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Mumbai Attacks Blamed On Al-Qaeda As Pretext For U.S. Military Response
Despite clear and contradictory evidence to suggest otherwise, corporate media brings out the boogeyman once again as a poster child for the ailing war on terror, Pakistan link claimed
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The majority of the corporate media has gleefully seized upon the terror attacks in Mumbai to claim that they are the work of “Al-Qaeda,” despite clear and contradictory evidence suggesting otherwise, as a pretext to increase bombing campaigns in Pakistan and beef support for the ailing war on terror in Afghanistan.
The swiftness with which the media blamed “Al-Qaeda” was staggering, especially considering the fact that the attacks had not even concluded before the boogeyman was whipped out of the closet once more to act as a poster child for the war on terror and allow the TV networks to show lots of blood, panic and authority figures pointing guns at people.
The only claim of responsibility for the attacks came from the “Deccan Mujahideen,” the Deccan Plateau being an area in southern India, but the press, usually breathless to take the first obscure claim of culpability and set it in stone, are now belittling this explanation as a likely hoax in an attempt to pin the blame on the all-mighty mythical Al-Qaeda.
“Earlier eyewitness reports from the hotels suggested the attackers were singling out British and American passport holders,” reports the BBC.
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“If the reports are true, our security correspondent Frank Gardner says it implies an Islamist motive – attacks inspired or co-ordinated by al-Qaeda.”
Really? Perhaps the BBC’s “security correspondent” should be worried about his job security, because the facts directly contradict previous alleged “Al-Qaeda” attacks.
Since when do Al-Qaeda take hostages? Since when do they hang around to be caught? Since when do Al-Qaeda use grenades rather than bombs or suicide bombs?
And if the attacks were targeted against British and American citizens then tell me why, out of at least 101 killed, was there only one British victim?
If the attacks were targeted against British and American citizens then why were the terrorists reported to be firing AK-47’s indiscriminately into crowds of (mainly Indian) people? Out of 101 victims, only six were foreigners, the rest were Indian. This was blatantly not a targeted attack against British and American citizens, but it is being spun that way by the media so as to justify a coordinated British and American military response, which will no doubt take the form of more bombing raids inside Pakistan and an increased presence in Afghanistan.
The London Times are already busy proclaiming that yesterday’s events were the work of Osama bin Goldstein, reporting, “Targeting Bombay’s most luxurious hotels and a crowded railway station had all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda operation.”
But voices of skepticism have broken through the firewall of fearmongering and propaganda.
“Chrtistine Fair, senior political scientist and a South Asia expert at the RAND Corporation, was careful to say that the identity of the terrorists could not yet be known. But she insisted the style of the attacks and the targets in Mumbai suggested that the militants were likely to be Indian Muslims – and not linked to Al Qaeda or the violent South Asian terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba,” reports the International Herald Tribune.
“There’s absolutely nothing Al Qaeda-like about it,” she said of the attack. “Did you see any suicide bombers? And there are no fingerprints of Lashkar. They don’t do hostage taking, and they don’t do grenades.”
“Indians will have a strong incentive to link this to Al Qaeda. ‘Al Qaeda’s in your toilet!’ But this is a domestic issue. This is not India’s 9/11,” said Fair.
Terrorism expert Professor Bruce Hoffman agreed that the assault was “not exactly Al Qaeda’s modus operandi, which is suicide attacks.”
“The very name (Deccan Mujahideen) – if it is a real group – suggests a domestic agenda,” adds the report, highlighting a probable link to the riots in Gujarat State near Mumbai six years ago (alluded to in the claim of responsibility), which killed 2,000 Muslims.
But that’s not how the media are portraying the event, hyping the situation beyond all proportion with a crazed obsession and linking it to Barack Obama’s mandate to carry on the endless war on terror started by George W. Bush.
As Mike Rivero over at WhatReallyHappened.com points out, “FOX News and CNN are now both reporting that the “terrorists” who took hostages at the Oberoi hotel were specifically seeking people with US and British passports. So, regardless of whatever the “Deccan Muhajedeen” claims their objective may be, the real agenda is to provoke a British and US response.”
