ANTI-PROPAGANDA CENTRAL - December 24, 2008 - Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook says, “The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida, and any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the United States.”

Cook previously wrote, “Al-Qaida, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians.”

Cook is merely confirming what others have said. Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski told the U.S. Senate that the war on terror is "a mythical historical narrative".

Then there is the Los Angeles Times article, reviewing a BBC documentary entitled "The Power of Nightmares", which shows that the threat from Al Qaeda has been vastly overblown. The article also identifies the people within the U.S. who are behind the hype.

Not only has the U.S. government hyped Al Qaeda, but it has also issued numerous fake terror alerts to scare people.

There is a word for intentionally creating fear in order to manipulate opinion for political ends: terrorism.