America’s ‘Black Knights’ and the Fort Hood Tragedy: Dar Al Khaleej, United Arab Emirates

Continuing our coverage of the global reaction to the Fort Hood killings, this morning we posted this Arabic op-ed from the United Arab Emirates – a moderate Arab state considered friendly toward the United States.

Writing for the Dar Al Khaleej, columnist Saad Mehyo suggests a common Arab explanation for many of the world’s difficulties: a conspiracy directed by the “extremist right-wing Jewish-American alliance,” in this case, designed to scuttle President Obama’s attempts to improve U.S. relations with the Arab world. This may sound far fetched to Americans – but to many people beyond our shores, it’s an article of faith.

For Dar Al Khaleej, Saad Mehyo forecasts two possible explanations for why Major Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers – Mehyo himself calling his second possible explanation a conspiracy theory:

“First, the incident of Major Nidal Hassan may truly have resulted from his abysmal psychological state. But despite this, the black knights [extremist right-wing Jewish-American alliance] will seek to exploit the tragedy to the point that the hearts and minds of Americans will take their side in the tug-of-war with those who favor dialogue.

“Second, (and here is where the conspiracy theory comes in) someone may have manipulated the mind of this officer with drugs and psychological pressure, in order to push him to commit this act.”

And why does Mehyo think option number two is such a likelihood? Because, he writes, it has happened before:

“American investigative journalist James Bamford (who relied on official government documents), wrote that in the early 1960s, senior U.S. military commanders planned subversive operations, including the implementation of terrorist operations in many American cities – in addition to hijacking planes and the sinking an American ship off Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. The plan, which was approved by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and planned with the help of the super-secret National Security Agency, stated: ‘If we execute these operations, the loss of (U.S.) life published in newspapers will spark a national wave of revulsion. That will help us a great deal.’ Now let’s see – what would Bamford have to say about the Fort Hood incident?”

By Saad Mehyo

Translated By Nicolas Dagher

November 9, 2009

United Arab Emirates – Dar Al Khaleej – Home Page (Arabic)
Is the Fort Hood shooting, in which the accused is an American-Muslim officer of Palestinian descent named Nidal Hasan, some astonishing hurricane that came out of a clear blue sky? Not at all. It was like a bolt of lightning that will come and go at the speed of light. America’s sky is as clear as ever.

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