Past history of U.S. government aid to Islamist terrorists

I'm looking now at the article http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_277.shtml">How our governments use terrorism to control us by Tim Howells, November 28, 2005.

This article begins:



I would be interested to hear any substantive criticism of the two above-mentioned books, by anyone here who has read them.

Tim Howells then goes on to talk about the following topics:

- Operation Gladio

- U.S. aid to the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan during and before the Soviet invasion

- Ali Mohamed

- Al Qaeda in the Balkans, with help from the Pentagon

- Al Qaeda in the Philippines, with help from the CIA

- Ahmed's views on pre-9/11 warnings and what they imply

I would be interested in any specific, substantive comments that anyone here may have on Tim Howells's presentation of these topics.

At least some of these topics are also addressed in the following places on the History Commons site:

• http://www.historycommons.org/topic.jsp?topic=country_afghanistan">Afghanistan


• section of http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project">Complete 9/11 Timeline on http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=complete_911_timeline_us_intel_links_to_islamic_militancy">US Intelligence Links to Islamic Militancy,


• sections of http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project">Complete 9/11 Timeline on http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&before_9/11=sovietAfghanWar">The Soviet-Afghan War, http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&complete_911_timeline_possible_moles_or_informants=aliMohamed">Ali Mohamed, http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?before_9/11=balkans&timeline=complete_911_timeline">Al-Qaeda in the Balkans, http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&complete_911_timeline_al_qaeda_by_region=complete_911_timeline_al_qaeda_in_southeast_asia">Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah in Southeast Asia, and http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&complete_911_timeline_key_events=complete_911_timeline_key_warnings">key warnings


• http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=western_support_for_islamic_militancy">Alleged Use of False Flag Attacks by Intelligence Agencies

Later, I'll go through the above pages on the History Commons site and post further comments calling attention to specific events mentioned there.

Whatever it does or does not imply about 9/11, I think that the past history of U.S. covert operations involving Islamist terrorist groups is important for us to examine.

Another relevant page on the History Commons site, besides the ones already listed in post above, is http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=complete_911_timeline_philippine_militant_collusion">Militant-Government Collusion in the Philippines, part of the Complete 9/11 Timeline.

Also on the History Commons site, while exploring the page about http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&geopolitics_and_9/11=complete_911_timeline_us_intel_links_to_islamic_militancy">U.S. Intelligence Links to Islamic Militancy, I came across a very interesting page about http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&complete_911_timeline_possible_moles_or_informants=complete_911_timeline_luai_sakra">Luai Sakra, a leading Al Qaeda member who was also an informant for CIA and for intelligence agencies of at least two other countries (Syria and Turkey) as well.

Apparently, Luai Sakra gave very detailed and specific information about the 9/11 plot to Syrian intelligence on 9/10/2001. It is unknown how much information he also gave to the CIA.

Sakra has also claimed that http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a112507sakraalhazmi#a112507sakraalhazmi">Nawaf Alhazmi, not Hani Hanjour, piloted Flight 77.