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Russian secret agency FSB trained Al Qaeda's al-Zawahiri: Report:-
Moscow | July 17, 2005 4:27:25 PM IST
Russia's secret agency Federal Security Service (FSB), formerly known as KGB, had imparted militant training to Ayman-al-Zawahiri, the number two in the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda after chief Osama bin Laden.
The Dawn quoted a report in a Poland newspaper "Rzeczpospolita" that before deciding to join Osama, Zawahiri received terrorist training in 1998 at a FSB camp in Dagestan.
Thereafter, he shifted his base to Afghanistan to become Osama 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.
Zawahiri has been indicted for his alleged role in the August 7, 1998, bombings in the US Embassies, and also in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.
US State Department's "Rewards for Justice Program" has offered a reward of up to 25 million dollars for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Zawahiri
Born on June 19, 1951, Zawahiri is a prominent member of the al-Qaeda, and formerly headed the Egyptian Islamic Jihad paramilitary organization. Al-Zawahiri is a physician by trade and speaks Arabic, French, and some English.
In 1998 he formally merged Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda. According to reports by a former al-Qaida member, he has worked in the al-Qaida organization since its inception and was a senior member of the group's shura council. He is often described as a "lieutenant" to Osama. It is also assumed that al-Zawahiri serves as bin Laden's doctor as the latter reportedly suffers from a kidney disorder, possibly requiring dialysis. (ANI)
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Al Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri Received Terrorist Training in Russia — Newspaper
Created: 18.07.2005 11:26 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 11:29 MSK
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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), formerly known as the KGB, gave terrorist training to Ayman-al-Zawahiri, the second most wanted member of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden, Asian News International reported Sunday.
The Pakistani newspaper The Dawn quoted a report in the Polish newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” that before deciding to join Osama, Zawahiri received terrorist training in 1998 at an FSB camp in Dagestan.
Thereafter, he shifted his base to Afghanistan to become Osama 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.
Zawahiri has been indicted for his alleged role in the Aug. 7, 1998, bombings of U.S. Embassies in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.
The U.S. 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 is a prominent member of al-Qaeda, and formerly headed the Egyptian Islamic Jihad paramilitary organization. Al-Zawahiri is a physician by trade and speaks Arabic, French, and some English.
In 1998 he formally merged the Egyptian Islamic Jihad into al-Qaeda.
According to reports by a former al-Qaeda member, he has worked in the organization since its inception and was a senior member of the group’s shura council. He is often described as a “lieutenant” to Osama. It is also assumed that al-Zawahiri serves as Bin Laden’s doctor as the latter reportedly suffers from a kidney disorder, possibly requiring dialysis.
KGB trained Zawahiri, says former agent
WARSAW, July 16: Al Qaeda’s number two was trained by Russia’s secret service and served as a KGB agent before becoming Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man, a former KGB secret agent told Poland’s Rzeczpospolita newspaper on Saturday.
“Ayman al Zawahiri trained at a Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB) base in Dagestan in 1998,” claimed ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who fled Russia in 2000.
“He was then transferred to Afghanistan where he became Osama bin Laden’s deputy”, Mr Litvinenko told the newspaper.
“I was working in that section at the time and I can confirm the fact Zawahiri was not the only link between the FSB and Al Qaeda,” he said. —AFP
http://www.dawn.com/2005/07/17/int14.htm
FSB DHS ..
whole lotta retooling going on these days..