|
Mr.
Brunser has been identified as a very senior CIA official and
someone with great knowledge of the inner working of the thoroughly
corrupt Bush Administration. His column has become very popular with
our many readers. It has obviously become equally unpopular with not
only Porter Goss’ band of Trained
Dwarves but the White House as well. Many enemies, much honor. We do
not always agree with Mr. Brunser’s views but his articles are
very through and informative. Ed.
America’s Controlled Media
Concealing a
Critical Danger to the Future of the World.
Dear Reader,
The
United States is facing an extreme and critical danger, which is
barely mentioned anywhere in the media.
I
have been analyzing for you recently the monolithic and interlocking
cabal, which forms the Jewish-controlled American media. [Let us
FINALLY tell the TRUTH here, which of course you will never hear in
the American or any other media - that the media in America is
controlled by Jews. Please go back and read again all the names
mentioned in my last report.] Speaking
this truth is NOT anti-Semitic - telling lies about Jews IS. Neither
I, nor TBR News, is anti-Semitic, in fact I like all my Jewish
friends immensely - they are witty, intelligent, and good people,
and I sincerely wish them peace and a long life. But this fact is
the truth, and is very relevant to what follows below, otherwise I
would not mention it - we MUST speak the truth, and the truth alone
will set us free.
The
media in America have three primary functions, none of which has
anything to do with news, or informing the public of the truth.
First, they provide "bread and circuses" for the teeming
masses, as in the declining days of the Roman Empire - entertainment
in the form of sensational stories about the sexcapades of movie
stars, rapes by sports figures,
child molestations by priests, abduction and murders of children,
weddings and funerals of famous people, tsunamis, earthquakes and
hurricanes. All of which are hyped and beaten to death with the song
of trumpets and the roar of cannons, until we can stand no more of
it, and then the next circus act comes along. The purpose of all
this sound and fury is pure smoke and mirrors - to distract the
ignorant and gullible public from the true, sad and desperate state
of their little lives, and the real and critical dangers the country
is facing.
The
second function of the media, helped along by the first, is to make
money for their advertisers – the chemical, defense, agricultural,
petroleum, political, financial, automotive, and drug industries.
Many of these industries are in fact themselves the owners of the
media, in a vast conglomerate of financial power and unimaginable
wealth. Part of this money-making function, too, is to conceal
financial and political corruption, and the brazen theft of the
American public's property and wealth by the military-industrial
complex and the world's ruling classes, and the lifelong
exploitation, from kindergarten through old age, of the American
people, until they are discarded like so much garbage when they can
no longer work, and no more wealth for the ruling classes can be
ground out of them.
The
third function of the Jewish-controlled American media (and this is
why that truth is significant) is to persuade the American public
that the foreign-policy interests of the United States are congruent
with those of the State of Israel, and that the sacrifice of our
American children's lives and the pouring out of the national
treasure purely for the benefit of Israel are just, and good, aims.
The war in Iraq is the current prime example. (I wish I could detail
for you exactly how a torrent of false intelligence was supplied to
the CIA and the Pentagon by the Israeli Mossad in the year before we
invaded Iraq, but if I did so, I would be identified and charged, or
at the very least fired from my job. There are only a few who know
those details. You will have to take my word for it.) Turning Russia
from our friend, as it was when Ronald Reagan left office, into an
enemy of the USA, is another example. Turning the European countries
(which have no great love for Israel) from American allies into
allies of China, is a third example.
In
light of those three functions, there is a critical danger facing us
which has been kept from the American public by the
Jewish-controlled media, and the American government with which it
works hand in hand. (And in this regard, there is absolutely NO
difference- none - between Republicans and Democrats.)
This
is the danger: That if EITHER the United States OR Israel should
attack either Iran or Syria, President Musharraf of Pakistan will be
assassinated, and Pakistan's nuclear arsenal will fall into the
hands of a rabidly anti-American, fundamentalist, Islamic regime.
These are not possible present weapons, as in the case of North
Korea. These are not potential future nuclear weapons, as in the
case of Iran. These are not purely imaginary nuclear weapons, as in
the case of Iraq.
These
weapons, which are hardly mentioned by the media as a threat to the
survival of America and thus to the future of the world, exist NOW -
TODAY - at least 50, perhaps as many as 125, nuclear weapons, fully
built, armed, ready, and waiting to be used, any one of which could
vaporize one, or two, or five million Americans in a millionth of a
second. And that means YOU. And me too - I live and work near
Washington, DC: Target #1. The largest weapon detonated by Pakistan
(so far) was estimated to be on the order of 40KT - forty thousand
tons of TNT. Just ponder, for one moment, what ONE ton of low-yield
fertilizer explosive did to the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City,
and you will understand what that number means.
Musharraf
has already by sheer luck survived at least THREE attempts to kill
him. Those are only the actual bombings we know about - we do not
know how many more plots have been prevented before they could go
forward. Can he survive another attempt, as the ally of Christian
America, if Christian America (a Christianity so constantly, loudly
and arrogantly proclaimed by George Bush and his Republican friends)
willfully attacks another Muslim country? This is highly doubtful.
Self-proclaimed Christian American soldiers have killed a hundred
thousand Muslim civilians in Iraq - a country which NEVER threatened
the USA in any way - have tortured and sexually humiliated countless
Muslims, both male and female, have smeared feces on the Koran as an
interrogation tactic, have stolen money, have shot unarmed Muslims
in a mosque - on camera - (imagine how YOU would feel if Muslims had
shot to death YOUR unarmed injured son on the altar steps of your
local church) and have horribly maimed untold hundreds of thousands
of Muslim women and children. And America blindly supports Jewish
Israel and its barbaric actions against its Muslim conquered
peoples, brutal actions which are brazenly contrary to every
international law, treaty, and convention of warfare and human
justice.
This
is the view, from the other side from where "we" stand.
You, dear reader, may see it differently, but that is irrelevant to
the present problem.
Can
Musharraf suvive an American-Israeli attack on Iran or Syria?
Probably not. Below are several articles, from sources both common
and obscure, which will illustrate Musharraf's precarious hold on
his continued life, and on Pakistan, and which will illustrate that
his enemies are powerful and waiting for the opportunity to strike
him down, and which will detail Pakistan's terrifying nuclear
capability. If Osama bin Laden is still actually alive (or even if
not - there are many heads to that monster,) he or his successors
are waiting close by in Pakistan, and daily praying to Allah to
grant them control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Will their dream
become our nightmare? If America or Israel attacks Iran or Syria -
in one word - YES.
What
then?
Harry
Brunser, Virginia, USA.
CNN: Thousands
rally against Musharraf
From CNN Producer
Syed Mohsin Naqvi
Sunday, March 20, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/pakistan.protest/index.html
LAHORE,
Pakistan (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of peoplefrom all religious
parties have staged a rally in Karachi against Pakistan's president,
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declaring him unacceptable because of his
pro-American policies.
During
Sunday's rally, Muthaida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of Islamic
parties, called for a nationwide general strike on April 2 to
protest rising unemployment and inflation, the promotion of
secularism and the exclusion of religious affiliations on passports.
Former
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, head of thePakistan-Muslim League,
announced he would support the strike.
Qazi
Hussain Ahmed, president of the Islamic parties'alliance, told
demonstrators the march marks the beginning of the opposition's
campaign to oust Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless military
coup in 1999. "The illegal government of General Musharraf will
end shortly and we will not accept another American tout now as
Musharraf's replacement," he said.
Musharraf
has been a strong supporter of the United States in its war on
terrorism. During a visit to Pakistan last week, U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice lauded Pakistan for its role, and for helping
promote stability in neighboring Afghanistan. Al Qaeda leader Osama
bin Laden is believed to be hiding along the border with
Afghanistan.
Rice,
who met Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday,
called Thursday on Pakistan to continue down "a democratic
path" that will lead to free and fair elections in 2007, but
also praised Musharraf's courage.
Among
those who attended Sunday'sopposition march were former cricket
champion and leader of the Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan. The group is
one of the country's main political parties.
"Musharraf
is playing into the hands of America and destroying the Islamic
Identity of Pakistan," said Maulana Fazlur-Rahman, leader of
the opposition in the National Assembly.
"We
will continue the struggle against President Musharraf until he is
ousted from power," he said. He said Musharraf would face
consequences if he were to hand over to any other country the man
deemed responsible for passing nuclear secrets to other nations, A.
Q. Khan.
Khan
is considered a national hero in Pakistan for his role in making the
country a nuclear power. Some U.S. leaders have called for Khan to
be extradited so that officials can learn what countries have
obtained the nuclear secrets.
Fazlur-Rahman
also warned the United States not to interfere in Pakistani internal
issues.
Many
in the crowd carried banners inveighing against the United States
and Musharraf. "Musharraf motto is to kill the people, rob the
people and lick the boots of Americans," said one sign.
Alliance
representatives said they would hold rallies against Musharraf
during the coming weeks.