“The timing is suspect, occurring just when Bush needs an excuse to kick off one more war of Obama to have to deal with and certainly convenient timing for Israel, which sees Obama as far less likely to engage in more wars for Israel. And, for the last several; weeks Israel has been starving Gaza mercilessly, in advance of an obvious military action, and has kept reporters and even the Papel Envoy out of Gaza.”
How long before the terrorist group is linked with elements of the Pakistani government, giving Obama the perfect pretext to prolong and expand bombing raids inside the country?
Indeed, the London Guardian reports today, “What is likely is that the attacks will get blamed on Pakistan and its Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), as have previous Islamist atrocities. US counter-terrorism officials believe some ISI members played a role in an attack this year on the Indian embassy in Afghanistan.”
In our first report on the events yesterday, we predicted that a Pakistan link would eventually be claimed as a reason for Barack Obama to increase U.S. aggression inside the country as he promised to do during his election campaign.
Reports are now emerging claiming that the terrorists arrived on speedboats from Karachi in Pakistan. The claim of responsibility from the Deccan Mujahideen is being sidelined in favor of a more convenient culprit, the Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit.
“Hawkish elements in Pakistan stage-managed (the) terror attacks,” claims one report, citing intelligence sources.
India’s premier said those behind coordinated attacks against Mumbai were based “outside the country” and warned “neighbours” who provide a haven to anti-India militants. This is obviously a reference to Pakistan.
The Mossad media front outlet Debka File are already proclaiming that the “MV Alpha freighter (is) suspected of having sailed the terrorists to Mumbai’s shore from Karachi, Pakistan.”
The media is also exploiting the attacks to throw more weight behind the annual fearmongering about Al-Qaeda attacks on U.S. transport networks, a tediously regular piece of propaganda that crops up during every holiday season to remind Americans that they must submit to bag searches and other infringements on personal freedom while authority figures shove them around all in the name of keeping them safe from the terrorists.
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November 27th, 2008 at 6:58 am
repeating this from yesterday’s post, since i feel it’s still relevant:
“just as we were expecting any moment now, before Obama gets in, and we know for a fact will get worse in the 6 months after… thus, it has begun. we all are aware of where it should be headed now as we get into january. keep your eyes open, and strap yourselves in. cant wait to hear what alex has to say about all of this…”
November 27th, 2008 at 7:02 am
Yeah, you just know that this is the start of something! Lets wait and see where this one goes.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:04 am
Anyone out there? I am 12 hours ahead of you guys!!
November 27th, 2008 at 7:07 am
One idiot terrorism EXPERT from Australia said Al-Qaeda is franchising it’s “…….” whatever a mythical terror group does.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:11 am
I thought the very same thing. Watching the news here at home I realized that they are really pumping out the Al-Qaeda bull in order to have an excuse to make Pakistan suffer more than they already are. This is becoming disgustingly obvious…so much so that even a regular housewife like myself can see right through it.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Mr Change was very critical of Pakistan in the build up to the election and this one really stinks and you get the impression that they dont care who knows what they are doing now! They are really breaking the surface now and hopefully people will wake up now!!
November 27th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Any event where a group goes to the trouble of orchestrating such an intricate and synchronised operation but doesn’t claim responsibilty for it has got to be a false flag. It beats the point of using terrorism if they don’t immediatly come forward to make their political goals known. Instead we have a previously unknown group (read hoax) coming forward which even the MSM is declaring a possible hoax.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:22 am
prisonplanet tv is a few days behind with the A J show,and the refeed is playing the interview with watt from last week..the live feed usually starts a 1700 (in uk time GMT) BUT LAST NIGHT IT WAS 2HRS LATE AND JASON BERMAS WAS STANDING IN..HOPE ALEX IS OK? ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING?
November 27th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Billy. Alex is Not going to do a live show during the Thanksgiving Holiday. He is spending it with his family. He is fine.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Anyone seen the trailer for the new movie “International” starring Clive Owen?? Its about a guy who discovers that a group of International Bankers are running the world….. Sounds familiar!!!! Dont forget he is the guy from Children of men!
November 27th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Oh ok thanks for that..what is thanks giving all about? Im English and dont know about this holiday..i know turkey is involved! but thats about it! please forgive my ignorance..
