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To: Thomas M. who wrote (1946)9/17/2002 10:11:13 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Respond to of 3959
 
Told you so... 911 was a Russian-Tajik operation --part of the job was likely subcontracted to Israeli and French semi-rogue spooks.

guardian.co.uk

Excerpt:

Moscow secretly offered the Americans the use of its bases in Tajikistan last year [2000] for a purported attack on Bin Laden, according to the military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer, writing in today's Moscow Times.

There are 10,000 Russian border troops strung out along the 750-mile Tajik-Afghan border, plus another Russian army division estimated at around 15,000 men at three bases in Tajikistan.

According to the Izvestiya newspaper, Russian foreign intelligence has already told the CIA that at least two of the hijackers were Uzbek Islamic militants aligned with the Taliban and Bin Laden.

Citing a Russian foreign intelligence officer, the newspaper said the information was based on phone intercepts and included the tip that the coalition of Islamic extremists based around Afghanistan has 400 potential kamikaze attackers within its ranks.

The Russians are believed to have plenty to divulge on Bin Laden and the Taliban since their forces are patrolling the Tajik-Afghan border, and the Afghan heroin routes perceived as crucial to Bin Laden's treasure chest pass through Russia and ex-Soviet central Asia.
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