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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 23:51:42 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FIGARO: CIA AGENT ALLEGEDLY MET BIN LADEN IN JULY > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is being sent on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > as part of the mailing list that you joined. > List: emperorsclothes > URL: http://www.emperors-clothes.com > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > URL for this article is http://emperors-clothes.com/misc/lefigaro.htm > > Join our email list at http://emperors-clothes.com/f.htm. Receive > about one article/day. > > tenc.net * [Emperor's Clothes] > > =========================== > CIA AGENT ALLEGEDLY MET BIN LADEN IN JULY > From 'Le Figaro' [1 November 2001] > Translated by Tiphaine Dickson > =========================== > > By Alexandra Richard > (Page 2, October 31st, 2001) > > Dubai, one of the seven emirates of the Federation of the United Arab > Emirates, North-East of Abi-Dhabi. This city, population 350,000, was > the backdrop of a secret meeting between Osama bin Laden and the > local CIA agent in July. A partner of the administration of the > American Hospital in Dubai claims that public enemy number one stayed > at this hospital between the 4th and 14th of July. > > Having taken off from the Quetta airport in Pakistan, bin Laden was > transferred to the hospital upon his arrival at Dubai airport. He was > accompanied by his personal physician and faithful lieutenant, who > could be Ayman al-Zawahari--but on this sources are not entirely > certain--, four bodyguards, as well as a male Algerian nurse, and > admitted to the American Hospital, a glass and marble building > situated between the Al-Garhoud and Al-Maktoum bridges. > > Each floor of the hospital has two "VIP" suites and fifteen rooms. > The Saudi billionnaire was admitted to the well-respected urology > department run by Teerry Callaway, gallstone and infertility > specialist. Dr Callaway declined to respond to our questions despite > several phone calls. > > As early as March, 2000, 'Asia Week,' published in Hong Kong, > expressed concern for bin Laden's health, describing a serious > medical problem that could put his life in danger because of "a > kidney infection that is propagating itself to the liver and requires > specialized treatment". According to authorized sources, bin Laden > had mobile dialysis equipment shipped to his hideout in Kandahar in > the first part of 2000. According to our sources, bin Laden's > "travels for health reasons" have taken place before. Between 1996 > and 1998, bin Laden made several trips to Dubai on business. > > On September 27th, 15 days after the World Trade Center attacks, at > the request of the United States, the Central Bank of the Arab > Emirates announced an order to freeze assts and investments of 26 > people or organisations suspected of mainting contact with bin > Laden's organization, and in particular at the Dubai Islamic Bank. > > "Relations between the Emirate and Saudi Arabia have always been very > close," according to sources, "princes of reigning families, having > recognized the Taliban regime, often travelled to Afghanistan. One of > the princes of a ruling family regularily went hunting on the land of > bin Laden, whom he had known and visited for many years." > > There are daily flights between Dubai and Quetta by both Pakistan and > Emirates Airlines. As to private planes from Saudi Arabia or from the > Emirates, they regulariy fly to Quetta, where their arrival is rarely > registered in airport logs. > > While he was hospitalised, bin Laden received visits from many > members of his family as well as prominent Saudis and Emiratis. > During the hospital stay, the local CIA agent, known to many in > Dubai, was seen taking the main elevator of the hospital to go to bin > Laden's hospital room. > > A few days later, the CIA man bragged to a few friends about having > visited bin Laden. Authorised sources say that on July 15th, the day > after bin Laden returned to Quetta, the CIA agent was called back to > headquarters. > > In late July, Emirates customs agents arrested Franco-Algerian > activist Djamel Beghal at the Dubai airport. In early August, French > and American authorities were advised of the arrest. Interrogated by > local authorities in Abu Dhabi, Beghal stated that he was called to > Afghanistan in late 2000 by Abou Zoubeida, a military leader of bin > Laden's organization, Al Qaeda. Beghal's mission: bomb the US embassy > on Gabriel avenue, near the Place de la Concorde, upon his return to > France. > > According to Arab diplomatic sources as well as French intelligence, > very specific information was transmitted to the CIA with respect to > terrorist attacks against American interests around the world, > including on US soil. A DST report dated 7 September enumerates all > the intelligence, and specifies that the order to attack was to come > from Afghanistan. > > In August, at the US Embassy in Paris, an emergency meeting was > called between the DGSE (French foreign intelligence service) and > senior US intelligence officials. The Americans were extremely > worried, and requested very specific information from the French > about Algerian activists, without advising their counterparts about > the reasons for their requests. To the question "what do you fear in > the coming days?", the Americans kept a difficult-to-fathom silence. > > Contacts between the CIA and bin Laden began in 1979 when, as a > representative of his family's business, bin Laden began recruiting > volunteers for the Afghan resistance against the Red Army. FBI > investigators examining the embassy bombing sites in Nairobi and Dar > es Salaam discovered that evidence led to military explosives from > the US Army, and that these explosives had been delivered threee > years earlier to Afghan Arabs, the infamous international volunteer > brigades involved side by side with bin Laden during the Afghan war > against the Red Army. > > In the pursuit of its investigations, the FBI discovered "financing > agreements" that the CIA had been developing with its "arab friends" > for years. The Dubai meeting is then within the logic of "a certain > American policy". > > (c) Le Figaro 2001 * Reprinted for Fair Use Only > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Further Reading: > = = = = = = = = = == = = > > (1) Congressman: U.S. Set Up Anti-Taliban to be Slaughtered. > Excerpts from a most revealing Congressional hearing with comments by > Jared Israel. Can be read at > http://emperors-clothes.com/misc/rohr.htm > > (2) 'Did Pakistan Pay WTC Terrorists?' by Jared Israel. Can be read > at http://emperors-clothes.com/misc/isi.htm > > (3) "'Bin Laden, Terrorist Monster.' Take Two!" Can be read at > http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/jared/taketwo.htm#c > > (4) Washington's Pakistani Allies: Drug Dealers, Killers > By Rahul Bedi in New Delhi Can be read at > http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/allies.htm > > 5) To provide more information about the terrorist assault on > Macedonia, sponsored by NATO under Washington's direction, we have > posted a list of relevant articles with brief descrptions. See, > 'Washington and its Partners are Waging a Proxy War in Macedonia' at > http://emperors-clothes.com/mac/list-m.htm > > > Join our email list at http://emperors-clothes.com/f.htm. 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