Professor Michel Chossudovsky was interviewed by the Guns
and Butter radio team for a show that was broadcast today on KPFA.
The focus is the ramp-up to war on Iraq, and his call for people to examine the
contradictions and evidence demonstrating that "the war rhetoric is a pack
of lies." In his view, the ultimate weakness of the Bush administration
is the magnitude of the lies told about 9-11 and the justifications for the
so-called war on terrorism.
Here's an excerpt to give you a sample (about 22 minutes into the program):
"We have evidence of collaboration between CIA operatives on the
one hand, and al-Qaeda on the other, right up to August, 2001. We have
evidence of links between senior Bush (administration) officials and the head
of Pakistan's military intelligence. While we also have evidence, which
is supported by the FBI report that the head of Pakistan's intelligence
channeled money through a third party to the 9-11 terrorists. So all
this... I'm not suggesting by any means that the Bush administration is behind
9-11. What I am suggesting is that there's a whole set of linkages
between Bush (administration) officials and Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence
(ISI), (linkages between) Bush officials and al-Qaeda which have to be
investigated because thousands of people are arrested on trumped-up charges,
on the other hand, we have a whole series of high ranking individuals who have
proven links -- suspicious links -- which points to possible complicity to
9-11, and simply, that is not being investigated. And we have evidence
now of the stonewalling which took place in the FBI....."
Give it a listen and check out articles at the Centre
for Research on Globalisation website. It's food for thought. I
don't agree with everything he notes, but it's defiantly worth checking out as a
way to form your own view.
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Michel Chossudovsky is a professor of economics at the University of
Ottawa. He's also the director of the Centre
for Research on Globalisation. He's a vocal critic of globalization
and the Bush administration.
If you appreciate Guns and
Butter, support them. Buy
a CD from them and spread the word about the program (always on KPFA at 2 pm
Pacific Wednesdays, and you can get it via web
streaming). Guns And Butter has many
programs in their archive. The producers don't make much of anything
working for KPFA -- one of Pacifica's community radio stations.
The attached mp3 files are strictly for non-profit use only.
This article by Chossudovsky is a good compliment to the radio interview:
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO206A.html