Iraqi Intelligence Officer in Prague Met With Hamburg Student on April 8, 2001
.... A search of the Iraq Embassy in Prague after the fall of Baghdad to coalition forces revealed [Iraqi intelligence officer Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir] al-Ani had scheduled a meeting for April 8, 2001, with a Hamburg student, according to an appointment calendar obtained by Czech intelligence. Al-Ani then was placed under surveillance as he met with a young Arab-speaking man in Prague April 8. After seeing Attaâs photograph after Sept. 11, the Czech counterintelligence watcher identified the man he had seen meeting al-Ani as Atta. Al-Ani was expelled from Prague within two weeks. ....
Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-05-08 |