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From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Aug 27 2010 - 09:04:15 EDT
Somalia is a Victim of "False Flag Operations"
by Abdirahman Alas
August 27, 2010
In the course of history, heads of states were assassinated, elected regimes
were toppled, stable societies were destabilized, sovereign nations were
invaded and millions of innocent civilians were killed or maimed as a result
of covert terror campaigns also known as "false flag operations".
Perpetrators (countries, corporations, organizations, etc.) employ illusive
propaganda or political gambits to justify their aggression. Greed and
domination is the impetus behind this unbridled oppression. Cultural
imperialism is a major component of this domination. Operations are highly
clandestine, what gets exposed is just a tip of an iceberg, which explains
why many global crises including Somalia remain insurmountable mysteries.
To comprehend the evolution of this clandestine oppression and its
concomitant brutalities on the global stability, history is indispensable.
Himmler Operation
Hitler had orchestrated the "Himmler Operation" to justify his invasion of
Poland in 1939. Austria and Czechoslovakia were already annexed. German
troops dressed in Polish uniforms had terrorized German inhabitants near the
border with Poland. They vandalized German buildings, burned German radio
station (Gleiwitz), customs station at Hochlinden and a forest service
station in Pitschen. Hitler vehemently accused Poland and immediately
passed the order to crush Poland. Some historians argue that Himmler
Operation was the pretext of World War II (over 60 million people were
killed). [1][2]
Operation Ajax
The CIA and British Secret Services (MI6) had unleashed "Operation Ajax", a
coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of Dr. Mohamed
Mussadaq (a pro-American educated in the West) in 1953. Dr. Mussadaq was
elected in 1951. He nationalized Iran's oil industry to end the exploitation
and monopoly of British owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Initially, Britain
planned a military operation to seize Iran's oil refineries, but decided
instead to overthrow Dr. Mussadaq and install a puppet dictator. Dr.
Mussadaq's valiant action did go far without facing ruthless reprisal. The
CIA had conducted the operation to get a share of the monopoly. Mussadaq's
regime was toppled, authoritarian monarchy and its brutal secret police
(SAVAK) trained by US took over. Dr. Mussadaq finished his life in jail and
house arrest, but his ministers and supporters were executed.
The tools that the CIA and MI6 employed were included but not limited to
bribery, propaganda, demonstrations, assassinations of prominent religious
leaders, agents of influence including ex-Iranian Nazis, bombing of mosques,
violence against civilians, and financing of tribal conflicts. Kermit
Roosevelt (grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt) was the field commander
of operation Ajax who openly bragged about his role in this terror campaign
against Iran. A fuming and implacable campaign (political, economical and
military) that some political analysts define as the "Cold War II" is now
building up to subjugate Iran again and eradicate the ideals of the Islamic
revolution that extricated Iranians from the exploitation of the West.
[3][4][5][6]
The Tonkin Resolution
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson accused North Vietnam of attacking two
American destroyers in the gulf of Tonkin. Johnson's secret plan was to get
congressional authorization for the use of force against North Vietnam. The
ships were part of aggressive US plan to sabotage North Vietnam and escalate
a searing tension into a full scale war. According to documents
declassified by the National Security Agency, Lyndon Baines Johnson
Presidential Library and Museum as well as other related documents, the
alleged attack on US ships on August 4, 1964 was unsubstantiated. It was a
ruse fabricated to mislead Americans and the world. Johnson immediately
passed the "Tonkin resolution" which unleashed the Vietnam War (59, 000
Americans and several million Vietnamese died). Despite Johnson's
misleading rhetoric, the motive was consistent with what Tim Weiner in his
book (Legacy of Ashes: the History of the CIA) described President
Eisenhower's doctrine as one fixed to "do everything in its power to alter
or abolish any regime not openly allied with America". [7][8] [9]
Operation Mongoose
Fidel Castro was not only lucky but resilient as well to fend off CIA
clandestine operations. "Operation Mongoose" was another CIA orchestrated
gambit to overthrow Castro and his regime. It comprised of psychological
warfare, propaganda, sabotage and military. The "Pay of Pigs Invasion" in
1961 was a defeated military attempt to invade Cuba by US trained Cuban
exiles. Castro was portrayed as an enemy of America simply because he did
not bend to the dictates of the Whitehouse. President Kennedy approved
operation Mongoose in his third month in office to implement the pledge he
had made in his inaugural address enunciated to "pay any price, bear any
burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to
assure the survival and success of liberty." The success of "liberty" here
denotes the success of US corporate interests. [10]
Operation Northwoods
After the failure of the Pay of Pigs Invasion, the Northwoods operation
kicked off. No incidents of Northwoods have been reported. Here are some
excerpts from the Body of Secrets by James Bamford about this operation.