Official held
in Musharraf assassination bid
Written by Press
Trust of India
Monday January 12, 2004
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=27501
ISLAMABAD,
January 11: Pakistani police have detained a local intelligence
official for allegedly tipping off the two suicide bombers who tried
to crash their explosive-laden vehicles into President Pervez
Musharraf's convoy at Rawalpindi on Christmas day.
Muhammad
Naeem, an official of the Islamabad special branch who was detailed
for the security of Musharraf at the convention centre where he
addressed a meeting on science and technology on December 25 in
Islamabad, reportedly tipped off the timing of the departure of the
Presidential convoy to the suicide bombers over his cell phone.
Inspector
General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Fiaz Ahmad Khan Toru said that the
intelligence operative was in touch with the suicide attackers over
his mobile phone, which made him a suspect. Naeem was traced by the
investigators as they recovered the chip of the mobile phone used by
one of the suicide bombers who were killed while attempting to ram
their explosives-laden vehicles into Musharraf's convoy, killing
themselves and 12 others.
Musharraf
survived another attempt on his life on December 14 when a road
bridge was blasted near Rawalpindi seconds after his convoy passed
over it. Intelligence
agencies are also compiling a detailed record of police officials
deployed on the routes of President's convoy, another source said.
Naeem's
detention brings forth fears of the involvement of insiders from
Pakistan's intelligence and military establishment in the attacks
against Musharraf. Naeem, who was detained on December 28, was in
touch with the suicide attacker Jamil, the report said adding that
he had bought a new motorbike few days before the assassination
attempt. Investigators believe that his detention may lead to clues
about those who masterminded and executed the suicide attack on
President Musharraf, the newspaper said.
"There
is evidence which prove links between the first attempt on
President's life on December 14 at the Chaklala bridge near Ammar
chowk and the second attempt at Jhanda Chichi chowk on December
25," an official said.
As
many as 109 calls dialed to or from the suicide bombers, were
detected during the investigation and all of them were being
scrutinised with great care. Significantly the duration of all the
calls was of three seconds except one of 12 seconds. "We have
made a headway to the network through these calls", the
official said.
Based
on the mobile calls, another suspect, Syed Ghulam Yasin Bokhari was
reported to have been arrested from Bahawalpur. Investigators say
that he used to provide manpower and training to terrorists and are
reported to be a member of a banned group.
The
investigative agencies have taken into custody 50 suspects,
including some intelligence officials, out of which 12 could provide
useful information to the persons involved in the attacks, he said.
THE
DAILY TIMES OF PAKISTAN:
Assassination
attempt on Musharraf: 10 cops recalled for questioning
by Shahzad Malik
12 April, 2004
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-4-2004_pg7_10
ISLAMABAD:
Ten Rawalpindi district police officials have been recalled by the
investigation team probing the December 25, 2003, attempt on
President PervezMusharraf ‘s life.
The
recalled include three inspectors: Khizer Hayat, Javed Tanoli,
Khurished Abbasi, four assistant sub-inspectors: Kaim Ali, Wazir Ali
and Khushal Khan and three constables. They will reappear before the
investigation team and record their statements ,sources told Daily
Times. These police officials have been directed not to leave their
present postings and not leave the city without informing the
investigation team, sources said.
The
police officials had been posted at Airport Chowk, Khanna Chowki,
Gulzar-e-Quaid and Lethar Road on the day when there were two
attempts on the president’s life. The investigation team called in
several police officials to probe the matter and gleaned information
about terrorists who could have been involved in the incidents in
which more than 16 people died and several others were injured.
The
Acorn (INDIA)
Musharraf
assassination attempt suspect escapes: Designed accident?
10th January 2005
http://opinion.paifamily.com/?p=1380
Foreign Affairs
The
main conspirator was killed after a dubious shoot-out with Pakistani
security forces. They held another one in Karachi; but he too has
given them the slip. That is the fate of the men suspected to be
behind the plot to kill General Musharraf.
Sources
tell TIME a suspect detained for conspiring to kill Musharraf has
escaped from the custody of state security in the port city of
Karachi. According to senior state-security sources in Pakistan, the
escapee “disappeared” after a “security lapse” around the
New Year’s holiday, prompting a nationwide manhunt, kept secret
until now. An unpublicized APB signed by a senior intelligence
official in Karachi has been issued with three photographs—one
showing the fugitive with a beard, another with a mustache and a
thirdclean shaven. The alert, which identifies the escapee as
Mushtaq Ahmad, a possible alias, was sent to air-and seaports as
well as land borders in Pakistan, although security sources there
believe he will probably try to slip across the border into
Afghanistan.
The
disappearance has clearly rattled Pakistan’snervous security
establishment, underscoring the continuing threat to Musharraf, who
has survived at least three attempts on his life. A Pakistani
military court last month sentenced a soldier to death for his
involvement in the Dec. 14 plot, and Musharraf’s
military-controlled regime is expected to investigate whether
insiders were involved in Ahmad’s escape.
Interview With
General Mohammed Gul, ISI
From: Jang.com.pk
(Undated:
Post 9-11, Pre-US invasion of Iraq)
SYDNEY:
When the United States finishes its war against Afghanistan, it will
target countries likePakistan and Iraq, a former Pakistan
intelligence chief has said.
"When
the US finishes with its war against Afghanistan, it will target
Pakistan. It will also make Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia part of its
campaign against Islam," Hamid Gul, a former head of the
Inter-Services Intelligence Agency told Australia's SBS Radio's Urdu
programme.
Gul,
believed to be one of the principal architects in the creation of
Taliban, has been a vociferous opponent of US attacks against
Afghanistan. Gul said he refuses to believe the US is attacking
Afghanistan only to capture or kill Osama bin Laden.
He
was also asked about Laden's reported appeal to Pakistani Muslims to
support the embattled Taliban. Gul said the appeal was unnecessary:
"Pakistanis who read the Qur'aan are aware that when an Islamic
nation gives a jihad call, it becomes every Muslim's duty to follow
Allah's directive. The people (in Pakistan) will soon understand
that the (US) target is our existence and faith." "America
has not clarified what their objectives are in this campaign and I
do not have any doubt that their target is Islam and the Islamic way
of life," he said.
"Others
may be unaware of this, but as I take keen interest in the way
Americans think, I am sure it is a campaign against the Muslim
world. "They (US) are saying they will fight a 50-year war. You
do not need 50 years to conquer a country or to stop a particular
activity emanating from it, but you may need 50 years to finish an
ideology, or a way of thinking."
"This
is what they did with Communism. It took them 50 years to get rid of
Communism. They will target Pakistan as our very origins are based
on Islam. The concept of an Islamic way of life as we know it today,
owes its sheer existence to the birth of Pakistan," he said.
Gul
said that the US had failed to make much of an impact in its war
against Afghanistan. "Unprecedented American attacks have
failed in Afghanistan because Afghans are united in the belief that
they are serving Islam. Allah tests this nation every time by
pitting it against superpowers because He knows only the Afghans can
fight against such odds and emerge victorious," Gul said.
He
was unequivocal in his praise for the Taliban. "I have spent 36
years in the (Pakistani) army and there is no country in the world
that can face the wrath of the US the way Afghanistan is
doing."
The Role of
Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI) in September 11
by Michel
Chossudovsky
Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), Montréal
2 November 2001
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html
EXCERPTS:
[The full article with complete and detailed references is well
worth reading in regards to the 9-11 affair - H. Brunser]:
Two
days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the
Pentagon, a delegation led by the head of Pakistan's military
intelligence agency (ISI) Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad, was in Washington
for high level talks at the State Department.
Most
US media conveyed the impression that Islamabad had put together a
delegation at Washington's behest, and that the invitation to the
meeting had been transmitted to the Pakistan government
"after" the tragic events of September 11.
But
this is not what happened.
Pakistan's
chief spy Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad "was in the US when the
attacks occurred." According to the New York Times, "he
happened to be here on a regular visit of consultations." Not a
word was mentioned regarding the nature of his "business"
in the US in the week prior to the terrorist attacks. According to
Newsweek, he was "on a visit to Washington at the time of the
attack, and, like most other visitors, is still stuck there,"
unable to return home because of the freeze on international airline
travel.
General
Ahmad had in fact arrived in the US on the 4th of
September, a full week before the attacks. Bear in mind that the
purpose of his meeting at the State Department on the 13th was only
made public "after" the September 11 terrorist attacks,
when the Bush Administration took the decision to formally seek the
“cooperation" of Pakistan in its "campaign against
international terrorism."
The
press reports confirm that Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad had two
meetings with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage,
respectively on the 12th and 13th. After September 11, he also met
Senator Joseph Biden, chairman of the powerful Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate. Confirmed by several press reports,
however, he also had "a regular visit of consultations"
with US officials during the week prior to September 11, --i.e.
meetings with his US counterparts at the CIA and the Pentagon.
