hen it was discovered
that money from Saudi Princess Haifa bint Faisal had
found its way, into the hands of Al Qaeda operative
and advance man for the 9/11 hijackers Omar al-Bayoumi,
the Saudi Princess put forward one of the worst
alibis ever concocted. Princess Haifa claimed that
she was giving the money to a woman named Majeda
Ibrahin Dweikat so she could treat her thyroid
condition ("The Saudi Money Trail," no pagination).
The good Princess claimed she had no idea that
Majeda and her husband, Omar Basnan, were passing
the money to Omar al-Bayoumi (no pagination). The
problem is that Majeda's husband, Osama Basnan, was
known to be a "vocal Al-Qaeda sympathizer" (no
pagination). According to a law enforcement
official, shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Basnan
"celebrated the heroes of September 11" and referred
to September 11 as a "wonderful, glorious day" (no
pagination). Basnan is also known to have "met with
a high Saudi prince who has responsibilities for
intelligence matters and is known to bring suitcases
full of cash into the United States" (no
pagination). Princess Haifa also connected to Omar
al-Bayoumi through her husband, Prince Bandar bin
Sultan. Omar al-Bayoumi had worked for Dallah Avco,
the aviation services company owned by Prince
Bandar's father, Prince Sultan (no pagination). All
of this seemed to suggest that more connected
Princess Haifa to Omar al-Bayoumi than just
unintended charity.
However, the 9/11 Commission accepted Princess
Faisal's alibi at face value. Why did the Commission
give thumbs-up to such a flimsy explanation? The
Commission never intended to find the truth behind
9/11. Its job was to cover up the fact that the
United States government and the American
aristocracy were intimately tied to the amalgam of
terrorist financiers and criminals collectively
referred to as the Saudi elite or Saudi Royals. This
alliance goes back to the birth of the modern state
of Saudi Arabia. This genesis story doesn't begin
with a charismatic Arab leader, but with a member of
British intelligence: St. John Philby, known also as
Jack Philby.
Jack
Philby: Saudi Arabia's Founding Father
Many
people are more acquainted with Jack Philby's son,
the notorious Communist double agent, Harold Adrian
Russell Philby, also known as Kim Philby. However,
Jack's story is no less important. Jack could be
considered the founding father of Saudi Arabia. Jack
Philby was a British Civil Servant who was dismissed
for sexual misconduct (Loftus and Aarons 25). From
there Jack was picked up by British secret service
MI6 in 1915 (25). The British secret service was
known for its anti-Jewish ranks that viewed all Jews
as secret communists (31-2). The anti-Jewish
sentiments found in the British secret service had
trickled down from the British power elite. The
British saw the Balfour Declaration as merely a
foreign propaganda tool meant to get American
military support during World War 1 (29). The
British actually favored more of an Arab presence in
the Palestine territory with a small Jewish minority
to placate America (29). This is why the Balfour
Declaration of 1917 promised that Palestine would be
"a national home" as opposed to "the
national home" for the Jews (29). The Balfour
Declaration's language would allow for a situation
where the Jews would be insignificant in the Middle
East.
Jack's involvement in British secret service
probably helped shape his anti-Jewish mindset. John
Loftus and Mark Aarons elaborates:
During the early 1920s, Philby and his secret
service colleagues did everything they could to
undercut Zionist immigration. Philby's secret
service station organized anti-Jewish propaganda
in Palestine. To be fair, he was merely carrying
out a policy organized by his predecessors to
stir up the Arabs against the Jews. According to
several of our sources, Great Britain was the
first modern country to use its intelligence
service to organize terrorist acts against the
Jews. (33)
However, Jack was more than just a Jew-hater.
Philby's fanaticism went much further than the
fanaticism of his colleagues in MI6 or the British
power elite. While the British power elite and MI6
were anti-Jewish, they were still not supportive of
Arab self-determination and political independence.
From the perspective of the British oligarchs and
MI6, the Arab world was to be divided into French
and British spheres of influence. The secret
Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 was concocted for just
this purpose (28-9). Jack Philby was fanatically
pro-Arab. In 1917, Jack met with the chieftain of
the Wahhabi sect, Ibn Saud (30). This was supposed
to be just a minor political mission, but what came
out of it was an alliance between Jack and Ibn Saud
as well as Philby's adoption of Wahhabism (30-1).
Philby passed intelligence information to Ibn Saud
that allowed the House of Saud to defeat Sharif
Hussein and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was born
(35).
Did
Jack Philby help found Saudi Arabia on behalf of the
British power elite and MI6? In all likelihood, the
answer is no. Philby's support of Ibn Saud was
motivated by his hatred for Britain. When Philby
realized that British promises of Arab independence
were not genuine, he broke politically with England
(28). Still, Philby's pro-Arab fanaticism buttressed
the British power elite's anti-Jewish agenda. While
he may have been a renegade, Jack Philby's work
seemed to always help one or more faction of the
power elite. This included the American elite. With
the aid of Allen Dulles, Jack Philby would connect
the Saudi elite to American elite.
