Le livre de James Risen, State of War<\/em>, fait beaucoup de bruits, \u00e0 mesure qu’on en d\u00e9couvre d\u00e9tails et implications<\/a>. A propos de l’attaque US contre un village pakistanais (au moins 17 morts), The Independent<\/a> observe que le livre de Risen r\u00e9v\u00e8le une affaire de m\u00e9sentente de plus entre Am\u00e9ricains et Britanniques, et bien entendu aux d\u00e9pens des Britanniques. (On n’en finit jamais de d\u00e9tailler tous les \u00e9tranges avantages qu’obtiennent les Britanniques de cette relation sp\u00e9ciale qui leur fait tant sacrifier de leur souverainet\u00e9 et de leurs int\u00e9r\u00eats politiques au profit des Am\u00e9ricains.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tDans cette affaire Risen\/The Independent<\/em>, on voit (ni\u00e8me confirmation) combien les Am\u00e9ricains se foutent du tiers comme du quart de l’aide qu’ils pr\u00e9tendent apporter aux nations qu’ils investissent pour le bien de ces nations, notamment pour ce qui est de la fameuse mission du nation-building<\/em>. On voit (ni\u00e8me confirmation) que rien ne compte que la mythique war on terror<\/em>. On voit (ni\u00e8me confirmation) combien tous les doutes qu’on peut entretenir \u00e0 l’\u00e9gard de leur attitude vis-\u00e0-vis du trafic de drogue ont de bonnes raisons d’\u00eatre explor\u00e9s (la CIA a souvent \u00e9t\u00e9 soup\u00e7onn\u00e9e d’y \u00eatre partie prenante).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab News of the attack coincides with the disclosure in a new book that Britain was screaming’ for the US to bomb drugs laboratories and warehouses in Afghanistan in late 2001, but the Pentagon refused. It quotes a CIA source who says bombing the facilities would have slowed down drug production in Afghanistan for a year or more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb State of War, by New York Times reporter James Risen, has already caused controversy in the US with its revelation that President George Bush authorised illegal wiretaps on American citizens. But the book also reveals a rift between Britain and the US as they planned to drive al-Qa’ida out of Afghanistan in the wake of the 9\/11 attacks. Intensive surveillance of remote Afghan areas, prompted by the search for al-Qa’ida, yielded high-quality digital images of the headquarters of a number of the country’s leading drugs warlords, a Whitehall source told The Independent on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb We were looking at what could have been military installations, said the source. They were so well-guarded and well-equipped it was amazing. It gave us an insight into just how seriously organised the heroin trade is at the top.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb Geoff Hoon, then Secretary of State for Defence, was keen to mount air attacks on the facilities that were used to process opium and store the highly valuable product. Since more than 90 per cent of Britain’s heroin comes from Afghanistan, he believed the strikes would deliver a direct benefit to the UK and bolster domestic support for the military intervention. But when he took the proposal to Downing Street, he was over-ruled. No 10 blamed qualms by legal officers for its decision, claiming they believed such strikes could not be justified under international law. According to Mr Risen, however, Washington was the obstacle.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bb Intelligence officials had spent years compiling a list of potential targets in Afghanistan, including 20 to 25 major drug labs, warehouses and other drug-related facilities. But a CIA source told him the list was rejected, despite the fact that the British were screaming for us to bomb those targets. This was the first sign, says the writer, that the White House and Pentagon wanted nothing to do with nation-building’ problems such as narcotics in their single-minded campaign against terrorism.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 15 janvier 2006 \u00e0 06H44<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Le livre de James Risen, State of War, fait beaucoup de bruits, \u00e0 mesure qu’on en d\u00e9couvre d\u00e9tails et implications. 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