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8 Mar, 11 tweets, 5 min read
March 8, 1985: Massive car bomb kills 80 people (mostly women & children) in Beirut. The target: Mohammed Fadlallah, a Shia cleric. A few weeks later, Bob Woodward writes that the CIA was behind the bombing. The war on terrorism is, & always has been, pure propaganda 1/
May 12, 1985: Woodward writes that the CIA played a role in the bombing. Note the headline: "Anti-Terrorist Unit Blamed in Beirut Bombing." What "we" do is NEVER "terrorism." It is always "anti-terrorism." The "terrorists" are always the "others" 2/
latimes.com/archives/la-xp…
In his 1987 biography of CIA Director Casey, Woodward would write that the DCI, on his death bed, confirmed to him that the CIA was indeed involved in this massive car bombing: chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-19… 3/
Subsequent revelations have made clear that this #terrorist bombing was part of an even broader operation that involved not only the CIA but also Great Britain & Saudi Arabia, as described in this good 2018 article by @schwarz for @theintercept 4/ theintercept.com/2018/03/09/u-k…
But there is more. In 2018 @ronenbergman published a book entitled "Rise & Kill First" where he revealed that very senior Israeli officers created & ran a #terrorist group, the FLLF, that used car bombs & killed hundreds of civilians in Lebanon in 1980s 5/ mondoweiss.net/2018/05/remark…
He revealed for ex. that Ariel Sharon, when he was Def Minister, personally used the FLLF to conduct dozens of car bombings. As I have documented at length, over the last 3 years the US media has remained completely silent about these revelations!! 6/
But back to the 1985 Beirut bombing: in his book, Bergman mentions the Fadlallah bombing in passing only. But he does write that, according to his sources, Israel was also very much involved in that bombing, via once again the mysterious FLLF group 7/
In 1986, around anniversary of the attack, Hizbollah held a trial for 11 people it accused of involvement in the Fadlallah bombing, and of being members of the FLLF. They were found guilty, and executed. For more details about these developments, see: 8/
In March 1995, Hizbollah marked the 10th anniversary of the bombing. Note how for Hizbollah this act was clearly an act of terrorism. And how, therefore, the fight vs the USA is understood & presented as a righteous fight against terrorism. 9/ upi.com/Archives/1995/…
We must find a way out of this endless cycle of violence & counter-violence. In order to do so we MUST reject the current discourse on terrorism:
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10 Mar
It's been 49 days. 49 busy days. And yet somehow the Biden administration still has NOT reversed Trump's Executive Order that threatens sanctions, monetary penalties & imprisonment on persons who assist the ICC!
This is shameful. And so revealing.
One way to think of terrorism is that it is the peacetime equivalent of war crimes. Opposing the ICC (as Israel does, as the US has done: see the Hague Invasion Act!!!) is a clear indication that "we" are NOT opposed to terrorism at all: we want impunity for "our terrorists" 2/
The car bombing described below was conducted by the CIA, Great Britain, Saudi Arabia & Israel. It killed 80 civilians in March, 1985. There has of course never been any accountability for this crime. Nor any acknowledgement of our responsibility!!! 3/
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22 Feb
A review of US counterterrorism policies is under way. We must find a way out of deadly cycle of "terrorism" & "counter-terrorism." Only way we will do so is by ending silence about "our" (US, ISR, France etc) "terrorism" & by realizing that the DISCOURSE on "T" is pure ideology
Here is perfect illustration: in Feb 2018 Ronen Bergman published "Rise & Kill First," book on history of Israel's "targeted killings" in its fight v "the terrorists." It COULD have led to intelligent, constructive public discussion about morality or legality of use of force v T
After all, this book contained a STUNNING revelation: in early 1980s, very senior Israeli officials (Sharon, Dagan, Eitan, Ben-Gal) conducted a huge car bombing "terrorist" campaign that killed hundreds of civilians in Lebanon.
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31 Dec 20
Dec 31, 1981: Tomorrow Beirut stadium will be bombed, PLO leadership decimated, Arafat dead. Along w/ countless civilians
This is the story of the kind of #terrorism we never hear about: where Palestinians are victims, not perpetrators. Israelis perpetrators, not victims
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On Jan 1, PLO would celebrate anniversary of its founding. Defense Minister Ariel Sharon saw opportunity to get rid of whole leadership in one fell swoop. In late Dec., agents recruited by Meir Dagan placed remotely controlled explosive devices in stadium. But that was not all
A secret Israeli unit had also prepared “three vehicles - a truck loaded with a ton and a half of explosives and two Mercedes sedans with 550 pounds each.” On Jan 1, members of the FLLF would drive & park the vehicles in front of the stadium.
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30 Dec 20
In 1985 Pollard passed on satellite pictures that were used by Israel in its bombing of PLO headquarters in Tunis (see here, from CIA's official Assessment of the Pollard Espionage Case). At the time, one US official called it an act of #terrorism! THREAD
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The raid killed around 60 people, mostly civilians. On a visit to Tunisia a few weeks later, under Secretary of State John Whitehead used the term "terrorism" to refer to ("deplore") the bombing. That did not go well for him ....
These are the (graphic, terrifying) words used by Kapeliouk as he described the aftermath of the bombing in the pages of Yediot Ahronot at the time:
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30 Dec 20
As a scholar & student of terrorism, how should I feel about the fact that a member of Editorial Board of @terpolv immediately blocked me after ONE Tweet where I mentioned the role senior Israeli officers played in deadly #terrorist campaign in 1980s & US media silence about it?
I should of course note the irony of a scholar blocking me after I tweeted thread about censorship (Israeli military censor killed story that would have revealed role of senior Israeli officers in #terrorist car bombing campaign) & self-censorship (US media silence about this)
I have asked Prof. Chernov Hwang @Julie_C_Hwang to explain why she blocked me. No reply. This is SO disappointing. But, sadly, quite revealing & unsurprising when you realize the absolute SILENCE amongst US "terrorism experts" about Bergman's revelations (3 years ago now!)
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28 Nov 20
Brennan was not DCI in 2010-12... BUT there is a larger point here:
US officials (& the US media) simply never, EVER, use the term "terrorism" to refer to actions by US allies, and especially NOT by Israel.

So despite the hypocrisy, Brennan's statement is quite extraordinary
Brennan is of course not in government anymore. To my knowledge (I might be wrong?) the LAST TIME a US official used the term "terrorism" to refer to Israel was in 1985. That's actually a funny story...
In 1985, on a visit to Tunisia, under Sec of State John Whitehead used the term "terrorism" to refer to the bombing of Tunis (where the PLO had its headquarters) by Israel. Note that this bombing was condemned as an "armed aggression" by the UNSC
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