What
was the nature of these routine "consultations"? Were they
in any way related to the subsequent "post-September 11
consultations" pertaining to Pakistan's decision to cooperate
with Washington, held behind closed doors at the State Department on
September 12 and 13? Was the planning of war being discussed between
Pakistani and US officials?
The
ISI-Osama-Taliban Axis
On
the 9th of September, the leader of the Northern Alliance Commander
Ahmad Shah Masood was assassinated. The Northern Alliance had
informed the Bush Administration that the ISI was allegedly
implicated in the assassination: The Northern Alliance had confirmed
in an official statement that: a `Pakistani ISI-Osama-Taliban axis'
[was responsible] of plotting the assassination by two Arab suicide
bombers.... "We believe that this is a triangle between Osama
bin Laden, ISI, which is the intelligence section of the Pakistani
army, and the Taliban."
More
generally, the complicity of the ISI in the "ISI-Osama-Taliban
axis" was a matter of public record, confirmed by congressional
transcripts and numerous intelligence reports.
The Bush
Administration Cooperates with Pakistan's Military-Intelligence
The
Bush Administration consciously took the decision in "the post
September 11 consultations" at the State Department to directly
"cooperate" with Pakistan's military intelligence (ISI)
despite its links to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban and its alleged
role in the assassination of Commander Masood, which coincidentally
occurred two days before the terrorist attacks.
Meanwhile,
the Western media --in the face of mounting evidence-- had remained
silent on the insidious role of Pakistan's Military Intelligence
agency (ISI). The assassination of Masood was mentioned, but its
political significance in relation to September 11 and the
subsequent decision to go to war against Afghanistan, was barely
touched upon.
Without
discussion or debate, Pakistan had been heralded as a
"friend" and ally of America.
In an utterly twisted logic, the US media had concluded in chorus
that US officials had sought cooperation from Pakistan [precisely]
because it is the original backer of the Taliban, the hard-line
Islamic leadership of Afghanistan accused by Washington of harboring
bin Laden.
From The
Horse's Mouth
Nobody
seemed to have noticed the obtrusive and unsubtle falsehoods behind
the Administration's "campaign against international
terrorism", with perhaps the exception of an inquisitive
journalist who questioned Colin Powell at the outset of his State
Department briefing on Thursday September 13th:
"[Does]
the U.S. see Pakistan as an ally or, as the "Patterns of Global
Terrorism" pointed out, a place where terrorist groups get
training. Or is it a mixture?"
"Patterns
of Global Terrorism" referred by the journalist (at http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/
) is a publication of the US State Department which confirms that
the government of President Pervez Musharraf has links to
international terrorism:
"The
United States remains concerned about reports of continued Pakistani
support for the Taliban's military operations in Afghanistan.
Credible reporting indicates that Pakistan is providing the Taliban
with materiel, fuel, funding, technical assistance, and military
advisers. Pakistan has not prevented large numbers of Pakistani
nationals from moving into Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban.
Islamabad also failed to take effective steps to curb the activities
of certain madrassas, or religious schools, that serve as recruiting
grounds for terrorism."
Behind Closed
Doors at the State Department
The
Bush Administration had sought the "cooperation" of those,
who were directly supporting and abetting the terrorists. Absurd,
but at the same time consistent with Washington's broader strategic
and economic objectives in Central Asia.
Meanwhile,
senior Pentagon and State Department officials had been rushed to
Islamabad to put the finishing touches on America's war plans. And
on Sunday prior to the onslaught of the bombing of major cities in
Afghanistan by the US Air Force (October 7th), Lt. General Mahmoud
Ahmad was sacked from his position as head of the ISI in what was
described as a routine "reshuffling."
The Missing
Link
In
the days following Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad's dismissal, a report
published in the Times of India, which went virtually unnoticed by
the Western media, revealed the links between Pakistan's Chief spy
Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad and the presumed "ring leader"
of the WTC attacks Mohamed Atta. In many regards, the Times of India
report constitutes "the missing link" to an understanding
of who was behind the terrorist attacks of September 11:
"While
the Pakistani Inter Services Public Relations claimed that former
ISI director-general Lt-Gen Mahmoud Ahmad sought retirement after
being superseded on Monday [8 October, the day the US started
bombing Afghanistan], the truth is more shocking. Top sources
confirmed here on Tuesday [October 9], that the general lost his job
because of the "evidence" India produced to show his links
to one of the suicide bombers that wrecked the World Trade Centre. The US authorities sought his removal after confirming the fact that $100,000 was wired to WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta from Pakistan by Ahmad Umar Sheikh at the instance of Gen. Ahmad.
[Emphasis added – H. Brunser.] Senior government sources have
confirmed that India contributed significantly to establishing the
link between the money transfer and the role played by the dismissed
ISI chief. While they did not provide details, they said that Indian
inputs, including Sheikh's mobile phone number, helped the FBI in
tracing and establishing the link."
According
to FBI files, Mohamed Atta was "the lead hijacker of the first
jet airliner to slam into the World Trade Center and, apparently,
the lead conspirator"
The
Times of India article was based on an official intelligence report
of the Delhi government that had been transmitted through official
channels to Washington. Agence France Press (AFP) confirms in this
regard that:
"A
highly-placed government source told AFP that the "damning link" between the General and the transfer of funds to Atta was part of evidence which India has officially sent to the US.
`The evidence we have supplied to the US is of a much wider range
and depth than just one piece of paper linking a rogue general to
some misplaced act of terrorism,' the source said."
Pakistan's
Military-Intelligence Agency behind September 11?
The
revelation of the Times of India article has several implications.
The report not only points to the links between ISI Chief General
Ahmad and terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta, it also indicates that
other ISI officials might have had contacts with the terrorists.
Moreover, it suggests that the September 11 attacks were not an act
of "individual terrorism" organised by a separate Al Qaeda
cell, but rather they were part of coordinated military-intelligence
operation, emanating from Pakistan's ISI.
The
Times of India report also sheds light on the nature of General
Ahmad's "business activities" in the US during the week
prior to September 11, raising the distinct possibility of ISI
contacts with Mohamed Atta in the US in the week prior to the
attacks on the WTC, precisely at the time when General Mahmoud and
his delegation were on a so-called "regular visit of
consultations" with US officials. Remember, Lt. General Mahmoud
Ahmad arrived in the US on the 4th of September.
US-Approved
Appointee
In
assessing the alleged links between the terrorists and the ISI, it
should be understood that Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad as head of the
ISI was a "US approved appointee." As head of the ISI
since 1999, he was in liaison with his US counterparts in the CIA,
the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Pentagon.
Also
bear in mind that Pakistan's ISI remained throughout the entire post
Cold War era until the present, the launch pad for CIA covert
operations in the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Balkans.
In
other words, General Mahmoud Ahmad as head of the ISI was serving US
foreign policy interests. His dismissal on the orders of Washington
was not the result of a fundamental political disagreement. Without
US support channeled through the Pakistani ISI, the Taliban would
not have been able to form a government in 1996. Jane's Defense
Weekly confirms in this regard that "half of Taliban manpower
and equipment originate[d] in Pakistan under the ISI," which in
turn was supported by the US. Moreover, the assassination of the
leader of the Northern Alliance General Ahmad Shah Masood --in which
the ISI is alleged to have been implicated-- was not in
contradiction with US foreign policy objectives. Since the late
1980s, the US had consistently sought to side-track and weaken
Masood, who was perceived as a nationalist reformer, by providing
support to both the Taliban and the Hezb-I-Islami group led by
Gulbuddin Hektmayar against Masood.
[NOTE by H. BRUNSER:
It seems highly likely to me that this was the reason for
Musharraf's televised speech to the Pakistani nation in October
2001, as the U.S. began its bombardment of the Taliban, in which he
said, with a drawn and haggard face, that: "The very continued
existence of the nation of Pakistan depends on our full and complete
cooperation with the United States in rooting out the terrorists in
Afghanistan." Strong language. I watched the speech - he looked
very sincerely terrified, the reason for which I could not fathom at
the time. In retrospect, he had probably been threatened by the U.S.
with the most extreme of consequences due to the role of the ISI and
General Mahmoud Ahmad in the 9-11 plot, a role which has never been
adequately explained to the American
public. Perhaps this is because of where ELSE such revelations might
lead - such as to US Government foreknowledge that the 9-11 attack
was going to happen. (THREE known warnings from the Mossad,
including the specific names of the 19 hijackers - didn't you ever
wonder at how quickly they were all identified and photos of all 19
of them produced? Quite a remarkable speed of effort for
intelligence agencies which before had been so slow and inept, don't
you think? We may thank our Jewish friends.) Perhaps the 26 redacted
pages of the official 9-11 report, which the American public and
media assumed implicated Saudi Arabia in the 9-11 plot, and which
the Saudis loudly demanded should be made public, just perhaps, did
they implicate Pakistan and the ISI instead? Will we ever know? - HB]
REMARKS OF THE
HON. PETER DEUTSCH OF FLORIDA IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, October
7, 1994
Mr.
DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I am shocked to see reports detailing the
extensive involvement of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in
supporting Islamic fundamentalist terror groups in Afghanistan and
India. I have seen Peter Arnett's excellent documentary "Terror
Nation? U.S. Creation?" shown on CNN last month. The film
provides a graphic account of the links between the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan and the fundamentalist regime of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. I
was disturbed to note that some Afghan groups that have had close
affiliation with Pakistani Intelligence are believed to have been
involved in the New York World Trade Center bombings.
[NOTE by H.
BRUNSER: "???!!!" - HB.]
Mr.
Speaker, I have now come across a report in the Washington Post of
September 12th from Karachi, Pakistan, which states that:
"Pakistan's army chief and head of its intelligence agency
proposed a detailed `blueprint' for selling heroin to pay for the
country's covert military operations in early 1991, according to
former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif." The report provides
considerable detail on the degree to which Pakistan's military
leaders have been involved in their pursuit of an Islamic nuclear
bomb and export of fundamentalism into India. It says, "It has
been rumored for years that Pakistan's military has been involved in
the drug trade. Pakistan's army, and particularly its intelligence
agency (the equivalent of the CIA) is immensely powerful and is
known for pursuing its own agenda."
Pakistan is
Losing the Fight Against Fundamentalism
Sharia law is
back - and spells disaster for Musharraf's secular vision
Isabel Hilton
The Guardian, Thursday May 29, 2003
http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,966024,00.html
When
Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, gave his support to the US
in its war on Afghanistan 20 months ago, he took a calculated risk:
he was confronting his country's conservative religious lobby in a
stand-off that would determine whether Pakistan became a modern,
outward-looking democracy or a reactionary Islamic republic. There
were protests as the war began, but on the whole Musharraf seemed to
get away with it: when it came down to it, it seemed, even devout
Muslims in Pakistan had doubts about government by mullah. Today,
with religious parties dominant in Pakistan's parliament and the
introduction of sharia law imminent in the North-West Frontier
Province (NWFP), the question seems less clear-cut: is the NWFP a
harbinger of more general religious militancy, or a special case,
unrelated to the rest of Pakistan?
In
the NWFP, Musharraf's support of the US was taken as betrayal, and
nothing has altered the conviction that the Afghan war was a war
against Islam. With every armed encounter, local resentment grows.
If Pashtun people felt betrayed by Musharraf's support for the US,
they had their revenge in the elections.
Musharraf
wanted to ensure the continuation of his power and banned the main
secular opposition figures, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. For
months his government tried to create alternative parties more
friendly to a new constitution that gave the army and president a
hold on power in perpetuity. Their efforts backfired and resulted in
the largest showing ever for religious parties in Pakistan.
There
was never any ambiguity about the ambitions of the Muttahida
Majlis-e-Amal, the religious coalition that won in the NWFP. One of
its first acts in provincial government was to ban music on public
transport. From those modest beginnings, it has hacked through a
small forest of personal liberties: police squads tearing down
cinema posters depicting actresses; raids on cinemas; videotapes and
music cassettes burned; bars with permits to sell alcohol to
foreigners closed down. Religious fanatics in the provincial
congress compete to introduce measures to restrict women: one MP is
trying to make purdah compulsory; another has targeted sport for
women and schoolgirls.
Encouraged
by this, vigilantes have been operating unchecked. In January, cable
TV operators shut down in protest at the provincial government's
failure to offer protection after 40 men rampaged through the
premises of one operator in Peshawar, destroying millions of rupees
worth of equipment. Later that month, Fazal Wahab, well known
locally as the author of books attacking Osama bin Laden and the
Taliban, was shot dead in Mingora.
Now,
with the formal introduction of sharia law, the path is clear for
official religious vigilantes. If these measures have struck horror
in Peshawar's liberals, they are crowd-pleasers to a province that
already largely lives by a conservative clan code of justice.
The
actions of the NWFP provincial assembly have symbolic importance in
a wider struggle for values in Pakistan. The central government can
challenge any legislation proposed by a provincial assembly if it
conflicts with federal law, but how vigorously will Musharraf fight
for the secular values that he appeared to proclaim 20 months ago?
He would have been better placed to resist the encroachment of
religious parties in Pakistan's public life had he not been so
determined to consolidate his own powers - and those of the armed
forces - at the expense of secular democracy.
When
Musharraf began this confrontation with fundamentalism, in the wake
of September 11, he had a historic opportunity to reverse decades of
creeping encouragement to Pakistan's religious lobby and belatedly
to build a secure, legitimate and secular democracy. Now he is
locked in a dispute over the extent of his powers with the national
parliament. Several parties want him to give up his post as head of
the army. He is resisting. The religious parties have enough power
in the parliament to give Musharraf victory if they wished, but a
favour like that is bound to have a price.
ISLAM AND THE
STATE: Conversation with Vali Nasr
Professor of
Political Science, University of San Diego
October 3, 2002
FROM: Conversations with History: Institute of International
Studies, UC Berkeley, 2002:
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Nasr/nasr-con5.html
[Interviewer:]
What is the impact of this witch's brew that is created by all of
these factors – the external interventions and so on -- with
regard to radicalizing the Islamic parties and groups and moving
them away from what might have been a moderate trajectory? Is that
why everything hits the fan, because of the sequence that you've
just described?
[Prof.
Nasr:] Exactly. Actually, in my opinion, there are three key events
that account for ascendancy of fundamentalism. All three events
happen to converge on Pakistan in some way, even though it usually
goes under our radar even when we discuss fundamentalism. You can
always have ideologies out there, but the question becomes,
"Why do ideologies, all of a sudden, become triumphant and
ascendant?" I mean, Mawdudi and the Jamaat-e-Islami may have
been in Pakistan a long time, but why did Islam become important not
only in Pakistan, but globally?
The
three events are the Iranian Revolution, the Afghan war, and the
rise in the price of oil and its implications for the Saudis. These
three events had the following impacts. The Iranian Revolution made
fundamentalism a viable ideology for opposition – one that can
successfully overthrow a regime.
The
corollary is the October Revolution in Russia. Had the Germans not
shipped Lenin back to Moscow, had the czar's army not been at the
front, maybe communism would have remained a quaint phenomenon of
Viennese cafes of the 1920s. But certain circumstances came together
to produce the Russian Revolution, and after that, you were dealing
with a new reality. So the Iranian Revolution may have not been
inevitable; the
Shah
may have acted differently, Khomeini may have acted [differently].
Once it happened, it had a cataclysmic impact, and you could see
that even moderate fundamentalists were saying "Look at
Khomeini; he's the model."
Then
you had the Afghan war, which in large measure was like the Spanish
Civil War for the Left. In other words, they came from all over the
Muslim world. They came and fought. They came and fought sometimes
for ten, twenty years. Somebody like Osama bin Laden has never
really held down a job. He went to Afghanistan when he was
seventeen, got military training; never really psychologically left
Afghanistan. That's what I'm saying: there are a lot of Islamic
versions of Rambos -- highly trained, professional guerrilla
fighters who are not going to be absorbed back into an economy
easily. And there are tens of thousands of them that remained in
Afghanistan.
It
was also a watershed event because fundamentalism was successful in
rolling back a superpower. So if the Iranian Revolution was
successful in rolling back a regime, Afghanistan pushed the buck
further by rolling back a superpower. It made fundamentalism much
more of a triumphant phenomenon.
The
third side of this is that ever since 1974, when oil money came to
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia began to universalize its own brand of
Islam, which is Wahhabism, which is a particularly conservative
hard-line and literal reading of the religion. It is called
Wahhabism because the majority of Muslims, for the longest period of
time, viewed this as an "ism" outside the mainstream, it
was so hard-line.
But
since 1970s, with the backing of Saudi money, it has become much
more mainstream. Many of its sensibilities have become mainstream.
It's almost like if you were to think of Southern Baptists spending
a lot of money to make the Quakers buy into their values and
presuppositions. So the impact was that the Saudis began to bankroll
conservatism across the Muslim world, which made it much more
receptive to fundamentalism.
Now
all three of these phenomena, which account for fundamentalism more
than anything you can find in the Koran or the scripture, converged
on Pakistan. It bordered on Iran and was directly impacted by the
Iranian Revolution. It fought the war in Afghanistan. In other
words, many of the people who participated were Pakistanis, as well
as people on the border. In other words, they lived the Afghan war.
Saudi money was lavishly spent in Pakistan as well. So the
convergence of all of these happen within Pakistan, which at the
same time was a weak state with internal problems, with a fertile
ground for fundamentalism to spread. Everything snowballed in the
late nineties to produce, if you will, the second generation: a much
more violent, intolerant, extremist version of Islam, which was a
product of the Afghan war and the investment in the Afghan war.
