Thanks to piasa for the ping to this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787196/posts
"Secret aid for al-Qa'ida in Somalia"
The Times (London) ^ | February 19, 2007 | Jon Swain
Posted on 02/18/2007 10:02:38 PM PST by Mount Athos
and this post:
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1787196/posts?page=5#5
South Africa, Russia? ping:
Evgueny Zakharov, the owner of Aerolift, an airline with a fleet of ageing Antonov and Ilyushin transport aircraft based in Johannesburg but registered in the British Virgin Islands, said in an interview: "We transported lots of men in uniform -- Arab men with masks.
"They were disciplined men and although none of them had rank badges there were obviously people in charge. They got on the aircraft as if they had done it many times before."
5 posted on 02/18/2007 10:15:19 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
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