FTR#433—Fifth Column, Part II—(Two 30-Minute segments.) (Sources are noted in parentheses.) (Recorded on 11/3/2003.)
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Summary of FTR#433—(Note: The massive
volume of “For The Record” programs about 9/11 and related topics is 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 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.”) Continuing a line of analysis highlighted in—among other broadcasts—FTR#’s 399, 405,
this program sets forth the structure of an apparent Underground Reich/Islamist
Fifth Column within the US political and military establishments. Embodied in
the milieu of the Operation Green Quest Raids of 3/20/2002, this Fifth Column
embraces the Islamic Institute (virtually an extension of the GOP), the Muslim
Brotherhood and the Muslim Chaplains program in the United States. Significant
elements of the so-called antiwar movement grouped around International ANSWER
overlap the same milieu, and might be viewed as exemplifying a “Red/Brown”
(Communist/Fascist) milieu. This, too, can be seen as part of the Underground
Reich Fifth Column. The overall goal of this Fifth Column is to effect the
physical/political/economic destruction and or subjugation of the United
States.
Program Highlights Include: GOP operative
Kamal Nawash’s connections to Abdurahman Alamoudi—an associate of Youssef Nada;
Nawash’s connections to GOP operative Grover Norquist; Norquist’s work on
behalf of the Islamic Institute and Alamoudi; Alamoudi’s connections with the
targets of the Operation Green Quest raids; Alamoudi’s association with Al
Taqwa’s Yousssef Nada and Ahmed Idris Nasreddin; the conflict between the CIA
and the Bush White House over the leaking of the CIA background of Valerie
Plame; the influence of Henry Ford’s The
International Jew on anti-Semitism in the Muslim world; the role of the
Spanish-based elements of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 9/11 attacks.
1.
The broadcast begins with the subject of Kamal Nawash, a Republican
candidate for the Virginia state senate and an intimate of the Islamist/GOP
milieu discussed in—among other programs—FTR#’s
356, 357, 415. “Kamal Nawash, an immigration lawyer and legal director of
the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) since 1997, has thrown
his hat in the ring as a Republican candidate for state senator in the 31st
district of Virginia . . .” (“Hussein Ibish’s Favorite Political
Candidate?” by Daniel Pipes; 9/10/2003; accessed at www.danielpipes.org
.)
2.
Among Nawash’s supporters is Abdurahman Alamoudi—an associate of
Youssef Nada, Al Taqwa and Al Qaeda, as well as GOP bigwig Grover Norquist.
(For more about Al Taqwa and Nada, see—among other programs—FTR#’s 343, 354, 359, 371, 377, 378, 382,
416, 425, 432. In addition, be sure to check three very important articles
by Kevin Coogan: “The Mysterious Achmed Huber:
Friend to Hitler, Allah and Ibn Ladin?” available at: www.oraclesyndicate.org/pub_e/k.coo_e/publ_05-02_1.htm
; “Report on Islamists, The Far Right, and Al
Taqwa” available at: www.oraclesyndicate.org/pub_e/k.coo_e/publ_09-02_1.htm
; and “Achmed Huber, The Avalon Gemeinschaft, and
the Swiss “New Right” available at: www.oraclesyndicate.org/pub_e/k.coo_e/publ_08-02_1.htm
.) “Nawash is
getting support for his candidacy from some suspicious quarters. Abdurahman
Alamoudi, former head of the American Muslim Council whose contribution was
returned by Hilary Clinton, sent out a fundraising letter urging support for
Nawash: ‘I am urging you today to ask that you join me in supporting . . .
Kamal Nawash . . . Toward that end I personally contributed money to Kamal’s
election campaign.’ And Grover Norquist, the Republican activist who paved the
way for militant Islamic groups to enter the Bush White House, is hosting a
fundraiser for Nawash in his own house.” (“Sept. 23, 2003 Update”;
Idem.)
3.
In addition, Alamoudi is represented by Nawash’s law firm. “Legal papers
filed today indicate that Alamoudi is being represented by a team of three
lawyers . . . and May Kheder,of Hanania, Kheder & Nawash, P.C. in Falls
Church, VA. The last of these, of course, is a partner of Kamal Nawash.” (“Oct.
22, 2003 Update”; Idem.)
4.
One of the most important elements in the broadcast is a consummately
important interview from “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” from October 23.
