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| Hezbollah shadowed 9/11 hijackers |
| 2004-07-27 |
| Several months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it appears, the Iranian-sponsored terrorist organization Hezbollah was shadowing three of the hijackers as they flew from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon and onward to Iran. Could Iran have had an inkling of the pending disaster? Probably not, concludes the 9/11 commission in its final report yesterday. But it details a web of circumstantial evidence suggesting that the arrival and departure of three hijackers in November 2000 was of keen interest to Hezbollah and urges "further investigation by the U.S. Government." "Hezbollah officials in Beirut and Iran were expecting the arrival of a group during the same time period," says the commission document, citing three intelligence reports prepared shortly after the attacks. "The travel of this group was important enough to merit the attention of senior figures in Hezbollah." The intelligence reports apparently do not identify the group that so interested Hezbollah, but the commission concludes that it would be a "remarkable coincidence" if it was not the future hijackers. In addition, the commission noted, an associate of a "senior Hezbollah operative" was on the same Beirut-to-Tehran flight as the three al-Qaida hijackers. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 If true it may be they were just keeping a eye on them while they transited what Iran and Hezbollah consider "their turf". While they may have provided some support to al-Qaeda, there's still the whole Sunni - Shite conflict to remember. It would be like one of the New York crime families passing through Al Capones Chicago. You'd have to ask permission and you'd be watched every minute. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-07-27 8:44:19 AM |