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The Far West Drug MetaGroup Continued from page 25 that had been predetermined—in non- STOP PRESS accountable arenas like PNAC (Proiect for Shamil’ Basaev (mentioned in part one of this STOP PRESS Shamil’ Basaev (mentioned in part one of this series), the mastermind behind the horrors at Beslan (2004) and Moscow's Dubrovka that had been predetermined—in non- accountable arenas like PNAC (Project for the New American Century) and the AEI— before their dubious assumption of Powe! Theatre (2002), was killed in a Russian special ne the Key to the implementation of these “operation on the night of July 9-10, 2006, policies was an event still mysterious and ghortly after he had threatened to take action barely understood: the homicidal attack on against the Group of Eight Summit on July 15. the United States citizenship that we call __ In his last year he had allegedly made up for a 9/11. decline in foreign financing by reliance on In studying 9/11, I have come to _ bank robberies and drug-trafficking. articulate further the distinction I have eae Editor's Note: ad iously bet litics, thi a . MAUS PIEVIOUSTY DUWECR PATAPONCS, the This article has been abridged for a 2006 covert actions and policies which can be . . tra acl 5 state < , colloquium presentation by Dr Scott at the raced back to secret state agency, and deep ae liti h ire field of political University of Melbourne. A longer form of po tics, t © entire ae ; ov po tca this essay, together with endnotes, can be practices and relationships, deliberate or —tgunq at http://www.lobster-magazine. not, which are usually repressed rather than —_ ¢9 ,uk/articles/global-drug.htm. acknowledged. I now see a third level, still deeper and About the Author: even less documented, whichI can only Dr Peter Dale Scott, a former Canadian think to describe provisionally with the diplomat, has written extensively on US abused term transpolitics: actions and foreign policy and the international drug policies which are deliberate, but which traffic. He has recently completed a book have been determined by overworld groups manuscript, The Road to 9/11: Wealth, and agencies beyond the reach of the Empire, and the Future of America. For domestic stz additional background, see "A Ballad of Drugs The "Pristi . dash". if truly an acti t and 9/11", FlashPoint, Spring 2006, at www. wets sina cash > iraly att acho? NO! flashpointmag.com/scott2.htm. For more initiated by the Kremlin, would constitute getails about Dr Scott and his work, visit his an example of transpolitics. °° website http://www. peterdalescott.net. In so far as this expansion into Central Asia was a matter of geostrategic policy, it was a policy primarily directed by private oil companies and PMCs, not the state. The sense of powerlessness that pervades American civil society, and even Congress, derives from this awareness that the state only mediates in foreign imperial expansion today after crucial decisions have already been made by institutions over which the state has no control. Since the year 2000, the American state has in effect been captured by these meta- groups. Not the American people but the Supreme Court (acting without precedent and, many lawyers claim, without constitutional authority) determined who would be the next president of the United States. Behind the nominal authority of George W. Bush, representatives of the multinational oil and pharmaceutical industries—Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld—moved in to consolidate the superprofits of these industries with a war tailored to meet their needs. They did so by implementing policies Editor's Note: This article has been abridged for a 2006 colloquium presentation by Dr Scott at the University of Melbourne. A longer form of this essay, together with endnotes, can be found at http://www.lobster-magazine. co.uk/articles/global-drug.htm. About the Author: Dr Peter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat, has written extensively on US foreign policy and the international drug traffic. He has recently completed a book manuscript, The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America. For additional background, see "A Ballad of Drugs and 9/11", FlashPoint, Spring 2006, at www. flashpointmag.com/scott2.htm. For more details about Dr Scott and his work, visit his website http://www.peterdalescott.net. NEXUS +77 AUGUST —- SEPTEMBER 2006 www.nexusmagazine.com