Information provided by the heroic John Loftus corroborates Mr. Emory’s working
hypothesis that the 9/11 attacks were perpetrated by an Underground Reich Fifth
Column overlapping both the Bush administration and the Al Taqwa/Al Qaeda
networks. “ .
. . ‘MYERS (voice-over): Abdurahman Alamoudi, a consultant to the Pentagon on
the Chaplain Program for more than a decade, now accused of helping Osama bin
Laden and Hamas. Court documents filed late last night, claim Alamoudi has
provided ‘financial support to Hamas’ and ‘financial support to fronts for
al-Qaeda.’ One of the groups allegedly tied to Alamoudi is a charity which gave
this Virginia post office as its address. Alamoudi was vice president. Who
founded it? Abdullah bin Laden, Osama bin Laden’s nephew. Also ringing alarms,
Alamoudi’s palm pilot which the government claims included the names and
numbers of six designated global terrorists. . .” (“ ‘Countdown with
Keith Olbermann’ for Oct. 23”; MSNBC News;
10/23/2003; accessed at: www.msnbc.com/news/984616.asp .)
5.
“ . . . Over the
years, Alamoudi has been a familiar face in Washington. The Pentagon chose him
to help select Muslim chaplains. He met with President Clinton, made six trips
to Muslim nations as a goodwill ambassador for the State Department, met with
candidate George Bush. Last year, FBI director Rob Mueller even spoke to an
organization founded by Alamoudi over the objections of some agents. . . .” (Idem.)
6.
“ . . OLBERMANN;
NBC’s Lisa Myers on this extraordinary story in Washington. Joining us now,
with more on the purported double life of this prominent Muslim-American is
John Loftus, host of ‘The Loftus Report’ and frequent guest on this show. John,
good evening.” (Idem.)
7.
“LOFTUS: Well,
you know, it’s a funny story. About a year-and-a half ago, people in the
intelligence community came and said-guys like Alamoudi and Sami al-Arian and
other terrorists weren’t being touched because they’d been ordered not to
investigate the cases, not to prosecute them, because they were being funded by
the Saudis and a political decision was being made at the highest levels, don’t
do anything that would embarrass the Saudi government. So, of course I
immediately volunteered to do it and I filed a lawsuit, against al-Arian
charging him with being a major terrorist for Islamic Jihad, most of his money
came from Saudi charities in Virginia.” (Idem.)
8.
“Now,
Alamoudi’s headquarters were in the same place, he was raided the same day, on
March 20. An hour after I filed my lawsuit, the U.S. government finally got off
its butt and they raided these offices. And, the stuff that they’re taking out
of there now is absolutely horrendous. Al-Arian has now, finally been indicted,
along with Alamoudi, today. But, who was it that fixed the cases? How could
these guys operate for more than a decade immune from prosecution? And, the
answer is coming out in a very strange place. What Alamoudi and al-Arian have
in common is a guy named Grover Norquist. He’s the super lobbyist. Newt
Gingrich’s guy, the one the NRA calls on, head of American taxpayers. He is the
guy that was hired by Alamoudi to head up the Islamic institute and he’s the
registered agent for Alamoudi, personally, and for the Islamic Institute.” (Idem.)
9.
“Grover
Norquist’s best friend is Karl Rove, the White House chief of staff, and
apparently Norquist was able to fix things. He got extreme right wing Muslim
people to be the gatekeepers in the White House. That’s why moderate [Muslim]
Americans couldn’t speak out after 9/11. Moderate Muslims couldn’t get into the
White House because Norquist’s friends were blocking their access.” (Idem.)
10.
“OLBERMANN: How
does this tie back into the thing that apparently pulled the stopper out of the
drain, if you will-The developments at Guantanamo Bay? How rotten is the system
of the interpreters and the chaplains-the Muslim chaplains that Alamoudi was
involved in setting up?” (Idem.)
11.
As theorized in FTR#’s 356, 386,
405, Islamist elements of this Underground Reich milieu appears to have
successfully infiltrated the US military. “LOFTUS: It’s as rotten as it gets. Think of the Muslim
chaplain’s program that he set up as a spy service for al-Qaeda. The damage
that’s been done is extreme. It wasn’t just sending home mom and dad messages.
