WAR AND GLOBALISATION
THE TRUTH BEHIND SEPTEMBER 11
by Michel Chossudovsky
CHAPTER I
BACKGROUND: BEHIND SEPTEMBER 11
Osama bin Laden: Pretext For Waging War
Largest Display of Military Might Since World War II
Military Planners Call The Shots
Destroying the Rule of Law
Extending More Powers to the FBI and the CIA
Global Economic Crisis
CHAPTER II
WHO IS OSAMA BIN LADEN?
Background of the Soviet Afghan War
'The Islamic Jihad’
The Golden Crescent Drug Triangle
The War in Chechnya
Promoting Secessionist Movements in India
U.S.-Sponsored Insurgencies in China
Washington’s Hidden Agenda
CHAPTER III
WASHINGTON SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
‘Bosniagate’: Replicating the Iran-Contragate Pattern
From Bosnia to Kosovo
The U.S. Congress tacitly endorses State Terrorism
‘The Islamic Militant Network’ and NATO Join Hands in Macedonia
Misleading the American People
CHAPTER IV
COVER UP OR COMPLICITY?
Role of Pakistan’s ISI in the September 11 Attacks
‘The ISI-Osama-Taliban Axis’
Behind Close Doors at the State Department
CHAPTER V
WAR AND THE HIDDEN AGENDA
Conquest of Oil Reserves and Pipeline Routes
The Planning of War
Militarization of the Eurasian Corridor
Covert Operations on behalf of the Oil Giants
Europe versus Anglo-America: The Clash of Competing Oil Interests
CHAPTER VI
THE TRANS-AFGHAN PIPELINE
The CentGas Consortium
Unocal - Osama Links
BP-Amoco Enter the Pipeline Saga
Unocal ‘Appoints' Interim Government in Kabul
CHAPTER VII
AMERICA'S WAR MACHINE
Post 1999 Military Buildup
America’s War Economy
Nuclear Weapons in the Wake of September 11
Encircling China
The Anglo-American Axis
Franco-German Integration in Nuclear Weapons
Undeclared War Between Russia and America
CHAPTER VIII
THE AMERICAN EMPIRE
War Without Borders
The Military-Intelligence Apparatus
War: A Money Making Operation
CHAPTER IX
DISARMING THE NEW WORLD ORDER 131
Totalitarian State
Sustaining the Illusion of Democracy
Fabricating Dissent
Building Meaningful Mass Movements
CHAPTER X
POLITICAL DECEPTION: THE MISSING LINK BEHIND 9-11
Fear and Disinformation Campaign
Carefully Planned Intelligence Operation
Mysterious 9-11 Breakfast Meeting on Capitol Hill
CIA Overshadows the Presidency
The Decision to go to War