Moazzam Begg from Sparkbrook has admitted that he did attend training camps in Afghanistan in 2001 in order to teach as a charity worker at a school. However, this was not first time that Begg had travelled abroad to war torn hot spots. He has openly admitted to supporting Chechnyan rebels which might raise some eyebrows and memories of Beslan.

Begg was seized in September 2001 by CIA. Whilst captive at Guantanamo Bay he signed a statement admitting to financial payments with possible connections to Al-Qaeda. His family claim that this is a case of mistaken identity. This statement could have been signed under duress. No access to legal representatives was allowed by US authorities who regard prisoners as detainees of a war against terrorism and therefore outside jurisdiction of normal USA law and rights.

After his arrest in Islamabad Begg was held at Bagram Airbase for about a year before his transfer to Guantanamo Bay where Begg claims he was treated badly and witnessed torture and two possible deaths whilst in captivity. Claims that he was tied up, a sack placed over his head and then kicked and beaten were made all more confusing by his statement claiming that US did not actually torture him personally.

Although mainstream media channels all over world have successfully managed to disinform general public into believing that what has been taking place since September 11 attacks is a “War On Terror”, a growing number of people are starting to suspect that there are other political and economic dimensions to causes of 9-11 Attacks, bombing of Afghanistan, and current invasion of Iraq.

Ever since Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, which established rules of commerce and financial relations among major industrial states and independent nation-states, US has been enjoying an artificial privilage in global economy through its ability to adopt US dollar as currency of global exchange. When President Nixon liberated US from gold standard in 1971, dollar became denominator of world reserve currency, and global economy became fully dominated by US dollar at expense of rest. Although this fact has been known by those in financial and political circles, it is hardly ever mentioned in media.

International institutions, such as IMF and World Bank, has been giving loans exclusively in dollars up to this day, and thus, rest of world has been forced to build their dollar reserves for repayment of debt and international trade for over sixty years. Today, over two thirds of world trade is conducted in dollars conferring on US an economic advantage.

However, as well as being an advantage, same system has also created a very fragile US economy that is fully dependent on faith rest of world has in stability of dollar. Analysts know perfectly well that, as strong as US economy may appear, it could collapse very abruptly if trust in stability of dollar is broken, or if there is an alternative means of pricing instead of dollar.

When US buys goods and services produced by other countries, pricing and payments are made in dollars. As US does not have a corresponding need to accumulate foreign reserve, it enjoys privilage of spending more than it earns, and can afford to run a trade deficit year after year, while rest of world earns more than it spends as a result of this artificial monetary system.