ISLAM THE BASICS

REALPOLITIK AND TERRORISM
 
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Webster's New World Dictionary
 
  Realpolitik -- practical politics; a euphemism for POWER POLITICS
 
  power politics -- international political relations in which each
  nation attempts to increase its own power or interests by using
  military or economic coercion
 
  terrorism -- 1. the act of terrorizing; use of force or threats to
  demoralize, intimidate, and subjugate, esp. such use as a
  political weapon or policy 2. the demoralization and intimidation
  produced in this way
 
  [Realpolitik = power politics = terrorism?]
 
Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions
 
  If the agenda can be restricted to the ambiguities of Arafat, the
  abuses and failures of the Sandinistas, the terrorism of Iran and
  Libya, and other properly framed issues, then the game [fooling
  the American public] is basically over; excluded from the
  discussion is the unambiguous rejectionism of the United States
  and Israel, and the terrorism and other crimes of the United
  States and its clients, not only far greater in scale but also
  incomparably more significant on any moral dimension for American
  citizens, who are in a position to mitigate or terminate these
  crimes. -- p. 49
 
Noam Chomsky, What Uncle Sam Really Wants
 
  The use of terror is deeply ingrained in our [US] character. . .
 
  The first step is to use the police. They're critical because they
  can detect discontent early and eliminate it before "major
  surgery" is necessary. If major surgery becomes necessary, we rely
  on the army. When we can no longer control the army . . . it's
  time to overthrow the government.
 
  The second step is to use the military. The US has always tried to
  establish relations with the military in foreign countries,
  because that's one of the ways to overthrow a government that has
  gotten out of hand.
 
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Letter to United Nations
Ambassadors
 
  Two months have passed since the Security Council last reviewed
  the murderous sanctions against Iraq and more than 20,000 human
  beings have died as a direct result of its failure to end the
  sanctions that time. More than 10,000 of those who died in March
  and April are infants and children. The entire population of Iraq
  has suffered. Millions will not overcome the effects of the
  sanctions in their lifetimes which have been shortened by years.
 
  The history of this violent century does not reveal a more deadly,
  cruel, inhumane and degrading torture of the whole population of
  an entire nation inflicted by foreign power for so long a period
  of time. -- May 1, 1996
 
Wielding Aid, U.S. Targets Sudan, The Washington Post
 
  Nearly $20 million in surplus U.S. military equipment will be sent
  to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda, the officials said, adding that
  the three countries support Sudanese opposition groups preparing a
  joint offensive to topple the government of Sudan. -- November 10,
  1996
 
Mark Zepezauer, The CIA'S Greatest Hits
 
  Despite its name, the Central Intelligence Agency's main purpose
  is -- and has always been -- carrying out covert operations
  involving economic warfare, rigged elections, assassinatons and
  even genocide. -- Introduction
 
Head US Special Forces, 60 Minutes
 
  [The special forces are used] to put down rebellions or to start
  one. -- April 30, 1995
 
William Blum, Killing Hope: U.S. Military And CIA Interventions Since World
War II
 
  The U.S. bombing of Iraq, June 26, 1993, in retaliation for an
  alleged Iraqi plot to assassinate former president George Bush,
  "was essential," said President Clinton, "to send a message to
  those who engage in state-sponsored terrorism . . . and to affirm
  the expectation of civilized behavior among nations."
 
  Following is a list of prominent individuals whose assassination
  (or planning for same) the United States has been involved in
  since the end of the Second World War. The list does not include
  several assassinations in various parts of the world carried out
  by anti-Castro Cubans employed by the CIA and headquartered in the
  United States.
 
   1949 - Kim Koo, Korean opposition leader
   1950s - CIA/Neo-Nazi hit list of numerous political
          figures in West Germany
   1955 - Jose Antonio Remon, President of Panama
   1950s - Chou En-Lai, Prime Minister of China, several
          attempts on his life
   1950s - Sukarno, President of Indonesia
   1951 - Kim Il Sung, Premier of North Korea
   1950s (mid) - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition
          leader
   1955 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
   1957 - Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt
   1959 and 1963 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia
   1960 - Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader of Iraq
   1950s-70s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, two
          attempts on his life
   1961 - Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, leader of Haiti
   1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo
          (Zaire)
   1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of Dominican
          Republic
   1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam
   1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, many attempts
          on his life
   1960s - Raul Castro, high official in government of Cuba
   1965 - Francisco Caamano, Dominican Republic opposition
          leader
   1965 - Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi
   1965-6 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France
   1967 - Che Guevara, Cuban leader 1970 - Salvador
          Allende, President of Chile
   1970 - Gen Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of Army,
          Chile
   1970s, 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama
   1972 - General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panama
          Intelligence
   1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire
   1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica
   1980-1986 - Muammar Qaddafi, leader of Libya, several
          plots and attempts on his life
   1982 - Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran
   1983 - Gen. Ahmed Dlimi, Moroccan Army commander
   1983 - Miguel d'Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
   1984 - The nine comandantes of the Sandinista National
          Directorate
   1985 - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanese
          Shiite leader (80 people killed in attempt)
   1991 - Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq
 
  -- Appendix III
 
David B. Kopel, Hearings on Wiretapping and Terrorism
 
  Analyst at the Cato Institute testifies before the Judiciary
  Committee of the United States Senate that there is no terrorism
  crisis.