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Masters of Deception: Zionism, 9/11 and the War on Terror Hoax by Zander C 1 Masters of Deception: Zionism, 9/11 and the War on Terror Hoax By Zander C. Fuerza © 2013 Zander C. Fuerza All rights reserved. This book may not be copied, reproduced, republished, modified, uploaded, posted, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior express written consent of Zander C. Fuerza. 2 A Special Thank You Note Thanks goes to the Incog Man, the webmaster of www.incogman.net, for creating the superb cover art for this book. Thanks goes to Mark in New Zealand for his help proof-reading the book. Thanks goes to fellow activists Deanna Spingola, LordLindsey, Zan Overall, Charles Giuliani, Arthur Topham and many others for their steadfast support in this struggle for truth and freedom. Thanks goes to Ernst Zündel, Fredrick Töben, Michael Collins Piper and other genuine warriors for historical truth whose phenomenal works helped me down the path to enlightenment. Thanks goes to all the free thinkers out there for keeping an open mind and having a discerning eye amidst the sea of deception that has engulfed our world. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction – Unraveling the Mystery of 9/11 (Page 6) Chapter One – Terrorism: A Jewish Tradition (Page 9) Chapter Two – Cui Bono – Who Benefits? (Page 23) Chapter Three – Media Manipulation: Zionist Jews Pointing Fingers On 9/11 (Page 27) Chapter Four – The Hidden Hand of Zion Surfaces (Page 37) Chapter Five – New York City’s Zionist Insiders (Page 54) Chapter Six – Zion Incorporated: The Jewish “Security” Apparatus (Page 60) Chapter Seven – The Myth of Osama bin Laden & the Nineteen Arab Oswalds (Page 69) Chapter Eight – The Pentagon Attack: The Mysterious ‘Missing Trillions,’ Rabbi Zakheim and Remote Control (Page 85) Chapter Nine – More False-Flags After 9/11: Israel At It Again (Page 92) Chapter Ten – The Anthrax Letters: A Zionist Scare Tactic (Page 95) Chapter Eleven – The Cover-Up: Zionist Insiders in Key Positions (Page 104) Chapter Twelve – The Terrorism Industry: A Kosher Racket (Page 112) Chapter Thirteen – Netanyahu: Evil Inventor of the “Global War on Terror” (Page 122) Chapter Fourteen – Neoconservatism: A Treacherous Guild of Jewish Imperialists (Page 126) Chapter Fifteen – The Neocons and the Holocaust©: Zionism’s Big Lie (Page 157) Chapter Sixteen – Was American Intelligence Also Complicit in 9/11? (Page 168) Chapter Seventeen – Jewish Occupation: Zionism Rules America (Page 173) Chapter Eighteen – Rupert Murdoch, Zionism and Predictive Programming (Page 187) Chapter Nineteen – The 9/11 “Debunkers” Initiative: Zionist Jews at the Fore (Page 191) Chapter Twenty – 9/11 “Truth” Movement Compromised: Zionist Agents at the Helm (Page 194) Chapter Twenty-One – Experts Speak Out: “Israel Did 9/11″ (Page 197) Chapter Twenty-Two – The Ancient Dream of Judaism: World Domination (Page 200) Conclusion – Endgame: How to Defeat the Jew World Order (Page 205) 4 Afterword – What Happened to the Zion Crime Factory Website? (Page 207) 5 Introduction Unraveling the Mystery of 9/11 September 11, 2001, was a horrific and tragic day — nearly three thousand people perished in the terrorist attacks that drove a knife straight into the heart of America. Apart from being a brutal blow to the pride and stature of the most powerful nation on earth, the events of 9/11 were also a major wake-up call for many Americans and others around the world. For many reasons, the attacks of 9/11 inspired a great number of people to begin investigating major world events, attempting to ascertain what sinister force lies behind such atrocities. By looking at historical events more deeply and with a more critical eye, many millions of people across the globe have come to know the truth. In patriot circles it is often said that the engine driving the madness that has engulfed our planet since 9/11 is the ‘New World Order’ — a coalition of rich and powerful ‘globalists’ hell-bent on transforming the world into a tyrannical prison society. This popular idea represents only a portion of the truth. This ‘New World Order’ that is so often talked about these days is in reality a ‘Jew World Order’ that is spearheaded by a contingent of psychopathic Jewish supremacists who aim to establish some form of world dominion, as ancient Jewish religious texts had prophesied. The shocking images of the unbelievable violence that took place on 9/11 have been seared into the memories of every American citizen. The remarkable precision and coordination of the heinous aerial assaults on the World Trade Center Twin Towers and the Pentagon was a surreal sight for many. The unthinkable collapses of the Twin Towers and WTC-7 at nearly free-fall speed raised some immediate questions. Before the dust of the collapsed