Osama Bin Laden Is Dead -Again!

 
Americans are at their most vulnerable
They are vulnerable because they are gullible
They are gullible because they are ignorant
They are ignorant because they are deliberately misinformed.

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

May 04, 2011 "Information Clearing House" - --  When Obama announced

OBL dead, it was established as a fact - the truth. Where truth is concerned, it
clearly matters where you were born - or else the truth does not matter.

In a 2007 interview, a former Pakistani born president (twice) and a leading

opposition candidate favored to win the 2008 general Pakistani elections,
Benazir Bhutto, claimed that Omar Sheikh had murdered OBL in an
extraordinary interview ,  she did not get [re] elected -- she was assassinated.
Her allegations were buried by the mainstream media along with her. Without
a doubt, the American-born US President's announcement of OBL's death will
extend Barak Obama's occupancy of the White House for another four years.
Neither Bhutto nor Obama produced a corpse to back their claim, yet it
appears that nationality has its privileges -- that of establishing the truth.

A pertinent question arises:  Why would the U.S. put an expiration stamp on
the Osama card when it had served the empire so well?

Inarguably, OBL had proven his value.   Even in his 'death', he continues to
serve the American Empire. We have been duly warned that "U.S. intelligence
officials believe Osama bin Laden made a propaganda recording shortly
before his death and expect that tape to surface soon." The possibility of a
future tape, puts the Obama administration in the comfortable fall-back
position and enable false flag operations when necessary. What dedication. Is
it any wonder that OBL was granted his dearest wish --  to die in battle (and
not murdered by a fellow Moslem, or sickness, or ..)?

Although OBL was with our consciousness well before 2001,  the events of
September 11 gave him a new prominence - and for years thereon,  he knew
when to be silent and when to speak out (apparently the trend will continue
after his death). Admittedly, this inordinate ability to speak or be silent took
some training - or persuasion.

For three years after 9/11, OBL denied being behind the attacks stating:
"Following the latest explosions in the United States, some Americans are
pointing the finger at me, but I deny that because I have not done it. The
United States has always accused me of these incidents, which have been
caused by its enemies. Reiterating once again, I say that I have not done it,
and the perpetrators have carried this out because of their own interest," (CIA
FBIS: Usama bin Laden Statements 1994-2004, Wikileaks, September 14,
2008).    Perhaps the pounding of Afghanistan and Iraq deafened him into
submission - or substitution.

In October 2004, a videotape of OBL is broadcast in which he assumes

responsibility for 9/11.   (The still photo from the 2004 video is worthy of
scrutiny.  It closely resembles the still image presented alongside Obama on
today's C-Span.   Although the hair coloring varies, there are two
consistencies:  the same wide and uncharacteristic nose and the same exact
outfit see link - minute 5:25). After three years of only audio messages, in
2007 (after his first publicly announced death), a new videotape of OBL
emerged -with a dyed and trimmed beard to please his global audience (see
link). This picture is an exact duplicate of the two above mentioned pictures.
It was this incredible image of OBL that prompted me to write my first article
about the man. I could not fathom a man devoted to a vigorous practice of
fundamental Islam defying the Islamic ideology pertaining to vanity -
especially while living in his snug cave.   His black trimmed beard was
unorthodox. Although he sported a shorter beard, he had set his sight far -- he
was analyzing and criticizing the US Democratic Party's moves.

On January 6, 2008, I wrote a second and brief article questioning OBL's

absence in the face of Israel's massacre in Gaza. I should have been more
patient. Eight days after my article was posted on various sites, a recording
accompanied by a still photo of Bin Laden superimposed over the al-Aqsa
mosque was delivered. It was heartwarming to know that Gaza had not been
forgotten. OBL's audiotapes continued to surface. The man truly kept abreast
of current events.  In 2010, OBL even asked for the boycott of American
goods for not addressing climate change. Way to go OBL!