"[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman] Lemnitzer was a
dangerous -- perhaps even unbalanced -- right-wing extremist in an
extraordinarily sensitive position during a critical period. But
<http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/Northwoods.html> Operation Northwoods
also had the support of every single member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and even senior Pentagon official Paul Nitze argued in favor of provoking a
phony war with Cuba. The fact that the most senior members of all the
services and the Pentagon could be so out of touch with reality and the
meaning of democracy would be hidden for four decades."
"According to secret and long-hidden documents obtained for Body of Secrets,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff drew up and approved plans for what may be the
most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. Government. In the name of
anticommunism, they proposed launching a secret and bloody war of terrorism
against their own country in order to trick the American public into
supporting an ill-conceived war they intended to launch against Cuba.
Codenamed Operation Northwoods, the plan, which had the written approval of
the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for
innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees
fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to
be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be
framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using
phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer
and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing,
they needed to launch their war." [11]
Operation Gladio
"Operation Gladio" (sword) also known as "Super NATO" was a US led "NATO
stay behind" terror campaigns in Western Europe aimed to discredit leftists.
Its atrocities were mainly ubiquitous in Italy as communism was popular
there then. Between 1968 and 1978, 2498 terrorist acts related to Gladio
were reported. The Bologna massacre, the kidnapping and assassination of
Prime Minister Aldo Moro and five of his aides were among the most appalling
crimes of that operation. On August 2, 1980 a terror bomb exploded in
Bologna train station which killed 85 people and wounded more than 200
others. Moro was kidnapped on March 16, 1980 and murdered on May 9 by Red
Brigades (militant communist group). Moro was working on a plan to solidify
Italy's political stability by inviting the communists into the government.
Moro, as Italy's foreign minister then had visited the US four years before
his death. He was threatened to give up his political plan or face dire
consequences. After his death, Moro's widow stated what she described as
Kissinger's threatening statement to her husband - "You must abandon your
policy of bringing all the political forces in your country into direct
collaboration.or you will pay dearly for it.'' It was reported that the CIA
had infiltrated the Red Brigades, and those who carried out Moro's
assassination were CIA informants. In 1990, European Parliament passed a
resolution condemning Gladio and requesting further investigations. If
European governments were not able to fend off covert operations to protect
their citizens, what would be the chances of poor nations? [12][13][14]
The War on Terror
The invasion of Iraq under the false pretext (Al-Qaeda & weapons of mass
destruction) attests that imperialism is as fervent as it was decades or
centuries ago. Noam Chomsky expressing his thoughts regarding why Iraq was
invaded said, "And the actual reasons I think are not very obscure. First of
all, there is a long standing interest. That does not account for the timing
but it does account for the interest. And that is that Iraq has the second
large oil reserves in the World and controlling Iraqi oil and even ending up
probably with military bases in Iraq will place the United States in an
extremely strong position to dominate the global energy system even more
than it does today. That's a very powerful lever of world control, quite
apart from the profits that comes from it. And the US probably doesn't
intend to access the oil of Iraq; it intends to use primarily safer Atlantic
basin resources for itself (Western Hemisphere, West Africa). But to control
the oil has been a leading principle of US foreign policies since the Second
World War, and Iraq is particularly significant in this respect. So that's a
long standing interest. On the other hand it doesn't explain the timing.
