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Tables of Contents for The War on Freedom
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
10
2
Foreword: a Synopsis
12
2
Executive Summary
14
5
The Role of the International Community in the Afghan Crisis
19
22
Cold War Imperialism
20
3
Afghanistan After the Cold War
23
1
Northern Alliance Rule 1992-1996
24
3
The Rise of the Taliban
27
2
Humanitarian Catastrophe Under Factional War
29
3
Misogynism Under Taliban Rule
32
2
The Distortion of Islam
34
7
The United States, Afghanistan and the Taliban, 1994-2001
41
27
Turning a Blind Eye
41
3
America and the Taliban: Dancing with the Devil
44
4
U.S. Support of the Taliban
48
6
The Decline of the U.S.-Taliban Alliance and U.S. War Plans
54
14
Strategic Design Behind U.S. War Plans
68
13
Contemplating Central Asia
68
5
Strategies for Intervention by the Council on Foreign Relations
73
4
The Irrelevance of Bin Laden
77
4
Warning Signs of 9-11 and Intelligence Failures
81
63
Using Planes as Bombs
81
1
Al-Qaeda's Plans: Project Bojinka
82
3
Post-Bojinka Intelligence Gathering
85
5
Air Authorities Were Warned of Bojinka
90
2
Intensification of Surveillance After Confirmation of Bojinka Plans
92
14
High-Level Government Blocks on Intelligence Investigations
106
7
Multiple Intelligence Warnings Converged on 11th September
113
11
11th September Warnings Were Not Ignored by U.S. Authorities
124
2
The U.S. Intelligence Community
126
18
The Collapse of Standard Operating Procedures on 9-11
144
32
Standard Operating Procedures for Air Emergencies
145
4
Flights 175 and 11
149
4
Flight 77
153
7
Flight 93
160
1
An Overview of the Collapse to SOP on 9-11
160
4
Myers and Bush on 9-11: Negligence Points to Complicity
164
12
American Ties with the Most Wanted Man on Earth
176
60
Osama bin Laden and the CIA: Cold War Allies
176
2
Osama: Not a Black Sheep
178
1
Bush and Bin Laden Family Ties
179
8
Osama and the Saudis: a Covert Alliance
187
4
The U.S.-Saudi Alliance
191
6
Osamagate?
197
6
U.S. Protection of Osama
203
11
The U.S.-Pakistan Alliance and the ISI
214
22
The New War: Power and Profit, at Home and Abroad
236
54
The Bush Crisis
236
4
Exploiting 9-11
240
1
Starving to Death, Waiting to be Killed
241
7
The Air War
248
9
Securing Regional U.S. Interests
257
5
From Crisis to Silver Lining
262
3
The New American Police State
265
10
Imperialism at Home
275
4
Who Benefits?
279
11
Conclusions
290
11
Appendix A: Excerpts from Hearings on U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics
301
11
Appendix B: Excerpts from Hearings on Global Terrorism and South Asia
312
10
Appendix C: Pearl Harbor and Operation Northwoods
322
4
Appendix D: Excerpts from Declassified Northwoods Documents
326
3
Backword: Where would we be without our Wars?
329
56
Cutting up
349
12
The Smoking Gun
361
2
The Pattern of Provocation
363
13
Conclusions
376
9
Index
385