FTR#406—Interview with John Loftus—(Two 30-minute segments) (Recorded on
4/13/2003.)
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Summary of FTR#406—(Note: The massive volume of “For The Record”
programs about 9/11 and related topics are summarized and analyzed in the
periodically-updated description for FTR#391. It
is recommended that listeners use this description and e-mail it to others.
Also: The “meat” of the book “Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile” has been digested
into an extended description for FTR#305.
Listeners can now e-mail the essential information about this quintessentially
important book to people around the world. In addition, the professional
history of the late Paul Manning, the book’s author, is presented in the
description “About Paul Manning.” This enables
listeners to acquaint others with Mr. Manning’s journalistic credentials.
Understanding the Bormann organization is essential to comprehending the
concept of “the Underground Reich.”) In this
interview, the heroic John Loftus presents the account of his pivotal lawsuit
against Sami Al-Arian and two critical events that grew out of that suit: the
quintessentially important Operation Green Quest raids of 3/20/2002 and the
trillion-dollar lawsuit against the Saudi elite filed on behalf of the
survivors of victims of 9/11. In addition, John highlights articles from his
website and points of information from his books. People interested in the
continuing tension in the Muslim world will be fascinated to hear the realities
of “non-Wahhabi” Islam as recounted in the Hadith, the essential body of Muslim
literature that supplements the Koran. The concluding portion of the program
features a couple of central points of information concerning the fates of
Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
Program Highlights Include: Discussion of
the Bush family’s ties with the Thyssen-Bornemisza industrial empire; the
suspicious death of the manager of the Dutch president of one of the banks that
financed Thyssen-Bornemisza on behalf of the Nazis; the untimely demise of a
Dutch reporter in 1996 when he went to investigate the Bush/Thyssen-Bornemisza
connection; the Carlyle group and its connections to George Bush; the role of
Enron in brokering the Afghan pipeline deal that appears to have facilitated
the 9/11 attacks; the struggle within the Bush administration between old reactionaries
aligned with his father’s oil cronies and others who want to break with that
political tradition; the Islamist links to Grover Norquist and the GOP; the
contempt of Saudi King Fahd for the Palestinians; the Saudi funding of the PLO;
the disabling of Osama bin Laden through the use of a dialysis machine that
made him sicker and jaundiced—unable to appear in public; the account of how
Saddam Hussein was killed early in the Iraqi campaign; the traditional Muslim
tolerance for Jews, Christians and women. Be sure to visit John’s website at www.john-loftus.com .
1.
The program
begins with an account of the lawsuit that John filed against Sami Al-Arian. A
Palestinian widely alleged to have been a central figure in anti-Israeli
terrorism, Al-Arian has been a focal point of investigation for years—much of
the information about his activities has been on the public record for a long
time. (For more about the Al-Arian suit, see—among other programs—FTR#’s 357,
400, 405.)
2.
Following
discussion of the Al-Arian suit, the program highlights the magnificent
follow-up to that suit—the consummately important Operation Green Quest raids
of 3/20/2002. As discussed in FTR#357, it was the information provided by John Loftus
to federal investigators that precipitated these raids. In this part of the
program, John notes that George W. Bush is in a difficult position. If the
investigation were to go as far as it might, Bush would be in the position of
seeing his father indicted. (For more about Operation Green Quest, see--among
other programs—FTR#’s 356, 357, 359, 366, 382, 389, 390, 395, 400, 404.)
3.
After helping to
launch the Operation Green Quest raids, John was instrumental in forging the
legal coalition and providing the documentary underpinning for the lawsuit
filed against powerful members of the Saudi elite on behalf of the survivors of
victims of the 9/11 raids. John is the intelligence adviser to that suit. (For
more about that lawsuit, see—among other programs—FTR#’s 386, 389, 390.)
4.
Next, the
program highlights the role of Enron in brokering the Caspian Sea pipeline deal
across Afghanistan. (This subject is covered at length in FTR#362. The pipeline
deal itself is discussed FTR#’s 91, 334, 403.) According to John Loftus, Enron
sought to evade bankruptcy by brokering the pipeline deal, with the Bin Laden
family construction firm being lined up for some of the construction contracts.
The available evidence suggests that Mohammed Atef—Al Qaeda’s operations
chief—was aware of the negotiations and that this facilitated the 9/11 attacks.
5.
Further
developing another article posted on John’s web site, the program reviews the
Bush/Thyssen-Bornemisza banking connection. (This connection is discussed at
length in FTR#’s 273, 278, 370.) After discussing the Webb-Parmeline law (a
loophole in the anti-trust legislation that permitted American ‘Robber Barons’
to form cartels—international monopolies—abroad), the broadcast highlights the
Wall Street investments in Germany and Italy. Of particular interest in this
regard are the precipitous deaths of the Dutch manager of the Bank Voor Handel
en Scheepvart and a Dutch journalist in 1996. Both deaths were highly
suspicious and followed attempts at investigating the Bush/Thyssen/Third Reich
connection.
6.
Supplementing
information presented in FTR#362, the program highlights the differences
between Wahhabiism and Islam as presented in the Hadith—the important body of
Muslim law compiled in the wake of the Prophet Mohammed’s passing. It is particularly
important to note that Islam is not anti-Semitic, anti-Christian or
anti-women’s rights. It is John’s view that as literacy spreads among the
Muslim population, the overweening influence of Wahhabiism will diminish as
growing numbers of Muslims learn to read the Hadith. The Wahhabi doctrine has
been branded a heresy more than 60 times.
7.
Next, John
highlights the Saudi funding of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Saudi
King Fahd’s hatred of the Palestinian people. (For more about the Saudi funding
of the PLO, see—among other programs—FTR#’s 340, 358.)
8.
The program
discusses divisions within the Republican Party about the Wahhabi influence
within the party—epitomized by Grover Norquist. According to John, there is a
war between lobbyists. Old-line reactionaries epitomized by Norquist and people
with a more progressive outlook. John also notes the Bush/Bin Laden business
connections epitomized by the Carlyle Group. (For more about the Carlyle Group,
see—among other programs—FTR#’s 334, 337, 347.)
9.
The concluding
portion of the broadcast discusses information “hot off the presses,” so to
speak. According to John’s intelligence contacts, Osama bin Laden is jaundiced
and his face is yellow—the result of U.S. intelligence having a rigged dialysis
machine that made him sicker, rather than better. Jaundice is viewed as a
Satanic affliction in Islam, so he is now viewed as cursed. In the viewpoint of
the intelligence community, this is better than bin Laden being killed (he
would have become a martyr) or captured (inviting a ransom-generating
retaliation.)
10.
According to
John’s intelligence connections, there does appear to be some information
linking North Korean nuclear capability with that of Iraq. Interestingly, North
Korea suddenly agreed to negotiations with the Bush administration in the
immediate aftermath of the war in Iraq and the confirmation of the Iraqi/North
Korean nuclear link.
11.
Lastly, the
program features information about the fate of Saddam Hussein. According to
John’s intelligence contacts, Saddam was killed during the opening phase of the
war by a combination of satellite-guided munitions and cruise missiles directed
by laser-sighting technology. The cruise missiles were directed down a
“chimney” dug into the ceiling of Saddam’s bunker by the satellite-guided
munitions. The resulting thermobaric shock killed Saddam Hussein.
12.
Be sure to visit
John’s website at www.john-loftus.com .