Scots link to US terror suspect Sunday, 16 September, 2001, 09:55 GMT 10:55 UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1546000/1546995.stm Guerrillas who protect US terror attack suspect Osama bin Laden were trained in Scotland, it has been alleged. A former member of the SAS told the Sunday Mail newspaper that he helped train Mujahedin fighters at two secret camps in Scotland and another in northern England during the 1980s. Ken Connor said the training helped to transform the Afghan men into a "fighting unit" that inflicted heavy casualties on Russian forces occupying their country. But the newspaper says that some of the same men may now be used to kill western troops who attempt to capture or destroy bin Laden. Mr Connor said one of the training camps was located in mountains surrounding the Criffel in Dumfries while the other was in the remote Applecross peninsula in the West Highlands. He said: "The Mujahedin fighters were already excellent soldiers committed to their cause. "The main thing they lacked was tactical knowledge and battle planning, so we worked constantly on that. "Some helicopter training was also arranged for them and they were taught how to attack airfields. "But the main achievement was to turn them from a disorganised mob into a fighting unit." Soviet invasion Mr Connor said that the Afghan rebels were trained in Scotland in 1983 - four years after the former Soviet Union invaded their country. He said the year after they returned to fight the occupying forces they killed 2343 Soviet troops. The former SAS member also said that if some of the same men were now protecting bin Laden then they would make a "fearsome enemy" for any western forces sent to capture the Saudi dissident. He added: "It's a landlocked country and the terrain is such that a couple of dozen soldiers could fight off thousands. "And this is the scary bit. I don't think there's a way of getting bin Laden out. "Unless the Taleban lock him up and present him to the US, he's not coming." Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/ -------- Fin du message transf�r� -------- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 17 00:55:43 2001 From: liberezmilosevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: ICDSM Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 00:55:43 +0200 Subject: Fwd: [www.ANTIC.org] PORTUGAL: NATO WEAPONS REACH PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ------- D�but du message transf�r� ------- From: "Miroslav Antic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BALKAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "NATO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Siem-News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "SNN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'SNN-Yahoo'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [www.ANTIC.org] PORTUGAL: NATO WEAPONS REACH PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN Date: 16/09/01 20:50:43 PORTUGAL: NATO WEAPONS REACH PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN The three leftist candidates in the Portuguese Presidential elections, to be held next Sunday, have called on President Jorge Sampaio (Socialist Party), who is running for a second term in office, to dismiss the Head of the Portuguese Army after his declarations about the death of a Portuguese soldier in Kosovo. It will be remembered that the Portuguese contingent in Kosovo is stationed in one of the areas most affected by DU (depleted uranium) weapons, used by NATO. The alert was raised by the Belgian and Italian Armed Forces after soldiers started dying, presenting signs of radiation sickness. Now a Portuguese soldier, Corporal Hugo Paulino, has died in suspicious circumstances, due to the secrecy around the military process conducting his autopsy. General Martins Barrento, Head of the Portuguese Army, declared that there was no connection between the deaths and the use of DU weapons and any speculation that there was, was simply political propaganda by antidemocratic forces in Serbia. Further, he declared that the father of the Corporal who died was aiding these antidemocratic forces by insisting on an investigation. The three candidates for the Presidential elections from the leftist parties, Antonio Abreu (Portuguese Communist Party), Fernando Rosas (Left Block) and Garcia Pereira (Portuguese Communist Workers Party) immediately attacked the general, demanding that either he should resign or that President Sampaio should demand his resignation. Antonio Abreu (PCP) stated that the general�s comments were intended to �hide a real problem� which is the use of DU weapons in Kosovo. Fernando Rosas (Left Block) stated that general Martins Barrento showed �irresponsibility� and �incapacity� in the case and that �the attitude of secrecy and hiding the question from public opinion� by the military forces and by the government is deplorable. He said it is totally wrong to pretend that there is no danger from radioactivity in Kosovo after tens of young Belgian and Italian soldiers have died. The Portuguese Communist Workers Party�s candidate, Garcia Pereira, declared the general�s remarks �insulting� and �provocatory� and demands that President Sampaio take a position. Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey Pravda.Ru Lisbon http://english.pravda.ru/main/2001/09/15/1831.html -------- Fin du message transf�r� -------- >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Sep 17 00:57:34 2001 From: liberezmilosevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: michel <lucmi THE END ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrHhl.bVKZIr Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