[Interviewer:]
So in a way, if I follow your logic, then what we are now doing in
Pakistan may be just the opposite of what we intend. In the short
term, we're supporting a regime that is aiding us in the fight
against al Qaeda, which is sort of cleaning up the mess that was
created by all that you've just described. But in the course of
doing that, we're latching on to a military ruler who seems to be
even more rigid than Zia in clamping down on all of the forces that
might lead to democracy, which would then create a framework in
which moderate Islamists might emerge.
[Prof.
Nasr:] Absolutely. In fact, the tragedy with Pakistan is that
Pakistan, as I said, was a relatively open society. Instead of being
nudged in the direction of building on democratic institutions that
were present, as corrupted and as inadequate and stillborn as they
were --but at least they were there and there was something to build
on -- we're moving in a direction of a military government.
In
the short run, we might say there is no choice; we need to fight al
Qaeda. It was neither political institution nor military institution
that we could rely on. We have to do it. But we have to be cognizant
of the fact that we don't want this to be a long-run strategy. What
appears to be happening in Pakistan, unfortunately, is that we're
applying our Arab model there.
What
we did in a lot of the Arab world is that so long as you contain
your governments and follow basic premises of American foreign
policy, we will give you funding and we'll turn a blind eye to your
violation of human rights. And then we ended up in a Catch-22
situation with this, because our policy began producing violent
anti-American movements.
The only people we could rely on to suppress those were the same
brutes who were the causes of it. So we keep giving more and more
money to Egypt and to Morocco and Jordan in order to suppress the
very forces that are caused by the presence of these people in the
first place, and we shy away from pushing them to open up the
system.
This
seems to be the direction Musharraf is going in. "Okay, I'll
crack the whip." Every time pressure increases on him, he
delivers something. So first he supported the war, then when it came
close to the time of elections and he banned Benazir Bhutto and
Nawaz Sharif from participating, he delivered an al Qaeda cell in
Karachi. So all criticism of his violation of democratic procedures
was suspended in Washington.
Musharraf
is, basically, becoming a Pakistani Sadat. He may end up being very
popular here if he ends up handing over Osama bin Laden at some
point, but he is, obviously, systematically dismantling democratic
institutions in Pakistan by gerrymandering the constitution, by
gerrymandering elections. And what we have to be prepared for in
twenty years, we may be facing sort of an Egyptian version of
Islamic Jihad in Pakistan, and we have to think very clearly about
what that means in a country with nuclear weapons.
FROM THE
WEBSITE OF THE GLOBAL SECURITY INSTITUTE:
COUNTRY PROFILES:
PAKISTAN
http://www.gsinstitute.org/dpe/countries/pakistan.html
Pakistan’s
nuclear program is intimately tied to its relationship with India.
In 1965 Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto expressed the enmity and
competitiveness between the two states thusly: "If India builds
the bomb, we will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we will
get one of our own." From the start, the Pakistani nuclear
program moved in reaction to perceived conflicts with India. The
initial decision to begin a secret weapons program was made in 1972,
immediately after the fourth war between the two South Asian powers,
and gathered considerable steam following India’s first nuclear
test in 1974.
The
Pakistani nuclear program was developed in secret under the
leadership of Dr. Abdul Qader Khan. Primarily it utilized uranium
centrifuge technology misappropriated from a European uranium
centrifuge consortium (EURENCO). The eventual success of the
Pakistani program could not have occurred without the transfer of
technology from more technically advanced countries through theft,
purchase (France, Germany, North Korea), and aid (China, United
States). The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 helped Pakistan
form close alliances with China and the United States, leading to a
much easier transfer of technology. Although the United States
eventually cut off aid once Pakistan’s plans for nuclear
development became impossible to ignore, this did not stop the
program, and in February of 1992 the Pakistani foreign minister told
the Washington Post that Pakistan had the necessary components to
assemble a bomb. Indeed, the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI) estimated that Pakistan had 157-263 kg of enriched
uranium at that time, enough for 10-18 bombs. Although production of
HEU was halted in 1991, it was resumed in 1998, and work on a
plutonium producing plant is continuing. Reports of Pakistan’s
current capabilities estimate that it has enough material to make
anywhere from 15-125 bombs. The wide range of estimates is accounted
for by the secretive nature of Pakistan’s nuclear program. In
1998, in response to India’s five nuclear tests, Pakistan
detonated six nuclear devices up to 40 kilotons in size. Although
many observers had warned of Pakistan’s nuclear ability, these
tests officially ushered Pakistan into the so-called "nuclear
club."
Pakistan
has several flight-tested ballistic missiles capable of delivering
nuclear weapons. Both the Hatf-2 and the M-11 have ranges of 300km
with a payload of 500 kg and 800 kg respectively. The Ghauri,
developed with help from North Korea, has a range of over 1000 km
and a payload of 700 kg. So far nuclear weapons have not actually
been deployed on any of these weapons. Pakistan also has a competent
air force, including American-made F-16s, capable of delivering
nuclear weapons.
Resources:
Pakistan’s
nuclear forces, from the High Energy Weapons Archive
http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Pakistan/index.html
Undeclared
Nuclear Weapons States – Pakistan, from the Nuclear Weapons
Frequently Asked Questions, by Carey Sublette
http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Nwfaq/Nfaq7-2.html#pakistan
Pakistan’s
Nuclear Punch, from ABC News
http://archive.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/pakistanukes980513.html
Pakistan's
Nuclear Arsenal Underestimated, Reports Say. Washington Times 9 June
2000
http://www.fas.org/news/pakistan/2000/e20000609pakistan.htm
Pakistan's
Possible Nuclear Delivery Systems, from Center For Defense
Information Nuclear Weapons Database
http://www.cdi.org/issues/nukef&f/database/panukes.html
In Print: Samina
Ahmed and David Cortright, Pakistan and the Bomb. Notre Dame Press
1998
FROM THE
WEBSITE OF THE NUCLEAR THREAT INTIATIVE:
COUNTRY
OVERVIEWS: PAKISTAN
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Pakistan/index.html
Introduction
Pakistan
embarked on a nuclear weapon program in the early 1970s after its
defeat and break up in the Indo-Bangladesh war of 1971. Islamabad
regards nuclear weapons as essential to safeguard the South Asian
balance of power and offset its conventional inferiority and lack of
strategic depth against India.
The
technological complexity associated with nuclear weapons and their
systems of delivery is also closely tied to Pakistan's post-colonial
identity as the first Muslim nation to have acquired such a
capability.
Nuclear
In
the mid-1970s, Pakistan embarked upon the uranium enrichment route
to acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. By the mid-1980s,
Pakistan had a clandestine uranium enrichment facility; and as early
as 1989-1990, the United States concluded that Islamabad had
acquired the capability to assemble a first-generation nuclear
device. Pakistan is believed to have stockpiled approximately
580-800kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU), sufficient amounts to
build 30-50 fission bombs. In 1998, Pakistan commissioned the
Khushab research reactor, which is capable of yielding 10-15kg of
weapons-grade plutonium annually. According to the United States,
China helped Pakistan by providing nuclear-related materials,
scientific expertise, and technical assistance. Islamabad conducted
nuclear tests in May 1998, shortly after India conducted its own
weapon tests and declared itself a nuclear weapon state. Pakistan is
not a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (NPT).
Biological
While
Pakistan is not known to possess biological weapons (BW), it has
talented biomedical and biochemical scientists and well-equipped
laboratories, which would allow it to quickly establish a
sophisticated BW program, should the government so desire. Indeed,
the United States reported in 1996 that Islamabad had been
"conducting research and development with potential biological
warfare applications." It is not known whether this potential
has since been realized. Pakistan signed the Biological and Toxin
Weapons Convention (BWC) in April 1972 and ratified it in 1974.
Chemical
Pakistan
signed the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993 and ratified
the treaty in 1997. Islamabad has apparently made no admission in
its treaty-mandated declarations of having possessed chemical
weapons (CW). Further, there is no reliable information in publicly
available literature asserting that Pakistan has ever possessed CW,
although some analysts suspect that it supports an offensive
program.
Missiles
Pakistan
is developing both solid- and liquid-fueled ballistic missiles,
based extensively on foreign systems. In the early 1990s, Pakistan
purchased a small number of 300km-range M-11 ballistic missiles from
China; Beijing also built a turnkey ballistic missile manufacturing
facility at Tarwanah, a suburb of Rawalpindi. By the late 1990s,
China helped Pakistan develop the 750km-range, solid-fueledhaheen-1
ballistic missile, which was last tested in October 2002. In the
late 1990s, Pakistan also acquired a small number of 1,500km-range
Nodong ballistic missiles from North Korea. The Pakistani version of
the Nodong, known as the Ghauri, was flight-tested in April 1998 and
April 1999. The ballistic missiles are being developed by two rival
agencies, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and the Khan
Research Laboratories, which fall under the aegis of the National
Development Complex.
