Posted on 10/13/2001 1:05:58 PM PDT by ChowChowFace
Nerve poison in tomato crates
Hearing minutes in Italy occupy the terror plans progressed already far
By Christiane Kohl
Rome - speak with the sheikh, then Mach ' I already that ", says the voice on the volume: "I do not need an army, only two people, but those must be well trained", continue to chat the male voice: "the Libyer and the Kurd from Rome", those would be probably correct. "then I need only new papers and the ten-litre barrel", continue the voice: "God is with us, I is sure that I create it."
The voice belongs to the Libyer arrested in Munich, which is to the terror net of Osama shop to belong is to Lased Ben Heni. In its dwelling in Galarate with Varese in north Italy security forceses had platziert for months micro pion. Which they took up thereby at information, led now to the arrests. Except the Libyer Ben Heni arrested in Munich determined Italian policemen in Milan Mohammed Aouadi Ben Belgacem, 26, and Benstaali Mohammed Fuad, 38, - the Tunesier was gotten before the May countries mosque in the via Jenner. A third Tunesier - the 31-jaehrige Riadh Jelassi - had been already arrested in August because of an autotheft.
Training for Kamikaze actions
Strictly legally the arrested one in Italy only the education of a criminal combination is accused, to falsification of documents as well as offence against the einwanderungsgesetz. But the police is sure that you succeeded an impact against an important terror ring. The Ermittler assume that the group is the terror net shop supported, as falsified papers were procured and young people for its training camp and later Kamikaze actions were recruited. "to exclude" Claudio Scajola is not besides after the words of Minister of the Interior that the arresting planned "concrete terrorist raids".
As head already in the spring arrested a man, the 31-jaehrige Tunesier Essid Sami Ben Khenais is considered to the Italian gang. To the terror ring is besides a still volatile Egyptian to belong, who the Ermittler in France waehnen. The man could have been active as a courier between Italy and France, where according to a hypothesis of the Ermittler a chemical laboratory is for the production of explosives or chemical weapons. Except to France and Germany those are to have maintained a suspecting also contacts to groupings in England and Algeria.
Already in April the authorities in Milan and environment had arrested five Tunesier, after the determinations are them all together member of one of those 27 organizations, which be-load the Americans now as to net duly marked. Besides the five at that time arresting are to have been complicated in preparations for the notice on the Strassburger Weihnachtsmarkt in December 2000. The likewise in April arrested Ben Khenais, which they called in the group of "Umar the travelers", is to have telephoned several times with different Topterroristen, which are to have prepared the Strassburger notice.
Ben Khenais had its location in the city Busto Arsizio, close with the airport Malpensa, about 30 kilometers northwest from Milan, where also Riadh Jelassi lived. Jelassi came obviously coincidentally after an autotheft into the visor of the Ermittler. Ben Khenais and the Lased Ben Heni arrested in Munich however stood obviously already longer under purposeful observation. Apparent met the two frequent in the dwelling of Ben Heni in the place Galarate, which lies likewise not far from Malpensa. Meanwhile the Ermittler had platziert with Ben Heni in the dwelling micro pion: If Ben Khenais and Ben Heni spoke with one another, the order guardians monitored frequently.
Good contacts to China
From hearing minutes the Roman newspaper Repubblica quotes a discussion between Ben Khenais and Ben Heni, in which it could have concerned a chemical notice. Ben Heni: "now the barrel with the liquid stands on the program." Ben Khenais: "want as, their that to try?" Ben Heni: "why not, a few barrels." Ben Khenais: "where, in France?" Ben Heni: ", with the lady, that is simple." Ben Khenais: "is that a better product than the other one?" Ben Heni: "it is more efficient, because, if one opens this liquid, it becomes immediately effectively for humans." Later they do not call "Sinsinem" or "Sinsinam", for which it acted thereby, the material know the Ermittler yet. The two speak also of it that the material can be transported well in tomato crates, for their effectiveness are important that the substance is pressurized. A breath poison camouflaged in tomato crates - so far the considerations had already prospered. However the unknown substance was tried out never "in the field", quotes Repubblica a Ermittler.
Still another second important trace can obvious be constituted from hearing minutes: It leads to China. Thus the May countries Corriere della Sera quotes a heard sentence, according to which are shop "good contacts" to China has. According to hearing minutes from March this yearly is to have said Ben Heni for example to an interlocutor opposite: "in its (are shop) group, which studies the weapons of the Americans, there are also Chinese professors."
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