Synopses & Reviews
In Forbidden Truth, the number one bestseller in France, two journalists reveal the secret negotiations between the Bush administration and the Taliban for control of Central Asian oil fields and the safe passage of Osama bin Laden, already the subject of an international arrest warrant, from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia. Oil makes strange bedfellows: Texas tycoons, Islamic fanatics, respectable bankers, high-ranking members of the Bush administration, pro-Taliban lobbyists, the Arabian monarchy, and patrons of terrorismall had a stake in an expedient alliance. Exhaustive research into money trails and pipeline plans, and an astonishing revelation by the FBIs ex- counter-terrorism chief, John ONeill, suggests that the failure of that alliance precipitated the attacks of September 11 and is the real reason for the invasion of Afghanistan. ONeill quit the FBI in protest over its inability to press Saudi Arabia on its connections with bin Laden. He charged the State Department with obstructionism (during the summer of 2001), and with proposing a quid pro quo to the Taliban: Let us run a pipeline from Kazakhstan through Afghanistan to the Indian Ocean, and America will recognize the Taliban extremists and reward them with billions of dollarsand bin Laden can escape to Arabia. Other sources listed in the book, such as Ahmed Rashids Taliban, and reports from The Times of London, The Washington Post, and The Toronto Star, corroborate ONeills accusations. ONeill took a job as head of security for the World Trade Center and was killed on September 11, 2001. The book opens with a scoop ... and an indictment of the hypocrisy of western governments.L.A. Times The charges made by [Brisard and Dasquie] deserve close scrutiny.Rep. Ron Paul calling for an investigation of charges made in the book on the House floor
Synopsis
The result of three years of investigation by a leading French investigative journalist and an intelligence expert, Forbidden Truth is the untold story of the Clinton and Bush administration's attempts to stabilize Afghanistan and make it safe for US energy companies to build a pipeline through it. In particular, it details the secret diplomacy between the Bush administration and the Taliban between February and August 2001, talks that ultimately led the US to make threats that may have helped stoke the horrifying attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.