The Power of Nightmares - Season 1 Episode 3 The Shadows in the Cave
Curtis argues that, after their failed revolutions, bin Laden and Zawahiri had little or no popular support, let alone a serious complex organisation of terrorists, and were dependent upon independent operatives to carry out their new call for jihad. The film instead shows the United States government wanting to prosecute bin Laden in absentia for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, and needing to prove him to be the head of a criminal organisation to do so. They find a former associate of bin Laden, Jamal al-Fadl, and pay him to testify that bin Laden was the head of a massive terrorist organisation called "al-Qaeda". With the September 11th attacks, Neo-Conservatives in the new Republican government of George W. Bush use this created concept of an organisation to justify another crusade against a new evil enemy, leading to the launch of the War on Terrorism.
Year: 2004
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC Two
Director: Adam Curtis
Cast: Gilles Kepel, Melvin Goodman, Stephen Holmes, William Kristol, Michael Ledeen, Richard Perle
Crew: Stephen Lambert (Executive Producer), Peter Horrocks (Executive Producer), Lucy Kelsall (Producer), Emanuele Pasquale (Producer), Adam Curtis (Writer), Adam Curtis (Director)
First Air Date: Oct 20, 2004
Last Air date: Nov 03, 2004
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 3 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 8.10/10 by 70.00 users
Popularity: 2.472
Language: English, Arabic, French
Keyword : terrorism
Season
Season 1
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