"On the subject [of 9/11]
the best, most balanced report, thus far, is by Nafeez Mosaddeq
Ahmed."
Gore Vidal, THE OBSERVER
At first, the police were sure that the 7/7 bombers used
weapons-grade plastic explosives and sophisticated timers. Two weeks later, they
changed their minds - the bombs were home-made and were detonated manually.
Since then the official account has changed repeatedly and remains riddled with
anomalies and confusion.
The government is resisting calls for a full inquiry and
has instead presented a 'narrative' written by a civil servant. This supposedly
defiinitive account has already collapsed in the face of public scrutiny and
leaks from the security services.
As Nafeez demonstrates the attacks can only be fully
understood in the light of extensive co-operation between Islamist extremists
and Western Intelligence in Central Asia. The London bombings, much like the
attacks on New York in 2001, were a widely predicted consequence of the West's
global strategy. If we do face a future of terrorism we should at least
understand the extent to which our governments have accepted this as the
price of business as usual.
Looking beyond the platitudes and deceptions of the war on
terror, Nafeez asks what exactly we mean by the national interest and whether we
are really well served by policies that promote terror abroad and tolerate
extremism at home.
In over 300 pages, based on over 500 references, Nafeez
examines contradictions and anomalies in official claims about:
- the type of explosives used
- the nature of the explosions
- the bombers' movements prior to and on 7th
July
- the connections of the bombers to a wider terrorist network
inside the UK
- the British government's domestic tolerance and protection
of extremist groups linked to terrorist activity
- the state's use of al-Qaeda affiliated networks to secure
strategic and economics interests in the Balkans, Central Asia and Northwest
Africa.
- the details of the 21st July attacks
- the police shooting of De Menezes
- what intelligence services knew in advance about the
bombers, the networks that incubated them, and the attacks
On this basis, Nafeez establishes the urgency of an
independent public inquiry into the London bombings and the failed "national
security" framework that surrounds them in the first comprehensive, critical
appraisal of the tragic events of last year to date.
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is 27 years old and lives in North
London. He teaches undergraduate courses at the Department of International
Relations, University of Sussex, Brighton, where he is currently a PhD
candidate. He is also director of the Institute for Policy Research &
Development, based in central London. Nafeez is considered a leading
authority on Western foreign policies and international terrorism, and has been
writing about these subjects since the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001
in books, magazines, on the internet, and in peer-reviewed academic
journals. His first book, The War on Freedom: How & Why America was
Attacked, September 11, 2001 (Joshua Tree, CA: Tree of Life, 2002), was an
instant bestseller in the US, Germany and Italy, and won the latter’s Naples
Prize. His 2nd book, Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and
the Struggle for Iraq (London: Clairview, 2003), examines the role of energy in
the pattern of Western interventionism in the Middle East since the collapse of
the Ottomon Empire. After the release of his third book, The War on Truth:
9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism (New York: Olive Branch,
2005), he testified as an expert witness in US Congress about his
research.
Praise for Nafeez's previous works:
The War on Truth
“Nafeez Ahmed’s book demonstrates brilliantly that the
war on freedom is inseparable from the war on truth. That is why the struggle
for freedom and democracy must simultaneously be a struggle for truth. It is no
accident that Gandhi’s tool for freedom was satyagraha – the force of truth –
exercised through non-cooperation with the violence and injustice of the
empire.” --Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science,
Technology and Natural Resource Policy in New Delhi, and International Forum on
Globalization in San Francisco; 1993 Winner of Alternative Nobel
Prize
“‘The War on Truth’ is a monumental work of breathtaking
scope and detail. Copiously documented, this book puts 9/11 in its
historical context and shows that the American people have been subjected to a
massive disinformation campaign. Every American interested in politics,
history, and truth should read it. --Dr. Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., US Air
Force (ret.); former Director of Advanced Space Programs Development (‘Star
Wars’), Air Force Space Division, under Presidents Ford and
Carter
“The War on Truth by Nafeez Ahmed opens the door of
understanding to a socio-historical context of the 9/11 tragedy. Ahmed weaves a
story of deception, disinformation, and propaganda linked to US imperial
interests embedded in long-term relationships with al-Qaeda mujihadeen groups.
Readers will leave with open questions regarding the veracity of the
government’s version of 9/11 and a deep sense of unease with our national
security state. This book should be required reading for political science,
sociology and history students, as well as for everyone who cares about
democracy and open/transparent government.” --Peter Phillips, Professor of
Sociology and Director, Project Censored, Sonoma State
University
“In ‘The War on Truth’, Nafeez Ahmed, with as usual
excellent documentation, maps out the logistical interlocks of Western power and
international terrorism. The conclusions he draws, following clearly from the
wealth of evidence he presents, is that al-Qaeda terrorism is an integral
lead-function of the global corporate market system in its expansion without
limit of border or life, a system that works precisely by not
being
understood.” --John McMurtry, Professor of Philosophy, University of
Guelph; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; Editor, Philosophy and World
Problems, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
“The War on Truth is an outstanding book on arguably the most important
issue of our times. I hope it receives the widespread attention it so richly
deserves.” --Robert W. McChesney, Professor of Communication, University of
Illinois; author, The Problem of the Media
“The new book by Nafeez Ahmed, based on very extensive and deep
research, is by far the best on the 9/11 syndrome. Articulating and documenting
what many feel, and empowering them into action, the book will have an impact on
entrenched US empire elites unwilling and unable to take it on. Votes of thanks
to Ahmed, and to Interlink!” --Johan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies,
University of Hawaii; Director TRANSCEND: A Peace & Development Organisation
for Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means
Behind the War on Terror
"I wish every American who still believes in the good intentions of our
government would read this book. Drawing upon his impressive research into
recent history, Nafeez Ahmed skilfully exposes the real motives behind the "war
on terrorism" and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq."— HOWARD ZINN,
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY; AUTHOR OF A
PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
"If anyone craves irrefutable evidence of the U.S.'s aspirations to
empire since World War II, read this book. If anyone wants to comprehend
the mechanisms whereby classical imperialism was restyled into corporate
globalization, read this book. And be shaken."— CHELLIS GLENDINNING,
PH.D., AUTHOR OF OFF THE MAP: AN EXPEDITION DEEP INTO EMPIRE AND THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY
"Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed gives us an incisive, longer-term view of U.S.
