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Posted on 07/01/2006 1:15:53 PM PDT by nwctwx
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PROPAGANDA On The Net...
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Sometimes I think the anti-Christ is political correctness.
Political correctness targets the good and attempts to make
perversion and other evils acceptable under the guise of
tolerance.
"I still can't comprehend such vile evilness."
I can't either.
Thanks to CallMeJoe for this memory jogger post.
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Zawahiri and Mughniyeh:
The insurgency in Iraq began in August 2003. It is worth remembering that reports were ciruclating at that exact time that Mughniyeh and Zawahiri were seen leaving Iran. I think the rumors at the time were that they were headed for Turkey, then Iraq.
This is where it all started. September 11th to Iraq to now. We have come full circle. The next phase of their jihad is here.
These two conspired to perpetrate the most heinous act of mass murder in U.S. history. They have not stopped conspiring. And we await yet another message from one of them.
The torrent of missives in recent months from Zawahiri and UBL and the white-hot rhetoric of Ahmadinejad, Mughniyeh's longtime associate through the IRGC Qods Force, that directly threatens the US with attack, indicates that they are not finished. These are not men who believe they are beaten in any sense. Their jihadi "empire" is about to "strike back" - - along with those who backed them (Iran-Iraq-North Korea)
Zawahiri is the true head of al Qaeda. Mughniyeh is the operational commander of Hezbollah. And Ahmadinejad runs the largest terror state in history with connections to both.
Their mutual history is long. And they have worked their entire lives to get to this one moment - - a final battle.
http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2003/august/08_14_1.html
IRAN: LEADING INSURGENTS LEAVE COUNTRY
LONDON [MENL] -- Iran has again asserted that leading Islamic insurgents have fled the country amid fear of being extradited to their countries of origin.
The escape by the insurgents come as Iranian and Western sources report a power struggle between President Mohammed Khatami and the ruling Islamic clergy over the fate of Al Qaida and other anti-U.S. insurgents in Iran. The sources said Khatami has launched an effort to capture Al Qaida members wanted by Saudi Arabia while the ruling clergy has sought to protect them.
Al Qaida's Ayman Zawahiri and Hizbullah's Imad Mughniyeh were said to have left Iran over the last two weeks, the Iranian sources said. The sources said they did not know where the insurgents were headed.
Zawahiri has been a leader of Egypt's Jihad and the number two member of Al Qaida. Mughniyeh was described as the foreign operations director of Hizbullah and the leading operative for Iran.
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/fr/fr010919_1_n.shtml
19 September 2001
Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view
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Israel’s military intelligence service, Aman, suspects that Iraq is the state that sponsored the suicide attacks on the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington.
Directing the mission, Aman officers believe, were two of the world’s foremost terrorist masterminds: the Lebanese Imad Mughniyeh, head of the special overseas operations for Hizbullah, and the Egyptian Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri, senior member of Al-Qaeda and possible successor of the ailing Osama Bin Laden.
The two men have not been seen for some time. Mughniyeh is probably the world’s most wanted outlaw. Unconfirmed reports in Beirut say he has undergone plastic surgery and is unrecognisable. Zawahiri is thought to be based in Egypt. He could be Bin Laden’s chief representative outside Afghanistan.
The Iraqis, who for several years paid smaller groups to do their dirty work, were quick to discover the advantages of Al-Qaeda. The Israeli sources claim that for the past two years Iraqi intelligence officers were shuttling between Baghdad and Afghanistan, meeting with Ayman Al Zawahiri.
According to the sources, one of the Iraqi intelligence officers, Salah Suleiman, was captured last October by the Pakistanis near the border with Afghanistan. The Iraqis are also reported to have established strong ties with Imad Mughniyeh.
"We’ve only got scraps of information, not the full picture," admits one intelligence source, "but it was good enough for us to send a warning six weeks ago to our allies that an unprecedented massive terror attack was expected. One of our indications suggested that Imad Mughniyeh met with some of his dormant agents on secret trips to Germany. We believe that the operational brains behind the New-York attack were Mughniyeh and Zawahiri, who were probably financed and got some logistical support from the Iraqi Intelligence Service (SSO)."
