How the Boston Bombings May
Change the World for the Worse!
By James Petras
By James Petras
The relation between the suspected Boston Marathon bombers and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and the Boston Police (BP) is a point of contention and controversy. |
May 02, 2013 "Information
Clearing House" - The FBI, at first, claimed no knowledge of the bombing
suspects but later was forced to admit having received at least two sets of
intelligence reports, one from Russian officials and another from the CIA,
identifying one of the suspected bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as a potential
security threat linked to a Chechen terrorist organization. Testimony from
Tsarnaev’s mother and father indicates that the FBI was active in following,
harassing and interrogating the suspect before the bombing. Despite general
directives from the US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security mandating US
security to aggressively pursue ‘Islamist terrorists’, the FBI claims to have
made no effort to follow-up on the Russian and CIA security alerts, especially
after Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned from Russian state of Dagestan last year where
he allegedly met six times with a known Chechen terrorist, Gadzhimurad Dolgatov,
in a fundamentalist Salafi mosque.
The official government and
corporate media versions claim the FBI may have ‘over-looked’ the security risk
posed by Tsarnaev. Congressional critics argue that the FBI was ‘negligent’ in
following up leads provided by the Russians and the CIA. A more likely
explanation is that the FBI was actively engaged with Tsarnaev and deliberately
encouraged the conspiracy for self-serving purposes.
The most benign hypothesis is
that the FBI was using Tsarnaev as a means of infiltrating and securing
intelligence on other possible ‘terrorists’. A more plausible hypothesis is that
the Boston office of the FBI had set the pair of brothers up for a sting
operation in order to enhance their anti-terrorist credentials – and that the
‘operation’ got out of hand – with Tamarlan having his own agenda. The most
likely hypothesis is that the FBI facilitated the bombing in order to revive the
flagging fortunes of the ‘war on terror’ foisted on a war-weary and economically
depressed American public.
The FBI in Boston has a long and
notorious history of working with and protecting certain leaders of organized
crime in return for information about targeted rivals: The most notorious
example is the FBI’s 20-year ‘partnership’ with one of Boston’s most feared
gangland killers, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, where the mobster was provided with
protection and collaboration in return for his information about a rival crime
family and other competitors. In 2012, Bulger was finally indicted for 19
murders mostly committed under FBI ‘protection’ – although one of his closest
mob-partners claims he murdered 40 people in his lifetime.
The Boston Bombings served as a
detonator to mobilize the entire US security apparatus; it has led to the
suspension of constitutional guaranties. It has been accompanied by an intense
mass media campaign glorifying police state operations and the imposition of
virtual martial law in the Boston metropolitan area of over 4.5 million
inhabitants. The military police operation and media campaign aroused fear and
terror among the public. Instant psychodrama produced mass worship of the
‘heroic’ police: they were portrayed as having saved the public from unknown
numbers of armed terrorists lurking in their neighborhoods. The police, the FBI
and the entire Security Apparatus – were repeatedly ‘honored’ at public
spectacles, sports and civic events, lauded as ‘guardians’ and ‘saviors’. The
sordid role of FBI in organizing entrapment operations was never mentioned. The
hundreds of billions wasted in futile overseas ‘wars against terror’ went down
the memory hole. The opposition to Washington’s cuts in social programs was
diverted almost overnight to support new funding for US military intervention in
Syria and North Korea, a greater arms build-up in Israel and domestic
security.
The Boston Bombings coincided
with the White House dictating a new round of domestic police state measures and
launching a series of aggressive military moves in Asia, the Middle East and
Latin America. The Pentagon has organized its biggest and most threatening air,
sea and land military exercises right on the borders of North Korea. The White
House has encouraged and promoted Japan’s belligerent military posture toward
China regarding disputed islands in the South China Sea. Secretary of State
Kerry has increased military aid to the Syrian terrorists by at least $130
million and dispatched hundreds of Special Forces to Jordan to train the
jihadi-mercenaries against the Syrian government. The White House concocted
charges that Damascus deployed chemical weapons against the rebels to justify
direct US military intervention in Syria. Closer to home, the White House has
given unconditional support to the violent Venezuelan opposition’s post-election
campaign designed to provoke a civil war– while refusing to recognize the
internationally certified election victory of President Maduro.
It is very clear the Obama regime
wants to turn the clock back a decade to recreate the terrible political climate
of 2001-02. He seeks to fabricate a sense of an imminent terrorist threat based
on the ‘Boston Bombings’ in order to re-launch another global military campaign.
Instead of Iraq – the ‘threat’ is now Syria, Iran and Lebanon. Today, the threat
is North Korea – tomorrow it could be China. Today, it is Venezuela – next it
could be Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador, and the entire edifice of Latin
American regional integration.
The civilian casualties and
deaths resulting from the Boston Bombings, linked to the US backing and
sheltering of Chechen terrorists, are a small price for Washington to pay if it
results in escalating global wars and greater impunity for the National Police
State.
Re-launching a new and more
virulent version of militarized global empire building is of the highest
priority. The targeted countries have global significance: Venezuela and Iran
are oil producing giants, the backbone of OPEC and adversaries of Israel. China
is the second biggest economy in the world and the principle challenger to US
economic dominance. Cowering and confusing millions of downwardly mobile
Americans weakens the
principle domestic obstacle to bigger and more comprehensive cuts
in social programs in order to finance global wars.
Indeed, the Boston Bombings have
larger political and economic consequences; they set the stage for a new round
of wars abroad and regressive (and repressive) changes at home.
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