Dulles, Big Oil, and ARAMCO
In
the 1930s, Philby was able to convince Ibn Saud to
allow foreign investment in the Kingdom in the name
of discovering oil. Philby convinced Ibn Saud to
allow Charles Crane to facilitate exploration of
Saudi Arabia's subsoil assets (42). In 1933,
Standard Oil of California (SOCAL) negotiated with
Philby for a 60-year contract that allowed SOCAL to
have exclusive rights to explore and extract oil
(42-3). This was the beginning of what would become
the Arabian-American Oil Company (ARAMCO). The U.S.
State Department classifies ARAMCO as the richest
commercial prize in the history of the planet ("St.
John Philby," no pagination).
A
key player in the creation of ARAMCO was Dulles ally
James Forrestal. Forrestal brought SOCAL and Texaco
together in an agreement that formed Caltex, the
parent company of ARAMCO (Loftus and Aarons 63).
James Forrestal's ties to the Dulles brothers were
extremely important. Not only was the Dulles
brothers agents of the power elite, but Allen Dulles
had also been in a criminal relationship with Jack
Philby since 1921 (39). In that year, Philby, who
was then the secret service head of intelligence for
Transjordan, met Allen, who was then stationed in
Istanbul (39). Allen helped Jack guarantee the
economic and political survival of Ibn Saud through
his connections to American oil companies (38).
Together, Philby and Dulles helped build the modern
state of Saudi Arabia and connect the American elite
to the Saudi elite.
The
9/11 Cover-Up
A
real inquiry into the September 11th attacks would
have proven disastrous for the American power elite.
A genuine investigation would have revealed that the
Saudi elite had their hands all over the attacks.
This would have led to a deeper examination of the
Saudi elite, which would have revealed that the
American power elite has been connected to the Saudi
criminal and conspiratorial infrastructure since
Philby and Dulles created it. A bogus investigation
had to be concocted. The first indication of a
cover-up came when President Bush attempted to
appoint Henry Kissinger to head the 9/11 Commission.
Kissinger's consulting firm, Kissinger Associates,
has had dealings with Saudi Arabia in the past (Scheer,
no pagination). When the public and activists raised
the roof over this move, Henry was replaced with
Thomas Kean. Kean is the director of oil giant
Amerada Hess (Hicks 76). At the time of the 9/11
hearings Amerada Hess was conducting a joint venture
with the Saudi Arabian oil company Delta Oil (76).
The idea that Kean would follow the Saudi money
trail of 9/11 was laughable.
Conclusion
The
political landscape is filled with many
discomforting truths that the common man must wrap
his head around. One of those truths is that those
who claim to be defending us are in bed with the
very forces they claim to be defending us from. The
connection between the American elite and the Saudi
elite illustrates this point. It is time to take
responsibility for our own protection, instead of
leaving it in the hands of those who see us as
cattle to be harvested.
Sources Cited
About the Authors
Phillip
D. Collins acted as the editor for
The Hidden Face of Terrorism. He co-authored
the book The Ascendancy of the Scientific
Dictatorship, which
is available at www.amazon.com. It is also
available as an
E-book at www.4acloserlook.com. Phillip has also
written articles for Paranoia Magazine,
MKzine, News With Views, B.I.P.E.D.:
The Official Website of Darwinian Dissent and
Conspiracy Archive. He has also been
interviewed on several radio programs, including
A Closer Look, Peering Into Darkness,
From the Grassy Knoll, Frankly Speaking,
the ByteShow, and Sphinx Radio.
In
1999, Phillip earned an Associate degree of Arts and
Science. In 2006, he earned a bachelor's degree with
a major in communication studies and liberal studies
along with a minor in philosophy. During the course
of his seven-year college career, Phillip has
studied philosophy, religion, political science,
semiotics, journalism, theatre, and classic
literature. He recently completed a collection of
short stories, poetry, and prose entitled
Expansive Thoughts. Readers can learn more
about it at
www.expansivethoughts.com.
Paul
D. Collins has studied suppressed history
and the shadowy undercurrents of world political
dynamics for roughly eleven years. In 1999, he
earned his Associate of Arts and Science degree. In
2006, he completed his bachelor's degree with a
major in liberal studies and a minor political
science. Paul has authored another book entitled
The Hidden Face of Terrorism: The Dark Side of
Social Engineering, From Antiquity to September 11.
Published in November 2002, the book is available
online from
www.1stbooks.com,
barnesandnoble.com, and also
amazon.com.
It can be purchased as an e-book (ISBN
1-4033-6798-1) or in paperback format (ISBN
1-4033-6799-X). Paul also co-authored
The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship.
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