OSAMA WAS NOT OUR CREATION, CLAIMS RUMSFELD
by Rosalinda - Saturday March 08, 2003 at 06:56 AM

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: 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 http://www.israeleconomy.org)

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Source: South Africa Independent Media Centre
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/3269.php

"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" can be found
at http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm among other places.

Cheers, Steve..

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