The Power of Nightmares Volume 3 Part 5 of 6

[sandrawrenn]

Am I the only one who's angry at the media and major news networks who are meant to be journalists who seek out the truth but instead work as rumour mongers for politicians and put fear into the people who regard them as credible news sources!

[MrArdata]

If they expect us to believe their fairy tales, then they might as well tell us that we are being invaded by space aliens so they can go ahead and declare martial law.

Sad to say, many would buy that hook, line and sinker.

[snasernia]

It's highly informative,...although it stops at some very critical point: 9/11 couldn't happen, unless CIA, FBI, USAF looked the other way on that day.

[livershot]

Al Qaeda is trying to summon Cthulu!!!

[chh5555]

Reminds me of the episode of Twilight Zone, you know the one.

[lukersmith]

ughh..so many crazies commenting! i agree that the threat of al qaeda has been overestimated..but there was a valid reason for invading afghanistan (and saadam was not great) this doc does not address the madrid or london bombings..there's no alternative option as to what should be done to prevent these terrorists from acting again..great doc though

[ChorltonBrook]

@lukersmith 02.00- 02:40 He's saying a powerful organised network doesn't exist and was invented, not small Al Queda inspired groups ( who were motivated by the invasions anyway )

[firefox8192]

the interenational terrorist are the ones allegedly fighting terrorism. WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP!

[bdyan53]

What it boils down to is that we are puppets for those in power that have control over the media. Thank God for the internet and people smart enough to research. Those looking at this video...share this with others put links on your facebook page. If you don't think the government had alot to do with 911 search the video "In Plane Site" and also the video "Loose Change". Good fact based documentaries.

[ViperVisor]

LET THE EAGLE SOAR!

[Freshhhhh1982]

911 wasnt an inside job but they had prior knowledge of it. They promote the 911 inside job theory because it is so eccentric that it takes away legitimacy from other more credible theories.

[sksnkton]

@Freshhhhh1982 If they knew about it, it is an inside job on some level just what level.

[Freshhhhh1982]

What fucked up about this situation is that people are getting fucked up information from both the far right (Limbaugh,ect) and the far right promoted leftist media (Alex Jones, ect). Noam Chomsky warned about this. The right will promote outlandish conspiracy theories because it deflects from very real conspiracy theories while at the same time making them less credible to the general public. They are masters of deception. Cont.

[sinwow33]

I reckon Bush, Blair, Rumsfeld, Rice, Reid and all the others involved in this sham should be forced to take lie detector tests and when it is found out they lied to us, then they should all be impeached and tried for war crimes. They are all responsible for hundreds of thosands of innocent lives and they should be held accountable for fucking up our countries and lying to the citizens.

[chefdeparty]

@sinwow33

I totally and whole heartedly concur.

[partymariner]

And how convenient that Iraq sits on the 2nd largest oil reserve.

[deadrebel2]

In the UK the terrorism act has protected us from some very nasty individuals such as the 14 year old girl riding her bike.

The only terrorists that I have seen kidnapping people, holding them against their will, torturing them with Tazors and robbing them of money via fines are the stock exchange traded private police force. Still havn't seen one peice of video of the tube bombers, saw plenty of deMenezes murder though.

7-7 was an inside job

[TheGlassbooks]

@deadrebel2 I agree totoally. We've been as hoodwinked as the USA.

[sksnkton]

@TheGlassbooks Well said.

[sksnkton]

@deadrebel2 Well said.

[Sozlled]

@deadrebel2 It's possible BUT the fantasy is a self fulfilling prophecy. You can take the example of "The Boarding School Bomber" and see how he was pulled in by this fantasy and fascination of creating a small explosion. There were SO many opportunities to see where he was going, he was crying out for help. Even went to A&E (after FIRST going a Mosque) when he got a bottle of glass blown in to his hand by accident. Full beard back of the bus with a backpack fantasy that so NEARLY went reality.

[Sozlled]

@deadrebel2 As a very eloquent Muslim said on the Boarding School Bomber program, these young angry Muslims can believe the other side of this fantasy and these fantasies only become reality when A: You have sent out enough signs to be looked at by the police and "caught" OR you go ignored by people who don't want to bring a media storm on their community for a phase (which it mostly is) so then you need just one to fritter out to its conclusion.