Mughniyeh was the only one believed to have tried it before. On April 12th 1997, he was reported to be only two hours away from achieving the highest goal of any terrorist organisation (until last week): blowing up an Israeli El-Al airliner above Tel Aviv. A man carrying a forged British passport with the name Andrew Jonathan Neumann was in a Jerusalem hotel preparing a bomb he was supposed to take on board an El-Al flight leaving Israel, when it accidentally went off. Andrew Jonathan Neumann was very badly injured but strong enough to reveal later to the Israelis that he was not British but Lebanese, and that his operation was supposed to be a special "gift" to Israel from Imad Mughniyeh. . .
Our Israeli sources claim to see Mughniyeh’s signature on the wreckage in New York and Washington. How to counter this kind of terrorism? "To fight these bastards you don’t need a military attack," said an experienced Israeli commando officer. "You only need to adopt Israel’s assassination policy."
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP47303
February 21, 2003 No.473
Top Iranian Defector On Iran's Collaboration with Iraq, North Korea, Al-Qa'ida, and Hizbullah
On Iranian Support of Hizbullah's Actions Against the U.S.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: "You mean you went [to Lebanon]?"
Zakiri: "I have visited most of the countries in the region, but I meant that the [Revolutionary] Guards established bases in Lebanon, and used them for recruiting and training the revolutionaries and gradually bringing them into [carrying out] their schemes against the Americans, such as blowing up the Marines headquarters in Beirut [1983] and attacking the American Embassy. Imad Mughnia and some of the [Revolutionary] Guards commanders had a major part in these actions. Imad Mughnia and some of the [Revolutionary] Guards officers commanded the operation of hijacking the American TWA airplane and the killing of one of its passengers. Mughnia remained liaison officer with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri and with commanders of other fundamentalist organization."
Al-Qa'ida Request for "Help to Carry Out a Most Important Mission in the Land of the 'Great Satan'" – Turned Down
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: "Did you know about the plans to attack the World Trade Center in New York?"
Zakiri: "No, but we had in our headquarters models of the [WTC] two towers, the White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA building at Langley. Thus, Imad Mughnia came to Iran, met with a number of top officials in the security apparatus of the Leader [Khamenei] and gave them a letter from Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, which said: 'We need your help to carry out a most important mission in the land of the 'Great Satan.'' The issue was presented but his request was denied. Afterwards, it was decided by the head of our department and Natiq Nouri's deputy, head of the investigations section in the Leader's [Khamenei's] Office and his representative in the Higher Council for Security, to entrust Mughnia with keeping the relations with Al-Zawahiri and his comrades, provided he did not get involved in their activity."
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: "Where is Imad Mughnia today?"
Zakiri: "He is still in Iran and is continuing his activity. I think that he planned the escape of dozens of Al-Qa'ida men to Iran, some of them with their families. Before that, bin Laden's wife arrived, the young Yemenite woman with her son, and we handed them over to Yemen. Perhaps Sa'ad Osama bin Laden [too] entered Iran through Mughnia."
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA12703
March 11, 2003 No.127
Radical Islamist Profiles (3): Ayman Muhammad Rabi' Al-Zawahiri: The Making of an Arch Terrorist
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*
The following report appeared in the winter 2002 edition of the journal "Terrorism and Political Violence."[1] It was authored by Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli, senior analyst of MEMRI's Middle East Economic Studies Program.
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Al-Zawahiri's biggest success was sending his and Al-Qaida's volunteers to Somalia to fight the American presence in that country and eventually causing the U.S. to withdraw. His volunteers fought under the command of a young Egyptian man, Ali Al-Rashidi, also known as Abu-Ubaida Al-Banshiri. From Somalia, Al-Banshiri was sent to Kenya to establish a base of operations for terrorist activities against the United States in East Africa. Al-Banshiri drowned in an alleged accident in Lake Victoria. After a period of uncertainty, Al-Banshiri was replaced by another Egyptian, Subhi Abu Sitta, also known as Abu Hafas Al-Masri who was responsible for organizing the bombing of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar-Es-Salaam. In a final incarnation, Subhi Abu Sitta became Muhammad Atef, who was to become the field commander of Al-Qa'ida in Afghanistan. One of Abu Sitta's daughters married bin Laden's son, Muhammad, in January 2001. An American bomb killed Abu Sitta/Atef in Kabul in November 2001.