"[15]
Transitional Federal Government
Somalia is a failed state. Its failure is often attributed to visible
elements of violence (tribal conflicts, warlords, religious insurgents,
etc.). But, extremely powerful covert elements which fuel the violence are
hidden from the masses. That is why bloodshed is incessant and Somalis are
powerless. International efforts to help Somalia stabilize have been
undermined by these mighty sinister forces which have transformed the
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) into a false flag operation. This
campaign to dismantle Somalia has been going on for quite some time.
Ethiopia and Kenya which colonize Somali territories (Ogaden region &
Northern Eastern Province) are mandated to be the key players in this war
against Somalia. In 1970's, Kenya and Ethiopia supported by other countries
collaborated to train and harbour Somali armed factions (SSDF, SNM, USC) to
destabilize Somalia. Ethiopia became the base for all those insurgents.
Breaking Somalia into warring fiefdoms was an integral piece of their agenda
which looks successful to date. Ethiopia and Kenya are bent on to weaken
Somalia in order to extend their domination and further exploit its
resources. Ethiopia temporarily invaded Somalia in 2006 and remains to act
as an invader. Kenya has extended its exploitation to the continental shelf
of Somalia under a ruse document (memorandum of understanding) involved by
the UN and Norway. [16]
Literally, the TFG is bulwark against stability serving the interest of
foreign entities. It became a tool to disunite Somalis, marginalize the
public, keep insurgents alive, and legitimize the presence of foreign forces
on the pretext of protecting a legitimate Somali government. It is
dominated by corrupt minions who are accountable to those who put them in
power and pay their salaries. War of religion is part of the campaign to
keep Somalia invaded by foreign forces. Ethiopia is run by a Christian
minority while over sixty percent of its population are oppressed Muslims.
Somalia's weakness is calculated as virtual security for the domination of
the Christian minority in Ethiopia. Kenya also oppresses huge Muslim
population. Privations in Northern Eastern Province which emulate
atrocities in Somali Region (also known as Ogeden region) explain the solid
solidarity between the two countries in their war against Somalia. To mask
the sheer brutalities spearheaded by Ethiopia and Kenya, other Christian
forces (Uganda & Rwanda) are summoned under the guise of IGAD organization
(Intergovernmental Authority on Development).
Kenya and Ethiopia are not the sole beneficiaries of Somalia's failed state.
European fishing fleets which exploit Somalia's offshore living resources
are part of the problem. They use false flags (Belize flag) to circumvent
international laws. These technologically advanced fleets have destroyed
local fishing boats to hinder them from the productive fishing areas. To
protect their livelihoods, local fishers have armed themselves to what later
escalated to the mystery of piracy. Industrial nations also use Somalia as
dumping grounds for their nuclear wastes. [17][18]
The infiltration of Americans and Europeans into the Islamic Courts Union
(ICU); the breakdown of ICU into warring factions (Al-shabab, Hisbul Islam);
Al-shabab's extremely radical doctrine which contravenes some fundamental
Islamic tenets. All these issues raise questions about how safe these
religious groups are from being indirectly controlled by enemies. If the
Red Brigades were infiltrated, it is plausible that among Al-shabab leaders
are informants. We sow already a few pretentious jihadists had openly
crossed the line. Among them are Sheikh Sharif (TFG President and former
Commander in Chief of ICU) and Shikh Yusuf Indha Ade. Shikh Sharif used to
implicate his predecessor (Abdulahi Yusuf) as an infidel because of
Abdulahi's relationship with Ethiopia. Sharif now is a super obedient mentee
of Melle Zenawi and visits Addis Ababa more than he visits Makkah. Yusuf
Indha- Ade has oscillated between the jihadists and the TFG. This reflects
that the crisis in Somalia is very complex. There is no easy solution. The
fast majority of Somalis who seem to be hopeless need to wake up, cleanse
your hearts and minds with the truth, put your hands together and fight for
your sovereignty.
Abdirahman Alas
E-mail: bnalas@yahoo.com
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Heinrich Himmler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.
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3. Kinzer, All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle
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<http://globalpolicy.org/iraq/invasion-and-war/invasion-of-iraq/48475-iraq-r
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