From the prisoners. These guys, this network in Guantanamo, stole the CIA’s
briefing books. Everything that the CIA knew about al-Qaeda is now back in
al-Qaeda’s hands. That’s about as bad an intelligence setback as you can get.” (Idem.)
12.
“OLBERMANN:
John, how does this end up? How far will the investigation into this
necessarily have to go to get to the bottom of it?” (Idem.)
13.
“LOFTUS: There’s
a lot more to go. Norquist had a lot of other clients. There’s a whole alphabet
soup of Saudi agencies that funded terrorism in this country. They had an awful
lot of protection. And one of the things we may find about 9/11 is that people
out in the field weren’t allowed to connect the dots and questions will be
asked whether guys like Grover Norquist were part of the problem?” (Idem.)
14.
Reviewing information presented in FTR#432,
the broadcast underscores the numerous connections of Abdur Rahman Alamoudi. “At the network’s
center is Abdur Rahman Alamoudi, a Muslim-American activist who was indicted
yesterday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA. On money laundering and
tax, immigration and customs-fraud charges. The 18-count indictment isn’t
directly related to the Virginia probe, focusing mostly on alleged illegal
dealings with Libya. . . .In other recent filings, prosecutors unveiled
evidence that they say links Mr. Alamoudi to Hamas, the Palestinian group
designated as terrorist by the U.S., and Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization.
Prosecutors say Mr. Alamoudi’s Palmpilot contained contact information for
seven men designed as ‘global terrorists’ by the U.S. in freezing their assets.
They included Saudi businessman Yassin Qadi, and alleged supporter of Hamas and
al Qaeda, and Swiss financier Yusuf Nada, an alleged al Qaeda banker. . .” (“Unraveling
Terror’s Finances” by Glenn R. Simpson; Wall
Street Journal; 10/24/2003; p. A2.)
15.
Among the factors blunting attempts at neutralizing the Nada/Al Taqwa
milieu is the functional connection between the Bush Administration’s corporate
allies and firms connected to Nada et al. “One reason the Bush Administration gave for going to war
in Iraq was Saddam Hussein’s alleged ties to terrorists. So it is ironic that
one of the partners in a big Iraqi firm being used US contractors in Iraq is
also a founding partner in an organization that’s been identified as helping
fund al Qaeda. So far, however, neither the government nor the contractors have
shown much concern. Sadoon Al-Bunnia is one of three principals in one of
Iraq’s oldest companies, the Al-Bunnia Trading Company. The Iraqi firm has
become a major subcontractor for US firms working under US government contracts
in Iraq. But, as documents obtained by The
Nation from the Lugano office of the Swiss Federal Commercial Registry
show, Sadoon al-Bunnia is also a founding partner of a Swiss-registered firm
called the Malaysian Swiss Gulf and African Chamber (MIGA), which the US
government and the United Nations Security Council have designated as funders
of Al Qaeda.” (“Strange Bedfellows [The AIQ/Al-Bunnia/Bechtel Links]
by Laura Rozen; The Nation;
11/10/2003; www.thenation.com/doc.methml?I+20031110&s=rozen.)
16.
“MIGA is one of
fourteen businesses controlled by Ahmed Idris Nasreddin and Youssef M. Nada.
Then-Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill said in an August 29, 2002, news release
that businesses in the Nasreddin-Nada network ‘appeared to be providing a
clandestine line of credit to a close associate of Usama bin Laden and as of
late September 2001, Usama bin Laden and his Al Qaida organization received
financial assistance from Youssef M. Nada. . . .” (Idem.)
17.
Haley Barbour—governor-elect of Mississippi—is among those whose
businesses transact with the Nada-linked Al-Bunnia firm. “ . . . Agreeing with that assessment is
Bechtel, which signed up the Al-Bunnia Trading Company as its first Iraqi
subcontractor to work on the reconstruction of Iraq’s Al Mat Bridge. . .
.Another firm with close ties to the White House that’s angling to help clients
win Iraq contracts, GOP lobbyist Haley Barbour’s New Bridge Strategies, proudly
announces on its website that its local partner in a consortium bidding on a
contract is ‘led by the Al-Bunnia family, who are a leading commercial group in
Iraq with over 80 years experience in Iraq.’” (Idem.)
18.