November 27th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Why do we always need a holiday to eat Turkey!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 7:50 am
cus its not very nice?! i just wondered what Americans are giving thanks for? and why the last week in november? not being ironic or disrespectful,seriously do not know..
November 27th, 2008 at 7:57 am
billy: http://tinyurl.com/6nyzfs
November 27th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Seems to be about givin thanks for the harvest, been on the go for a couple of hundred years, but looks like the lasting tradition seems to be eating turkey and getting pissed. But I am from Glasgow so not an expert on Thanksgiving but pretty clued up on the whole getting pissed thing!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Not exactly free flowing chat!!! Server seems very slow. Is it always like this?
November 27th, 2008 at 8:05 am
ha cheers $aze forgot i could do that.. harvest festival eh? Enjoy it y’all!
November 27th, 2008 at 8:07 am
In this case, the zionist news-organisations are on automatic. Even I will concede that we have no proof of any big plan here yet, since the journalism is just following the usual braindead racist pattern that the zionists use by default.
You see, the Indian sub-continent suffers these apparent ’spectacular’ events on a semi-frequent basis, but even so the total number of dead across the more recent years is tiny against the massive population of the area. By percentages, the jews of Israel murder far more significant numbers of non-jews every year. By numbers, there are almost daily events when the british and americans murder this number in their genocidal campaigns in various muslim nations.
Yes, that ‘uncle tom’ Obama has promised genocide in Pakistan, but we have yet to see how the real plans are intended to play out. Infrequent ethnic violence in a nation ripe with massive ethnic corruption, cannot be used alone as evidence of anything. Immediate zionist racist reporting likewise proves little. After all, I promise you the Indian government is going to do NOTHING to further inflame tensions between its muslim and hindu population.
Likewise, India is not going to volunteer to take part in a proxy nuclear war with Pakistan on behalf of Blair, Obama’s puppet masters, and Israel. Far more stuff has to happen in that region, and in a far more pointed way, before there is any real cause for concern.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:08 am
ha foxy. I good at gettin bolloxed! its a bit slow innit.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:21 am
The countdown begins for a “new” Bin-Laden tape to surface in response to the attacks in Mumbai, just as everyone sits down for Thanksgiving dinner.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:25 am
These type of attacks seem to happen quite frequently around the world these days. so why is this one getting so much more media coverage than all the other ones? perhaps an agenda is being pushed? seems thats the only reason the american media covers events like these anymore .. to let everyone know what the white house thinks about it .. and then keep burning that in our brains.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:42 am
typical muslem behiaver kill kill kill when will these people learn too just get along give them all guns i bet they would kill one another but the typical fear mongering the U.S media shows and states if more of the same lie’s the retarded sheeple will believe anything there masters tell them and i know why we are in afganistan its the drug fields they have over there.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Something stinks. What possible benefit could these attackers expect from this wanton carnage? If I wanted to change things politically, would I take my grievance to the nearest mall and mow down as many people as I could who have nothing to do with my problem? Could I expect my problems to be solved in any way by doing something like that?
Who benefits?
November 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I for one call my tv a propaganda machine. You got to stand in complete awe as to how stupid people really are. I just can’t believe the amount of people that lack critical thinking
A fricken ant could unravel this whole thing. its not rocket science by any means.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Just like TV Dinners The guilty are found to be guilty automatically in seconds…The uninvestigative news media reach their verdict instantaneously. That’s how today’s justice world courts operate and the masses accept whatever is spewed to them by their trusted officials.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I thought it was interesting that Deepak Chopra, new age self-help “guru” was featured on CNN as an expert responding to the attack last evening. Other than being of East Indian origin, since when is he a political analyst? His message was a sweeping, new-age-ie sort of one that claimed that this attack represented a world wide problem, of some sort and he advocated making friends with moderate Muslims as a way to curtail the development of an extremist variety.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:35 am
well here’s the article the india paper mumbai published on it!! they aren’t blaming al-quaida
http://ghulammuhammed.blogspot.....ivars.html
November 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
This has false flag written all over it! WoW how stupid the general public is they all deserve what is coming!
