Al Qaeda
US REBRANDS AL QAEDA IN SYRIA AND ‘OMITS’ TO ADD TO TERROR WATCHLIST
23rd May 2017 Whitney Webb Mint Press News By changing its name to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda has managed to secure its removal from the U.S. and Canadian terror watchlists, allowing citizens of those countries to donate money and travel to fight with them. WASHINGTON, D.C.– It turns out that…
ClandesTime 110 – A Brief History of Suicide Hijackings - Spy Culture
After the 9/11 attacks we were told that no one could have predicted that terrorists would hijack planes and use them as missiles against buildings. This lie quickly fell apart when it emerged that NORAD – the US air defence command – had run training exercises in the years and months leading up to the attacks that included this scenario. The history of real life suicide hijackings is several decades old and offers a different way of understanding how predictable 9/11 really was.
WHITE HELMETS: Honoured by Al Qaeda as Terrorist Civil Defence
“Hay’at Tahreer Al-Sham leader Abu Jaber & Muhaysni honor the #WhiteHelmets. What more proof do you need of their ties to Al-Qaeda?” ~ @Walid970721 YallaLaBarra writes: The Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria Hay’at Tahreer Al-Sham has just honored the White Helmets in a ceremony in Idlib. These are the same White Helmets who are financed by…
ClandesTime 109 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: The Bojinka Plot - Spy Culture
The Bojinka plot was one of the most imaginative and potentially devastating terrorist plans ever. Conceived by Ramzi Yousef it centred around a scheme to blow up 10-12 airliners simultaneously, killing thousands of people, but it also included an assassination attempt on the Pope and crashing a plane into CIA headquarters. This week we take a closer look at Bojinka, its origins and genesis, and the theory that it was a prototype for the 9/11 attacks.
Four Reasons Why Saudi Arabia May Cease To Exist
21st Century Wire says…
One of the top places you can see in Riyadh, as told by its taxi drivers, is ‘Chop Chop Square’ better known as Justice Square, where in the early daylight hours beheadings take place.
On a past visit to the ‘Kingdom’, it was disturbing to find out that only metres away outside Justice Square, a small children’s fairground was set up and ready for operation.
Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
ClandesTime 108b – Ramzi Yousef: A NeoConspiracy Theory - Spy Culture
In this special bonus episode of ClandesTime we look at the theory that World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef was an agent of Iraqi intelligence. This theory, put forward by neoconservative analyst Laurie Mylroie, contributed to the false idea that Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein’s government were working together. But is there any truth to it?(Read more...)
ClandesTime 108 – An Alternative History of Al Qaeda: Ramzi Yousef - Spy Culture
Ramzi Yousef is an international man of mystery who is currently serving a 240-year sentence in a Supermax prison for bombing the World Trade Center. He is the first of two major figures we have not looked at yet in our exploration of the WTC93 bombing, the other is Ali Mohamed who we will get to in a few episodes time.
SYRIA: Aleppo Based Journalist, Khaled Iskef, Exposes White Helmets as Nusra Front Civil Defence
White Helmet publicity posters found under the Nusra Front logo, in the abandoned White Helmet centre, Sakhour, East Aleppo ( Photo: Vanessa Beeley)
21st Century Wire says…