Dear
Reader: In this second part of my report on the tightly controlled
American media, I am going to show you two special groups that have
the distinction of being dedicated Christians, Republicans and very
strong Bush supporters. I think you can see from the depth of their
coverage, that these two groups alone have the potential to spread
massive propaganda throughout the land and unto all the inhabitants
thereof. In our next posting, we will deal with several more major
players on the political propaganda field. Our final section will
cover, in depth, the CIA control of the major media.
Clear
Channel Communications
Radio
Alabama
Birmingham
WENN-FM
WERC-AM
WMJJ-FM
WDXB-FM
WQEN-FM
Gadsden
WAAX-AM
WGMZ-FM
Huntsville
WBHP-AM
WDRM-FM
WHOS-AM
WTAK-FM
WWXQ-FM
WXQW-FM
Mobile
WDWG-FM
WKSJ-AM
WMXC-FM
WNTM-AM
WRKH-FM
Montgomery
WMCZ-FM
WQLD-FM
WZHT-FM
Tuscaloosa
WACT-AM
WRTR-FM
WTXT-FM
WZBQ-FM
Alaska
Anchorage
KASH-FM
KBFX-FM
KENI-AM
KGOT-FM
KTZN-AM
KYMG-FM
Fairbanks
KAKQ-FM
KIAK-AM
KIAK-FM
KKED-FM
Arizona
Chinle
KFXR-FM
Phoenix
KESZ-FM
KMXP-FM
KNIX-FM
KZZP-FM
KFYI-AM
KGME-FM
KOY-AM
KYOT-FM
Tuba City
KAXB-FM
Tucson
KCEE-AM
KNST-AM
KRQQ-FM
KWFM-FM
Yuma
KBLU-AM
KTTI-FM
KYJT-FM
Arkansas
Little Rock
KDDK-FM
KMJX-FM
KOLL-FM
KQAR-FM
KSSN-FM
Fayetteville
KEZA-FM
KJEM-FM
KKIX-FM
KMXF-FM
Ft. Smith
KMAG-FM
KWHN-AM
KZBB-FM
KKBD-FM
California
Anaheim
KEZY-AM
Chico
KEWE-AM
KHHZ-FM
KHSL-FM
KMXI-FM
KPAY-AM
Ellwood
KSPE-FM
Lancaster
KAVL-AM/FM
KAVS-FM
KYHT-FM
Los Angeles
KACD-FM
KAVL-AM
KAVS-FM
KIIS-FM
KXTA-AM
KOST-FM
KFI-AM
KYSR-FM
KBIG-FM
KCMG-FM
KLAC-AM
Monterey
KDON-AM/FM
KOCN-FM
KRQC-FM
KTOM-AM/FM
Sacramento
KFBK-AM
KGBY-FM
KHYL-FM
KSTE-AM
San Bernardino
KCKC-AM
San Diego
KGB-FM
KHTS-FM
KIOZ-FM
KJQY-FM
KMSX-FM
KOGO-AM
KPOP-AM
XHRM-FM
XTRA-AM
San Francisco
KABL-AM
KIOI-FM
KISQ-FM
KKSF-FM
KMEL-FM
KNEW-AM
KYLD-FM
San Jose
KCNL-FM
KFJO-FM
KLDZ-FM
KSJO-FM
KUFX-FM
San Luis
Obispo
KVEC-AM
Santa Barbara
KIST-FM
KSBL-FM
KTMS-AM
KTYD-FM
KXXT-AM
Santa Clarita
KBET-AM
Thousand Oaks
KLYF-AM
Victorville
KATJ-FM
KZXY-AM
KIXA-FM
KROY-AM
KIXW-AM
Walnut Creek
KFJO-FM
Yermo
KYHT-FM
Colorado
Colorado
Springs
KKLI-FM
KMOM-FM
KVUU-FM
Cortez
KISZ-FM
Denver
KBCO-FM
KBPI-FM
KHIH-FM
KHOW-AM
KOA-AM
KRFZ-FM
KTCL-FM
KTLK-AM
Durango
KPTE-FM
KDGO-FM
Fort Collins
KCOL-AM
KGLL-FM
KIIX-AM
KPAW-FM
Connecticut
New Haven
WAVZ-AM
WELI-AM
WKCI-FM
Delaware
Wilmington
WDOV-AM
WDSD-FM
WJBR-AM
WILM-AM
WRDX-FM
Florida
Daytona Beach
WGNE-FM
Florida Keys
WAIL-FM
WAVK-FM
WCTH-FM
WEOW-FM
WFKZ-FM
WKEZ-AM/FM
WKWF-AM
Ft.
Myers/Naples
WCKT-FM
WOLZ-FM
WQNU-FM
WOST-FM
Jacksonville
WFSJ-FM
WJBT-FM
WJGR-AM
WNZS-AM
WPLA-FM
WQIK-FM
WROO-FM
WSOL-FM
WZNZ-AM
Melbourne
WBVD-FM
WLRQ-FM
WMMB-AM
WMMV-AM
Miami/Ft.
Lauderdale
WBGG-FM
WHYI-FM
WINZ-AM
WIOD-AM
WLVE-FM
WMGE-FM
WZTA-FM
Orlando
WJRR-FM
WMGF-FM
WQTM-AM
WSHE-FM
WTKS-FM
WWNZ-AM
Panama City
WDIZ-AM
WFSY-FM
WPAP-FM
WPBH-FM
WPPT-FM
Pensacola
WTKX-FM
Rock Punta
Gorda
WCCF-AM
WCVU-FM
WIKX-FM
WKII-AM
Sarasota
WAMR-AM
WCTQ-FM
WDDV-FM
WSPB-AM
WSRZ-FM
WYNF-FM
Tallahassee
WTLY-FM
WNLS-AM
WOKL-FM
WTNT-FM
WXSR FM
Tampa/St.
Petersburg
WMTX-FM
WDAE-AM
WFLA-AM
WFLZ-FM
WHNZ-AM
WSSR-FM
WTBT-FM
WXTB-FM
West Palm
Beach
WBZT
AM
WIRA-AM
WJNO AM
WJNX-AM
WKGR FM
WLDI-FM
WOLL-FM
WWLV-FM
Georgia
Atlanta
WCOH-AM
WGSE-AM
WGST-AM/FM
WKLS-FM
WMAX-FM
WMKJ-FM
WPCH-FM
Helen
WHEL-FM
Hogansville
WMXY-AM
WZLG-FM
Hawaii
Honolulu
KSSK
AM/FM
KDNN FM
KIKI FM
KUCD FM
KHVH AM
KHBZ AM
Idaho
Boise
KARO-FM
KCIX-FM
KFXD-AM
KIDO-AM
KLTB-FM
KXLT-FM
Idaho Falls
KID-AM/FM
Pocatello
KLLP-FM
KPKY-FM
KWIK-AM
Twin Falls
KEZJ-FM
KLIX-AM/FM
Illinois
Carbondale
WDDD-FM
WFRX-AM
WVZA-FM
Chicago
WGCI-AM
WGCI-FM
WKSC-FM
WLIT-FM
WNUA-FM
WVAZ-FM
Indiana
Indianapolis
WFBQ-FM
WNDE-AM
WRZX-FM
Iowa
Burlington
KBUR-AM
KGRS-FM
Cedar Rapids
WMT-AM/FM
Davenport
KUUL-FM
KMXG-FM
KCQQ-FM
WLLR-AM/FM
WOC-AM
Des Moines
WHO-AM
KKDM-FM
KLYF-FM
KMXD-FM
KCCQ-FM
KASI-AM
Fort Dodge
KKEZ-FM
KWMT-AM
Fort Madison
KBKB-AM/FM
Iowa City
KKRQ-FM
KXIC-AM
Kentucky
Lexington
WBUL-FM
WKQQ-FM
WLAP-AM
WLKT-FM
WMXL-FM
WTKT-AM
Louisville
WHAS-AM
WAMZ-FM
WQMF-FM
WTFX-FM
WWKY-AM
WKJK- AM
WYBL-FM
WZTR-FM
Midway
WBTF-FM
Louisiana
New Orleans
KFXN-FM
WRNO-FM
WODT-FM & AM
WQUE-FM
WNOE-FM
WYLD-AM
Shreveport
KEEL-AM
KITT-FM
KRUF-FM
KVKI-FM
KWKH-AM
Maine
Bangor
WGUY-FM
WVOM-FM
WBYA-FM
WBFB-FM
WKSQ-FM
WLKE-FM
Maryland
Baltimore
WCAO-AM
WOCT-FM
WPOC-FM
Ocean City
WLVW-FM
WQHQ-FM
WTGM-AM
WAWR-AM
