The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation.
Coinciding with the onset of the
nuclear crisis in Japan, a new regional war theater has opened up in
North Africa, under the disguise of a UN sponsored "humanitarian
operation" with the mandate to "protect civilian lives".
These two seemingly unrelated
events are of crucial importance in understanding both the nuclear issue
as well as the ongoing US-NATO sponsored war, which has now extended
its grip into Libya. The crisis in Japan has been described as "a
nuclear war without a war". Its potential repercussions, which are yet
to be fully assessed, are far more serious than the Chernobyl disaster,
as acknowledged by several scientists.
The crisis in Japan has also
brought into the open the unspoken relationship between nuclear energy
and nuclear war. Nuclear energy is not a civilian economic activity. It
is an appendage of the nuclear weapons industry which is controlled by
the so-called defense contractors. The powerful corporate interests
behind nuclear energy and nuclear weapons overlap. In Japan at the
height of the disaster, "the nuclear industry and government agencies
[were] scrambling to prevent the discovery of atomic-bomb research
facilities hidden inside Japan's civilian nuclear power plants".[1] The
media consensus is that the crisis at Fukushima's five nuclear power
plants has been contained. The realties are otherwise. The Japanese
government has been obliged to acknowledge that "the severity rating of
its nuclear crisis ... matches that of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster".
Moreover, the dumping of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean
constitutes a potential trigger to a process of global radioactive
contamination. Radioactive elements have not only been detected in the
food chain in Japan, radioactive rain water has been recorded in
California:
"Hazardous radioactive
elements being released in the sea and air around Fukushima accumulate
at each step of various food chains (for example, into algae,
crustaceans, small fish, bigger fish, then humans; or soil, grass, cow's
meat and milk, then humans). Entering the body, these elements - called
internal emitters - migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid,
liver, bone, and brain, continuously irradiating small volumes of cells
with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many
years often induce cancer".[2]
A New War Theater in North Africa
The War on Libya was launched
within days of the Fukushima disaster. As we go to press, a dangerous
process of military escalation is ongoing. NATO warplanes are hitting
civilian targets in Libya including residential areas and government
buildings in violation of international law.
The war on Libya is an integral
part of the broader military agenda in the Middle East and Central Asia
which until recently consisted of three distinct areas of conflict :
Afghanistan and Pakistan (the AfPak War), Iraq, Palestine. A fourth war
theater has opened up in North Africa, which raises the issue of
escalation over a vast geographical area. These four war theaters are
interrelated. They are part of a broader region of conflict, which
extends from North Africa and the Middle East, engulfing a large part of
the Mediterranean basin, to China's Western frontier with Afghanistan,
and Northern Pakistan.
How does the war on Libya relate to this broader US-NATO military agenda?
Is a World War III scenario unfolding?
Is the use of nuclear weapons contemplated in North Africa?
With regard to nuclear doctrine,
the concept of a US sponsored pre-emptive nuclear attack applies to a
number of countries or "rogue states" including Libya. An all out war
against the Qadhafi regime has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon
for more than 20 years, Moreover, Libya was the first country to be
tagged for a preemptive attack using tactical nuclear weapons.[3] The
Clinton administration's plan to nuke Libya had been announced in no
uncertain terms in a 1996 Department of Defense press briefing:
"[The] Air Force would use
the B61-11 [nuclear weapon] against Libya's alleged underground chemical
weapons plant at Tarhunah if the President decided that the plant had
to be destroyed. 'We could not take [Tarhunah] out of commission using
strictly conventional weapons,' Smith told the Associated Press. The
B61-11 'would be the nuclear weapon of choice,' he [Assistant Secretary
of Defense Harold P. Smith] told Jane Defence Weekly.[4]
Clinton's Defense Secretary
William Perry had confirmed in a statement to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee that "the U.S. retained the option of using nuclear
weapons against countries [e.g. Libya] armed with chemical and
biological weapons."[5] The Department of Defense's objective was to
fast track the "testing" of the B61-11 nuclear bomb on an actual country
and that country was Libya: "Even before the B61 came on line, Libya
was identified as a potential target".[6]
While the 1996 plan to bomb
Libya using tactical nuclear weapons was subsequently shelved, Libya was
not removed from the "black list": "The Qadhafi regime" remains to this
date a target country for a pre-emptive ("defensive") nuclear attack.
As revealed by William Arkin in early 2002, "The Bush administration, in
a secret policy review... [had] ordered the Pentagon to draft
contingency plans for the use of nuclear weapons against at least seven
countries, naming not only Russia and the "axis of evil" Iraq, Iran, and
North Korea but also China, Libya and Syria.[7]
Operation Odyssey Dawn. Nuclear Weapons against Libya? How Real is the Threat?
Operation Odyssey Dawn. Nuclear Weapons against Libya? How Real is the Threat?
Has the project to nuke Libya
been definitively shelved or is Libya still being contemplated as a
potential target for a nuclear attack? (This preface serves as an update
on the potential dangers of a nuclear war against a defenseless
non-nuclear State). The air campaign directed against Libya commenced on
March 19, 2011. America deployed its Bat-shaped B-2 Spirit Stealth
bombers operating out of the Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
Described as "deadly and effective", the B-2 was used as an instrument
of "humanitarian warfare".
