B-52 Bomber Incident & Insider Trading – Was Someone Trying to Profit from a Nuclear Attack Against Iran Before Sept 21?
by Michael Salla, Ph.D
http://www.opednews.com
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 August 30. Three anonymous Air
Force officers leaked the news of the incident to the Army Times newspaper
which announced the discovery on September 5. The discovery immediately
gained world wide coverage: (
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_nuclear_B52_070904w/
. The mainstream news media has so far concentrated on the 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 (see:
http://tinyurl.com/2hbjk9 ). The discovery of the B-52 came on top of
rapidly increasing speculation that the Bush administration is about to
authorize a massive preemptive 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 (
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2369001.ece ).
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 (see:
http://www.anomalicresearch.com/optioncall.html ). 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 September 21, 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 911 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
(see:
http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/stockputs.html ). 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 911 has led
to speculation that the August billion dollar investments are based on
insider knowledge of another 911 event before September 21. 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 US currency leading to a collapse in the US 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 September 21, 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 911, 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" (see:
http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/stockputs.html ). 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 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 funneled through
the CIA to various military-corporate entities fulfilling such projects
(see: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0401/S00151.htm ). The massive size
of the black budget is needed to fund a ‘second’ Manhattan Project. Projects
so deeply compartmentalized and classified, that most members of Congress
are not 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 preemptive 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 profit from such an attack before September 21, and had insider knowledge of this. President Eisenhower warned that an informed public is the best safeguard against unwarranted abuses of executive power. The preemptive attack against Iran that does not have the support of the American people or Congress, would qualify for such an abuse.
The period leading up to September 21, 2007 was to witness a preemptive 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. 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, planned to profit. These funds ways would have been used to secretly fund a second Manhattan Project that piggy backed an aggressive neo-conservative agenda in Iran. The discovery of the nuclear armed B-52 has averted such a tragedy for the moment. Now is the time to make accountable all responsible for this frustrated plan.