November 27th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I caught Deepak Chopra on CNN while flipping channels too. I heard him say that “this is not a conspiracy theory” and something to the effect that US policy and the wars, etc are creating more terrorism and hatred toward us. It sounded like a rational sound-bite to me.
November 27th, 2008 at 10:01 am
You are all anti-semitic and close minded. The new world order is not a Zionist Israeli group. This is a multicultural, multinational and blending of multi religious sects. They are using our own anamialistic desires against us. Greed, Power, Sexual Perversion, lust, envy, etc. There is only one way to defeat them. We must all turn to God for his wisdom and guidance and pray his will be done on earth as it shall be done in heaven. Praise God…Praise God!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I’ll be.
November 27th, 2008 at 10:09 am
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is about to start. I can’t wait to see Garfield and Snoopy. Oh no! They blew them up! No really they did! (they’re balloons)
November 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
CIA, MI6, and Mossad up to their old games in Mumbai. Whats new…
November 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
people need to stop fearing death…there will be no heaven or hell…quit being scared..use the teachings of your faiths to help one another, not hiding from the inevitable or think that some divine power will save you…they won’t..grow up. research the history surrounding your made up religion!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:42 am
people fight over made up religions?sounds absurd, yet it happens everyday….over made up money? that has no actual value?why are people so disillusioned?why so scared of everything…why fight over meaningless issues? why are we constantly lied to…the feudal system is alive and kicking and has been for as long as history has been written…greed!!greed!greed!….just puLl that little sheet over your eyes and continue bickering about what the elitists are feeding you…it is ALL A LIE!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am
A MASSIVE WORLD WIDE REVOLT AND REVOLUTION ARE NEEDED….ANYTHING ELSE WILL FAIL!!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:46 am
No one trust CNN or Fox news when events like this happen. Both are look at with suspicion and doubt. When neither CNN of Fox can show footage of WTC Building 7 falling, I can’t trust any story about some hotel in India. The reason the American people vote for Obama had more to do with the LIE of 911 than anything. Americans do not trust their government!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:48 am
A MASSIVE WORLD WIDE REVOLT AND REVOLUTION ARE NEEDED…ANYTHING ELSE WILL FAIL!! if you believe otherwise you are very misinformed or so ignorant that you try and hold on to this notion of democracy…it doesn’t exist….ignorant sheeple
November 27th, 2008 at 11:04 am
It certainly seems like a staged event to further(or escalate) more of the same i.e. “war on terror.” Obama’s lined up a crop of “hawkish warmongers” that need to get busy doing their thing very soon. Nothing new here, just stay away from tall buildings.
November 27th, 2008 at 11:38 am
It seems to me to be an excuse to widen the war in the Middle East. Most likely a False Flag Operation to induce fear.
November 27th, 2008 at 11:47 am
i doubt it is staged …no doubt some dum student group targeting brits and americans to put pressure on them to get out of afganistan etc; but think they are financed by other terrorist groups
November 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am
And wow, big suprise this one is going down while the US Stock market is off for thanksgiving, good timing morons, if you wanted to inflict pain on the US why don’t you attack when your actions can have immediate direct effect on your enemy. If these were real “terorist” they woulda thought of that one in their carefull plan, give me a break
November 27th, 2008 at 11:58 am
TOTALLY FASLE FLAG, it’s got all the makings of a good hollywood flic, guys with guns holding hostages in hotels while special forces are coming down the building in lanyards as smoke billlows from the building, c’mon, this movie was made in the 80’s, the blood looks real on this one though, pretty good special effects… OH WAIT A MINUTE THAT’S REAL BLOOD!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
We need a new war to solve our economic problems. This is how they always distract the people and we forget about our fractional-reserve banking system. It’s better if we all get really angry at some made-up enemy instead of the guilty running our country. We’ll all go out and buy some more U.S. flags and hang them on our houses and cars and buy some more magnetic ribbons to stick on our SUVs. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Look at that picture!!!
Are there Islamic terrorists among the Andes and Mexicans!!!????
Come On. That guy is no way from Asia or middle east even going back 4,000 years.
I do not know who hired him. What is going on??
