Larry Chin: The Zarqawi Deception

2006-06-14

Richard Moore

Original source URL:
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Desperate Bush administration ends already blown Zarqawi deception
Larry Chin, Online Journal Associate Editor

June 12, 2006

The purported execution of "Al-Qaeda mystery man" Musab al-Zarqawi ends what was
exposed two months ago as a Pentagon psychological operation in leaked military 
documents.

The pursuit of Zarqawi is being sold as the "turning point" of the Iraq war. It 
is nothing of the sort. This is another lie, heaped upon the multitude of lies 
that comprise the "war on terrorism" itself.

Zarqawi: Pentagon psy-op and intelligence asset

What is a well-established (and deliberately unaddressed) fact is that the 
United States government and US-connected intelligence agencies created Islamic 
"terrorism." The US and its allies have continued to use and guide terrorist 
cells, as well as fill worldwide media with "terrorism" propaganda.

See, "Who is Osama bin Laden?" and "Al-Qaeda: the database"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20010912&articleId=368
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=BUN20051120&articleId=1291

As pointed out by Michel Chossodovsky in "The Anglo-American War of Terror: An 
Overview", the continuing US-led war of conquest rests upon a labyrinth of 
deceptions, of which "Zarqawi" is one 
(http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20051221&articleId=1576):

"One of the main objectives of war propaganda is to 'fabricate an enemy.¹ As 
anti-war sentiment grows and the political legitimacy of the Bush administration
falters, doubts regarding the existence of this illusive 'outside enemy¹ must be
dispelled.

"Propaganda purports not only to drown the truth but also to 'kill the evidence¹
on how this 'outside enemy,¹ namely Osama bin Laden¹s Al Qaeda was fabricated 
and transformed into 'Enemy Number One.¹"

With the Zarqawi hit, a bit more of this evidence has been killed. Literally.

Zarqawi, "Bush's man in Iraq" 
(http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ15Ak02.html) is not just a 
manipulated Anglo-American intelligence asset, but a clumsy Pentagon 
psychological operation. The legend of the "shadowy terror mastermind" 
responsible for virtually every act of violence in Iraq and beyond has morphed 
and changed over the years. In a bizarre recent twist (perhaps paving the way 
for last week¹s finale), Zarqawi, the "great terrorist mastermind," was depicted
as an incompetent; an object of ridicule lacking the knowledge to properly 
handle an automatic weapon (leading to questions about the competence of US 
propaganda apparatus). Zarqawi has been reported dead more than once, and now he
is dead again, deader than ever.

The definitive analysis, "Who is Musab al Zarqawi?" (recently updated to include
analysis of the purported Zarqawi hit), chronicles the entire Zarqawi operation 
from its inception. In this piece, Chossudovsky reveals:

" . . . a recent Washington Post article provides details on leaked internal 
military documents which confirm the existence of a PSYOP 'Zarqawi program¹ at 
the Pentagon.  (WP. 10 April 2006 ) The latter consists in creating a 'Zarqawi 
Legend¹ by feeding disinformation into the news chain 
(http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060411&articleId=2256):

"The Zarqawi campaign is discussed in several of the internal military 
documents. "Villainize Zarqawi/leverage xenophobia response," one U.S. military 
briefing from 2004 stated. It listed three methods: "Media operations," "Special
Ops (626)" (a reference to Task Force 626, an elite U.S. military unit assigned 
primarily to hunt in Iraq for senior officials in Hussein's government) and 
"PSYOP," the U.S. military term for propaganda work . . ." (WP . 10 April 2006, 
further details).

"In this regard, the senior commander entrusted with Pentagon's PSYOP operation 
is General Kimmitt who now occupies the position of senior planner at US Central
Command (USCENTCOM), responsible for directing operations in Iraq and the Middle
East confirms that

'There was clearly an information campaign to raise the public awareness of who 
Zarqawi was, primarily for the Iraqi audience but also with the international 
audience.¹

"A goal of the campaign was to drive a wedge into the insurgency by emphasizing 
Zarqawi's terrorist acts and foreign origin, said officers familiar with the 
program. 'Through aggressive Strategic Communications, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi now 
represents: Terrorism in Iraq/Foreign Fighters in Iraq/Suffering of Iraqi People
(Infrastructure Attacks)/Denial of Iraqi Aspirations,¹ the same briefing asserts
. . . (Ibid)¹"

Once it was exposed, this psy-op had to be shut down in the most opportune and 
timely fashion, obliterating the trail behind an explosive final blast of 
propaganda.

