of a mid-September 2001 catastrophe that would involve both United Airlines and American Airlines a clear demonstration of their foreknowledge or involvement in the 11th September attacks. "
  • Contrary to well-established practices, no military aircraft were scrambled to intercept the hijacked aircraft.
  • Ahmed details the long-standing financial connections between the Bush and bin Laden families and how both were set to benefit financially from the war on Afghanistan that was triggered by the 11th September attacks.
  • Leaving aside its grooming of the Taliban and bin Laden, Ahmed refers to the public knowledge that Pakistan intelligence (ISI) provided funds for the 9.11 hijackers. It is also well-established that Pakistan intelligence works closely with the CIA. The implication of US complicity in the 9.11 attacks is backed up by the Bush administration having blocked an inquiry into the role of the ISI.
  • The Japanese attack on Hawaii as demonstrated in the BBC documentary "Betrayal at Pearl Harbour" was the most infamous but not the only precedent for the US deliberately provoking acts of terrorism against itself in order to justify American military action.

Ahmed concludes that the facts on record point directly to US state responsibility for the events of 11th September 2001, by effectively facilitating the attacks, blocking attempts to prevent them, protecting those responsible and maintaining close political, financial, military and intelligence ties to the key figures who supported those responsible.

The authoritative evidence Ahmed presents strongly suggests that September 11th was allowed to happen so as to provide a pretext for Americas military expansion into Central Asia.