Barely two weeks after the
commencement of the war, the Pentagon announced the testing of the
B61-11 nuclear bomb using the same B-2 Stealth bombers which had been
deployed to Libya at the very outset of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The B-2
Spirit Stealth bomber is the US Air Force's chosen "carrier" for the
delivery of the B61-11 nuclear bomb. These timely tests pertained to the
installed equipment, functionality and weapon's components of the
B61-11 nuclear bomb. The tests were conducted by the B-2 bombers
operating out of the same Air Force base, from which the B-2 bombing
raid on Libya were conducted.[8]
Is the timing of these tests in any way related to the chronology of the Libya bombing campaign?
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike
Command was in charge of both the JTA tests of the B61-11 as well as
the deployment of three B-2 Spirit Stealth bombers to Libya on March 19
under operation Odyssey Dawn. Both the deployment of the B-2s to the
Libya war theater as well as the tests of the equipment of the B61-11
(using the B-2 bomber for delivery) were coordinated out of Whiteman Air
Force base.
America's Long War: The Global Military Agenda
America's Long War: The Global Military Agenda
The US has embarked on a
military adventure, “a long war”, which threatens the future of
humanity. The first two chapters of this E-book focus on the "Cult of
Death and Destruction" underlying this global military agenda. US-NATO
weapons of mass destruction are portrayed as instruments of peace.
Mini-nukes are said to be "harmless to the surrounding civilian
population". Pre-emptive nuclear war is portrayed as a "humanitarian
undertaking". Nuclear war has become a multibillion dollar undertaking,
which fills the pockets of US defense contractors. What is at stake is
the outright "privatization of nuclear war".
US nuclear doctrine is
intimately related to "America's War on Terrorism" and the alleged
threat of Al Qaeda, which in a bitter irony is considered as an upcoming
nuclear power. Under the Obama administration, Islamic terrorists are
said to be preparing to attack US cities. Proliferation is tacitly
equated with “nuclear terrorism”. Obama's nuclear doctrine puts
particular emphasis on “nuclear terrorism” and on the alleged plans by
Al Qaeda to develop and use nuclear weapons.
Chapter III focusses on
America's Holy Crusade and the Battle for Oil. The “Global War on
Terrorism” requires going after the terrorists, using advanced weapons
systems. US foreign policy upholds a pre-emptive religious-like crusade
against evil, which serves to obscure the real objectives of military
action. In the inner consciousness of Americans, the attacks of
September 11, 2001 justify acts of war and conquest against evil-doers.
The Global War on Terrorism is presented as a “clash of civilizations”, a
war between competing values and religions, when in reality it is an
outright war of conquest, guided by strategic and economic objectives.
The lies behind 9/11 are known and documented. The American people’s
acceptance of this crusade against evil is not based on any rational
understanding or analysis of the facts. "The American inquisition"
purports to extend Washington’s sphere of influence. Military
intervention is justified as part of an international campaign against
“Islamic terrorists”. Its ultimate intention, which is never mentioned
in press reports, is territorial conquest and control over strategic
resources. Ironically, under the Global War on Terrorism, these plans of
conquest are instrumented by covertly supporting Islamic paramilitary
armies, which are then used to destabilize non-compliant governments and
impose Western standards of "governance" and "democracy".
World War III Scenario
The contours of a World War III
scenario are discussed in Chapter IV. The Pentagon’s global military
design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO
forces is occurring in several regions of the World simultaneously.
Militarization at the global level is instrumented through the US
military's Unified Command structure: the entire planet is divided up
into geographic Combatant Commands under the control of the Pentagon.
According to (former) NATO Commander General Wesley Clark, the
Pentagon’s military road-map consists of a sequence of war theaters:
“[The] five-year campaign plan [includes]... a total of seven countries,
beginning with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Somalia and
Sudan.”
Chapter V focusses on war
preparations pertaining to Iran, including the launching of a
pre-emptive nuclear attack on the Islamic Republic. While Iran remains
on the Pentagon's drawing board, a fundamental shift in the sequencing
of military operations has occurred. The US-NATO-Israel alliance
realizes that Iran has significant capabilities to respond and
retaliate. With the onset of the US-NATO led war in North Africa,
Washington and its allies have chosen to wage war on countries with
lesser military capabilities. This factor in itself has been crucial in
the decision by the US and its allies to put "the Iran operation" on
hold, while launching a "humanitarian war" on Libya.
How to Reverse the Tide of War
Chapter VI focusses on antiwar
actions directed against this diabolical military agenda. Central to an
understanding of war, is the media campaign which grants it legitimacy
in the eyes of public opinion. A good versus evil dichotomy prevails.
The perpetrators of war are presented as the victims. Public opinion is
misled: “We must fight against evil in all its forms as a means to
preserving the Western way of life.” Breaking the "big lie" which
upholds war as a humanitarian undertaking, means breaking a criminal
project of global destruction, in which the quest for profit is the
overriding force. This profit-driven military agenda destroys human
values and transforms people into unconscious zombies.
