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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
The history and ideology of false-flag terrorism, 6 Aug 2007
9/11 Synthetic Terror is an interesting read from Webster Griffin Tarpley. It covers a range of material, from previous examples of false flag or synthetic terrorism, such as the strategy of tension in Italy, to bilateral US-Russian relations; from psychoanalysis of George W. Bush, to the effect of 9/11 on the dollar and global capitalism generally.
From this brief description, the reader can tell that this book has more in common with Mike Ruppert's Crossing the Rubicon than it has with David Griffin's The New Pearl Harbor (though Tarpley's book does have a discussion of the evidence from that day - how WTC1, 2 and 7 collapsed, why weren't the planes intercepted, what hit the Pentagon, were the alleged hijackers competent enough to pilot the planes et cetera).
Whereas Ruppert's book attempts to place the terrorist attacks of 11th September, 2001, within a global drugs-and-Wall Street nexus, Tarpley frames the issues within a historical context of state-sponsored terrorism, where characters such as Osama Bin Laden et al are reduced to the elements of patsies, framed by a rogue network of military and intelligence officials.
Whilst some aspects of this book are fascinating and well written, such as the ideological forefathers of the current generation of neoconservatives, how the likes of Leo Strauss influenced Paul Wolfowitz, for example, some chapters of this book are shockingly badly written, with allegations piled upon allegations and all with evidence of a very scant nature. Indeed, the evidence that Bin Laden is a stooge of the Central Intelligence Agency, the very bedrock of the book, is never really established at all, accept from that it fits in with the author's ideology.
Again, Like Mike Ruppert's book, 9/11 Synthetic Terrorism is in need of serious editing - minor errors abound, from people's names being misspelt to the S.A.S. being referred to as the Secret Air Services (not Special), to the S.A.S. being heavily Scottish-controlled (no evidence that it is but even if it were true, so what), to having its offices located in London and not Hereford. Like Crossing the Rubicon, chapters of the book are chaotic, with seemingly random paragraphs just dropped in that never seem to have an apparent structure ie introduction, body of evidence, conclusion.
Taken as a whole, however, on balance Tarpley's work has enough going for it to recommend it to readers (some chapters are superb, with much fascinating information), though I would not suggest it being the first purchase for either the general reader or those new to the 9/11 debate.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read, exposes the totally bogus war on terror., 13 Nov 2006
I originally wrote this review for the 2nd edition, but it applies equally to all editions of this book, including this latest one.
This book is a powerful account of the true nature of 9/11 which is being used as a justification of the 'War on Terror'. This work exposes that the war on terror is in fact synthetic, and manufactured by the elites within the corporate-military-intelligence complex. These elites not only control despotic tyrannical regimes around the world, but also control the so called 'free west' albeit via more subtle methodology unseen by the unsuspecting population of the 'free world'.
Not only is the reality of the events that transpired on 9/11 accurately documented, the complete failure, whitewash and cover-up which was the 9/11 Commission Report is also thoroughly exposed. There are numerous unanswered questions from 9/11 these are the "real smoking guns", and Webster Tarpley covers them all, they are examined logically leading to the inevitable conclusions that clandestine intelligence agencies partnered with the corporate elite actually caused 9/11 and 7/7 (London) among other "terrorist" atrocities. 9/11 and 7/7 therefore are simply massive "false flag" operations and the scientific analysis must lead those who understand the magnitude of what is involved to suspect the government and their puppet masters.
Here's a single example from this book:
On 9/11 numerous drills were being conducted over an above the number normally conducted on any single day. Some of these drills mimicked the hijacking of aircraft that were then to be used as weapons by flying them into buildings.
On 7/7 the chairman of Visor Consultants states on the BBC, SKY NEWS, Channel 4 and Channel 5 that drills were being conducted on that very day that mimicked the detonation of bombs on the underground at precisely the same tube stations where actual bombs were exploded on that day.
You might think that this is coincidence and circumstantial evidence. Well not really, (extrapolating these events statiscally and as reported by Alex Jones in his documentary 'TerrorStorm' - also available on Amazon or FREE on google video), as follows:
Using actuarial formulas that are currently employed by insurance companies, the probability of these drills occurring, mimicking the very events that actually occurred on those two days has been calculated as more than 1 in 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 over a 10 year period.
That is many times more thank all the grains of sand in the world to 1 in just 10 years. If you extend that back 500 years the number reaches ad infinatum.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The neocon death warrant for civilization, all human values, 17 Feb 2006
W. G. Tarpley’s vision on modern world history is broad and very incisive.
Based on his analysis of national (Mattei, the Red Brigades, assassination attempts on de Gaulle, the Baader-Meinhof Group, the Kennedy murders, the Hinckley shooting, the anthrax threat) and international hits (the Chechnya rebellion, the Chinese embassy bombardment in Belgrade, the Kursk incident, the 9/11 attacks, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq), he rejects the naïve explanation of terrorism, which proclaims that misery, oppression, and desperation give rise to terrorist organizations. For Tarpley, terrorism is synthetic: composed by patsies lead by deception, moles, professionals, mediamen, controllers. It is sponsored by states, organized and directed by a rogue network of high government, intelligence and military officials together with foreign agencies. It is controlled by an aggressive, imperialistic, murderous oligarchy/plutocracy, which restlessly seeks to preserve its privileges through conflict and confrontation: war, violence, hatred, coups, martial law, terrorism, manipulation.
The dollar’s reserve status is the true heart of US international arrogance. It was attacked by Saddam Hussein, when he asked to be paid in euros for his oil. Another very serious threat is secular Arab nationalism, which could overthrow loyal fundamentalist Islamic regimes in the Middle East. Progressive nationalists in the Arab world are and have been relentlessly victims of terrorist attacks. His analysis of the 9/11 events is profound: options insider trading, the collapse of three towers while only two where hit, planes flown by remote control?, who were the hijackers? Are some still alive?, no scrambling of the planes!). It is partly based on the books of Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Michel Chossudovsky, Thierry Meyssan and David Ray Griffin).
Tarpley points courageously his finger at financiers, top-level bureaucrats, flag-rank military officers, top intelligence officials and technical specialists, calling them ‘technocrats of death’.
They profited highly from the 9/11 attacks and created a new world of preventive and pre-emptive war, of first use of nuclear weapons, of unilateral aggression, of barbarian racism and hatred, of the glorification of violence and killing, of force and the threat of force. The advice of the Bush regime to the American people is: ‘Be afraid! Always!’. W. G. Tarpley’s research stands in sharp contrast with the mainstream media, clearly gagged by the powerful and paralyzed by autocensure. They know all too well that truth is dangerous for the masses. Therefore, their key-word is ‘omertà’. This book is a powerful exposé of a world dominated by not democratically controlled, cynical and deadly intelligence networks. A really frightening analysis. A must read. N.B. In his book ‘Confessions of a Philosopher‘ Bryan Magee suggests that Ralph Schoenman was a CIA mole.
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