Toward the end of 1994 and early 1995 attempts were made by Al-Zawahiri, under the guidance of bin Laden, to coordinate the activities of the various Islamic terrorist movements to carry out sabotage activities against the United States in order to break its 'hegemony' in the Middle East. Meetings were held in Tehran, Khartoum and Cyprus (city unknown) with the participation of Imad Fadhia al-Mughniyah (of Hezbollah, wanted by the U.S. for murdering an American passenger on a commercial airliner and dumping his body on Beirut airport's tarmac), Fathi Al-Shiqaqi (of Palestinian Islamic Jihad), Musa Abu Marzuq (of Hamas), in addition to Sheikh Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindani from Yemen as well as representatives from the Nahdha Movement in Tunisia, and Al-Jama'a Al-Islamiyya of Pakistan. In the last meeting, held in Khartoum in April 1995, Al-Zawahiri laid down three fundamental directions for the next stage of the struggle: first, increase the effectiveness of the Islamic networks in London and New York, particularly in Brooklyn; second, increase the effectiveness of the Islamic militias in the Balkans; and third, provide greater support to the armed Islamic groups in Somalia and Ethiopia.
The conferees agreed to establish a high-level coordinating body of the armed Islamic movements comprising Al-Zawahiri, Imad Fadhia Al-Mughniyah and Ahmad Salem. In less than a month, this body met in Cyprus and agreed to increase the number of volunteers to Bosnia and to ask Al-Zawahiri to visit the U.S. to see first hand the modus operandi of the Islamic networks there. Al-Zawahiri visited the U.S. in 1996 and helped raise a considerable amount of money for "the widows and orphans" of Afghanistan.[27]
Upon reestablishing themselves in Afghanistan in 1996, the two leaders bin Laden and Zawahiri began articulating the position of Al-Qa'ida vis-à-vis the United States. They concluded that America was the Number One enemy of Muslims everywhere and that its support of some Arab regimes, mainly Saudi Arabia and Egypt, has been responsible for the failed efforts to topple those regimes. It was at the end of 1997 that bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri declared war on Americans everywhere, after an initial statement of war in 1996 against the American presence in the region only. Afterwards, the objectives were expanded. On 23 February 1998 bin Laden issued a declaration announcing the creation of "The World Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and the Crusaders [Christians]." A Fatwa (edict) accompanied the declaration by bin Laden that "the killing of Americans –military and civilians—and the looting of their properties is a duty for Muslims everywhere." In addition to bin Laden, the declaration was signed by Al-Zawahiri as leader of Jama'at al-Jihad and by Rifa'i Taha, the man in charge of the Advisory Council of the Islamic Movement in Egypt. From this union between Al-Qa'ida and the Egyptian Jihad group "grew an apocalyptic vision that in many ways resonates more of Al-Zawahiri's than of bin Laden's"[28]
316 posted on 07/26/2006 10:40:11 PM PDT by callmejoe
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OPINION: Isn't Saad bin Laden still in Iran?
I have never read an article suggesting that
he is anywhere else.
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Wed Jul 26 2006 22:59:08 GMT-0700.
Worldwide Caution
June 06, 2006
This Public Announcement updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests overseas. This supersedes the Worldwide Caution dated December 12, 2005 and expires on December 6, 2006.
The Department of State remains concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks, demonstrations and other violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas. Americans are reminded that demonstrations and rioting can occur with little or no warning. The publication in the international press of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, for example, led to widespread demonstrations and riots in several countries.
The March 2006 bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, illustrates the continuing desire of al-Qa’ida to strike official American targets. Current information suggests that al-Qa’ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks against U.S. interests in multiple regions, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These attacks may employ a wide variety of tactics to include assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings.
Extremists may elect to use conventional or non-conventional weapons, and target private interests or “soft targets” with a reduced security posture. Examples of such targets include high-profile sporting events, residential areas, business offices, clubs, restaurants, hotels, places of worship, schools, public areas and locales where Americans gather in large numbers, including during holidays. Financial or economic targets of value may also be considered as possible venues; the failed attack on the Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia in late February 2006 is one such example.
In the wake of the July 2005 London bombings and the March 2004 train attacks in Madrid, Americans are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems. In addition, extremists may also select aviation and maritime services as possible targets.
U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance, be aware of local events, and take the appropriate steps to bolster their personal security. For additional information, please refer to “A Safe Trip Abroad” found at http://travel.state.gov.
U.S. Government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert. These facilities may temporarily close or periodically suspend public services to assess their security posture. In those instances, U.S. embassies and consulates will make every effort to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens. Americans abroad are urged to monitor the local news and maintain contact with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.
