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Spider's Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq Hardcover – October 1, 1993

by Alan Friedman (Author)

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For ten years, the White House, assisted by allies in London and Rome, brushed aside the law in a relentless quest to support Saddam Hussein. What were the forces that shaped this persisting embrace of a dictator whom George Bush would eventually compare to Adolf Hitler? How did Washington and its NATO allies nurture a frequently illicit rapport with Saddam, and what was the real story of why it became necessary to mount Operation Desert Storm? How did the governments led by George Bush and Margaret Thatcher seek to cover up their past dealings with the Iraqi leader after Desert Storm finally drove him from Kuwait in 1991?

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Bantam
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October 1, 1993
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6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches
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0553096508
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bantam; First Edition (October 1, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 455 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553096508
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553096507
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.75 x 9.5 inches

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Stan J. Caterbone

Lancaster County - A Criminal Enterprise?

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2016

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Very interesting considering the following:
In 1987 I became a federal whistleblower for the case of local defense contractor International Signal and Control, or ISC. ISC was a black ops program for the NSA and CIA that was convicted in 1992 for an elaborate scheme to arm Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries with a broad array of weapons, most notably cluster bombs. It was the third larges fraud in U.S. History at that time. I have been a victim of organized stalking since 1987 and a victim of electronic and direct energy weapons since 2005. I had also been telepathic since 2005. In 2005 the U.S. Sponsored Mind Control turned into an all-out assault of mental telepathy; synthetic telepathy; hacking of all electronic devices; vandilism and thefts of personal property, extortions, intellectual property violations, obstruction of justice; violations of due process; thefts and modifications of court documents; and pain and torture through the use of directed energy devices and weapons that usually fire a low frequency electromagnetic energy at the targeted victim. This assault was no coincidence in that it began simultaneously with the filing of the federal action in U.S. District Court, or CATERBONE v. Lancaster County Prison, et. al., or 05-cv-2288. This assault began after the handlers remotely trained/sychronized Stan J. Caterbone with mental telepathy. The main difference opposed to most other victims of this technology is that I am connected 24/7 with the same person who declares telepathically she is a known celebrity. Over the course of 10 years I have been telepathic with at least 20 known persons and have spent 10 years trying to validate and confirm their identities without success. Most U.S. intelligence agencies refuse to cooperate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's Office refuse to comment and act on the numerous formal complaints that are filed in their respective offices. Most complaints are focused on the routine victimization's of a targeted individual including but not limited to stalking, harassment, threats, vandalism, thefts, extortion, burglaries, false imprisonments, fabricated mental health warrants or involuntary commitments, pain and torture to the body, and most often the cause of obstruction of justice is the computer hacking.

I have a very sophisticated and authentic library of evidence of the use of U.S. Sponsored Mind Control technologies on my father and brother that dates back to the 1940's while my father was in the U.S. Navy after he graduated with honors from Air Gunners School in Florida, including an affidavit motorized and authenticated by my father in 1996. My brother served in the U.S. Air force and was victim to LSD experiments of the infamous MKULTRA program in the late 1960's.

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gene

Book- the Spiders Web

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2013

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I heard this book title mentioned on a radio program and was interested in what information and knowledge it contained.
I came across several book sellers and had to pick one of several , so I selected a book according to a feeling of what I wanted as to condition, dust cover or not, hardback or paperback etc.
The book I received was in very good condition as the seller described and he sent the book to me as quickly as possible.

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ct reader

A valuable account of complicity in Saddam's ascent

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2005

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Many nations nourished Iraq as a faithful proxy against Iran in the 1980s. Led by the United States, they pragmatically supported a criminal regime as the lessor of two evils while discounting it's equally dangerous ambition.

Friedman deftly examines collaboration that enabled Saddam and policies that ultimately led to disaster. It's timely antidote to similar policy that used B-52s to deliver democracy to Iraq in 2003.

Worthy kindred studies are Gary Sick's `All Fall Down' (the Shah in Iran), Coll's `Ghost Wars' (jihadists in Afghanistan), and Johnson's `Blowback.'

