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Bin Laden 'bribed his way out' (German Intel Chief slams U.S. )
News 24 (South Africa) ^
| April 12, 2005
Posted on 04/12/2005 1:29:05 PM PDT by Stoat
Bin Laden 'bribed his way out'
12/04/2005 14:19 - (SA)
Berlin - Osama bin Laden bribed Afghan militias to give him free passage into hiding after the United States-led invasion in 2001, the head of Germany's spy agency was quoted on Tuesday as saying in remarks critical of the United States. "The principal mistake was made already in 2001, when one wanted Bin Laden to be apprehended by the Afghan militias in Tora Bora," August Hanning told the Handelsblatt daily. "There, bin Laden could buy himself free with a lot of money." The head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service did not explicitly blame the United States, whose forces used Afghans as their eyes and ears in the hunt for al-Qaeda and Taliban after the war, but the context was clear. Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan the US commander, General Tommy Franks, acknowledged that some Afghans were probably accepting bribes to free al-Qaeda or Taliban fighters whom the US wished to interrogate - although he did not name Osama bin Laden himself. Military experts warned at the time that many Afghan tribal leaders were working first to consolidate their own power, viewing the American goals of capturing al-Qaeda figures as secondary. The failure to catch bin Laden quickly allowed the terrorist leader - blamed by the United States for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington - to slip away and insulate himself, Hanning said. "Since then, he has been able to create his own infrastructure in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area and has won many friends from the tribal groups there," he said. |
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; attalivedingermany; binladen; bushhaters; eurabia; eurotrash; germanywasahaven; globaljihad; oldeurope; osama; southasia; terrorism; terrorists; usintelligencesux; waronterror
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August Hanning
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:29:12 PM PDT
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
German intelligence. Aren't they the guys who lost World War II?
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:34:20 PM PDT
by
MinstrelBoy
(What will you do without freedom?!)
To: Stoat
More of that strange Tourettes syndrome that seems to be epidemic in Europe.
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:36:43 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
To: Stoat
Still waiting for their big "Saddam bribed his way through 10 years" headline.
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:38:34 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Everything that I've written on it for the past two years is GONE!)
To: MinstrelBoy
I don't remember seeing any Germans at Tora Bora? They have no right to be critical.
To: MinstrelBoy
German intelligence. Oxymoron?
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:39:56 PM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
("If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense to you!")
To: Captain Rhino
Yeah, what right moves did Germany make at Tora Bora? I missed their troop deployment.
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:44:13 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: Stoat
Okay, and how long have Nazi war criminals been living on the lamb, 60+years? How much money did they steal from the 10,000,000 Jews they killed? At least the US is trying to recover Bin Laden. You don't see too many German Nazi hunters do you?
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:44:40 PM PDT
by
ReeseKev27
(Boycott liberal institutions, France, and the Dixie Chicks :))
To: MinstrelBoy
German intelligence. Aren't they the guys who lost World War II?
and WWI
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:45:13 PM PDT
by
schaketo
(Save a Tree! Cancel your Philadelphia Inquirer Subscription.)
To: Stoat
Shortly after the invasion of Afghanistan the US commander, General Tommy Franks, acknowledged that some Afghans were probably accepting bribes to free al-Qaeda or Taliban fighters whom the US wished to interrogate - although he did not name Osama bin Laden himself.And four years later German intelligence repeats the statement. Excellent work, intelligence guy!
To: Stoat
Yeah right. He outspent the bounty the US had out on him? Please.
To: Stoat
This guy must read the same intelligence briefing Kerry does - The Onion..
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posted on
04/12/2005 1:47:34 PM PDT
by
IamConservative
(To worry is to misuse your imagination.)
To: schaketo
Yes, they lost WWI & WWII. Don't forget to mention that the unemployment rate in the German socialist centrally planned economy is twice that in the U.S. Maybe the Germans need to add one more to the unemployment line: their intel chief.
To: Stoat
Is this guy just now getting around to reading what was actually going on back in Oct.-Dec of 2001? For an intelligence officer he seems a little slow on the tick-tock. Lots of really old news seems to be being brought up lately. As the President has said: "I've yet to hear of a Monday morning quarterback winning a game."
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posted on
04/12/2005 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Let the Constitution do the talkin')
To: Liberty Valance
Is this guy just now getting around to reading what was actually going on back in Oct.-Dec of 2001?It's the same old template the Left always uses....if there's nothing in today's news that you can take out of context and twist into an anti-American tirade, just use old news and do the same thing.
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posted on
04/12/2005 2:17:05 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: MinstrelBoy
Germany has been ahead in the curve. Gas prices were $1.25 when I was over there in the 70's.
To: mountainlyons
This item is hardly news, we could trust the Northern Alliance for most the part because they detested the Taliban and Bin Laden killed their leader but I never trusted many of those Pashtun tribes working with the US - I remember the Pashtuns refused to allow the NA to come into their territory to help hunt down Bin Laden, but don't forget all these guys had been in Bin Laden's back pocket just a few weeks earlier......and loyalty follows the money in Afghanistan, especially in Pashtun country
however the US didn't seem to have much choice if they wanted to get any Pashtun co-operation at all....
To: Stoat
Did he spend more than the $25 million reward that the U.S.
had has on his head?
As we know from our own "intelligence" agencies, a lot of heads of intelligence aren't too intelligent.
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posted on
04/12/2005 2:45:47 PM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: Williams
Made a real name for themselves in their spirited defense of Kabul though...Not!
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posted on
04/12/2005 2:57:47 PM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
("If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense to you!")
To: Stoat
This mouse expects people to hear him?
Stuart Little has more credibility.
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