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patriotic. When the White House insists that it's dangerous to HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS report a news event 'in its entirety’, alarm bells should go off for Is there precedence in history for what is happening to America journalists and the American public alike." today? So much so, there is not enough space to present it all. Here's what bin Laden did say in an interview on September 28, Nero burned Rome, blamed it on his enemies and took dictatorial according to the Pakistani newspaper Ummat: "I have already power. But consider what happened just last century. said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the On February 27, 1933, the German Reichstag or Parliament was United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I destroyed by fire. Hitler and his Nazis blamed the destruction on had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of | communist terrorists. They even caught one: a retarded Dutch innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. youth named Marinus van der Lubbe, who carried a Communist Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children Party card. After some time in custody, the youth confessed to and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course being the arsonist. However, later investigation found that one of battle. It is the United States which is perpetrating every mal- person could not have started the mammoth blaze and that incen- treatment on women, children and common people." diaries had been carried into the building through a tunnel which In this interview, apparently suppressed in the United States, led to the offices of Hitler's closest partner, Hermann Goering. bin Laden unsurprisingly blamed the attacks on Israel, claiming: Less than a month later, on March 24, 1933, a panicky German "All that [has been] going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is Parliament voted 441 to 94 to pass an "Enabling Act" at Hitler's sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and urging, which was the starting point for his dictatorship. Asa Israel [and for] what had earlier been done to the innocent people _ result of this act, Germans soon saw gun confiscation, national of Iraq, Chechnya and Bosnia." identity cards, racial profiling, a national security chief (Heinrich Bin Laden went on to state: "We are not hostile to the United Himmler) and, later, mass murders and incarcerations in States. We are against the [US concentration camps. Government] system which makes One of the Western leaders who other nations slaves to the United States supported Hitler and his policies was or forces them to mortgage their politi- Prescott Bush, grandfather of cal and economic freedom." President George W. Bush. He must One cannot, of course, take bin "My government is the world's have taken notice of Hitler's method Laden at face value—but then, the same leading purveyor of violence." for gaining unwarranted power. could be said for the US Government, Since the Reichstag fire, the Bush which has been caught in so many lies . . family and their associates in the and deceits in the past that it is surpris- — Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Council on Foreign Relations, ing that anyone pays any attention to Trilateral Commission and the official pronouncements. Bilderbergers have often mimicked Hitler's tactics of creating a problem, US FOREIGN POLICY offering a draconian solution and What should be thoughtfully consid- advancing their agenda through any ered is the dismal record of United States foreign policy since resulting compromise. World War II. This policy, as confirmed by the New York Times The real enemy is whoever is behind the September 11 terror years ago, has been in the hands of the Council on Foreign attacks. Osama bin Laden, so closely connected to the financial Relations elite since at least 1939. This elite and its associates interests of the Bush family and the CIA, may be the mastermind, includes former Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, or he may be a convenient scapegoat—yet another provocation to Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and (the late) Richard Nixon, virtually stampede Americans into another war for oil. every CIA Director as well as a considerable number of familiar We must thoughtfully consider where the real source of terror past and present government officials such as Dick Cheney, lies: with one bearded fanatic in an impoverished Middle Eastern Henry Kissinger, Wesley Clark, Strobe Talbott, Alexander Haig, country, or with those who would profit while shredding the US Alan Greenspan, James A. Baker III, Sandy Berger, Colin Powell, Constitution in the name of defending freedom. oo Zbigniew Brzezinski, Frank C. Carlucci, John Deutch, Lawrence Eagleburger, Robert McFarlane and Casper Weinberger. About the Author: This policy has been one of neo-colonialism; that is, the subju- im Marrs, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a distinguished author and gation and control of other nations through military dictators or _ investigative journalist whose career began in 1968 as a reporter with the wealthy families supported by, and often placed in power by, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After serving in the Vietnam War, he became US military or intelligence services. The names of nations that he newspaper's military and aerospace writer. have felt the brunt of US CIA and/or military activity as a result Since 1976, Marrs has taught a course on the assassination of President of foreign policy include Somalia, Afghanistan, Mexico, lohn F. Kennedy, at the University of Texas at Arlington, and since 1980 Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, has been a freelance writer, author, PR consultant, publisher of a weekly Iraq, Iran, Libya, Palestinian Territories, Cuba, Vietnam, Korea, rural newspaper and a monthly tourism tabloid as well as producer of a Nicaragua, Lebanon, Grenada, Haiti, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, cable Wv show and several videos. He is the author of Crossfire: The Plot Brazil, Chad, Sudan and many others That Killed Kennedy (1989) (a basis for Oliver Stone's JFK film), Psi Spies ‘AS D Mar in Luther Kine. J sop d during the Vietnam War: (1995, 2001), UFOs: Alien Agenda and Rule by Secrecy (2000; see review 8 Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, stated during the Vietnam War: jn g/01). He is also a regular speaker at UFO conferences and, beginning My government is the world’s leading purveyor of violence." He _ in 2000, began teaching a course on UFOs at the University of Texas. did not say "my country" or "my people". It is the government— A member of various professional societies, Jim Marrs has received sev- or, rather, those who control it—that is responsible, although we, _ eral awards for his writing and photography and is a commentator sought the distracted and unaware citizens who claim to live in a democ- after by US national and regional television and radio talk shows. racy, must take our fair share of the blame. About the Author: im Marrs, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is a distinguished author and investigative journalist whose career began in 1968 as a reporter with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After serving in the Vietnam War, he became he newspaper's military and aerospace writer. Since 1976, Marrs has taught a course on the assassination of President lohn F. Kennedy, at the University of Texas at Arlington, and since 1980 has been a freelance writer, author, PR consultant, publisher of a weekly tural newspaper and a monthly tourism tabloid as well as producer of a cable TV show and several videos. He is the author of Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy (1989) (a basis for Oliver Stone's JFK film), Psi Spies 1995, 2001), UFOs: Alien Agenda and Rule by Secrecy (2000; see review in 8/01). He is also a regular speaker at UFO conferences and, beginning in 2000, began teaching a course on UFOs at the University of Texas. A member of various professional societies, Jim Marrs has received sev- eral awards for his writing and photography and is a commentator sought after by US national and regional television and radio talk shows. 20 + NEXUS HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2001 — JANUARY 2002