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| US, European intelligence agencies hunt for terrorists in Bosnia |
| 2004-06-25 |
| An investigation by The Associated Press shows hundreds of agents from military intelligence and the CIA are tracking hundreds of suspected terrorists in Bosnia and working to shut off their funding. The Americans are working out of a well-guarded compound in a suburb of Sarajevo. One commander says Bosnia has become a way station for Islamic extremists, and a possible refuge. A senior European intelligence operative says the international undercover effort is part of an "invisible but real struggle with the bad guys" that he says could stop bombings in Europe -- or the US. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #3 perhaps our new "Serb Christian" friends need rearming? Or at least the threat of it? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-25 10:53:05 PM |
| #2 Frank, not sure -- I think in a way it's worse than that. I believe al-Qaeda had penetrated Bosnia going back to the wars there in the mid-90s, a time of much Saudi and other "charity" money flowing in, along with (IIRC) volunteers (they probably actually were, some of them anyway) from the umma -- Iran, Chechnya, Arab countries. Recall the "rendition" of some AQ suspects there a few years back -- nifty body-snatching by our side after a local official had signed off under interesting circumstances. Given the chaos and violence there for so many years, hardly surprising the insects would flock there -- but I'm not sure there's a gratitude issue (don't know, but I think AQ has had plenty of seams to work there without any popular support or knowledge). |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2004-06-25 10:43:01 PM |
| #1 another mark in the "ungrateful" column? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-25 8:27:06 PM |