Hijackers connected to Albanian terrorist cell

Washington Times ^ | 9/18/01 | Bill Gertz

[kattracks]

U.S. intelligence officials are investigating ties between the terrorists who carried out suicide airliner attacks and associates of Osama bin Laden based in Albania.

The connections were described as support for the terrorist operation to hijack U.S. commercial jetliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

[Balto_Boy]

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[l0newolf]

Conveniently forgotten is that the training in Afghanistan was predominately sponsored by Pakistan with the assistance of the CIA, both in arms supplies, indirect training and financial assistance.

Quite amazing how the USG's support of every "freedom fighter" ends up in a conflict with those assisted. Kind of like training tigers and having them bite your head off the moment you "forget" to feed them. I put that in quotes because too often the CIA abandons military principles in favor of dubious political maneuvering.

[Alexandre]

I blame it all on "The Great Stainmaker." He alone is responsible for the cowardly events of 9/11 and the horror that is yet to beset America.

It could be just great... if just one bastard messed it all. but there are more - click the picture and ejoy!

And who in the hell hosts KAVKAZ.ORG? Does not .ORG means a government-sponsored domain?

[Alexandre]

Anybody still thinks we sided with the good guy when we bombed Serbia?

BUMP to Hoplite, Torie and Fusion!

[Hoplite]

If Serbia acted like they did in the 1990's again, I'd support bombing them again.

'nuff said.

[Incorrigible]

Thanks for the Bump Balto_boy.

I too would be interested in hearing from Fusion on this issue.

He posted a couple of interesting articles in the past few days but has been very quiet otherwise:

Analysis: The Coming American Assault on Afghanistan

Has American Covert Retaliation Begun?

I'm not sure what his relationship is with Beaufort County Now but those above editorials are from that site.

[Thoreau]

So if we find out that the U.S. has harbored terrorists...does that mean we bomb ourselves?

[Honorary Serb]

Anybody still thinks we sided with the good guy when we bombed Serbia?

And does anyone still think that I am a "Serb propaganda artist, working our of Belgrade"? Or that my warnings about muslim fifth columnists and terrorists here in the US were paranoid or merely designed to stir up hatred?

I hope that we Americans can all bind up our wounds, roll up our sleeves, and work to defeat our shadowy and implacable islamic enemy. And that we can rehabilitate Serbia as what it has always been--OUR TRUE AND NOBLE ALLY!!!

[Fusion]

I think in the coming weeks you will find very little criticism from the mainstream press for the Kosovo Liberation Army. Attempts to provide linkage between the followers of Albanian nationalism and the Islamic entente are a hopeless reach at best by a Slavic fringe element that still do not understand the true relationship between the US and the KLA.

Many months ago several threads discussed Camp Bondsteel as a possible modern day Dien Bien Phu -- to the yawns of most. Realists merely need to understand that Camp Bondsteel represents the greatest concentration of American troops within long range missile attack radius of US enemies -- and that the KLA's liberation of the Tetovo Republic has greatly increased the Southern security perimeter for this encampment.

If Camp Bondsteel becomes a target of any coming war then you can be assured it will not be hit by a primitive multiple rocket launch system from the liberated zone of the Tetovo Republic. In addition it is likely that several score KLA fighters will become part of any American light ground forces that go into Afghanistan.

You see, they have been fighting in mountains for years -- and many have experience directing NATO airstrikes during the Kosovo war. America about to reap the dividends of training and equipping the descendents of Ancient Illyria all these years...

As usual the Slavic apologists are so wrapped up in their mindless hate they are unable to grasp the realities of a new world that was born long before a week ago. Then again, that is often the case with "civilisations" in their decline...

The forces of freedom on the move. Europe trembles.

[Balto_Boy]

Attempts to provide linkage between the followers of Albanian nationalism and the Islamic entente are a hopeless reach at best by a Slavic fringe element that still do not understand the true relationship between the US and the KLA.

I didn't know USA Today was a "Slavic fringe element".

[SauronOfMordor]

So now we're seeing connections between Afghanistan and china, Albania with China, Albania with Bin Laden...

Anybody else think that Bin Laden may be the puppet, and China the puppet master?

[AuntB]

Thanks for the ping, Balto_Boy, I've missed you guys. I haven't read the article yet, but I've been waiting for this shoe (Albanian connection) to drop...is the name THACI mentioned...THAT is one bad dude. Another thing keeps running through my wicked little head. Do you recall the business deal Roger Clinton had importing drywall from United Arab Emerites??(ck spelling?)I heard on the news that 2 of the hijackers had passports or were from there. May mean nothing, but NOTHING would surprise me. NOTHING at this point. Take care my friend.

[Pericles]

I read that the CIA and the FBI knew that two of the Islamic skyjackers that were on their watch list were in the USA during Clinton's administration. Sloppy follow up or a quid pro quo with Bin Ladin due to his aid in supplying weapons and fighters for Bosnian and Albanian and Chechen Muslim fighters?

From MSNBC: Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at U.S. Bases