The Crimes of War Committed “In the Name of 9/11″
Initiating a Legal Procedure against the Perpetrators of 9/11
The following text was presented at the International Conference on “9/11 Revisited – Seeking the Truth”, Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF), Kuala Lumpur, November 2012
Introduction
The tragic events of
September 11, 2001 constitute a fundamental landmark in American
history, a decisive watershed, a breaking point.
Millions of people have been misled regarding the causes and consequences of 9/11.
September 11 2001 opens
up an era of crisis, upheaval and militarization of American society.
The post September 11, 2001 era is marked by the outright
criminalization of the US State, including its judicial, foreign policy,
national security and intelligence apparatus.
9/11 marks the
onslaught of the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT), used as a pretext and
a justification by the US and its NATO allies to carry out a “war
without borders”, a global war of conquest.
A far-reaching overhaul of US military doctrine was launched in the wake of 9/11.
9/11 was also a
stepping stone towards the relentless repeal of civil liberties, the
militarization of law enforcement and the inauguration of “Police State
USA”.
In assessing the crimes
associated with 9/11 in the context of a legal procedure, we must
distinguish between those associated with the actual event, namely the loss of life and the destruction of property on 9/11, from the crimes committed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 “in the name of 9/11″.
The latter build upon the former. We are dealing with two related dimensions of criminality.
The crimes committed “in the name of 9/11″ involving acts of war are
far-reaching, resulting in the deaths of millions of people as well as
the destruction of entire countries.
The 9/11 event in itself– which becomes symbolic– is used to justify the onslaught of the post 9/11 US-NATO military agenda,
under the banner of the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT), not to
mention the ushering in of the Homeland police state and the repeal of
civil liberties.
The crimes committed in the name of 9/11 broadly consist in two intimately related processes:
1. The launching of the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT), used as a pretext and a justification to Wage a War of Conquest. This GWOT mandate was used to justify the 2001 and 2003 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The GWOT mandate has since extended its grip to a large number of countries in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, where the US and its NATO allies are intervening selectively under a counterterrorism mandate.
2. The derogation of civil liberties and the instatement of an Orwellian police state apparatus within Western countries. In the US, the introduction of the PATRIOT legislation and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security in the immediate wake of the 9/11 attacks set the stage for the subsequent restructuring of the judicial and law enforcement apparatus, culminating in the legalization of extrajudicial assassinations under an alleged counter-terrorism mandate.
The 9/11 attacks
constitute what is referred to in intelligence parlance as a “massive
casualty producing event” conducive to the deaths of civilians.
The dramatic loss of
life on the morning of 9/11 resulting from an initial criminal act is
used as a pretext and a justification to wage an all out war of
retribution, in the name of 9/11 against the alleged perpetrators of
9/11, namely the “state sponsors of terrorism”, including Afghanistan,
Iraq as well as Iran.
We are dealing with a
diabolical and criminal project. The civilian deaths resulting from the
911 attacks are an instrument of war propaganda, applied to build a
consensus in favor of an outright war of global domination.
The perpetrators of war
propaganda are complicit in the conduct of extensive war crimes, in
that they readily justify acts of war as counter-terrorism and/or
humanitarian operations (R2P) launched to protect civilians. The “Just
War” (Jus ad Bellum) concept prevails: The killing of civilians in
Afghanistan and Iraq are “rightfully” undertaken in retribution for the
deaths incurred on 9/11.
Evidence is fabricated
to the effect that the “state sponsors of terrorism” had committed, on
the morning of 9/11, an outright act of war against the United States.
Realities are turned
upside down. The US and its allies are the victims of foreign
aggression. America’s crimes of war in Afghanistan and Iraq are
committed in the name of 9/11 under a counter terrorism mandate.
The 9/11 attacks are used to harness public opinion into supporting a war without borders. Endless wars of aggression under the humanitarian cloak of “counter-terrorism” are set in motion.
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