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Iranian Man in Germany Warned of Attack (WasAllowed to Ring WhiteHouse &CIA,Wasn't TakenSerious)
REUTERS ^ | 3:23 a.m. ET | Reuters Staff

Posted on 09/14/2001 1:57:59 AM PDT by t-shirt

September 14, 2001

Iranian Man in Germany Warned of Attack

- Justice Source

By REUTERS

Filed at 3:23 a.m. ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - An Iranian man in Germany had warned German and U.S. authorities about a global danger less than a week before the terror attacks in the United States, justice ministry sources said on Friday.

The man, who was in custody in the northern city of Hanover awaiting deportation, had insisted on ringing the White House to warn them of the danger.

``The man was allowed to ring the White House, but there, as well as at the CIA, he was not taken seriously,'' an official from the justice ministry of Lower Saxony told Reuters under condition of anonymity.

The official said authorities in Germany believed the Iranian was mentally ill.

The official said the justice ministry was informed of the man and his warnings on Wednesday, the day after hijacked aircraft crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office said it would issue a report on the matter later in the day.

One newspaper said the man was now being interviewed by German authorities and by the CIA.

The official said there was still doubt, even after the attacks, that the man really knew about the plot.

Germany has become a focal point for investigations into Tuesday's attacks after it emerged three of the suicide hijackers may have belonged to a Hamburg-based extremist group committed to attacking symbolic U.S. targets.

German authorities have to decide on Friday about whether to keep in custody an airport worker as they extend a probe into a German link to the terror attacks.

Reports of a second man being held were denied by the federal prosecutors office on Friday.


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To: #3Fan dennisw mdittmar peabers The Documentary Lady Blunderfromdownunder Straight Vermonter jporcus
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21 posted on 09/14/2001 2:37:19 AM PDT by t-shirt
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To: t-shirt
BTTT
22 posted on 09/14/2001 2:45:21 AM PDT by 2Trievers
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To: sneakypete
After all,WE are the ones who supplied,financed,and trained bin Laden when he was fighting the Soviets,
and we even went so far as to give him Stinger missles so he could shoot down aircraft!

That was a different circumstance. Of course we supported
anyone who was willing to attack the Soviet beast.

23 posted on 09/14/2001 2:48:50 AM PDT by dbbeebs
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To: Hank Rearden spycatcher G.Mason passionfruit DB b AntiScumbag N00dleN0gg1n HalfIrish waxhaw Dan Day
truth bump
24 posted on 09/14/2001 2:49:27 AM PDT by t-shirt
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To: Mike Darancette
The EU countries are as well-versed in terrorism as the Middle East.
25 posted on 09/14/2001 2:55:42 AM PDT by clee1
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To: t-shirt
The CIA sure wasn't doing its' job! eh

How do we fire all the CIA and hire new people??!

26 posted on 09/14/2001 3:03:50 AM PDT by timestax
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To: timestax
The CIA sure wasn't doing its' job! eh

Nor was the FBI!!!

28 posted on 09/14/2001 3:06:19 AM PDT by t-shirt
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To: sneakypete
bin Laden

Saddam Hussein

Manuel Noriega

Interesting that the last three major military actions the U.S. has/will engage in are in dealing with former CIA assets.

And people wonder why some of us are suspicious of the CIA and Spook Daddy Bush? I really like Junior but Spook Daddy always did make me nervous.
31 posted on 09/14/2001 3:30:36 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: t-shirt
I'll bet they get thousands of these predictions. When they come true is when they backtrack. 999 don't come true, that 1000th does.
32 posted on 09/14/2001 3:51:53 AM PDT by #3Fan
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To: Mike Darancette
Gee Mike, do you think terrorism is illegal in Germany? Do you think they aggressively search out and prosecute these people?

Are you able to discern any difference between these types of actions against terrorism vs. Afghanistan? Afghanistan made Bin Laden their director of defense… They provide refuge for him. They have for years. They support his cause because their cause is his cause.

Well?

Maybe a shot of caffeine will temporarily boost your thinking to a slightly higher level…
Then you can review the facts again and figure it out...

Then again, maybe not...

Duh…

33 posted on 09/14/2001 3:53:01 AM PDT by DB
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To: t-shirt
...and there is still the possibility that the guy is like the broken watch that is right twice a day. He could still be a lunatic and one of his prophecies came true.

Quote of the Day by Dog Gone

34 posted on 09/14/2001 3:54:01 AM PDT by RJayneJ
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To: Straight Vermonter
"Germany was the base of operations for the Lockerbie bombing as well. These terrorists move all too easily from country to country."

Yet whenever a European politician has the fortitude to try and put a stop to immigration from the "Third World", he is promptly dismissed as a Nazi by the "enlightened" West, including many on this very forum.

Maybe NOW people will understand why groups like the Front Nationale and the Austrian Freedom Party are correct.

35 posted on 09/14/2001 3:56:31 AM PDT by Goetz_von_Berlichingen
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To: dbbeebs
Oh yeah, that was real different. Bin Laden is a gift to us all from our loving benevolent government.

Government apologist are just as guilty and even more despicable.

36 posted on 09/14/2001 4:06:03 AM PDT by Fighting Falcons
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To: dbbeebs
>>That was a different circumstance. Of course we supported anyone who was willing to attack the Soviet beast. <<

Nonetheless,we (the USA) supported a known terrorist,and according to about half of the FR posters over the last couple of days,this means we should nuke ourselves.

How about a more recent example of US support for terrorists and acutally committing terrorist acts ourselves? I give you the bombing of civilian targets in the Balkans,and giving our support to Islamic forces (KLA) over Christian forces in Bosnia?

37 posted on 09/14/2001 4:07:23 AM PDT by sneakypete
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To: Fighting Falcons, conspira-loons
Government apologist are just as guilty and even more despicable.

So what are you saying here? Spit it out, man.

38 posted on 09/14/2001 4:09:22 AM PDT by dbbeebs
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To: timestax
>>How do we fire all the CIA and hire new people??!<<

Jimmah Carter already did the firing in 1977. He even went so far as to allow the publishing of the names of foreign nationals who worked in their countries as assetts for the USA. He just didn't do any rehiring. He spent the money on equipment instead.

39 posted on 09/14/2001 4:09:29 AM PDT by sneakypete
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To: sneakypete
How about a more recent example of US support for terrorists and acutally committing terrorist acts ourselves?

I'm aware that the US sometimes supports terrorists. Do you feel any better now?

40 posted on 09/14/2001 4:10:46 AM PDT by dbbeebs
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