Al Qaida: a man made enemy pulled from the realms of fantasy? Whats the reality?

The myth of "al Qaida" is built on an expansive foundation of many half-truths and hidden facts. It is a CIA creation. It was shaped by the agency to serve as a substitute "enemy" for America, replacing the Soviets whom the Islamist forces had driven from Afghanistan. Unknown American officials, at an indeterminate point in time, made the decision to fabricate the tale of a mythical worldwide network of Islamic terrorists from the exploits of the Afghan Mujahedeen. The CIA already had their own network of Islamic militant "freedom fighters," all that was needed were a few scattered terrorist attacks against US targets and a credible heroic figurehead, to serve as the "great leader."

The really tricky part of creating a mythical terrorist monster out of an incomplete truth is laying-out the facts behind your mythical story without revealing the whole truth about your part in its creation. In order to explain away the billions of dollars worth of weapons and training that went into the operation, they chose a rich jihadi, a Saudi millionaire named Osama bin Laden, who had been a faithful recruiter and business agent of the Mujahedeen. He was painted as the sole financier of the entire enormous operation that was centered in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Bin Laden may not even have known that he was playing a part in a deceitful CIA global drama until after the fact. It is more likely that his history was chosen many years later to serve as the legacy of "al Qaida," than it is that he was a brainwashed tool of the spy agency all along.

Charlie Wilson's War is on this subject.. Movie released today..

And what is your source for all of this?

Bush based almost his entire presidency on this, though remember they didn't imagine 9/11

The problem is a new phenomenon where people are beginning to believe any conspiracy mysticism and try to peddle it off as truth. Weak minds unfortunately.

From today's The Telegraph (UK newspaper):
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Lies, damn lies and 'counterknowledge'

Outright fiction is being peddled as historical and scientific fact, warns Damian Thompson in an extract from his provocative new book

George Bush planned the September 11 attacks. The MMR injection triggers autism in children. The ancient Greeks stole their ideas from Africa. "Creation science" disproves evolution. Homeopathy can defeat the Aids virus.

Do any of these theories sound familiar? Has someone bored you rigid at a dinner party by unveiling one of these "secrets"? If so, it is hardly surprising. In recent years, thousands of bizarre conjectures have been endorsed by leading publishers, taught in universities, plugged in newspapers, quoted by politicians and circulated in cyberspace.
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Article continues: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht...

All true, The Bush family were very good Friends, fact, osama was manipulated by the CIA fact......

The US always have the foundations of war set in concrete before they unleash there military might on those who defy them, be warned Iran.......

I fear America has itchy fingers.........

ed they know all about 911 the towers were regarded as quite empty on that dreadful day and the pentagon was attacked on a side that had very few people there, the air force was told to stand down when they had ample time to shoot the airplanes down....

seems odd ................

Yes, it's true that the CIA assisted the rebels in Afghanistan and then dumped them as soon as the Russians went home. They should have stayed on to assist in rebuilding the country, but for the USA it's always the short term goal, they never think long term.

I disagree when you say that the network of Islamic terrorists is mythical. Islamic terrorism has been alive and well for years - all those plane hijacks, Beirut etc.