“ . . . Following
Ernie Fletcher’s capture of the Kentucky governor’s mansion for the Republican
party for the first time in 32 years, Haley Barbour’s victory in Mississippi,
which means all Deep South states are now in Republican control, and Arnold
Schwarenegger’s imminent assumption of California’s governorship, the
Republican national leadership revelled in strategic territorial gains . . .” (“Republican Victories in
South Boost Bush Hopes for 2004” by James Harding; The Financial Times; 11/6/2003; p. 2.)
19.
In FTR#’s 372, 412, Mr.
Emory set forth his view that the present-day US could be compared to France in
the pre-Second World War period. In effect, there is a civil war underway
pitting elements associated with the Underground Reich through structural
economic relationships against patriotic domestic elements. It is Mr. Emory’s
view that the struggle encompasses the conflict underway between the Bush
Administration and elements of the intelligence community over the invasion of
Iraq. (Recall that Mr. Emory viewed that affair as a trap, luring the US into a
draining conflict with the Muslim peoples of what the Nazis called “The Earth
Island.” For more about this, see—among other programs—FTR#’s 396-404.) “The Bush administration’s exposure of a clandestine
Central Intelligence Agency operative was part of a campaign aimed at
discrediting US intelligence agencies for their failure to support White House
claims that Saddam Hussein was reconstituting Iraq’s nuclear weapons program,
former agency officials said. In a rare hearing called by Senate Democrat
leaders, the officials said that the White House engaged in pressure and
intimidation aimed at generating intelligence evidence to support the decision
to make war on Iraq.”(“Naming of CIA Agent ‘Aimed to Discredit the
Service’” by Edward Alden; The Financial
Times; 10/25-10/26/2003; p. 3.)
20.
“Senior
administration officials in July revealed the name of Valerie Plame, a former
clandestine CIA officer and the wife of Joseph Wilson, who was sent by the CIA
in 2002 to assess claims that Iraq ws attempting to purchase enriched uranium
from Niger. Mr. Wilson had angered the White House by concluding that there was
no evidence to support the claim, and then going public with that information
after the war. The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation to
determine the source of the leak, which in effect ended Ms. Plame’s career as a
CIA operative and may have endangered agency sources who came in contact with
her.” (Idem.)
21.
“Vince
Cannistraro, former operations chief at the CIA, charged yesterday: ‘She was
outed as a vindictive act because the agency was not providing support for
policy statements that Saddam Hussein was reviving his nuclear program.’ The
lead was a way to ‘demonstrate an underlying contempt for the intelligence
community, the CIA in particular.’ He said that in the run-up to the war with
Iraq, the White House had engaged in unprecedented pressure on the CIA and
other intelligence agencies to find evidence that Iraq had links to Osama bin
Laden and al-Qaeda and that Mr. Hussein’s regime was trying to build a nuclear
bomb.” (Idem.)
22.
“While the
intelligence agencies believe their mission is to provide accurate analysis to
the president to aid policy decisions, in the case of Iraq ‘we had policies
that were already adopted and they were looking for those selective pieces of
intelligence that would support the policy’, Mr. Cannistraro said. In written
testimony, he said that Vice-President Dick Cheney and his top aide Lewis Libby
went to CIA headquarters to press mid-level analysts to provide support for the
claim. Mr. Cheney, he said, ‘insisted that desk analysts were not looking hard
enough for the evidence’. Mr. Cannistraro said his information came from
current agency analysts.” (Idem.)
23.
“Other agency
officials, who said they had been colleagues of Ms. Plame when she was trained
as a CIA agent, said the leak could do severe damage to the morale of the
intelligence agencies. ‘The US government has never before released the name of
a clandestine officer,’ said Jim Marcinkowski, a former CIA case officer. ‘My
classmates and I have been betrayed.’” (Idem.)
24.
Part of the Fifth Column attacking the US is to be found within
elements of the so-called progressive sector. FTR#398 highlights International ANSWER’s connections with extreme
left-wing elements, as well as fellow travelers of the Al Taqwa/Islamist
network. In addition, FTR#350
touches on ANSWER lynchpin Ramsey Clark’s pivotal role in covering-up the
assassinations of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King. “According to a
web-posting, Nawash spoke at a ‘Muslim Solidarity Day for Justice and Peace’
rally near the White House on May 24, 2003, promoted by International ANSWER .
. .” (“Sept. 23, 2003 Update” by Daniel Pipes; available at www.danielpipes.org
.)
25.