Contrary to the latest revelations about OBL's living conditions in luxury and
probably with the knowledge of Pakistanis, it had always been thought that
OBL sent audio messages because he was in a cave or on the run.   Now at
least, with his demise, we are shown pictures of his corpse.

Regrettably, it has been brought to light by The Guardian that the picture of
the corpse presented as proof of his demise seems to be old, recycled pictures.
Notwithstanding this shortsightedness, we have been deprived of further photo
opportunities in an attempt to respect Islamic rituals. US intelligence tell us
that OBL's body was dumped into sea in accordance with Islamic burial
demands of a 24 hour burial time frame. It is always refreshing to hear that
Islam is respected after the many wars against Islamic countries.
So back to the main question:  Why did the United States decide to expire
Osama bin Laden at this juncture?

It would be naive to think that the logic behind the expiration stamp is
restricted to promoting the incumbent president and uniting a dissatisfied
nation (two thirds dissatisfied or angry with the government see link) and rally
the people around the flag. It is equally naive to think that the world needed to
be distracted from the reality that an attempted assassination of a foreign
leader which led to the murder of his family  members was a factor. Nor can
one attribute this event to the justification of the illegal and immoral CIA-
drone killings in Pakistan. There must be more than meets the eye!

Perhaps for the time being, America is so confident in its latest lethal weapon
- the pro-democracy cyber dissidents, that it decided to trade the 'war on
terror'' with humanitarian imperialism brought about with the help of its cyber
dissidents. Such grand gestures of 'humanitarian intervention' to promote
democracy require the public consensus. Write OBL's death certificate  and
the 'good' against evil fight is back on - confident that 'good' will prevail.

Cyber warriors and the call for 'humanitarian intervention imperialism':

The World Movement for Democracy was initiated by George W. Bush in

which he told CIA front National Endowment for Democracy (NED) that his
administration's democratization initiative [America must approve the
outcome of elections] would focus first on the Middle East - starting with Iraq.
This movement has been zealously followed by Obama. Lest we should be
inclined to hold Bush to account for all the changes, we  ought to be reminded
that in 1999,  the 'dovish' Jimmy Carter and neocon Paul Wolfowitz penned an
article  ("Don't Take Democracy for Granted", WSJ, July 21, 1999) praising
Ronal Reagan's establishment of NED to spearhead America's
''nongovernmental" (covert psyops) efforts to 'assist' democratic movements
around the word.

More importantly, we must revisit the historical aspects of "democracy" and

what it means to America.

President Theodore Roosevelt claimed: "Democracy has justified itself by

keeping for the white race the best portion's of the earth's surface."   The need
to justify 'democracy' further, led to capture of more of earth's surface,  which
no doubt explains the remarks by General Arthur MacArthur, (father of
Douglas) when he said:  "America's wonderful thrust into Asia was the
destiny of the magnificent Aryan people." After the brutal takeover of the
Philippines, Senator Beveridge claimed: " [J]ust beyond the Philippines are
China's illimitable markets. God has not been preparing the English-speaking
and Teutonic peoples for a thousand years for nothing but vain and idle self-
admiration. No, he has made us the master organizers of the world...that we
may administer government among savages and senile peoples...the
Philippines are ours forever...and just beyond the Philippines lie China's
illimitable markets...We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race,
trustee under God, of the civilization of the world...China is our natural
customer. The Philippines give us a base at the door of the East.. it has been
charged that our conduct of the war has been cruel. Senators, it has been the
reverse. Senators, remember that we are not dealing with Americans or
Europeans. We are dealing with Orientals."
(source: http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/155/25996.ht
ml).

No doubt the renewed thrust of the empire into the Middle East to justify
democracy, assassinate, and plunder is not new; but the method is novel -
democracy's cyber warriors.

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich has a Master's degree in Public Diplomacy from USC

Annenberg for Communication and USC School of International Relations.  She is an
independent researcher and writer with a focus on U.S. foreign policy and the role of
lobby groups in influencing US foreign policy.  She is a peace activist, essayist and
public speaker.