[ambwOnTheRun]

I just love how this in-depth documentary eats it's own words. How many attacks have happened since this came out? How many more were foiled in 09? ... but don't worry 'there's no danger'

[oneki]

@ambwOnTheRun how many were foiled in 09. the answer is none that we know of. what we know is that the media went on their usual craziness of suppositions and everyone arrested as terrorist have not been tried. the story of the nigerian bomber of 25th Dec iks os full of holes that i don't blame the cospiracy theorists. All i see is a bunch of ideas to cut our rights and now cntrol if we could go for a shit or cover up with blankets in plane. i would assume your comment is only sarcasm.

[ambwOnTheRun]

so what are these holes? His own father tried to report him. He attempted to set off a bomb on an airliner he had contact with al qaeda members.. I'll try to not be sarcastic here, but I mean come on how out of your mind do you have to be to believe this stuff? And we wouldn't need to "cut our rights" if we just did profiling, i mean damn look at how many ppl want to kill Israelis, do you think they have stupid no liquid rules? no if your an arab, male or circa 20 years old, ur gonna be stoped

[oneki]

@ambwOnTheRun why would you think that profiling is not being used currently? Profiling is being positively used. Initially the only people we feared were arabs muslims men, then the pool got bigger to include pakistani muslims and then women joined in and now african muslim men. Dude, I am sure you will agree with me that not profiling will be very stupid. You will also agree that coming out and saying to the media, we are profiling people whop fall into this criteria will also be stupid.

[ambwOnTheRun]

I agree that yes there is some profiling, but it remains basically on a individual level and no it is not that common considering my aunt who is a 60 yr old white lady has gotten pulled aside every time she flies, it seems that some go out of their way to show they arent profiling. Coming out and saying were profiling would cause outrage, but thats bc of an idiotic stigma we have against profiling, the fact is profiling is logically the best thing we can do and it needs in be institutionalized

[oneki]

@ambwOnTheRun we'd be kidding ourselves to think profiling has not been going on, at least since 9-11.

[whatthehellbrosef]

This is a good documentary and I support that Curtis wants to ask some good questions. But since it was produced pre-London and Madrid, I think he would probably revise the tone of some of his theories.

[avmonkey]

At 2:32 he specifically references the Madrid bombings.

[oneki]

@whatthehellbrosef no it was not. it does refer to maddrid and london in the next one.

[perfecto25]

right, everythign is an illusion. This is where this documentary begins to lose me.

There are no terror networks planning attacks. Right.. the London tube bombings, the Bali bombings, the attacks on the airport by the muslim 'doctor' 2 years ago, and dozens of others were all 'illusions' created by government.

I'm all for keeping a check on government and limiting its size and power, but this is a gross distortion of facts in order to fit history in a preconceived reality of the film maker.

[blatspanner]

he never says there are no terror cells.

[heiminator2]

of course these were organized attacks...but terrorist doesnt all immediately mean alquaeda. The bali bombings were pakistanis..what do they have to do with the "fight against the USA"?

[oneki]

@perfecto25 no. what he says is taht alqeada was an idea not a group and the so called world wide terror cells are just a group of organised religious criminals who planned evil acts independently but based on an idea created by the US after the bombings in Kenya.

[EduMartins1981]

BBC gayish producers should apologize to all victimcs' relatives and friends in the terrorist attacks on July 2005. Shame on you.

[glazedyams]

Why, exactly? You don't seem to understand the point of what's being presented. Have you watched any of the other parts of this series?

And "gayish"? Not a very mature or thoughtful characterization.

[EduMartins1981]

Hi there. I've watched it all. "Gayish" means irresponsible. Many people died on July 2005 in London. If you go to the Museum of London you may check out the book of condolences, still opened.

Real people died that day. That was not a conspiracy theory. If any of you had a beloved one amongst the victims you would certainly see my point.

[oneki]

@EduMartins1981 i qquite agree people died and evil people who happened to be muslims inspired by the idea of alqaeda created by the US, carried out these attacks. there is no world wide central body responsible for organising these things.Just local groups/ evil people and criminals. If the law enforcement spend their time looking for these local groups they would be more effective. Instead a lot of time is spent on surveillance on individuals who travel out because of the idea of al qaeda

[irishgeal1]

rofl even gonzilla is a suspect. rofl

[jmezm7777]

Honestly the first case of the UK police is wonderfully funny. A supermarket guard lol