WSBY-FM
WJDY-AM
WWFG-FM
WLBW-FM
WOSC-FM
Massachusetts
Boston
WJMN-FM
WKOX-AM
WXKS-AM
WXKS-FM
Worcester
WSRS-FM
WTAG-AM
Springfield
WHYN-AM/FM
WNNZ-AM
Michigan
Ann Arbor
WIQB-FM
WQKL-FM
WTKA-AM
WYBN-AM
Detroit
WDFN-AM
WJLB-FM
WKQI-FM
WLLC-FM
WMXD-FM
WNIC-FM
WXDX-AM
Grand Rapids
WBCT-AM
WCUZ-FM
WOOD-AM/FM
WTKG-AM
WVTI-FM
WSNX-FM
Minnesota
Twin Cities
KDWB-FM
KEEY-FM
KFAN-AM
KFXN-AM
KQQL-FM
KTCZ-FM
WLOL-FM
Mississippi
Jackson
WJMI-FM
WKXI-AM/FM
WOAD-AM
WYJS-FM
Missouri
St. Louis
KATZ-AM/FM
KLOU-FM
KMJM-FM
KSD-FM
KSLZ-FM
Nevada
Las Vegas
KFMS-FM
KQOL-FM
KSNE-FM
KWNR-FM
New Hampshire
Lebanon
WGXL-FM
WMXR-FM
WXKK-FM
WXXK-FM
WVRR-FM
WTSL-AM
Manchester
WGIR-AM/FM
Portsmouth
WERZ-FM
WGIN-AM
WGIP-AM
WHEB-FM
WMYF-AM
WQSO-FM
WUBB-FM
New Mexico
Albuquerque
KZRR-FM
KPEK-FM
KTEG-FM
KLSK-FM
KSYU-FM
Farmington
KRWN-FM
KENN-AM
KNNT-AM
Gallup
KGLX-FM
KFMQ-FM
Las Vegas, NM
KBAC-FM
Thoreau
KXTC-FM
White Rock
KSFQ-FM
New York
Albany
WGY-AM
WHRL-FM
WKKF-FM
WOFX-AM
WPYX-FM
WRVE-FM
WTRY-FM
Binghamton
WBBI-FM
WENE-AM
WINR-AM
WKGB-FM
WMRV-FM
WMXW-FM
Nassau/Suffolk
WALK
-AM/FM
New York City
WAXQ-FM
WHTZ-FM
WKTU-FM
WLTW-FM
WTGM-FM
Poughkeepsie
WRWD-FM
WBWZ-FM
WBPM-FM
WGHQ-AM
Rochester
WHAM-AM
WHTK-AM
WKGS-FM
WLCL-FM
WMAX-FM
WNVE-FM
WVOR-FM
Syracuse
WBBS-FM
WHEN-AM
WSRY-AM
WHHT-FM
WYYY-FM
Utica
WADR-AM
WOUR-FM
WRFM-FM
WRNY-AM
WSKS-FM
WUTQ-AM
North Carolina
Greensboro
WSJS-AM
WSML-AM
WTQR-FM
WXRA-FM
Raleigh
WDUR-AM
WFXC-FM
WFXK-FM
WNNL-FM
WQOK-FM
North Dakota
Bismarck
KFYR-AM
KYYY-FM
Dickinson
KLTC-AM
KCAD-FM
KZRX-FM
Fargo
FFGO -
AM/FM
WDAY-FM
KVOX-AM
KULW-FM
KRVI-FM
Minot
KIZZ-FM
KZPR-FM
KRRZ-FM
Ohio
Akron
WKDD-FM
WTOU-AM
Chillicothe
WBEX-AM
WCHI-AM
WFCB-FM
WKKJ-FM
Cincinnati
WCKY-AM
WEBN-FM
WKFS-FM
WKRC-AM
WLW-AM
WOFX-FM
WSAI-AM
WVMX-FM
Cleveland
WGAR-FM
WMJI-FM
WMMS-FM
WMVX-FM
WTAM-AM
Clyde
WMJK-FM
Columbus
WCOL-FM
WFII-AM
WNCI-FM
WTVN-AM
WZAZ-FM
Dayton
WBTT-FM
WLQT-FM
WMMX-FM
WONE-AM
WTUE-FM
WXEG-FM
Defiance
WDFM-FM
WZOM-FM
WONW-AM
Findlay
WCKY-FM
WIMJ-FM
WQTL-FM
Lima
WBUK-FM
WIMA-AM
WIMT-FM
WMLX-FM
Lorain
WZLE-FM
Mansfield
WYHT-FM
WSWR-FM
WMAN-AM
Marion
WDIF-FM
WMRN-AM/FM
Napoleon
WNDH-FM
Sandusky
WMJK-FM
WLEC-AM
WCPZ-FM
Springfield
WIZE-AM
Tiffin
WCKY-FM
WTTF-AM
Toledo
WCWA-AM
WIOT-FM
WRVF-FM
WSPD-AM
WVKS-FM
Washington
Court House
WCHO-AM
WCHO-FM
Youngstown
WBTJ-FM
WKBN-AM
WNCD-FM
WNIO-AM
Oklahoma
Guymon
KGYN-AM
Oklahoma City
KBEC-AM
KJYO-FM
KQSR-FM
KTOK-AM
KTST-FM
KXXY-FM
WKY-AM
Tulsa
KAKC-AM
KMOD-FM
KMRX-FM
KOAS-FM
KQLL-AM
KIZS-FM
Oregon
Albany
KLOO-AM
KRKT-AM
Corvallis
KEJO-AM
KFLY-FM
KLOO-AM/FM
Medford
KKJJ-FM
KLDZ-FM
KMED-AM
KRWQ-FM
KZZE-FM
Portland
KTLK-AM
KEX-AM
KKCW-FM
KKRZ-FM
KRVO-FM
Pennsylvania
Allentown
WAEM-AM/FM
WKAP-AM
WZZO-FM
Harrisburg
WHP-AM
WKBO-AM
WRBT-FM
WRVV-FM
WWKL-AM
Johnstown
WMTZ-FM
WNTJ-AM
Lancaster/Harrisburg
WLAN-AM/FM
New Castle
WBZY-AM
WKST-AM
WKST-FM
Philadelphia
WDAS-AM
WDAS-FM
WIOQ-FM
WJJZ-FM
WLCE-FM
WUSL-FM
Pittsburgh
WBGG-AM
WDVE-FM
WKST-FM
WPGB-FM
WWSW-FM
WXDX-FM
Reading
WRAW-AM
WRFY-FM
WREX-FM
Williamsport
WKSB-FM
WMYL-FM
WRAK-AM
WRKK-AM
Rhode Island
Providence
WWBB-FM
WWRX-FM
South Carolina
Charleston
WALC-FM
WEZL-FM
WRFQ-FM
WSCC-AM
WXYL-FM
Columbia
WCOS-AM/FM
WLTY-FM
WNOK-FM
WSCQ-FM
WVOC-AM
Greenville
WESC-AM
WJMZ-FM
WTPT-FM
South Dakota
Aberdeen
KKAA-AM
KQAA-FM
KSDN-AM/FM
KBFO-FM
Tennessee
Chattanooga
WUSY-FM
WUUS-AM
WRXR-FM
WLOV-FM
WKXJ-FM
Cookeville
WGIC-FM
WGSQ-FM
WHUB-AM
WPTN-AM
Memphis
KJMS-FM
KWAM-AM
WDIA-AM
WEGR-FM
WHRK-FM
WOTO-FM
WREC-AM
WYLT-FM
Nashville
WLAC-AM
WNRQ-FM
WRVW-FM
WSIX-FM
WZTO-FM
St. Joseph
WJOR-FM
Texas
Austin
KHFI-FM
KPEZ-FM
Beaumont
KIOC-FM
KKMY-FM
KYKR-FM
KLVI-AM
Dallas
KDMX-FM
KEGL-FM
El Paso
KHEY-AM/FM
KPRR-FM
KTSM-AM/FM
XHEPR-FM
Houston
JAMZ
KBXX-FM
KHMX-FM
KKTL-FM
KPRC-AM
KTBZ-FM
McAllen
KTEX-FM
KBFM-FM
San Antonio
KAJA-FM
KQXT-FM
KSJL-FM
KTKR-AM
KXXM-FM
WOAI-AM
Waco
KBGO-FM
KBRQ-FM
KWTX-AM/FM
WACO-FM
Wichita Falls
KNIN-FM
KWFS-AM/FM
KTLT-FM
Utah
Salt Lake City
KALL-AM
KKAT-FM
KNRS-AM
KODJ-FM
KURR-FM
KWLW-AM
KZHT-FM
Vermont
Burlington
WCPV-FM
WEAV-AM
WEZF-FM
WJVT-FM
WXZO-FM
Randolph
WCVR-FM
WSYB-AM
WWWT-AM
WZRT-FM
Virginia
Charlottesville
WCYK-FM
WVAO-FM
WUMX-FM
Norfolk
WJCD-FM
WOWI-FM
WSVY-AM/FM
Richmond
WBTJ-FM
WRNL-AM
WRVA-AM
WRVQ-FM
WRXL-FM
WTVR-FM
Washington
Centralia
KELA-AM
KMNT-FM
Seattle
KFNK-FM
KHHO-AM
KJR-AM/FM
KUBE-FM
Spokane
KAQQ-AM
KCDA-FM
KISC-FM
KIXZ-FM
KKZX-FM
KQNT-AM
Vancouver
KKLQ-FM
Washington
D.C.
