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To: Fitzcarraldo
"Through Northern Alliance intelligence efforts, the late commander Massoud gained limited knowledge regarding the intentions of the Saudi millionaire, Osama bin Laden and his terrorist Organisation, al-Qaeda, to perform a terrorist act against the U S, on a scale larger than the 1998 bombing of the U S embassies in Kenya and Tanzania."

The heavily edited DIA document does not specify what it meant by "limited knowledge," and the portion that follows the reference is blacked out. It continues by referring to a speech Massoud gave to the European Parliament in April 2001 in which the cable says he "warned the US government" about bin Laden. Massoud was on a diplomatic trip to Europe seeking financial support for his cause from the EU and individual countries.

73 posted on 03/28/2004 9:48:40 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
The heavily edited DIA document does not specify what it meant by "limited knowledge," and the portion that follows the reference is blacked out.

Did this document ever cross Clarke's desk?

74 posted on 03/28/2004 9:51:37 AM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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