Bank Leumi Le-Israel (Schweiz) im Visier der US-Behörden

Obwohl auch Schweizer Niederlassungen dreier israelischer Grossbanken im Visier der US-Behörden sind, hört man darüber vorläufig nur wenig. Was aber nicht heisst, dass sie verschont werden, wie manche glauben, und dass sie nichts zu verbergen haben. Denn es gibt genug Belege dafür, dass beispielsweise eine dieser Finanzinstitutionen, nämlich die Bank Leumi Le-Israel (Schweiz), sehr wohl US-Klienten hat und auch aktiv deren Gelder am US-Fiskus vorbei anzulegen half.

Why did the US invade Iraq?

For actual reasons here are several old articles of mine on the background of the US invasion of Iraq.

My theory:
The aim like the rest of the so called anti-terror campaign was to raise the US military budget, which sank during the Clinton administration to the lowest levels since the 1930s. The rise in the military budget was to function as a locomotive for the whole US economy.

 This worked beautifully after the US invasion of Iraq of 1991, because Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Germany, Japan, etc. paid the bill plus a war dividend. Accordingly, the US received a capital transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars.

 But things did not work this way following the "anti-terror campaign" starting 2001. Because of its islamo- and arabophobic character  Saudi Arabia withdrew much of its investment in the US and nobody else was ready to pay the enormous costs. An economic crash was inevitable.