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HOW, WHY AND WHEN TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES
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Al-Jazeera: What was September 11th to Al Queda's overall plans?
Al-Asuquf: As a general step, it was just the beginning. It was a way of
calling the world's attention to what is still to come.
Al-Jazeera: How many members does Al Queda have?
Al-Asuquf: In the first echelon, about 5,000; in the second, about 20,000,
all over the world.
Al-Jazeera: In the detention camp at Guantanamo, are there any members of
the first echelon?
Al-Asuquf: No, in fact, many of those there are not even Al Queda members.
Al-Jazeera: How does Al Queda intend to destroy the most powerful nation in
history?
Al-Asuquf: It's a question of logistics. Using its own poison, that is,
attacking the heart of what they consider the most important thing in the
world: money.
Al-Jazeera: How so?
Al-Asuquf: The American economy is an economy of false appearances. There is
no real economic ballast to the American economy. The American GDP of
is something around $10 trillion, of which just 1 percent represents
agriculture, and just 24 percent represents industry. Therefore, 75 percent
of the American GDP is service and most of this is financial speculation.
For those who understand economics, and it appears that the American
Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neil, doesn't or doesn't see it, it's
enough to say that the USA acts like a huge "dot-com," and dollars, strictly
speaking, are its shares.
Al-Jazeera: Can you explain that?
Al-Asuquf: The value of a company's shares is directly proportional to the
profitability of the enterprise. When a business is just a service provider
and doesn't produce any durable goods, the value of its shares depends on
its credibility. Which is to say that if the credibility of the USA were
shaken, its shares (the dollar) would fall with incredible rapidity and the
entire American economy would begin to collapse.
Al-Jazeera: How can you be so sure of this?
Al-Asuquf: On a smaller scale, it's exactly what large financial groups do
to the countries of the third world to reap profits in one month that Swiss
banks couldn't get in four or five years.
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