WASH-FM
WBIG-FM
WIHT-FM
WMZQ-FM
WTEM-AM
WTNT-AM
WWDC-FM
WWRC-AM
West Virgina
Huntington
WAMX-FM
WBKS-FM
WBVB-FM
WHRD-AM
WIRO-AM
WKEE-FM
WTCR-AM/FM
WVHU-AM
Wheeling
WBBD-AM
WEEL-FM
WEGW-FM
WKWK-FM
WOVK-FM
WVKF-FM
WWVA-AM
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
WATQ-FM
WBIZ-AM/FM
WMEQ-AM/FM
WQRB-FM
Madison
WMAD-FM
WCJZ-FM
WIBA-AM/FM
WZEE-FM
WTSO-AM
Milwaukee
WKKV-FM
WMIL-FM
WOKY-AM
WRIT-FM
Wyoming
Casper
KRVK-FM
KTRS-FM
KWYY-FM
KMGW-FM
KTWO-AM
KKTL-AM
Cheyenne
KGAB-AM
KIGN-FM
KMUS-FM
KOLZ-FM
Hispanic
Broadcasting Corporation
Clear Channel
International
Television
WXXA -TV FOX ALBANY , NY
KGET -TV NBC BAKERSFIELD , CA
KVOS -TV IND BELLINGHAM , WA
WIVT -TV ABC BINGHAMTON , NY
WKRC -TV CBS CINCINNATI , OH
WETM -TV NBC ELMIRA , NY
KMTR -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
KMTX -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
KMTZ -TV NBC EUGENE , OR
KVIQ -TV CBS EUREKA , CA
KTVF -TV NBC FAIRBANKS , AK
KGPE -TV CBS FRESNO , CA
WHP - TV CBS HARRISBURG , PA
WLYH -TV UPN HARRISBURG , PA
WJKT -TV UPN JACKSON , TN
WAWS -TV FOX JACKSONVILLE , FL
WTEV -TV CBS JACKSONVILLE , FL
KASN -TV UPN LITTLE ROCK , AR
KLRT -TV FOX LITTLE ROCK , AR
WLMT -TV UPN MEMPHIS , TN
WPTY -TV ABC MEMPHIS , TN
WJTC -TV UPN MOBILE , AL
WPMI -TV NBC MOBILE , AL
KCBA -TV FOX MONTEREY/SALINAS , CA
KION -TV CBS MONTEREY/SALINAS , CA
WOKR -TV ABC ROCHESTER , NY
KTVX -TV ABC SALT LAKE CITY , UT
WOAI -TV NBC SAN ANTONIO , TX
KPXL -TV PAX SAN ANTONIO , TX
KCOY -TV CBS SANTA MARIA , CA
KFTY -TV IND SANTA ROSA , CA
WIXT -TV ABC SYRACUSE , NY
KOKI -TV FOX TULSA , OK
KTFO -TV UPN TULSA , OK
WUTR -TV ABC UTICA , NY
WWTI -TV ABC WATERTOWN , NY
KAAS -TV FOX WICHITA , KS
KSAS -TV FOX WICHITA , KS
KSCC -TV UPN WICHITA , KS
Other
Adshel
Eller Media Company - Outdoor Advertising
Clear Channel Internet Group
Katz Media Group
Clear Channel Entertainment
Premiere Radio Network
New Music Network
SFX Sports Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Television
WTTA - Tampa
KMWB - Minneapolis
WPGH & WCWB - Pittsburgh
KDNL - St. Louis
WBFF & WNUV - Baltimore
WTTV & WTTK - Indianapolis
WLFL & WRDC - Raleigh - Durham, NC
WZTV & WUXP - Nashville
WCGV & WVTV - Milwaukee
WSTR - Cincinnati
KSMO - Kansas City, MO
WTTE & WSYX - Columbus, OH
WFBC & WLOS - Asheville, NC
KABB & KRRT - San Antonio
WTTO & WABM & WDBB - Birmingham, AL
WTVZ - Norfolk, VA
WUTV - Buffalo, NY
KOCB & KOKH - Oklahoma City
WXLV & WUPN - Greensboro, NC
WKEF & WRGT - Dayton, OH
KVWB & KFBT - Las Vegas
WCHS & WVAH - Charleston, WV
WRLH - Richmond, VA
WEAR & WFGX - Mobile, AL
WSMH - Flint, MI
WDKY - Lexington, KY
KDSM - Des Moines
WSYT & WNYS - Syracuse
KBSI & WDKA - Paducah, KY
WUHF - Rochester, NY
WGME - Portland, ME
WMSN - Madison, WI
WEMT - Tri-Cities, TN
WGGB - Springfield, MA
WYZZ - Peoria, IL
WTWC - Tallahassee, FL
WMMP & WTAT - Charleston, SC
WICS & WICD — Springfield, IL
KGAN — Cedar Rapids, IA
News Central
Other
Sinclair Ventures
G1440
Jadoo Power Systems
Time Domain
VisionAIR, Inc.
AppForge, Inc.
Sterling Venture Partners
Acrodyne
Summa Holdings
Allegiance Capital
April 14, 2005
By Rod Helle
Broadcast journalism has never been
this awful. If you’ve ever watched a few minutes of Fox News, CNN,
or even Springfield’s own WICS (Channel 20) news and wondered how
such programming could be aired, the answer is simple: Most of the
major broadcast outlets have been gobbled up by a handful of
companies in recent years. And it would not be an exaggeration to
say that this consolidation of media is the single greatest
contributor to the slow death of our democracy.
Media scholar Robert McChesney,
professor of communication at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, writes that the purpose of journalism is to
perform three tasks: to monitor the powerful, to winnow the truth
from the lies, and to present a range of informed positions on
important issues. But the journalism produced by media conglomerates
does the opposite. The junk news they broadcast is intended to
protect the wealthy and idiotize the masses while trivializing
crucially important issues.
The holdings of just five of the big
media owners — General Electric, Walt Disney Co., Viacom, Time
Warner, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. — show that little of
the mass media has escaped the corporate Moloch. Disney’s media
properties include ABC, ESPN, A&E, the History Channel, and
several motion-picture studios. General Electric owns NBC, Universal
Pictures, and the Spanish-language Telemundo. News Corp.’s
holdings include Fox, DirecTV, the New York Post, and
HarperCollins Publishers. Viacom owns CBS, Simon & Schuster,
Paramount Pictures, and Blockbuster. Time Warner’s properties
include CNN, America Online, HBO, and New Line Cinema. The people
who run these companies and decide what we need to know are some of
the wealthiest men on earth. As CEOs of enormous businesses, their
job is sell a journalism that is the cheapest to produce, appeals to
the largest market, and brings in the most profit. These values are
not compatible with good journalism. Instead of thoughtful reports
on global warming or the link between military spending and the
national deficit, the news they give us is dominated by Michael
Jackson or whoever the freak du jour happens to be.
Many people have complained that during
the lead-up to the most recent war in Iraq, the media failed to do
its job. As Massachusetts Institute of Technology linguist Noam
Chomsky has noted, the truth is that the corporate media did their
job perfectly: The media’s assignment was to sell a criminal war
to a naïve public — and that they did, with great success. In the
months before the war, it was difficult to flip through the channels
without being harangued by a series of store-bought senators and
military gasbags debating just how truly superior our fighting force
was and just how enthusiastically we would be greeted by the Iraqis.
Like bumpkins at a county fair, Americans bought their snake oil. An
unfortunate side effect of this sales job has been the deaths of
some 100,000 Iraqis and more than 1,500 Americans.
We have learned nothing from this. The
powers that control the media and put George W. Bush in office
continue to manipulate and lie with impunity. It was recently
revealed that television commentator Armstrong Williams was paid
$240,000 to promote Bush’s education policies, and syndicated
columnists Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus were paid $21,500
and $10,000, respectively, to advocate Bush’s marriage
initiatives. This money was provided by U.S. taxpayers, and all of
it was completely illegal. The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 forbids the
domestic dissemination of government propaganda designed to sway
public policy. Materials that serve “a solely partisan purpose”
are expressly prohibited.
Williams, McManus, and Gallagher were
caught being paid directly by the Bush administration, but it’s
hard to imagine any journalist employed by the corporations listed
above not performing essentially the same service. Those who do not
present stories in a manner acceptable to the wealthy soon find
themselves out of a job. He who pays the piper calls the tune, or,
as New York Times columnist Russell Baker has written:
“Journalists who have made it are those who have had the capacity
for outrage bred out of them.”
As long as a handful of extremely
wealthy individuals are allowed to control and filter the flow of
information in this country, toothless trash journalism will be the
standard and issues critical to our future will not be addressed.
Harry
Brunser
Virginia,
USA.
|
