I dont know if any brit saw this three part documentary, but it is definately a must-see, especially for the people who bought into all this al-qaeda illusion. ‘The war on terror, in a nutshell.’ OMG If they ever repeat it, this is one BBC programme you dont want to miss. Check out the reviews from the link if you wish.
Baby It’s Cold Outside
Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart?
The Phantom Victory
The Power of Nightmares continues its assessment of whether the threat from a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion. Part two, the Phantom Victory looks at how two groups, radical Islamists and neo-conservatives with seemingly opposing ideologies came together to defeat a common enemy.
The Shadows In The Cave
*‘The Power of Nightmares assesses whether the threat from a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion. In the concluding part of the series, the programme explains how the illusion was created and who benefits from it.’ *
In the wake of the shock and panic created by the devastating attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September, 2001, the neo-conservatives reconstructed the radical Islamists in the image of their last evil enemy, the Soviet Union - a sinister web of terror run from the centre by Osama Bin Laden in his lair in Afghanistan.
^ I soo agree, they should have been made to watched this before elections, but i doubt the programme would get throught the censorship. I do feel sorry for these people sometimes, their news is almost entertainment.
Anyway, the programme actually mirrored what i was feeling all along; the exaggeration of these sophisticated sleeper cells network that didnt exist. A figment of Bush’s imagination. For all we know, anyone of us could be accused for being a sleeper cell member of alqaeda and thats just scary.
The funny but sad bit were those yemeni teenagers caught making a movie of disney land florida. Apparently the kid focused on the bin a second too long, according to the FBI, this was a secret coded message to the the terrorist about the location of the bin. The Following day Bush announces they have captured some sleeper cells of Al-Qaeda in the same location as the kids. :-o
Oh and another good one, Donald Duck stating that bin laden has sophisticated bunkers in the caves, and ‘not only one, but several of these’, and yet not one has been found to date. Instead the soldiers found themselves following ‘the shadows in the caves’.
I know I shouldnt have, but i found it hilarious. I hope they repeat it.
The Power of Nightmares will be broadcast over three nights from 18 to 20 January at 2320 GMT on BBC Two. The final part has been updated in the wake of the Law Lords ruling in December that detaining foreign terrorist suspects without trial was illegal.
you do that Mizz M, and broadcast it to the world. Dont forget to watch tonight. Any Brit choosing to watch Big Brother over this seriously want thier head checked. Cuz this is BBC at its best.
