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Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy and the Failed Hunt for Bin Laden (Nation Books) Paperback – January 1, 2002

by Guillaume Dasquie Madsen, Wayne and Jean-Charles Brisard (Author)

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An international bestseller, banned in Switzerland by the bin Laden family, Forbidden Truth by Jean-Charles Brisard & Guillaume Dasquie shows how US national security in Afghanistan was disastrously compromised by corporate oil interests & Saudi Arabia. Brisard wrote the 1st intelligence report on the bin Laden financial networks which was used to close down fraudulent Islamic charities funding terrorism, a report that President Jacques Chirac handed to George Bush on his visit to the US in the wake of 9/11. Forbidden Truth reveals that French intelligence gave the FBI unambiguous information that the so-called 20th hijacker, Zacarias Massaoui, was tied to Al Qaeda, a story Brisard broke to Salon magazine before Special Agent Coleen Rowley came out publicly to say the FBI stifled the investigation. John O'Neill the former head of the FBI's antiterrorism division--who perished in the World Trade Center--told Jean-Charles Brisard in 7/01, "All of the answers, all of the clues allowing us to dismantle Osama bin Laden's organization, can be found in Saudi Arabia." The result of three years of investigation by a leading French intelligence expert & investigative journalist, Forbidden Truth is the untold story of the Clinton & Bush attempts to stabilize Afghanistan so that US energy companies could build a pipeline. In particular, it details the secret hazardous diplomacy between the Bush administration & the Taliban from February to August 2001--a story still untold in the US media--talks that ultimately led the US to make threats via Pakistani intermediaries to the Taliban in 7/01 that they were going to bomb Afghanistan if the Taliban didn't comply.

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208 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Nation Books
Publication date

January 1, 2002
Dimensions

5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
ISBN-10

1560254149
ISBN-13

978-1560254140
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nation Books (January 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1560254149
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1560254140
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches

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Jean-Charles Brisard (1968) is an international expert and consultant on international terrorism. He authored the first and most exhaustive study ever written on the financial network of the Bin Laden organization, "The economic environment of Osama Ben Laden". His report was written for the French intelligence community and published by the French National Assembly in 2001. He testified on his work before the US Congress Joint Inquiry into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and before the US Senate Banking Committee. He served as an expert or witness in prosecutions of terrorism financing and money laundering cases in France, Switzerland, the UK and the United States. Between 2002 and 2009, he served as chief investigator for lawyers representing families of the 9/11 victims in the course of civil lawsuits. He is the author of best-seller "Forbidden Truth: U.S.-taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy And The Failed Hunt For Bin Laden" in 2002 and "The New Face of Al-Qaeda" about Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2005.
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great service