The holding of mass
demonstrations and antiwar protests is not enough. What is required is
the development of a broad and well organized grassroots antiwar
network, across the land, nationally and internationally, which
challenges the structures of power and authority. People must mobilize
not only against the military agenda, the authority of the state and its
officials must also be challenged. This war can be prevented if people
forcefully confront their governments, pressure their elected
representatives, organize at the local level in towns, villages and
municipalities, spread the word, inform their fellow citizens as to the
implications of a nuclear war, initiate debate and discussion within the
armed forces.
The object of this E-Book is to
forcefully reverse the tide of war, challenge the war criminals in high
office and the powerful corporate lobby groups which support them.
Break the American Inquisition.
Undermine the US-NATO-Israel military crusade.
Close down the weapons factories and the military bases.
Members of the armed forces should disobey orders and refuse to participate in a criminal war.
Bring home the troops.
Notes
Notes
1. See Yoichi Shimatsu, Secret Weapons Program Inside Fukushima Nuclear Plant? Global Research, April 12, 2011
2. Helen Caldicott, Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, The Age, April 26, 2011
3. See Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2011.
4. Federation of American Scientists, The Nuclear Information Project: the B61-11
5. Ibid, See also Greg Mello, The Birth Of a New Bomb; Shades of Dr. Strangelove! Will We Learn to Love the B61-11? The Washington Post, June 1, 1997
6. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - September/ October 1997, p. 27. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2001
7. See William Arkin, "Thinking the Unthinkable", Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2002.
8. In late March or early April (prior to April 4), the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber from the 509th Bomber Wing operating out of Whiteman Air Force Base, was used in the so-called "Joint Test Assembly" (JTA) of the B61 Mod 11 nuclear bomb.
The announcement of these tests was made public on April 4; the precise date of the tests was not revealed, but one can reasonably assume that it was in the days prior to the April 4 press release by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA. Press Release, NNSA Conducts Successful B61-11 JTA Flight Test, April 4, 2011. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, Dangerous Crossroads: Is America Considering the Use of Nuclear Weapons against Libya? Global Research, April 7, 2011Montreal, May 2011Order your pdf of this important new book from Global Research here
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2. Helen Caldicott, Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, The Age, April 26, 2011
3. See Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2011.
4. Federation of American Scientists, The Nuclear Information Project: the B61-11
5. Ibid, See also Greg Mello, The Birth Of a New Bomb; Shades of Dr. Strangelove! Will We Learn to Love the B61-11? The Washington Post, June 1, 1997
6. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - September/ October 1997, p. 27. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, America's Planned Nuclear Attack on Libya, Global Research, March 25, 2001
7. See William Arkin, "Thinking the Unthinkable", Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2002.
8. In late March or early April (prior to April 4), the B-2 Spirit Stealth bomber from the 509th Bomber Wing operating out of Whiteman Air Force Base, was used in the so-called "Joint Test Assembly" (JTA) of the B61 Mod 11 nuclear bomb.
The announcement of these tests was made public on April 4; the precise date of the tests was not revealed, but one can reasonably assume that it was in the days prior to the April 4 press release by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA. Press Release, NNSA Conducts Successful B61-11 JTA Flight Test, April 4, 2011. For further details see Michel Chossudovsky, Dangerous Crossroads: Is America Considering the Use of Nuclear Weapons against Libya? Global Research, April 7, 2011Montreal, May 2011Order your pdf of this important new book from Global Research here
Introductory offer: $5.00 (plus $1.50 processing fee. Sent directly to your email!)
OR receive this book FREE with your Global Research Annual Membership! Click to learn more.
Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (Emeritus) at the University of Ottawa. He is the Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal and Editor of the globalresearch.ca website. He is the author of The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order (2003) and America’s “War on Terrorism” (2005). He is also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His writings have been published in more than twenty languages.
This E-Book is dedicated to
the memory of Dr. Alice C. Tang, who devoted her life to global peace,
the pursuance of truth, military disarmament and the prevention of
nuclear war. Alice Tang's proposal was titled “Two Percent, No First
Strike.” The pledge would be that no nation shall spend more than 2
percent of its GDP on military purposes, and no nation would be a “first
strike” aggressor with nuclear weapons.
Acknowledgments
Research for this E-book was
conducted over a period of almost ten years. Our sincere thanks to
Global Research members and our readers, whose support has enabled us to
develop our publishing and educational outreach activities.
I am much indebted to Maja Romano of the Center for Research on Globalization (CRG) for her support in the editing process as well for the creative design of the front page graphics. I extend my thanks and appreciation to Réjean Mc Kinnon, for the careful typesetting, layout and production of the E-Book and to Drew McKevitt for her assistance in the copyediting of the manuscript.
I am much indebted to Maja Romano of the Center for Research on Globalization (CRG) for her support in the editing process as well for the creative design of the front page graphics. I extend my thanks and appreciation to Réjean Mc Kinnon, for the careful typesetting, layout and production of the E-Book and to Drew McKevitt for her assistance in the copyediting of the manuscript.
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