May 21, 2005: Militant Islam, Avian Flu, & Energy - Howard Bloom
Podcast: The Art Bell ArchivePublished On: Thu Nov 20 2025
Description: Art Bell welcomes polymath Howard Bloom for a wide-ranging discussion that begins with the 9/11 conspiracy movement. Bloom argues that conspiracy theorists refuse to acknowledge that civilizations outside the West possess genuine power and capability. He draws a parallel to the Byzantines, who destroyed themselves through internal fighting while ignoring the external threat that ultimately ended their civilization.Bloom reveals that Pakistan possesses two French-built super-stealth submarines, each carrying 16 nuclear-tipped cruise missiles with an 11,000-mile range. He explains that the submarines, built by DCN using technology transferred to Pakistan's Karachi naval shipyard, are virtually undetectable by current American sonar. Bloom warns that factions within Pakistan's military feel more loyal to militant Islam than to their own government, making the seizure of these weapons a realistic possibility.The conversation shifts to an emerging democratic movement across the Middle East, with street protests in Lebanon, Egypt, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia surprising Bloom, who admits he was wrong to doubt such change was possible. He notes that militant Islam has spent the past week using a false Newsweek story about Quran desecration to drive these pro-democracy headlines from Islamic media, highlighting the ongoing battle for the soul of the Muslim world.
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