The Sheikh Of Monte Gitmo

(Conspiracy Nation, 06/08/08) – When Alexandre Dumas wrote “The Count Of Monte Cristo,” he may have based it on information from French police archivist Jacques Peuchet. In 1807, a shoemaker, Pierre Picaud, had been about to wed a rich woman. But three jealous friends falsely accused Picaud of being a spy for England. Picaud was imprisoned for seven years. During his imprisonment a dying fellow prisoner bequeathed him a treasure hidden in Milan. When Picaud was released in 1814, he took possession of the treasure, returned under another name to Paris and spent ten years plotting his successful revenge against his former friends. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Monte_Cristo)

In Dumas' highly popular novel, Edmond Dantes is about to wed a beautiful woman. He is a sailor, recently promoted to captain. Dantes carries a letter for delivery, handed to him by Napoleon Bonaparte, in exile at Elba. But Dantes is accused by unscrupulous persons of being a Bonapartist traitor. The incriminating letter by Napoleon is found, of which Dantes does not know the contents. Dantes is sentenced to life imprisonment in the island prison of the Château d'If.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was captured in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on March 1, 2003 by the Pakistani ISI, possibly in a joint action with agents of the American Diplomatic Security Service, and has been in U.S. custody since that time. He has thus been imprisoned now for five years. Held in a secret prison, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, often notated as “KSM”, was moved to the Guantanamo Bay facility, also called “Gitmo,” on or before September 2006. KSM is called, by this publication, “The Sheikh Of Monte Gitmo.”

The case of the Sheikh of Monte Gitmo, besides having similarities to the Edmond Dantes/Pierre Picaud case, also evokes “The Man In The Iron Mask”. This is a mysterious event involving an unknown prisoner held at the Bastille and (again, as with Dantes/Picaud) the Chateau d'If, during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Rumors at the time were the prisoner's face was hidden always behind an iron mask. The prisoner, whoever he was, remained in captivity his entire life. He eventually died on November 19, 1703, and was buried the next day under the name of Marchioly. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Iron_Mask)

“The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later”, also by Alexandre Dumas, consists of three volumes: "The Vicomte de Bragelonne", "Louise de la Vallière", and "The Man in the Iron Mask." The last section, “The Man in the Iron Mask”, is built around Dumas' hypothesis that the Man in the Iron Mask was Louis XIV's identical twin brother. (Wikipedia, “The Vicomte de Bragelonne”)

KSM, the Sheikh of Monte Gitmo, also in a sense wears an iron mask. We have only one recent photo of him, taken in 2003. That photo, the “Yosemite Sam photo” (http://www.shout.net/~bigred/YosemiteSam.html), serves effectively as KSM's iron mask.

Whoever the unknown prisoner was at the Chateau d'If, he was kept incommunicado. Such prisoners were often considered an embarrassment to the state, for whatever reason. In the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, he was allied with the Mujahideen of Afghanistan circa 1987, which could mean KSM possesses information considered an embarrassment to the United States.

We are fighting for freedom, insists George W. Bush. But in the process, for example in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, we may “gain the world yet lose our soul.” If this nation loses its soul in the process of fighting for freedom, then KSM, the Sheikh of Monte Gitmo, will have had his revenge.

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