It smells like a drug deal gone, bad big time. Poor chap, probably was told it was a turkey shoot he thought he would walk away.
November 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Today the Nation of India is mourning its dead and is in a state of turmoil due to these attacks, the American people would be wise to notice these things as what they are viewing from afar right now they will soon, and much sooner than they think, be viewing in their Nation:
http://www.cherada.com/articul.....ror-attack
November 27th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Look at the red band, the right arm he is Hindo
November 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Kind of looks like Ringo Starr indicating that the remaining members of the Beatles are terrorists.
November 27th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Yes the corporate media in our fascist brave new world has to help soften up the (f---ing stupid beyond belief) Obama kool aid drinkers to prep them for more war.
The only industry in the entire nation not covered in red ink, our war industry needs a new game in Pakistan to keep the record profits rolling.
Obama serving the same masters as Bush will give it to them.
Shame shame shame on the morons who supported Obama.
Should have voted green.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Funny how this article mentions the name “Al-Qaeda” 13 times. Trying to stear the readers perhaps?
We all know Muslims are good, honest, peaceful people, who could never..ever..ever..pull off such a horrible crime. It must have been those dirty, filthy, dual-citizen, lieing, Christ-killers….right?
hardtruth08@yahoo.com
November 27th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
It’s not easy being green…
November 27th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
It seems like bush has already got a new war set up for obama. The only way to make money in America is to invest in body bags.
November 28th, 2008 at 1:14 am
But whoever planned the attacks spent months coordinating them, even setting up “control rooms” in the two hotels targeted, the Press Trust of India reported, citing Union Cabinet Minister Kapil Sibal.
“Enormous planning went into the incident. The terrorists were dropped by a mother ship and traveled in rubber boats which they docked (at Mumbai),” Sibal said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/.....index.html
November 28th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Indian Attacks….? what do you think? What that already a preplanned Job by Indian Government Only? Without any investigation they put all the blame on Pakistan…
If they say that we were already told by agencies than why don’t they tried to stop it? And If they don’t know that How could they can blame Pakistan?
I still didn’t got its answers….As it seems inter-linked with the War On Terror.
There are many many cluses that didn’t show the hand of Pakistan…One of the Biggest thing is, after there capture, People in Mumbai saw a huge amount of Firn around them…If Pakistan was involved in it…do they think that they were firing alround? what a s---….how you can say that? It’s always seen when some other country is involved in terror attacks they make attackes in hidden not so openly they armed personals carring guns around city and firning around….and so called joke they made…they said people carring AK-47…..what does it mean? is AK-47 is only regarded with Pakistan?
It’s nothing else, But a plan made by Indian Govt. to help out EU forces to carry out there operation in Pakistan in the name of Al-Qaida.
November 28th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
What? You mean Adam Pearlman (aka “Adam Ghadan”-the leader of the cia/mossad created boogeyman “Al-Qaeda”) is now in India terrorizing and killing people?
What`s up with that?
November 28th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Al-Qaeda is spelled C.I.A
November 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
This was an elaborate assassination of the anti-terror chief in Mumbai. He was one of the victims. But they also made it appear to be the work of Islamic terrorists to further the agenda of the NWO.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:10 am
This guy on the picture works for me.We paid him and his buddies to create Chaos in India.India is becoming economicly very strong and we..yes i said we ( the elite) don’t like that.So we are instigating in hope that Pakistan and India will fight against each other but i think i turned out a direction we didn’t expected at all.What do we do?
Stay tuned
sincerely
George Bush
Oh umm i forgot to say ….America is bankrupt guys
December 1st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Do you suppose all those corporations that went to India think it is a good idea now?
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
Wake up Americans!
http://truthknowledge.com
December 19th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Our Constitution Is Not Inspired By Divinity
It’s striking that so few truly understand the basis of our Constitution. Arguments that the Constitution is somehow a divinely-inspired document show either a lack of education as to the ideas and principles behind the tenets of the document, or a deliberate attempt to pervert the true intent of the philosophies behind the Constitution. In no way are the Constitution or the Bill of Rights Christian documents. The philosophical underpinnings of each of these documents stem from Locke and Cooke, primarily Locke.
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