Power of Nightmares [2]: The Phantom Victory

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Ο Γεωπολιτικός εφιάλτης του Αφγανιστάν. Καλοδουλεμένο ντοκυμανταίρ του 2005 απο το BBC με πλήθος πληροφοριών σχετικά με τον σχεδιασμό και την εκτέλεση των γεωπολιτικών σχεδίων για αυτη την περιοχή του πλανήτη. Το Αφγανιστάν συνεχίζει να αποτελεί και σήμερα το καυτό σημείο διαπλοκής και εμπλοκής για τις υπερδυνάμεις,μιάς και εμπλέκονται τεράστια συμφέροντα, άλλα προφανή, κι άλλα πιο κρυφά και σύνθετα. Καλοκαίρι του 2009, και το Αφγανικό ειναι και πάλι στό καυτό προσκήνιο με επιχειρήσεις και αψιμαχίες σε εναν καθημερινό πόλεμο "ολων εναντίον ολων"... The Power of Nightmares: The Phantom Victory The Power of Nightmares continues its assessment of whether the threat from a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion. Part two, the Phantom Victory looks at how two groups, radical Islamists and neo-conservatives with seemingly opposing ideologies came together to defeat a common enemy. Mujahideen fighters On 25 December 1979, Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan. Moscow was able to install a friendly government in a neighbouring country but at a price. The invasion gave a common cause to an extraordinary alliance of radical Islamists in Afghanistan and around the world and to the neo-conservatives in the US. It was a key battleground of the Cold War. Washington provided money and arms including even Stinger missiles capable of shooting down Soviet helicopters. But it was Islamic Mujahideen fighters who would fire them.Among the many foreigners drawn to Afghanistan was a young, wealthy Saudi called Osama Bin Laden. THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES Part II: The Pha
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2009
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Check out "The Power of Nightmares" - Google Video at Vodpod. Understand the true nature of the 'War on terror'!

Apr
2009
[...Part 2/3 more about “Power of Nightmares - The Phantom Vic…“, posted with vodpod ...]
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2008
revolutioncalling added this video and said

This film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today.

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2008

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The Power of Nightmares explores how the idea that we are threatened by a hidden and organised terrorist network is an illusion.
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