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Michael C. Kaeser

Great Read

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014

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It is Amazing more of this wasn't brought up when the search for wmds went on in iraq..a very interesting account

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Philip Greenspan

Dr. Frankenstein Creates a Monster; the U.S. Arms Saddam

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2001

An appropriate metaphor. But in defense of Dr. Frankenstein - he was attempting to advance science and did not know that his experiment would produce the abominable creature that resulted. When the U.S. government clandestinely - with junior partners Briton and Italy and bit players, France, Germany, and Japan - provided Saddam Hussein with sophisticated military high tech weapons and biological and chemical warfare items it was well aware of what a despicable tyrant he was.
"Spider's Web" exposes a deplorable sub rosa world that was created in order to supply Saddam Hussein armaments during the Iran-Iraq war. Presidents Reagan and Bush pursued policies in direct contravention of existing law and of their own public statements.
It was no secret that Saddam was a despicable character, who--among innumerable criminal acts--was not averse to murdering his own people--the Kurds, with poison gas.
War had erupted between Iran and the Iraq, two countries both considered enemies of the US. Iran having overthrown the Shah and in the process humiliated the U.S. was judged to be the greater evil. Accordingly-while contending that it was neutral-the U.S. tilted to Iraq and Saddam. William Casey, head of the CIA at the time, was the strongest proponent of assistance to Saddam. He did not just tilt but in the vernacular "gave away the store".
In Europe, Margaret Thatcher was a strong advocate for strengthening Iraq, as was the Italian government. Other governments, namely France, Germany and Japan, did not want to miss out on good commercial possibilities and joined in. Some also sold to the Iranians. All except the U.S. and England dropped out when Iraq did not pay its bills.
Many in the White House and in the State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Agriculture Departments were shocked and firmly opposed to this policy. But in both the Reagan and Bush administrations a green light for Saddam's purchases permitted him to create a formidable high-tech military machine. Sales of almost any items were permitted including components for atomic, biological, and chemical weapons. There were even instances where the CIA would purchase Russian equipment in the Eastern European black market to service his existing Russian equipment!
All of these activities were in direct violation of existing laws and regulations relating to the transfer of military equipment. Various subterfuges were developed such as sales to Saudi Arabia and Jordan. These countries then transferred what they received to Iraq. To pay for this equipment Iraq obtained loans guaranteed by the federal government. What was unique about the loans is that they were arranged by the Agriculture Department. Iraq was buying American food, then reselling it at a profit, and using the proceeds to purchase armaments.
Numerous ordinary individuals who happened to be in the right place at the right time (or perhaps in the wrong place at the right time) were drawn into the periphery of this nefarious operation. A salesman who spoke Arabic and worked for a supplier; a trucker who hauled British supplies to Europe and the Middle East; a banker at an Atlanta bank that processed all the loans. Each profited from the arrangements but all eventually grew wary of the operation and eventually suffered for their involvement.
President Bush and James Baker were actively pushing their pro-Iraq policy, in the summer of 1989, when these undercover operations began to unravel. Two employees at the Atlanta bank reported some of the suspicious activities that had occurred there prompting the U.S. attorney in Atlanta to investigate.
When Saddam invaded Kuwait the policy was suddenly reversed. Saddam became "Hitler"; and the White House now embarked upon a cover up-but too late-the clandestine operations were leaking out.
Henry Gonzalez, head of the House Banking Committee, pressed for public hearings. The Justice Department objected-the Atlanta investigation would be jeopardized-sensitive national security concerns. The Commerce Department's top export official was fired when he appeared before the committee and told the truth.
An independent counsel friendly to the administration was hired whose findings provided a whitewash of the affair. But loose ends still remained. The government tried to resolve the Atlanta case by making the bank manager the fall guy for the entire operation. So many peculiarities had occurred in the pretrial and Congressional hearings that Judge Marvin Shoob in an extraordinary ruling blasted the government's handling of the case.
The book provides ample notes of sources to support the statements. In addition there are three appendices of actual relevant documents.
What conclusions can we draw. Two presidents knowingly violated their oath of office. They defied critically important laws dealing with the national defense of the country. They armed, with the most sophisticated weapons, a rogue state, a potential enemy, a country that did in fact become an enemy and has been embargoed in order to remove those armaments.
It is unfortunate that a scandal of such monumental proportions did not get proper news coverage. The cover up was not 100 per cent effective. But the news media which continually exploits an O. J., a Princess Diana, or an Elian story for days on end on the front page or as the lead item on television and radio gives this major scandal scant coverage.
O where o where has our news media gone, o where o where can it be!

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Fast Eddie

Thrift Books Rocks!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2009

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Thrift books packaged their book well and it was received on time. Great people to deal with.

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