I cannot even begin to describe my feelings on that information.

A complete stand down of our Air Force produces vulnerabilities that we, as Americans can no longer afford to have.

I’ll be the first one to stand outside of Mr. Bush’s home and throw the first stone!!!

Source:
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/09/11/01765.html

B-52 Bomber Incident and Insider Trading? Was Someone Trying to Profit from
a Nuclear Attack Against Iran Before September 21?

by Michael E. Salla, M.A., Ph.D.

A B-52 bomber.

A B-52 bomber loaded with five (increased to six in later reports) nuclear
weapons fitted on the pylons under its wings was discovered after sitting
for ten hours on a tarmac at Barksdale AFB on 30 August 2007. Three
anonymous Air Force officers leaked the news of the incident to the Army
Times newspaper which announced the discovery on 5 September 2007. The
discovery immediately gained world wide coverage: LINK . The “mainstream”
Big Business-owned news media has so far concentrated on the U.S. Air Force
version of events that the incident was an “error” and is now subject to an
official investigation.

Barksdale AFB is a staging post for Middle East operations and routinely has
B-52 flying missions. The B-52 incident has subsequently led to speculation
that the nuclear weapons were intended for a covert mission to Iran, and the
Office of the Vice President was probably involved in bypassing the normal
chain of military command, LINK. The discovery of the B-52 came on top of
rapidly increasing speculation that the U.S. Bush administration is about to
authorize a massive pre-emptive aerial assault against Iran. According to
the Sunday Times, the Pentagon has prepared for air strikes against 1,200
targets in Iran that would in three days destroy Iran’s military
infrastructure, LINK.

What gives reports of a planned attack against Iran involving nuclear
weapons greater credibility is a number of mysterious August 2007 purchases
of a particular type of stock called ‘put options’ and ‘call options’ which
are based on a dramatic shift in the U.S. stock market, LINK. Essentially, a
“put option” is where an investor speculates that the market will drop
dramatically, say 30-50%, whereas a “call option” is where the investor bets
particular stocks will rise just as dramatically. If the stock fails to
dramatically shift either up or down by 21 September 2007, then the
investors stands to lose much from their investment. Such an investment is
very unusual and has many market analysts puzzled as to why anonymous
investors would risk such large sums unless they had insider information.

A similar stock market event happened in the weeks before 9/11 when
anonymous investors made great profits when they successfully ‘predicted’ a
dramatic drop in airline and insurances stocks, while also ‘predicting’
dramatic increases in stocks of corporations producing military armaments
stocks, LINK. The investments were so suspicious that they became subject to
an insider trading investigation by U.S. Securities Exchange Commission
(SEC) but the no one was ever identified or charged. This was despite a
determined effort by the SEC to find who was behind the investments.

The parallels with “put” and “call option” purchases just before 9/11 has
led to speculation that the August billion dollar investments are based on
insider knowledge of another 9/11 event before 21 September. This led to
predictions of a catastrophic event about to occur in the U.S. Another
explanation for a dramatic shift in the stock market is that China will
desert the U.S. currency leading to a collapse in the U.S. dollar. Both
explanations would essentially lead to a collapse in some U.S. stocks, while
other stocks would rise.

A more plausible explanation for the mysterious billion dollar investments
is that anonymous investors had insider knowledge that an attack against
Iran would occur before 21 September 2007, and this would involve nuclear
weapons. If an aerial attack occurred along the scale described by the
Sunday Times report and involved nukes, then the U.S. stock market would
collapse as oil prices escalated dramatically. This would spark a global
recession, and cause great hardship to many Americans who would find their
investments and jobs at risk.

The nuclear armed B-52 was likely to be used in a covert mission in or near
Iran. This mission would either have been secretly integrated into an aerial
attack against Iran’s military infrastructure, or used in a False Flag
operation that would have justified a U.S. assault on Iran. Admiral William
Fallon, Commander of U.S. Central Command, was to direct conventional
bombing operations against Iran’s military infrastructure. The covert
mission, however, would have had a different chain of command, where the
Office of the Vice President was to take a prominent role.

