There has been such a tsunami of lies, diversions and dissembling from the Bush Administration over the years, it is baffling as to where to begin to unravel the truth.

But when it comes to the major demagogic tool of the Busheviks to stay in power and make the Democrats on the Hill cower in fear, there is nothing like the cudgel of Al-Qaeda to conquer the truth.

The truth is that Al-Qaeda is a creature born and nurtured in Saudi Arabia and by Saudi Arabians. Although the Saudi Arabian government officially is an "ally" with the Busheviks in the so-called "war on terror," the royal family,the military and the police are riddled with behind-the-scenes supporters of radical Islamists. Furthermore, the Saudi royal family has allowed the most extreme Wahhabi mullahs to spread anti-Western hate through the creation of radical schools throughout the Middle East. This buys the royal family time to stay in power by giving extremists a lot of running room to promote terrorism against the West.

The attack on Iraq was one of the biggest bait and switches of all time when it comes to dealing with Al-Qaeda. Saddam had nothing to do with Al-Qaeda; they posed a threat to his tyrannical rule in a basically secular state. Saudi Arabia has had everything to do with Al-Qaeda, including funding the small Al-Qaeda force in Iraq (less than 5% of the insurgency by most accounts; 95% of the opposition to the occupation is indigenous Iraqi.) In fact, the largest percentage of the small Al-Qaeda force in Iraq is composed of Saudi Arabian fighters, following in the path of their Saudi Arabian leader who Bush perhaps intentionally let get away, Osama bin Laden.

But "The Siege of Mecca" is not about recent events, although it is a new book, published this September.

It is about the pivotal historical event in 1979 that gave birth to the modern Al-Qaeda movement, the siege of Mecca by Islamic extremists.

This is a fascinating, dramatic account about how Islam's holiest shrine was taken over by fundamentalists who captured more than 100,000 pilgrims, holding off the Saudi military for nearly three weeks. In fact, it was only with the arrival of a French anti-terrorist unit that the takeover of the Grand Mosque was ended in a bloodbath.

It's a riveting, dramatic tale that provides historical background, when you put it in context, as to why the Iraq War was a con job extraordinaire.