On the 8/13/08 edition of the weekly show "Middle East in Focus" on KPFK, the Pacifica affiliate here in LA, host Don Bustany had on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Roy Gutman, who recently authored "How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and the Hijacking of Afghanistan."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmNMU1Nbfjk
They had a wide-ranging discussion about the history of US involvement with the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and the resultant evolution of Al-Qaeda. If it had stayed there, I probably wouldn't have called in, because there were many other things to do that night. But, Gutman kept making the leap from that to the logical outcome of "and then 9-11 happened because of that and Clinton and Bush "missing the story."" Being a fledgling citizen journalist, I felt it was my responsibility to call in and fill in the explanatory gap left in the absence of any mention of false-flag operations by Western intelligence agencies to be blamed on Middle Easterners.

Bustany appreciated my input and responded by calling attention to the, in many cases, crucial role of corporate motive in these types of operations.

To hear the whole show go to: http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/mp3/kpfk_080813_200100meif.mp3

To learn more about the CIA-run overthrow of democratically-elected leader Mohammed Mosaddeq, search for "Operation Ajax" or "Terrorstorm."

To learn more about a couple interrupted Israeli apparent false-flag operations search for "Lavon Affair" or "terror timeline October 10, 2001" or go to: http://www.911blogger.com/node/14304

Remember, the airwaves are really being rented from "we the people" so make them yours by calling in.
for advice and info go to : http://www.911blogger.com/node/9489
and/or
go see how you can speak to a PNAC member live on air here: http://www.911blogger.com/node/10090
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video: Jeremy Rothe-Kushel
edit: Jeremy Rothe-Kushel
intro music: produced by Chach feat. Cass Boogs
outro music: Shumonik