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"What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire?"
He added that notions of Islamic fundamentalism threatening Western interests are "(n)onsense....There isn't a global Islam." Its adherents differ from one country to the next.
In September 2003, the London Guardian headlined "Macmillan backed Syria assassination plot," saying:
"Newly discovered documents show how in 1957 Harold Macmillan and President Dwight Eisenhower approved a CIA-MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria's pro-western neighbors, and then to 'eliminate' the most influential triumvirate in Damascus."Historians knew about this long ago. However, confirming documents weren't previously available. They leave "no doubt" about plans "to assassinate the top men in Damascus."
Part of the "preferred plan" says:
"In order to facilitate the action of liberative forces, reduce the capabilities of the Syrian regime to organise and direct its military actions, to hold losses and destruction to a minimum, and to bring about desired results in the shortest possible time, a special effort should be made to eliminate certain key individuals."
"Their removal should be accomplished early in the course of the uprising and intervention and in the light of circumstances existing at the time."
Washington and London approved the plan. Macmillan "was remarkably bellicose." The scheme was so secret even "British chiefs of staff" weren't told.
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