I used to think the answer to this was Bin Laden, but after reading an article called "The Brain" (playboy's june issue), I switched my opinion to Khalid Shieikh Mohammed. Does anyone else agree with me? This guy was the mastermind behind so many terrorist attacks (incl. 9/11) that it made my head spin. It was also surprising to read that he received his bachelor's degree here in the States, with classmates describing him as a "class clown". Simply crazy, and scary when you think about it.

Thoughts or opinions?

Steve

TERRORISTS R US

"Most terrorists have mundane, apparently peaceful lives, but are just as cruel as those who behead for an internet audience. They are you and me, ordinary people consuming much too much, leading an unsustainable lifestyle, committing cultural genocide on the vast majority of humanity, plundering non-western economies in the name of free trade, and imposing our lifestyle and morality on the rest of humanity. Yes, terrorists r (also) us!

Of course, there is a difference between ‘their’ terrorism and ‘our’ terrorism. They often have a legitimate grievance; they engage in conscious terrorism because they see themselves as powerless against powerful governments that have inflicted real injustice on them. We are motivated by greed, a sense of superiority and an unshakable belief in our right to dominate the world. They kill indiscriminately. We kill en masse. Their nefarious deeds get the attention of the global media. Our terrorist activities are invisible, shrouded in pious rhetoric about “freedom and democracy,” embedded in our way of life, integrated into our system of thought and way of looking at the world. They know they are guilty. We have an innate belief in our innocence. They kill in hundreds and thousands; we kill in millions.

Of the 4.4 billion people living in the developing countries, nearly three fifths lack access to sewers, a third to clean water, a quarter to housing, and a fifth to health care of any kind. Every day 800 million people go hungry. A baby born today in Botswana has a life expectancy of 39.

This is not the product of some fluke of history, or natural disasters, or mismanagement by tinpot dictators or lack of initiative by the wretched of the Earth. These people are the direct victims of our consciously-planned policies and actions. We deny government aid and our markets to African peanut farmers but give billions of dollars in subsidies to American peanut farmers and ensure they can sell their products all over the globe. We subsidize every cow in the European Union by $2.50 a day and force the vast majority of peasants in Africa and Asia off their land to live on less than $1 a day.

We also kill cultures, destroy traditional communities in the name of development, turn rainforests into deserts to satisfy our craving for hamburgers. Ten languages fall silent every year. Entire cultures, lifestyles and different ways of being human are disappearing as a direct result of the cultural terrorism we perpetuate.

In return, we gloat. America constitutes three percent of world’s population but consumes 25 percent of its energy and produces 30 percent of its pollution. The three richest Americans have assets exceeding the combined gross domestic products of the 48 least-developed countries. Americans spend $8 billion on cosmetics, almost as much on pet food, and $10 billion a year on pornography – more than the estimated total needed to provide clean water, safe sewers and basic health care to the world’s poor.

This, then, is the world that the West has created over the past two centuries and America has shaped during the last few decades. In this world, inequalities, exploitation and imperialism are not just part of the system – they are the System.

‘Evil terrorists’ perform horrendous acts of carnage by insulating their conscious awareness from the emotional consequences of what they do. We too insulate our consciousness from the repugnant consequences of what we continue to do every day of our mundane lives and the truly hideous world we have created and maintain. For sure, terrorists need to change. But we need to change even more.

The future need not be an extension of the past or the present. It can be shaped, decolonized and made more equitable and just. But to shape a future free from terrorism we must realize that the ‘war on terror’ is not a war at all. It is cultural politics. It is a struggle to create cultural space for other ways of knowing, being and doing. It is a politics of visibility that brings the inhuman consequences of our policies and action into sharper focus. It is personal exertion to live a more sustainable and humane life. It is an attempt to addresses the politics of identity that accompanies neo-liberal globalization. In the end, a terrorism-free future begins with our Selfs."

Ziauddin Sardar

the link:

Terrorists R Us

THE WORLDS MOST DANGEROUS TERRORISTS ARE IN D.C.

Thanks, kendoki, for the link.

Here is a site you might be interested in perusing, not just for 9/11 information, but also for news usually ignored by the media:

http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/covering_up.html

Catherine

The World's most dangerous terrorist? That's easy:

George W. Bush

Seriously folks...set aside all of your conceptions about "terror" and "09-11-01." 99% of all terror is state sponsored, intelligence agency, false flag covert ops. You want to learn about 09-11-01? Come visit us....

http://www.911wasalie.com/phpwebsite/

I have also assisted in the production of this evidentiary disclosure:


As well as on this one:
http://www.policestate21.com/
http://www.policestate21.com/911trailer.html

I was a police detective for 10 years...pretty damn neo-con oriented I was, donated to RNC, had a big blue W sign in my yard and an American flag on my mailbox...until...May 2004. And my life changed forever..

How can we expect to make the right decisions without first having reviewed all available information on the subject ? There is plenty of information available. Locutus mentions some very good sources to start with. There is more out there.
Since 9-1-1, or 9/11 if you prefer, I've been out there hunting for more information because I just couldn't believe what went down that day. I found loads of information pointing to it being an inside job. I squeezed the web and found more and more of the same. I also found a load of deliberate dis-information. To cut this short, friends and family have been smirking at my tin-hat mannerism until very recently when I purchased one of the DVDs that is intended to dig further at what really happened on 9-1-1. I watched the DVD in the smugness of the living room ( die gute Stube ! ) on our not-yet-plasma TV along with the rest of the family without really giving them a chance to object to watching daddy's tin-hat stuff beforehand. Low and behold, all the talking I did sonce 9-1-1 didn't sink into their minds as deeply as the DVD did. It's really weird. People have to see it coming off the TV if they're expected to believe it. It's like, "if they don't say so on TV then it can't be true". Okay, okay, ....insert DVD and here we go folks. Fact is, the inside job went exactly according to plan. The lie is so big, most of us went for it. Hitler mentioned the importance of lies being BIG lies in his first book "Mein Kampf". I think it was his first. I'm really growing tired of having to explain things to people but it's my duty. The vast majority of the public is still walking around with there heads full of lies. The biggest lie = 9-1-1. The information is not being spread far enough. The questions, the still open and unanswered questions are not being answered and noone seems to care or notice.

If it's TV you need to show you "the truth", get one of the DVDs. Watch it objectively. Smirk and laugh when they go off track. But also be ready to weep when they hit on the truth or even a small piece of it. Be ready for a shock. Have a bucket with some water in it ready, by your side 'cause if ....IF by chance you do see through the fog of dis-information and lies, you just might have to puke.

Another alternative is for you to just keep on swiming in the illusions and lies. It's an easier life for the fool. It's easier to have others decide your fate. No matter if right or left or inbetween, if we don't come together to get the truth out we're screwed folks !

Those DVDs are awesome. I received a few in the mail, unsolicited, from Reopen9/11.org

Absolutely incredible evidence that 9/11 was NOT what we'd all thought it was.

I'm still making copies of them (permission granted on the labels) and passing them around to people.

Catherine

Yippery, nothing like a couple of pictures to help me get the picture.

911 in Plane Site is a good one.

The webpage in itself is worth the visit. At first, I dismissed some of the info as bogus or too far-fetched, the Pentagon bit e.g. Then I heard the same theory from a totally different angle and voila : it could not have been a commercial airliner. No way José ! WTC Building No. 7. WTF ? Personally, I need no more proof. But like you, I'm trying to spread the word the best I can. I just can't believe the world is swallowing the lies bait & hook. It's at times like these that I can best understand the German people.