Recorded September 23, 2007 MP3: Side 1 | Side 2 REALAUDIO Exploring the economic and political networks that both precipitated and executed the 9/11 attacks, this program highlights the links between Islamist elements involved at the operational level and individuals and institutions that dominate the global geo-political landscape. These networks—belonging to elite industrial, financial and […]
by Glenn R. SimpsonWALL STREET JOURNAL ISTANBUL, Turkey — Yassin Qadi is a well-known multimillionaire, founder of a large supermarket chain here and a close friend of the Turkish premier. “I trust him the same way I trust my father,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on national television last year. But the Saudi businessman […]
Investigative journalist Lucy Komisar’s chapter on BCCI in a new book “A Game as Old as Empire.”
by Lucy Komisar From A Game as Old as EmpireSummary highlights from Chapter 4: “The BCCI Game: Banking on America, Banking on Jihad” BCCI: How the Reagan-Bush-CIA team used an offshore bank to run guns, finance Islamic jihadists, and launder money. BCCI enriched the entourage of the Bushes and other Washington influentials. Its biggest shareholders […]
by Kevin Coogan The first part of this report will primarily summarize information from an important book by Johannes and Germana von Dohnanyi entitled Schmutzige Geschäfte und Heiliger Krieg: Al-Qaida in Europa (Dirty Business and Holy War: Al-Qaida in Europe) published by Pendo Verlag (Zurich, 2002). The von Dohnanyis are longtime investigative reporters based in […]
Recorded November 11, 2004 REALAUDIO This broadcast covers a range of topics. Featuring the work of premier journalists Robert Parry and Lucy Komisar, the program begins with Robert’s discussion of the gross irregularities in the 2004 election process. A sharp discrepancy between the exit polls (generally viewed as very reliable) and the ultimate election results […]
GOP kingmaker Grover Norquist’s active recruitment of Islamists to the Republican cause.
Carlyle Group discussion of the Saudi Binladen Group’s continued funding of Al Qaeda.
White House facilitated the escape of Saudi elite; update on Al Taqwa-Nada Management-Saddam Hussein links.
Treasury Secretary investigates Saudis and 9/11 and gets fired by Bush.