The nuclear weapons on the B-52 had adjustable yields between five and 150
kilotons which would have made them suitable in taking out Iran’s deep
underground nuclear facilities. The effect of tactical nuclear weapons to
destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities would have been devastating. Radioactive
contamination would have dispersed widely affecting the health of millions
in the region. At the same time, Iran’s military and much of its civilian
infrastructure would be destroyed by conventional munitions. This would have
restricted Iran’s abilities to cope with the health and humanitarian impact
of the use of nuclear weapons, and destruction of its nuclear facilities.

One question to be asked is who are the hidden investors with insider
knowledge that stood to gain billions in short term profits from a possible
attack against Iran?? This answer will give an important clue to the long
term agenda being played out, and the principal actors involved. In the case
of 9/11, similar investors were able to evade detection from an official
investigation by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC
launched an unprecedented investigation that deputized “hundreds, if not
thousands, of key players in the private sector”, LINK.

According to former Los Angeles Police Officer, Michael Ruppert, what
happens when individuals are deputized is that they are sworn to secrecy on
national security grounds. This was a very effective way of keeping secret
what was discovered in the SEC investigation. What is the most plausible
explanation for the kind of investor that would have the power to subvert an
SEC investigation in this manner? The most likely answer is the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA).

It has been alleged that CIA front companies annually supply funds for a
black budget used to fund covert national security projects . The black
budget has been estimated to range between 1.1 to 1.7 trillion dollars
annually which is funnelled through the CIA to various military-corporate
entities fulfilling such projects, LINK. Reportedly, a massive size black
budget is needed to fund an alleged “second” Manhattan Project. Such alleged
projects would be so deeply compartmentalized and classified, that most
members of U.S. Congress would not be informed of their existence.

The CIA is uniquely suited to perform this function of secretly raising
revenue through the 1949 CIA Act which authorizes the CIA to expend funds
“without regard to any provisions of law” (50USC 15:1.403f.a.1.). The CIA
therefore does not have to follow any legal requirements for the funds it
procures from various sources, and funnels to military-corporate entities
directly responsible for the second Manhattan project.

The discovery of the nuclear armed B-52 is likely to lead to an indefinite
delay in plans for a pre-emptive military attack against Iran. There is
nevertheless a need to expose the principle actors and the underlying
agendas of those behind the covert plans to use nuclear weapons. It is also
important to expose anonymous investors that intended to commercially profit
from such an attack before September 21, and had insider knowledge of this.
Former U.S. President Eisenhower had warned that an informed public is the
best safeguard against unwarranted abuses of executive power. Arguably, a
pre-emptive attack against Iran that does not have the support of the
American people or U.S. Congress, would qualify for such an abuse.

It appears that the period leading up to September 21, 2007 was to witness a
pre-emptive attack against Iran, involving nuclear weapons loaded on at
least one B-52 bomber. The humanitarian cost in terms of radioactive
fallout, and casualties from the destruction of Iran’s military and much of
its civilian infrastructure would have been catastrophic for the Persian
Gulf region (nuclear fallout would also subsequently circle the globe, which
would be followed by the proliferation of related diseases and environmental
problems adversely effecting all of humanity and other living species on
Earth). Furthermore, the U.S. and global economy would have gone into a deep
free fall in the event of dramatic increases in oil prices and further
instability in the Middle East. Out of this planned tragedy, anonymous
investors with possible CIA connections and insider knowledge, had the
opportunity to plan for commercial profit. It is further alleged that
financial proceeds would have been used to secretly fund an alleged second
Manhattan Project that would-piggy back on the military execution of an
aggressive neo-conservative agenda against Iran, in the Middle East
geo-political milieu.

Hopefully, the discovery of the nuclear armed B-52 has averted such a
tragedy for the moment. Now is the time to consider the wisdom to consider
allegations associated with an apparently aborted pre-emptive strike against
Iran, and to make accountable all those who are responsible.

About the author:

Michael E. Salla, M.A. Ph.D., is a former Assistant Professor in the School
of International Service, American University, Washington D.C. He is the
author of five books and founder of the Exopolitics Institute, a 501(c)3
non-profit organization based in Kona, Hawaii.