and Western foreign policy intentions in Iraq — well worth reading".—PROFESSOR
RICARDO RENE LAREMONT, CHAIR OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL STUDIES, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK,
BINGHAMTON
"In a worthy sequel to the author’s path-breaking expose
of 9/11, this book exposes the real reasons for the War Against Iraq. Ahmed
recounts the untold history of how the orchestration of conflict and the conduct
of military operations by Anglo-American power in the Middle East since Lawrence
of Arabia has led today to a form of worldwide surrogate-imperialism."-- ANDRE
GUNDER FRANK, SENIOR FELLOW, WORLD HISTORY CENTER IN NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN
BOSTON, AND PROFESSOR OF WORLD HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN
LINCOLN
"Why did we (really) go to war? The Bush administration, whose
answers don’t exactly add up, wishes the question would go away. This book will,
crucially, help to make sure that it doesn’t."-- MIRIAM PEMBERTON, RESEARCH
FELLOW, PEACE AND SECURITY PROGRAM, INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES, WASHINGTON DC,
AND MILITARY AFFAIRS EDITOR OF FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS
"Americans have never been known for paying attention to the uglier
side of U.S. history, but never has such history been so important. Nafeez Ahmed
provides a valuable service by clearly laying out the facts and analysis people
need to make sense of the U.S. attack on Iraq. The reality of U.S. policy in the
Middle East isn’t pretty, which makes it all the more important to confront.
Thanks to Ahmed for taking on the challenge."
-- ROBERT W. JENSEN, PROFESSOR
AT THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION SENIOR
FELLOWS PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
Praise for The War on
Freedom
“The material you have collected is immensely important and useful. You
look at the right subjects and report a number of things I had missed entirely….
We need more people doing the important research that you have
done.”
—Professor Peter Dale Scott, Co-Founder of the Peace and Conflict
Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley
“A powerful thesis with strong support… The thesis is that our federal
government… was frequently warned [of the 9/11 attack], but by near ‘criminal’
inaction that morning, did nothing to prevent it.… We will not shut down their
support for [Osama bin Laden’s] terrorist organization because of our nation’s
oil dependency and the Bush family and some cabinet officers’ commercial links.…
If you are incredulous about these assertions, please read the book...
Meticulously researched.”
—Professor Emeritus Charles Perrow, Department of
Sociology, University of Yale
“This is a nicely comprehensive and well-organized report. Nafeez is to
be commended on his work…. People’s eyes are opening to the fundamental failure
of legitimacy, by its own stated standards, of this regime… I hope Nafeez and
others will continue on this line of inquiry.”
—Stan Goff, (Rtd.) US Army
Special Forces Master Sergeant, Tactics Instructor at the US Army Jungle
Operations Training Center in Panama, Lecturer in Military Science and Doctrine
at West Point Military Academy; involved in operations in eight designated
conflict areas from Vietnam to Haiti
“The most complete book I know of, summarizing the relevant background
and foreground intersecting upon the events of September 11, 2001.… A tour de
force in every respect: organization, methodology, timeliness, clarity of
purpose and of scope, activist commitment to more inquiry, evenness, relative
comprehensiveness…. I can’t say how much I admire this work. It must be seen by
as many people as possible all over the world as soon as possible.”
—Barrie
Zwicker, Producer and Host, MediaFile, Vision TV Insight; award-winning
journalist on CBC-TV and CTV
“Lays out an alternative history to the accepted explanation for what
happened on 9/11… Ahmed raises an array of important political and historical
issues that should be discussed.”
—NOW Magazine, Toronto
“A powerful and meticulously researched reconstruction of the
background of events and the motivations of participants leading up to and
following the infamous September 11 attacks on America.… Chilling, informative,
and thought-provoking, The War On Freedom is very highly recommended reading and
a welcome contribution to the growing library of information on contemporary
international terrorism.”
—Midwest Book Review
“The information presented in this book is shocking, terrifying and
severely under-reported. The War on Freedom is so ominous that I felt dirty
reading it, and yet I was fascinated at the same time, like a young boy holding
a magnifying glass up to an ant, enthralled with the burning creature struggling
on the pavement…. If nothing else, this book makes me wish... I wouldn’t be so
hasty and closed-minded as to dismiss any possibility without thoroughly
considering it first.”
—Missoula News
“A truly meaningful gift... Ahmed’s research unveils America’s real
agenda when we aided the Taliban against Russia, when we originally supported
the idea of Al Qaeda and when we played dumb after being attacked.… Undeniable
evidence that Sept. 11 should not have happened, could have been prevented and
was a long time coming.”
—Pick for the Week, Philadelphia
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