As the Department continues to develop information on any potential security threats to U.S. citizens overseas, it shares credible threat information through its Consular Information Program documents, available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.
I'll watch for any Zawahiri news. A couple new posts at OBLCrew.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OBLCrew/messages
Thank you Layoutguru2.
I take a look.
I'm out cybersurfing right now checking out the sites.
sp= I will take a look...
Don't see much about Saad anymore.
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/30170.htm (10/27/05)
http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2006/PhillipsTestimony060518.pdf (5/18/06)
Also looks like he hasn't moved much since he arrived in 2001. I guess if his dad isn't available, Ahmadinejad can pull Saad out of a well if he needs a substitute Mahdi.
http://www.kentimmerman.com/2003_06_11zakeri.htm
" . . . The talks with al-Zawahiri went so well that bin Laden dispatched his eldest son, Saad bin Laden, on a return trip to Iran exactly four months and seven days before Sept. 11, according to Zakeri. The younger bin Laden was flown from the Tayebat border crossing with Afghanistan to the Damavand air base outside Tehran. "He came with three other people," Zakeri says. "They were not introduced to me and spoke Arabic amongst themselves. But Saad spoke good English." Zakeri says he stayed in Iran for three weeks but held just one official meeting, which took place at 3 a.m. at Khomeini's former meeting house in Jamaran, on the slopes of the Elburz Mountains in Tehran's northern suburbs. Present were all five members of the Leadership Council, Zakeri says: Khameini, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and ayatollahs Mohammad Yazdi, Mahdavi Kani and Ali Meshkini.
It was at that meeting, on May 4, 2001, that final plans for the attack on the U.S. mainland were made, Zakeri believes. Shortly afterward, he recalls seeing a striking exhibit in the entry hall to the main headquarters of the MOIS in Tehran. "It was a model of the World Trade Center, the White House, the Pentagon and Camp David," he says. "From the ceiling, a missile was suspended, as if to strike the buildings. 'Death to America' was written on its side in Arabic, not Farsi."
Zakeri says the intelligence ministry frequently displayed in the same entry hall photographs of Iranian dissidents it planned to assassinate. It also was used as a prayer room and amphitheater. "Everyone saw it, and after 9/11, everybody understood what it meant," he says. . ."
Thanks for checking on that CallMeJoe.
I believe I read somewhere he travelled once in awhile, but his home base was Iran. I appreciate the feedback.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=abuhamza
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"Dad is a coward, a hypocrite and he deserves to rot in jail [Abu Hamza]"
Times online ^ | 27th July 06 | By Rajeev Syal
Posted on 07/27/2006 1:11:06 AM PDT by vimto
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dad is a coward, a hypocrite and he deserves to rot in jail By Rajeev Syal In an exclusive interview, Donna Traverso tells The Times about the man who tore her family apart
SHE knew him simply as Dad, a kindly presence in her life who would tell her that she was “his little girl” as she nestled in his muscular arms. Now Donna Traverso, 25, despises her former stepfather Abu Hamza al-Masri for shattering her family and abandoning her at the age of 5.
In her first interview, she tells The Times how the Egyptian disappeared with her beloved little half-brother, Mohammed, and told him that his mother was dead. He tried to lure her away at the same time, she said."
Off-Topic:
A few more details UPDATE...
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/27/top20.htm
Five Muslims die in accident in Canada
TORONTO, July 26: Five Canadian Muslims of Indian and Pakistani origin, belonging to a local Tableeghi Jamaat, died in an accident in Yukon Territory, police sources said here on Wednesday morning.
The accident occurred on a lonely stretch of the Dempster Highway when a vehicle went off the road. Another person travelling in the vehicle suffered serious injuries. His name was not disclosed by police.
Those who died were identified as Naoman Sidat, 56, and Mohammad Saeed, 33, of Toronto, Mohammad Pathan, 65, of North York, Azmat Shaikh, 38, of Markham, and Khalid Malik of White Horse.
Four of the dead were from India and one from Pakistan.—Correspondent
ON THE NET...
http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=news&q=Tablighi%20Jamaat
http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?&q=Tablighi%20Jamaat
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_page_id=1787&in_article_id=394120
"Blame our establishment for appeasing these extremists"
By MELANIE PHILLIPS, Daily Mail09:01am 5th July 2006
Reader comments (15)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But this doesn't follow at all. Indeed, the Populus poll revealed that more than half of all British Muslims want the Government to do much more to root out the extremism being practised in the name of their religion.
