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| Terror Networks |
| Evidence of bin Laden contacts spelled out |
| 2004-07-23 |
| The Sept. 11 commission said Thursday that it had found no evidence that Iraq, Iran or Saudi Arabia had knowingly provided operational or financial support to Al-Qaida in advance of the attacks, but it called for further investigation of the relationship between Iran and Al-Qaida. The commission reported finding no evidence of a ``collaborative operational relationship'' between Iraq and Al-Qaida or an Iraqi role in attacking the United States. The report stated that representatives of the two may have been in contact in 1994 or 1995, 1998, and possibly 1999, largely because of what the commission described as a shared hatred of the United States. But the commission found their interests were largely out of sync, and nothing came of the contacts. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 From the article above:The commission also says ``the available evidence does not support’’ a claim by many top Bush administration officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, that Mohamed Atta, who flew one of the jetliners into the World Trade Center, met an Iraqi agent in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2001. Gee - that's funny: what it really says is this (on page 229) These findings cannot absolutely rule out the possibility that Atta was in Prague on April 9, 2001. There is evidence both ways. The allegation that Atta met with an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in April 2001 originates from the reporting of a single source of the Czech intelligence service. Shortly after 9/11, the source reported having seen Atta meet with Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al Ani, an Iraqi diplomat, at the Iraqi Embassy in Prague on April 9, 2001, at 11:00 A.M. and The FBI has gathered evidence indicating that Atta was in Virginia Beach on April 4 (as evidenced by a bank surveillance camera photo), and in Coral Springs, Florida on April 11, where he and Shehhi leased an apartment. On April 6, 9, 10, and 11,Atta’s cellular telephone was used numerous times to call various lodging establishments in Florida from cell sites within Florida. (I thought it was nice of them to call al Ani a 'diplomat' - nice touch.) Is there anything related to the anthrax concern that isn't ambiguous? Too bad... |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2004-07-23 2:15:39 PM |