Moscow 'trained' Al Qaeda No 2 United Press International July 19, 2005
<http://www.metimes.com/images/photos/full/20050719-054237-9430.jpg> MOSCOW PUPIL: Ayman Al Zawahiri (right) sits with Osama Bin Laden in a 2001 file photo. (REUTERS) _____ WARSAW -- Russia's secret service trained Al Qaeda's Number Two, a Polish newspaper has claimed. The Russian Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, gave military training to Ayman Al Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's deputy, the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported. Rzeczpospolita said that before deciding to join Bin Laden, Zawahiri received terrorist training in 1998 at a FSB camp in Dagestan in the North Caucasus. Thereafter, he shifted his base to Afghanistan to become Bin Laden's deputy, the paper quoted a former FSB agent as saying. The agent also claimed that Zawahiri was not the only link between the FSB and Al Qaeda, Asian News International said. The State Department's "Rewards for Justice Program" has offered a reward of up to $25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Zawahiri. Born on June 19, 1951, Zawahiri formerly headed the Egyptian Islamic Jihad paramilitary organization. In 1998 he merged Egyptian Islamic Jihad into Al Qaeda. According to reports by a former Al Qaeda member, he has worked in Al Qaeda since its inception and was a senior member of the group's Shura (Consultative) council. It is also believed by some intelligence experts that Zawahiri serves as Bin Laden's doctor as the latter reportedly suffers from a kidney disorder, possibly requiring dialysis, ANI said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
