[Incorrigible]

Al Qaeda was allowed to build up in the Balkans a central logistical base for operations in Europe, from which the Hamburg cell later derived back-up for plotting the 9/11 attacks against America.

Keep in mind that this is from DEBKA which has proven itself wrong more often than right. However, Destro might be be interested in this tidbit.

[Destro]

Is this a theory or a known fact? If the latter, I don't think it is known by many.

The fact that the 9/11 hijackers were ex Bosnian Muslim army fighters was kept secret from the public. The UN war crimes tribunal even had files on them and why would the UN have files on them unless they were well known enough to have carried out crimes against the Bosnian Serbs. The Croatians at this time were allowing the jihadists to move into Bosnia freely for money and weapons so the jihadists were not targeting Croatians.

So here are the links - all non Debka sources :)

Note in this article how the names of the terrorists are not released and how all effort is made to keep Bosnia out of the news lest the American people learn of America's Balkan folly and demand answers:

UN Lawyer Turns Over Hijacker Info (Bosnian Muslim Connection to 9/11 Confirmed! UN's Yugo Prosecutor Turns Over Bosnian Hijacker Info Posted on 05/29/2002)

The chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor has turned over information about one of the Sept. 11 hijackers to the United States, France and the Netherlands, the U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.

The war crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, said last October that information concerning people "with connections to terrorist groups," primarily in Bosnia, was provided to Pierre Prosper, the U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes.

On Wednesday, Eckhard confirmed for the first time that the information included material related to "one of the named terrorists said to have been on one of the hijacked aircraft" on Sept. 11. Eckhard refused to name the hijacker but said the information was also shared with the French and Dutch governments.

Allies carry out 'invisible' war in Bosnia: U.S., Euros do covert operation to prevent terrorism journalnow.com ^ | Monday, June 28, 2004 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bin Laden quickly provided Khalid Sheikh Mohammed with four potential suicide operatives: Nawaf al Hazmi; Khalid al Mihdhar; Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash, also known as Khallad; and Abu Bara al Taizi. Hazmi and Mihdhar were both Saudi nationals - although Mihdhar was actually of Yemeni origin - and experienced mujahidin, having fought in Bosnia together. They were so eager to participate in attacks against the United States that they already held U.S. visas.....Two of the fighters who took part in defending Bosnian Muslims from Serbs and Croats in 1995 were young Saudis named Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. They went on to play an organizing role in the Sept. 11 attacks and died on the hijacked plane that crashed into the Pentagon.