R.T. Naylor: "There really is no relationship between al-Qaeda and the Afghan opium trade, nor is there evidence of such an organisation having existed in Afghanistan at any time". That is because al-Qaeda itself does not exist, except in the imaginations of neo-cons, who, I suspect also know it is a myth, but find it extremely useful as a bogeyman to spook the public and the politicians to acquiescing in otherwise unacceptable policy initiatives at home and abroad. By those terms, al-Qaeda is cast like "the Mafia" and similar nonsense – its easier for the public to understand our enemy if we can give it a name.




To many it is apparent al-Qaeda does not exist and never has. Google it, you won't find anymention of such an organisation before 2001. Al-Qaeda is a manufactured enemy who was created by the Bush Administration in order, according to some, to have an excuse to wage a war for the control of the world's oil resources.
Ask yourself, did you even hear the words "Al Qaeda" before 9-11?


Al-Qaeda and Iraq

The question of Iraqi links to ‘al-Qaeda’ remains murky, although senior Bush administration officials insist such ties exist… many experts and State Department officials note that any al-Qaeda presence in Iraq probably lay in northern regions that were beyond Saddam’s control. Many experts say there is scant evidence of ties between al-Qaeda and Iraq, noting that al-Qaeda’s loathing for "impious" Arab governments makes it an unlikely bedfellow for Saddam’s secular regime."