Twin Towers had even settled on the ground, many critical thinkers were already asking hard questions as to what really happened and who was really behind the attacks. The official explanation of the Bush administration, which was fully endorsed by the mass media, that nineteen Arabs with box-cutters directed by a bearded guy in a cave in Afghanistan miraculously made all of this carnage happen, despite a multi-billion dollar U.S. military, security and defense system standing in their way, is an outrageous, ridiculous, and preposterous contention — an insult to our intelligence. The official story of 9/11 is believed by fewer and fewer people every year. Polls are beginning to show that there are many more people who are skeptical of the U.S. government’s story than those who blindly accept it. (“Americans Question Bush on 9/11 Intelligence,” Angus Reid Global Monitor, Oct. 14, 2006.) The objective of this work is not to explain or uncover exactly how 9/11 was done in the physical sense, since there is already a plethora of literature and video 6 documentaries highlighting the scientific impossibilities of the official story. Rather, this book is an attempt to elucidate who did it and why. I confidently contend that the official explanation of what happened on 9/11 has been dismantled, disproved and debunked on every level. The official story of the attacks, as the governments and mass media of the Western world would have us all believe, is riddled with holes and blunders. The seemingly endless number of flaws, contradictions and absurdities of the U.S. government’s official conspiracy theory are painstakingly detailed in such films as Zero – An Investigation Into 9/11, 9/11 Mysteries, and Painful Deceptions. Like a sinking ship, the official version of 9/11 has rapidly descended into the gutter of fictitious fantasies. I am firmly convinced of the notion that the Twin Towers and WTC-7 were demolished with explosives. The theory that the collapse of the towers and WTC-7 was scientifically improbable without the use of explosives has been credibly established as a fact. This assertion is not argued merely by ‘conspiracy theorists’ sitting in their basements watching re-runs of the X-Files, but by thousands of professional architects and engineers who have put their careers and reputations on the line to get the truth out to the public about the controlled demolition of the three gigantic structures that fell to pieces before our very eyes in New York City on 9/11. (See: AE911truth.org) If the Twin Towers and WTC-7 were brought down with explosives, which all of the evidence seems to indicate, then the tall tale of nineteen suicidal Muslim hijackers must be a fabrication, indeed an invention, of the true authors of this terrorist conspiracy. I contend that the wrong people are still, to this day, falsely being blamed for an atrocity that they did not commit. Since 9/11, Muslims have been vilified in much the same way that the Germans have been brutally bad-mouthed and abused in the press and Hollywood entertainment media following the events of World War Two. I believe that the same group behind the demonization of the German people is behind the propaganda campaign to make us all believe that Islam and the Muslims are attacking our civilization and are dangerous enemies that we need to fight. In the following pages I shall explore in fine detail the overwhelming historical guilt of this group of people — or this cult of criminals I should say. With that out of the way, the only questions that remain to be answered are the following: 1. Who did 9/11 and for what purpose? 2. Who had the means, motive, and opportunity to carry out these acts and have it blamed on somebody else? 3. Which group or organization had enough control over the American government and news media to have been able successfully to orchestrate this colossal hoax and initiate a massive cover-up of their foul deeds? 4. Who had the money to finance this tremendously sophisticated operation? 5. Who had the ability to infiltrate the Pentagon and disable U.S. air defenses to provide four hijacked passenger planes a clear path to make their way to their designated targets without getting shot down? 7 6. Who had the capability to operate planes by remote control? 7. Who had control of the U.S. justice system to make sure that the perpetrators of this act were not prosecuted? 8. Who had the power to control the NYPD and the FBI to ensure that the true organizers of this attack were not investigated? 9. Who had the power to allow hundreds of suspects escape to a foreign country? 10. Who had the expertise and know-how in explosives to be able to bring down high-rise buildings that were specifically constructed to withstand fires and plane impacts? 11.
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