"Fahrenheit 911" The Bush & Bin Laden family ties...dirty $

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The Sinister Beauty of Global Conspiracies
By ELEANOR HEARTNEY

Published: October 26, 2003


Conspiracy theories are a grand old American tradition — the mother of them all being the speculation surrounding President John F. Kennedy's assassination. In the entertainment field, paranoia sells — from the novels of Tom Clancy to the "X-Files" to an endless series of Hollywood blockbusters. After pornography, among the most visited sites on the Internet are those devoted to conspiracies.

But what if it's all true? The conspiracy industry, with its mostly unproved if not unprovable charges of vast webs of shadowy operatives, secret political alliances and illicit money channels, has been given a boost by recent events. The Sept. 11 attacks provided a glimpse into a world of loosely bound international terrorist cells while inspiring a host of wild charges about the secret involvement of the United States and other governments. The Enron scandal uncovered a network of off-the-books partnerships, and, more recently, the director Michael Moore announced that his next documentary, "Fahrenheit 911," would delve into connections between the Bush and bin Laden families.

Mark Lombardi would not have been surprised, as can be seen in "Global Networks," an exhibition of his delicate filigree drawings that map his version of the flow of global capital. The show opens on Saturday at the Drawing Center in SoHo and remains on view through Dec. 17. In these works, solid and broken lines, circles and squiggles enmesh the names of organizations and individuals in webs of often surprising interconnections. One drawing charts the workings of the Vatican Bank, in the process linking its directors to the Mafia and the illegal transport of firearms.

Another purports to show how Iraq was armed in the 1980's through a secret scheme supposedly involving the top levels of the American and British governments and Italy's largest bank, the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. Yet another follows the course by which the Bank of Commerce and Credit, International (B.C.C.I.) was accused of having become a funnel for a variety of illegal operations, including laundering drug money, supporting the Iran-Contra operation and backing Afghan Mujahedeen fighters.

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Oscar winner unveils new film
8.09AM BST, 31 Mar 2003


Michael Moore, whose last documentary film, Bowling for Columbine, won an Oscar, has been given the go-ahead to shoot his next film "Fahrenheit 911"......According to reports, the film will investigate "the murky relationship" between former US president George Bush senior, and the family of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The movie will suggest that the bin Laden family profited greatly from the association.....According to Moore, the former president had a business relationship with Osama bin Laden's father, Mohammed bin Laden, a Saudi construction magnate who left around £190 million to Osama bin Laden...It has been widely reported that bin Laden used the inheritance to finance global terrorism.Moore said the bin Laden family was heavily invested in the Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm that the filmmaker said frequently buys failing defence companies and then sells them at a profit.

The former president has reportedly served as a senior adviser with the firm. "The senior Bush kept his ties with the bin Laden family up until two months after September 11," Moore said.

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