Somali
pirates: Is it possible that these men are ultimately in the
employ
of the American government or other Western nations?
Kitabat, Iraq
West Backs Ocean Piracy as Weapon of Control
Could it
be that America and its allies nurture ocean piracy so that the bogeyman of
terrorism can be maintained - and so Western enterprises that profit
from war can maintain their revenue streams? Columnist Abdullah Abbas of Iraq's
Kitabat writes that organized terrorism itself is an immoral capitalist tool which under the guise of sloganeering on democracy, is used to pursue the
'war on terror.'
In one of our past editions, we
discussed with amazement the emergence of the so-called Somali pirates in the
waters surrounding East Africa. We hear in the news that the pirates have taken
control of many ships (strangely always ships loaded with commercial cargo),
but most often from countries other than the U.S.! And invariably, it doesn't
take long until, after the pirates receive a ransom, the ship is released in
return!!
We just have one passing
question: How is it possible that forces of the great powers plying the seas
and oceans, including in areas that piracy is endemic, are unable to put an end
to attacks carried out by pirate elements from Somalia, a country that is
engaged in a civil war?? And how could it be that such people can take over huge
ships by force and steer them to secret locations to force the ship's owners, whether
they be countries or giant corporations, to submissively approve their demands?
And isn't it true that that the navies of superpowers like the U.S. and NATO that
patrol the sea lanes have as their mission to fight terrorism and secure traffic
on oceans and waterways?
We note that this phenomenon raises
questions about whether the great powers have a hidden hand that encourages piracy,
and where required, organizes criminal groups to secure the implementation of their
unique interests: a mafia-terrorism maintained by them and carried out through this
invisible hand.
This is what struck me after
watching a satellite TV program about the relationship between the globe's
dominant powers, first among them the United States, that control the
international situation with covert support for all kinds of mafia groups.
These are enterprises that affect the course of the economy, which in turn
maintains their security and ensures that the parameters of Western influence
are protected.
Some studies show that through
this support and with the backing of certain nations, mafia profits on the black
market now represent 50 percent of GDP in many other nations. These studies
also show that the volume of mafia profits is equal to $110 billion annually,
which illustrates the influence that the underground or black market economy has
in various nations - developed and developing alike. The damage is further
compounded by the spread of money laundering of income earned on the black market
over recent years. When any risk endangers their plans, the capitalist powers
that stand behind all underground economic activity rush to create a crisis wherever
they deem necessary - for example, by conjuring up a pretext for "fighting
terrorism." In fact, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to suggest that terrorism
was created by them for that purpose.
So the program I watched got
me to wondering: Are those who compare modern terrorism to expanding corporations
- to the point where they now have public relations bureaus and branches like a
bank - correct? Is there a link between the interests of such organizations and
the United States of America, since the U.S. is the main country struggling
against terrorism? What changes in the size and scope of so-called global
terrorism in relation to recent events in the region?
Experts who study modern
international terrorist networks see them more like large companies with media
offices and banking divisions - in addition to cells of fighters and combat
units. Tomorrow, in addition to being ideological and political, terrorism will
be just another component of the capitalist economy. According to this view,
terrorist activity is closely linked to shadowy areas of the economy like drug
smuggling, the arms trade and trading in precious stones.
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And not only that, because
the sensational terrorist bombings [of 9-11] resulted in such market
volatility, the perpetrators and those who stand behind them were able to bring
in huge profits.
Another entirely economic
element behind the growth of terrorism is the so-called "terror trade."
Because surrounding the prevention of terror, an entire vast market of goods,
services and related technologies has emerged, both for governments and private
entities.
In fact, the fight against terrorism
became quite a lucrative enterprise. The proof is the activity of private U.S.
security firms and companies that provide "special services." So an apparently
paradoxical situation has emerged in which Western proponents of counter terrorism,
particularly when it involves bombing attacks far from their own borders, consider
it in their interests not in
reduce the threat of terrorism, but rather to keep the danger lurking until the
potential to reap lucrative profits while battling the scourge presents itself.
And that television program carried
the strangest information. Analysts interviewed about Afghanistan said that the
amount of land under drug cultivation since the U.S. occupation began has
increased, and that 70 percent of this territory is under the supervision of
the CIA and the Jewish state’s Mossad, while only 30 percent is under the
supervision of local merchants!
There is no doubt that the
West under U.S. leadership created organized terrorism and continues to
facilitate it. Its creation is a scheme undertaken for material gain. And
thanks to the capitalist ideology of greed, such terrorism has resulted in some
of the most heinous acts ever perpetrated on mankind. Not only that, through
mafias and the drug trade, it has injected new life into the invisible economy.
Loudly promoting slogans about
battling terrorism and securing peace and stability through building democracy
and freedom has brought us the creative chaos of these blood-thirsty humanists.
Simply put, the so-called "war on terror" is an immoral but
superficially-ethical American creation. Day by day, the details of this dirty
game and how millions were consumed by shiny slogans in a holocaust of flame
are emerging.
