An American author and investigative journalist has said that al-Qaeda is basically Å“the construct of the United States that was corresponded and trained in Afghanistan.”
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the Å“core of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on the way to defeat.” He made the remarks during a speech at Camp Pendleton in California less than a week after the US State Department issued a global travel alert for US citizens, warning that al-Qaeda might be planning Å“to conduct attacks” by the end of August.
Å“Whether itâ„¢s President Clinton or President George W. Bush and now President Obama, theyâ„¢ve always pulled the al-Qaeda card, trump card, when they need it,” said Wayne Madsen in a phone interview with Press TV on Thursday.
The US closed 21 embassies and consulates in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday due to the State Departmentâ„¢s warning over a possible terror attack by al-Qaeda.
A department spokesperson, Jen Psaki, announced on Sunday that US embassies and consulates in 19 cities would remain closed through August 10.
Å“Right now weâ„¢re hearing all this concentration on al-Qaeda from Mr. Obama because the National Security Agency spying is under a lot of pressure from members of Congress and from some in the media so they had to restore al-Qaeda as a major threat,” said Madsen.
Å“This is the covert nature of the US false flag operations that have been taking place prior to 9/11 and now over a decade after 9/11,” he added.
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Republished from: Press TV