-Caveat Lector- Immediately brought to mind the Humpty Dumpty rhyme. Maybe Bush isn't ready for the prime time players after all :o) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >
> ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Sean McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 09:47:14 -0400 > Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] Sharon vs. Bush on 911 Prior > Knowledge > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Webfairy posted this first, but it bears repeating: > it's a bombshell. > > I'm still not sure what's going on here, or who is > telling the truth. But it's difficult to see how > Israel can benefit from getting into a bitter feud > with the United States over this issue. > > What a mess... > > I am withholding any more strong opinions about who > to blame for 911 until much more information comes > to light. The picture is too murky to jump to > conclusions. > > **************************************** > > Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon authorised the > leak of sensitive documents which reveal America's > spy agencies were warned about a terrorist strike > weeks before September 11. The controversial move > has now directly embroiled President George Bush in > the 'how-much-did-he-know?' debate over the attacks > on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.... > > The feeling in Tel Aviv is that Bush's much hyped > war on terrorism does not actually fit into the > aggressive policy Israel wants to pursue.... > > "Ariel Sharon is furious because he thinks Bush has > not supported him as fully as he could. His > coalition is falling apart, Netanyahu has sneaked > ahead of him and the Israelis are generally fed up > of living in fear. Sharon is quite clear where the > blame lies - in the White House. "Now he has really > stirred things up by putting Bush right at the > centre of this storm by actively allowing these > sensitive documents to be leaked to the world. He > feels he needs to teach Bush a lesson and this will > certainly complicate America's peace efforts in the > region," he said. > > **************************************** > > GLOBE-INTEL > > EDITORS: GORDON THOMAS ***MARTIN DILLON***KEVIN > DOWLING > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > NUMBER :- 104 DATE :- 21/05/02 > > BUSH: THE IGNORED WARNING THAT WILL COME TO HAUNT > HIM > > By > > Gordon Thomas. > > Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon authorised the > leak of sensitive documents which reveal America's > spy agencies were warned about a terrorist strike > weeks before September 11. The controversial move > has now directly embroiled President George Bush in > the 'how-much-did-he-know?' debate over the attacks > on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. > > Sharon's reaction is a calculated response to > growing claims that Mossad has been running spy > operations within the United States and also reveals > a split in the special relationship between the two > leaders. > > Mossad chiefs insist the Israeli spy agency was > tracking Osama Bin-Laden's terrorists in America > before September 11 and that that the information > was passed on to the CIA on Five separate occasions > before the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon. As late > as August 24, less than two weeks before the > attacks, a Mossad warning, confirmed by German > intelligence, BND, said that "terrorists plan to > hijack commercial aircraft to use as weapons to > attack important symbols of American and Israeli > culture." The warning alert was passed to the CIA. > > The warning was also passed to MI6. The agency made > its own checks and also informed the CIA. Frustrated > by its inability to alert the CIA to an impending > attack, Mossad arranged on September 1, according to > Tel Aviv sources last week, for Russian intelligence > to warn Washington "in the strongest possible terms > of imminent assaults on airports and government > buildings." Mossad's fury at the failure of the US > intelligence community to act has been compounded by > the revelation that the Bush administration had > ordered the FBI Only a Week Before the September > attacks to curtail investigations on two of Osama > Bin-Laden's close relatives living in the US state > of Virginia at the time. > > Sharon's decision to allow the story of Bush's prior > knowledge of the attack to be leaked comes at a time > when Israel is smarting over what Sharon sees as > Bush pressurising the Jewish state into an > accommodation with Arafat. > > The feeling in Tel Aviv is that Bush's much hyped > war on terrorism does not actually fit into the > aggressive policy Israel wants to pursue. > > Sharon has already suffered a humiliating defeat at > the hands of his archrival, former Prime Minister > Benjamin Netanyahu, as the central committee of > their Likud Party ruled out the establishment of a > Palestinian state last Sunday. > > The party's decision, formalized in a resolution > backed by Netanyahu, directly contradicted Sharon's > own stated acceptance of a Palestinian state as the > eventual conclusion of Israeli-Palestinian > negotiations. It came as Sharon faces mounting > domestic and international pressure to find a way to > stop more than 19 months of bloodshed and launch > talks with the Palestinians. > > The support he was expecting from America failed to > materialise, said a source close to Mossad. "Ariel > Sharon is furious because he thinks Bush has not > supported him as fully as he could. His coalition is > falling apart, Netanyahu has sneaked ahead of him > and the Israelis are generally fed up of living in > fear. Sharon is quite clear where the blame lies - > in the White House. "Now he has really stirred > things up by putting Bush right at the centre of > this storm by actively allowing these sensitive > documents to be leaked to the world. He feels he > needs to teach Bush a lesson and this will certainly > complicate America's peace efforts in the region," > he said. > > According to similar documents shown to the Sunday > Express, Mossad was running a round-the-clock > surveillance operation on some of the September 11 > hijackers. > > The details, contained in classified papers, reveal > that a senior Mossad agent tipped off his > counterpart in America's Central Intelligence Agency > that a massive terrorist hit was being planned in > the US. A handful of the spies had infiltrated the > Al-Qaeda organisation while a staggering 120 others, > posing as overseas art students, launched massive > undercover operations throughout America. > > Other documents leaked to the Sunday Express from > several intelligence agencies including the Drugs > Enforcement Agency show that two Mossad cells of six > Egyptian and Yemeni born Jews, trained at a secret > base in Israel's Negev Desert on how to penetrate > Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network. > > One team flew to Amsterdam and were under the > control of Mossad's Europe Station. This is based at > Schipol Airport within the El Al complex. They later > made contact in Hamburg with Mohammed Atta, the lead > hijacker on September 11. The second group flew > directly to New York. From there they travelled > South to Florida and infiltrated the Bin laden > organisation. In August last year, the Mossad team > in Europe flew with some of the Hamburg terrorists > into Boston, a month before the attack on the twin > towers. > > By then the Mossad team had established an attack on > the US was "imminent". It reported this to its Tel > Aviv controller through the Israeli Embassy in > Washington using a system of secure communications. > In early September Mossad Chief Efraim Halevy sent a > warning to the CIA of the possibility of such an > attack. The warning was noted and acknowledged. But > CIA chief George Tenet is understood to have > described it as "too non-specific." The FBI was also > informed. Halevy sent a second alert to the CIA > that reached Washington on or around September 7. > > A spokesman for the FBI refused to discuss specific > details of the Mossad operation but said: "There are > Congressional hearings with regard to possible > intelligence failures arising from September 11. We > can't verify your information because it is part of > an ongoing investigation." > > Neither the DEA or the CIA would comment on the > record, but a senior US intelligence source said: > "Anyone can be wise after the event but it was > extremely difficult to act on a non specific threat > given in a couple of tips from Israeli intelligence. > It would be interesting to know if they could have > been more specific with their information. > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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