[Source: Afghanistan Today, March 1]

OSAMA WAS NOT OUR CREATION, CLAIMS RUMSFELD,

RESPONDING TO A QUESTION FROM AL JAZEERA.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld

was charged with responsibility for Osama Bin Laden because of

the U.S. creation of the mujaheddin during the ``surrogate war''

against the Soviets in Afghanistan. There were many different

factions involved in the ``war of liberation'' in Afghanistan

against the Soviet Union, Rumsfeld said. That included Osama bin

Laden. But he flatly denied that Osama was a creation of the

United States to be used against the Soviet Union, an issue which

has undoubtedly been dogging him ever since the events of 911.

[Source: ``A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the

Realm,'' by Richard Perle, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks,

Douglas Feith, Robert Loewenberg, Jonathan Torop, David Wurmser,

Meyrav Wurmser, IASPS, July 8, 1996.]

PERLE AND FEITH'S ``CLEAN BREAK'' DOCUMENT FROM 1996

SPELLED OUT CURRENT WAR SCHEMES IN MIDEAST.

The ``Clean Break'' strategy of Richard Perle, Doug Feith, et al.

have reached critical mass, with much of the leading press in the

English- and Arabic-speaking world exposing this IASPS (Institute

for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies) document as the

basis for the entire utopian/chickenhawk war drive in the Middle

East, coming from both within the Bush Administration and the

Sharon regime.

On July 8, 1996, Richard Perle

hand-delivered a copy of ``A Clean Break: A New Strategy for

Securing the Realm,'' to incoming Israeli Prime Minister and

rabid Jabotinskyite Benjamin Netanyahu.

Two days later, Netanyahu

dutifully delivered a speech before a joint session of the U.S.

Congress, drawn largely from the Perle-delivered text.

Several

excerpts from the six-page ``Clean Break'' memo serve as a useful

reminder of just how much this insane schema has driven Mideast

events since the Bush and Sharon inaugurations in 2001.

On the Israeli relationship with the Palestinian Authority:

``Israel can... Change the nature of its relations with the

Palestinians, including upholding the {right of hot pursuit} for

self defense into all Palestinian areas and nurturing

alternatives to Arafat's exclusive grip on Palestinian society...

Israel has no obligations under the Oslo agreements if the PLO

does not fulfill its obligations.''

And: ``Early adoption of a bold, new perspective on peace

and security is imperative for the new prime minister. While the

previous government, and many abroad, may emphasize `land for

peace'--which placed Israel in the position of cultural,

economic, political, diplomatic, and military retreat--the new

government can promote Western values and traditions. Such an

approach, which will be well received in the United States,

includes `peace for peace,' `peace through strength,' and self

reliance: {the balance of power}.''

On the priority to overthrow Saddam Hussein: ``Israel can

shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and

Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria.

This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in

Iraq--an important Israeli strategic objective in its own

right--as a means of foiling Syria's regional ambitions. Jordan

has challenged Syria's regional ambitions recently by suggesting

the restoration of the Hashemites in Iraq.''

While the Perle gang's schemes to promote a conflict among

the Arab nations, by pushing a Hashemite versus House of Saud

rift, have hardly been a resounding success, the idea of hot

pursuit reinvasion of the Palestinian territories and the top

priority of overthrowing Saddam Hussein has certainly been the

cornerstone of the Sharon and chickenhawk policies.

(The full text of Clean Break and other related IASPS studies

can be found at www.israeleconomy.org)