It is beyond belief, for example, that what is hailed as the biggest mosque in Europe is planned to be built on the East London site of the Olympic village — and it is being funded by the Tablighi Jamaat, said by the FBI and French intelligence to be the biggest recruiters for Al Qaeda in Europe.
Recruitment
It is beyond belief that nothing is being done to stop the recruitment and incitement to violence taking place not just in mosques and madrassas but on campuses, in youth clubs and in prisons.
It was concern over the depth of Britain's denial that caused me to write my book Londonistan — which was almost not published in Britain because publishers thought it was not 'politically correct' — precisely to sound the alarm over a widespread state of denial which, if unchecked, will have deadly consequences."
Naqoura - "UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON (UNIFIL) - Press Release (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Another UN position of the Ghanaian battalion in the area of Marwahin in the western sector was also directly hit by one mortar round from the Hezbollah side last night. The round did not explode, and there were no casualties or material damage. Another 5 incidents of firing close to UN positions from the Israeli side were reported yesterday. It was also reported that Hezbollah fired from the vicinity of four UN positions at Alma ash Shab, Tibnin, Brashit, and At Tiri. All UNIFIL positions remain occupied and maintained by the troops.") (July 26, 2006)
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=119249
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/newsimages/al%20gareeb/al-Zawahri..jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6350/zawahirisoondp3.gif
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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 July 2006, 10:37 GMT 11:37 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5220162.stm
Al-Qaeda 'to avenge Israel deeds'
Al-Qaeda's second in command Ayman al-Zawahiri has said in a video the militant network would respond to attacks on Muslims in Lebanon and Gaza.
His message was broadcast by Arabic television station al-Jazeera.
Al-Qaeda could not remain silent in the face of a "Zionist-Crusader war" and now saw "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us," he said.
Events in Lebanon and Gaza showed the importance of the battle in Afghanistan and Iraq, he added."
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/rdonlyres/1D608570-C11E-4AEB-B14B-84B47DC401E7/133816/A365F10A3B6E475A82F01BCD1407C204.jpg
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1D608570-C11E-4AEB-B14B-84B47DC401E7.htm
"Al-Zawahiri urges attacks on Israel"
Thursday 27 July 2006, 13:57 Makka Time, 10:57 GMT
"Al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to join the 'Zionist-crusader war'"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has urged Muslims to attack Israel and its allies over the violence in the Middle East.
In a taped message broadcast on Aljazeera, Ayman al-Zawahiri said al-Qaeda would not stand by while "these [Israeli] shells burn our brothers" in Lebanon and Gaza.
He called on Muslims to join forces and fight what he called the "Zionist-crusader war" against Muslim nations.
"Oh Muslims everywhere, I call on you to fight and become martyrs in the war against the Zionists and the crusaders," the Egyptian born former doctor said.
"The war with Israel does not depend on ceasefires... It is a jihad for God's sake and will last until religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahiri said. "We will attack everywhere."
The deputy to Osama bin Laden wore a grey robe and white turban during the statement. A picture of the World Trade Centre on fire was on the wall behind him along with pictures of two fighters.
"The shells and rockets ripping apart Muslim bodies in Gaza and Lebanon are not only Israeli, but are supplied by all the countries of the crusader coalition. Therefore, every participant in the crime will pay the price," al-Zawahiri said."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/685153D7-BCCB-4699-BF45-0F639F0383D1.htm
"Mystery plane lands in Mogadishu"
Thursday 27 July 2006, 10:28 Makka Time, 7:28 GMT
"A cargo plane allegedly carrying arms was met by Islamists"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A cargo plane said to be loaded with weapons has landed in Mogadishu from Eritrea in violation of a United Nations arms embargo.
Somalia's transitional government said the plane that landed on Wednesday was carrying land mines, bombs and guns from Eritrea for the Islamic militia that has taken control of the capital and much of the south of the country.
The plane was reportedly met by two senior Islamic commanders and another member of the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS).
Fighters chased journalists from the heavily guarded facility where the aircraft landed.
The plane's tail carried a flag from Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic that often makes its planes available for charter.
The United States has expressed concern about the involvement of Eritrea, and neighbour Ethiopia, in Somalia."
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