Another of the Islamists in the ANSWER orbit and a fellow-traveler of
terrorist elements is Imam Siraj Wahaj, named as an alleged unindicted
co-conspirator in a plot to destroy landmarks in New York City. “The group will be
joined by many peace, justice, religious and civil rights organizations and
will include speakers such as . . .
Imam Siraj Wahaj . . .” (“Thousands
to Protest Bush Attack on Muslims, Immigrants, Civil Rights, and Civil
Liberties;” International A.N.S.WE.R. bulletin; accessed at www.mas.net.org
.)
26.
“ . . . Imam
Wahhaj’s worlds collided when the World Trade Center was bombed in 1993. The
FBI investigation of the bombing led to charges not only against the bombers
but also a network of anti-American Muslims who planned to destroy the United
Nations’ headquarters, the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and other
New York area landmarks. The FBI soon figured out that two members of that
network had worshipped at Masjid at-Taqwa: Sheik Abdel-Rahman and Mr.
Hampton-El. In a Feb. 2, 1995, letter to defense lawyers in the
landmarks-bombing case, then-U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White named about 170 people
as ‘unindicted persons who may be alleged as co-conspirators.’ Imam Wahhaj was
on the list, but was never charged. Ms. White declined to comment. . . .” (“One Imam Traces The Path
of Islam in Black America” by Paul M. Barrett; The Wall Street Journal; 10/24/2003; p. A8.)
27.
One of the concluding elements of the program underscores the role of
Western anti-Semitism in the contemporary Muslim world. An article discussing
the strident anti-Semitic speech given by outgoing Malaysian prime minister
Mahathir disclosed that Henry Ford’s The
International Jew (a major influence on Hitler) is selling well in
Malaysia. (For more about the influence of Ford’s anti-Semitism on Hitler, see Miscellaneous Archive Show M11—available
from Spitfire. More about Mahathir’s
speech is contained in FTR#430.) “ . . . One book prominent in Malaysian bookstores has on
its cover a Star of David superimposed on the statue of Liberty. It is The International Jew, an anti-Semitic
tract commissioned in the 1920’s by Henry Ford . . .” (“Departing
Mahathir Shuns Diplomacy to the Bitter End” by John Burton; Financial Times; 10/23/2003; p. 16.)
28.
Updating information (from FTR#425)
about Balthasar Garzon’s investigation and indictment of elements of Al Qaeda
in connection with 9/11, the program highlights the role of the Muslim
Brotherhood in connection with the attacks. (For more about the Muslim
Brotherhood, see—among other programs—FTR#’s
343, 377, 378, 381, 382, 425, 435.) “ . . . Asked about the case, Garzon said the
investigation of the alleged Syrian immigrant terrorist cell dates back,
coincidentally, to Sept. 11, 1995. Alony fled Syria in 1980, during an era when
the Syrian army was killing students it believed belonged to the Muslim
Brotherhood, a militant Islamist group trying to overthrow the secular
government. His arrival coincided with many others in the alleged cell of
Syrian immigrants working for Al-Qaeda. . . .” (“Spain Indicts
Al-Jazeera Correspondent” by Kevin Hall [Knight Ridder]; San Jose Mercuy News; 11/2/2003; p. 21A)
29.
One of the most unequivocally outspoken of the potential Democratic
presidential candidates concerning Bush’s behavior in connection with 9/11 is
General Wesley Clark, Mr. Emory’s personal choice as a presidential candidate
in 2004. “In a
blistering review of President Bush’s national security policy, Gen. Wesley K.
Clark said on Tuesday that the administration could not ‘walk away from its
responsibilities for 9/11.’ ‘You can’t blame something like this on lower-level
intelligence officers, however badly they communicated in memos with each
other,’ said the retired general, the latest entrant in the Democratic
presidential field. ‘It goes back to what our great president Harry Truman said
with the sign on his desk: ‘the buck stops here.’ And it sure is clear to me
that when it comes to our nation’s national security the buck rests with the
Commander in Chief, right on George W. Bush’s desk.’ ‘And,’ he added, ‘we’ve
got to say again and again and again, until the American people understand:
strong rhetoric in the aftermath is no substitute for wise leadership.’” (“Clark
Lays Responsibility for 9/11 at Bush’s Feet” by Katharine Q. Seelye; The New York Times; 10/29/2003; accessed
at www.nytimes.com
.)