New Trend Magazine
(Commentary and Analysis by Idol Breaker)
Without Evidence or Arrests: Worldwide Propaganda to Divide Muslims
Ashcroft Sees Iranian Hand in Khobar Bombing Case
"The rejectors are guardians of one another; Unless you (believers) do
likewise, there would be oppression/persecution (fitna) on earth and a
massive breakdown of the natural order of things (fasadun kabir)." (The
Quran
8:73)
"War is deception." (Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, recorded in hadith)
Only days back, the United States government announced a
breakthrough
in the Khobar Towers bombing case. It stated that 13 Saudis and a
Lebanese
man had been indicted in the case. Attorney General Ashcroft spoke at
length
on the indictments. His statement was broadcast unabridged by C-Span.
He made
some central points about the indictments:
1. Iran is behind the bombing.
2. None of those arrested are Iranians.
3. There is NO evidence which can be provided that would mark Iran as
the
force behind the bombing.
4. Those arrested are not in U.S. custody.
5. The indicted persons may not even be in Saudi custody, or only some
of
them may be.
After the Attorney General's statement, Iran vehemently protested
attempts to
connect it to the bombing.
Even the usually complaisant Saudi government was very disturbed and
expressed unhappiness at the United States procedure. It also
complained of
U.S. inteference in its internal matters.
QUESTION ARISES? What's going on here and what is the U.S. government
trying
to do. Our analysis of the indictments is as follows:
The U.S. has failed over 4 years to arrest anyone connected with the
Khobar
Tower bombing. This indicates a VERY SERIOUS MATTER: that the
mujahideen who
struck at the U.S. air force had and have grassroots support in Arabia.
They
could not possibly be from the tiny Shi'ite population of Eastern
"Saudi"
Arabia. If that had been the case, they would have either sought refuge
in
Iran or would have been pinpointed for easy arrest in a small
population.
The Shi'ites in Arabia have nothing against the U.S. and have expressed
support for the U.S. campaign against Iraq.
Street wisdom in Saudi Arabia is that the people of Arabia see the
mujahideen
who struck Khobar Towers as heroes of Islam. A previous attack in which
the
Saudis arrested and beheaded the mujahideen are seen as martyrs of
Islam by
the Arabian people. The Saudi government seems to be aware that any
further
moves against mujahideen will be seen as treachery and open support for
the
Zionists elements in the U.S. government.
The U.S. sees Arabian people's opposition to U.S. forces in the
Gulf as a
major setback for its policies. Thus the DISINFORMATION EXERCISE has an
important purpose:
To make the Arabian people feel that foreign agents (Iranians/Shi'ites)
have
been operating from their soil against their self-proclaimed
"protectors"
i.e. U.S. forces. Thus the indictments aim at diverting support away
from the
mujahideen. (Remember how the Communist regime in Kabul used to say
that the
mujahideen in Afghanistan are CIA agents? This is the same kind of
disinformation.)
THERE IS A SUBTEXT TOO IN THIS MOVE BY THE U.S.:
IRAN HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE U.S. President Khatami's election has
been
been acclaimed in every sector of the U.S. media. Medeleine Albright
said
about Iran: We are on the same page regarding Afghanistan.
IRAN and SAUDI Arabia then signed a mutual security agreement whose
wording
seemed to have come out of the U.S. State Department: That we will
jointly
fight against terrorism. ("Terrorism" isan implied reference to
Afghanistan
and the refuge it has given to Osama bin Laden.)
Thus on the governmental level, Iran and Saudi Arabia are as close to
each
other as they used to be when the Pahlavi Shah was ruler in Tehran. The
problem the U.S. seems to see here is as follows: If owing to
governmental
cooperation, the PEOPLE of Iran and Arabia also start coming closer
together,
that would enhance regional Muslim unity WHICH AT THE STRATEGIC LEVEL
WILL
ENDANGER U.S. plans.
Hence the indictments are meant to maintain suspicion and
"precautions"
between the Arabians and the Iranians at the people's level WHILE
COOPERATION
CONTINUES AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
Finally the indictments are meant to convey the image that sooner
or
later the FBI will catch all "terrorists." In reality the situation is
very
different: FBI has shown that it is a bunch of blunderers who miss more
often
than they hit.
NOTE ON AL-KHOBAR: As far as is known, the barracks hit by the
mujahideen
housed units of the U.S. air force.Nineteen air force officers were
killed
and 50 injured. Arab observers say that the U.S. air force is
responsible for
the destruction of Iraq's infrastructure. Along with the British RAF,
it has
caused thousands of civilian casualties in Iraq. In addition it
destroyed all
infrastructure facilities in Iraq leading to the death of 750,000
Iraqi
civilians, mostly children, over a ten year period. The attack was a
mujahideen style raid reminiscent of attacks on Soviet air bases in
occupied
Afghanistan. The U.S. is said to be afraid that next the mujahideen
might
blow up its billion dollar planes on the ground.
What would Iran gain from such an attack? Nothing. Iran is vehemently
against
the attack and wants better relations with USA (something which Imam
Khomeini
would have never accepted).
(Recently Iran's mission in USA has reflected a first move towards long
range
friendship with the US by sending invitations to US universities to
invite
students to visit Iran at Iranian gvernment expense.)
Iran maintains US/UN sanctions against both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The U.S. move is meant to confuse Muslims and to divide-and-rule.
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