Bush administration¹s final lies

The Bush administration¹s mighty Wurlitzer is in overdrive, pushing again to 
inflate Bush's macho image, distract attention from unfolding scandals (that 
won¹t go away) and continuing losses in Iraq and Afghanistan. In an election 
year, Bush-Rove is seeking to boost lowest-ever poll numbers, and silence 
political opposition, with help from both corporate media and "alternative" 
media. News broadcasts continue to show self-congratulatory Bush White House 
players gloating about its glorious hunt for Islamic "quarry," and posturing 
over photos of the alleged Zarqawi corpse.

As Chossudovsky notes, the spin is obvious and transparent:

"The Bush administration is already announcing 'a post-Zarqawi era,¹ suggesting 
that with the death of its presumed leader, the 'insurgency¹ is in the process 
of being defeated. Zarqawi's death was an opportunity for the new government to 
'turn the tide,¹ Bush said.  'The ideology of terror has lost one of its most 
visible and aggressive leaders.¹

"The killing of Zarqawi has occurred at a time when Bush's public support is at 
an all time low, as confirmed by the opinion polls. In a press conference at the
White House, Bush underscored the role of Zarqawi as 'commanders of the 
terrorist movement in Iraq. He led a campaign of car bombings, assassinations 
and suicide attacks that has taken the lives of many American forces and 
thousands of innocent Iraqis. Osama bin Laden called this Jordanian terrorist 
the prince of Al Qaida in Iraq. He called on the terrorists around the world to 
listen to him and obey him.¹

"'Now Zarqawi has met his end and this violent man will never murder again,¹ 
suggesting that the US has from now on the upper hand in Iraq. 'Zarqawi's death 
is a severe blow to Al Qaida. It's a victory in the global war on terror, and it
is an opportunity for Iraq's new government to turn the tide of this struggle.¹"

More importantly: "Zarqawi's death has also served as a convenient cover-up of 
the extensive war crimes committed by coalition forces in Iraq.  The news 
coverage suggests that Zarqawi, rather than coalition forces, are responsible 
for countless atrocities and civilian deaths. In the words of Don Rumsfeld, the 
man who led the criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq:  'I think arguably, 
over the last several years no single person on this planet has had the blood of
more innocent man, women and children on his hands than Zarqawi.¹"

(In fact, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and the other murderers of the Bush 
administration have more blood on their hands than any US presidency in history.
They know it. They like it.)

The Bush administration has momentarily succeeded in one respect: hapless 
congressional Democrats and Left intellectuals (who have enthusiastically 
supported the "war on terrorism") have been maneuvered and cowed into 
congratulating Bush¹s "success," and echoing the administration¹s lies verbatim.
They, along with a large portion of the American sheeple, still jump through the
time-honored 9/11 propaganda hoops in Pavlovian fashion, each time Bush, Cheney,
Rumsfeld, Rice, and the New York Times and Fox News, say "jump." But even this 
trick has lost its power. Even mainstream reports have noted that any momentary 
popularity bump for Bush and his war have been "fleeting" at best.

No psychological operation can hide the fact that the Bush administration and 
its neocon "plan" has failed in catastrophic fashion: failed to do the job it 
was installed into power to do; failed to conquer Central Asia and the Middle 
East; failed to secure and control cheap oil; failed to gain geopolitical 
advantage over superpower rivals. In fact, Bush-Cheney has obliterated what 
little international respect the New World Order once believed it commanded.

The Zarqawi "crescendo" signals what is likely the beginning of a final chapter 
in the Bush administration¹s "war on terror" fiction, as the administration 
itself faces its own fall. In an attempt to save face, the mentally ill Bush and
his criminals know they must act now to create the illusion of victory, even as 
their violent, criminal acts have left the New World Order, and the entire 
world, in flames.

Could a spectacular pursuit and execution of "Osama bin Laden" be far behind?

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