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021

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Malvin

The ugly world of realpolitik is exposed

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2002

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Brisard and Dasquie's "Forbidden Truth" is a very solid piece of research that contains more than a few surprises about the realpolitiks of the Middle East, especially as it pertains to the United States and Saudi Arabia. The book turns a number of received wisdoms on their head and should give everyone concerned about the war on terror a few things to think about.
Of course, the authors show that fossil fuels drives American policy in the region. The Clinton and Bush administrations both negotiated with the Taliban for the construction of a natural gas pipeline to be built in Afghan territory despite clear-cut evidence of the regime's human rights abuses. However, the book also makes the eye-popping suggestion that U.S. representatives may have recklessly threatened the Taliban prior to the September 11 attack, thereby provoking Al Qaeda into action.
Basically, Brisard and Dasquie explain that Saudi Arabia supports radical Islamic movements (including the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Usama Bin Laden) in order to extend its hegemony over the area. Saudi support of the Taliban, for example, helped keep Afghanistan from falling under Iranian influence. Interestingly, the authors point out that the first arrest warrant ever issued against Usama Bin Laden came not from the U.S. -- which wanted to overlook Usama's behavior in order to keep Saudi oil flowing -- but from Libya.
I must admit that all of this came as quite a surprise to me, since Saudi Arabia has always been portrayed as a staunch ally of the U.S. In fact, Brisard and Dasquie recall how U.S. oil companies helped the country develop, but they also show that the Kingdom remains dependent on religion to maintain control over its people. So the country is practically schizophrenic in its need to simultaneously maintain business ties with the U.S. and defend against the spread of Arab nationalism by covertly preaching the gospel of anti-Americanism.
The authors go into considerable detail illuminating the people, organizations and financial relationships that make the Saudi-supported terror network possible. The indictments reach the highest levels of Saudi society. In this light, it appears that Usama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda simply spun out of their master's control and took the anti-American cause too far.
All this should give us pause to consider why the U.S. allowed the Saudis to play such a dangerous game for so long. Also, one would think that prudence should compel the U.S. to develop an energy policy that does not depend on Middle Eastern oil. But already, Brisard and Dasquie report that talks for the pipeline have resumed since the installation of the Karzai regime in Afghanistan in May 2002.
On a technical note, the book could benefit from additional editorial work to correct a few grammatical errors (presumably due to the translation from French to English?) and several footnote mistakes. Stylistically, the author's research sometimes makes for dry reading, but that is only because the facts have been meticulously documented and presented. So although "Forbidden Truth" is at times far from entertaining, the reader is nevertheless impressed with the professionalism of the research and its air-tight conclusions. (Indeed, sensing the threat that the book poses to its business empire, the Bin Laden family succeeded in getting the book banned in Switzerland.)
"Forbidden Truth" is recommended for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the dynamics underlying the war on terror.

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Bernard

Reality!

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2019

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Can you handle the truth?!

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Patrick Mbeko

Un livre à lire absolument

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019

Bon produit

The complex relationships between, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and bin Laden

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021

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Franky, I'm a bit disappointed.

They do a good job by describing the banking connections that bin Laden had with Saudi Arabia. Their "charts" in the back of the book were helpful showing the interrelationships between Bank of Commerce
and Credit (BCCI).the bin Laden family and bin Laden himself showed that, perhaps he wasn't the black sheep of the family as was reported by major media outlets. Also mentioned was that the BCCI was created by a
Saudi Prince and George H.W. Bush, a bank that collapsed in scandal. They mentioned the oil pipeline that UNOCAL and other oil companies were interested in. They wanted peace in Afghanistan so that they could build the pipeline. They accurately described how a stable government there would enable the project to succeed and that the relationship soured between the Western Powers and Afghanistan's Taliban that could have been the precursor to September 11. They also stated that the U.S. and others supported the Mujahedeen which was done so to fight against the Soviets. The Mujahedeen eventually became the Taliban, so, in essence, as the book points out, we created our own "Islamic Frankenstein" a point made by former Pakistani President, Benazir Bhutto before she was tragically assassinated. Why did out government refused the Sudanese government's offer to take bin Laden after it was offered up twice? They quote the late John O'Neil, former Counter terrorism expert of the FBI that all of the answers are there in Saudi Arabia.

Perhaps the following comment was not the thrust of this particular book but I believed that they missed the elephant in the room, e.g., the fact that the U.S.'s military response was lacking, if there was any complicity with regard to the actions or inactions by out government. As an example, after the WTC #1 and #2 were hit, why were planes still on the ground? While they admit that the 19 alleged hijackers were trained at 'puddle-jumper' schools in Florida, they do not pursue this further, namely, how does one reconcile the piloting of a Cesna to either a 757 or 767 jumbo jet? If ordinary procedures and processes were followed, why were our military planes still sitting on the ground almost 1 hour after the first plane hit the north tower. Why weren't planes scrambled after the first tower to possibly intercept the second plane before it hit the second tower? Assuming that planes could not be scrambled in time for the second tower, why weren't they scrambled to prevent the attack on the Pentagon?

For that I only gave it 3 stars.

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excellent!

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018

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excellent!

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