"The Power of Nightmares" : Al Quaida is a Myth

The BBC recently ran a controversial three part tv series entitled "The Power of Nightmares" which will never be shown on american tv. The programs trace the development of two radical groups/movements: the american neoconservatives and the radical islamists. The story starts back in the forties. Imagine: Al Quaida is a myth created to control us.

The three programs are available at a number of sites on the internet, for free. There are two versions, a lower quality set of files which can be viewed online or downloaded (realaudio) and a higher quality set (bittorrent) which can be downloaded and burned on dvd. The programs are each an hour long.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1037.htm



Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart?

"In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares.

The most frightening of these is the threat of an international terror network. But just as the dreams were not true, neither are these nightmares.

In a new series, the Power of Nightmares explores how the idea that we are threatened by a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion."

would like to hear these....

I was wondering where I could get a hold of this.

This could be a great video for any anti-inaugeration parties we do for our friends....

The "Lone Gunmen" episode which prophesized the 9/11 Propaganda Coup six months before it happened is also good...and a bit sexier.

Freaky prophecy, man.

I can't. :(

There are some links to different types of downloads and also some
discussion here:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/10/299579.html

Now I can't remember where I heard that, but it makes sense. Their religion and politics are all fear-based, while the left is more hope-based. Making up scary stories pretty much fits the bill.