Mossad-Agenten waren Atta auf der Spur

Neue Enthüllungen bringen die CIA in Bedrängnis: Offenbar hat der israelische Geheimdienst Mossad die US-Behörden schon frühzeitig auf die Terroristen-Gruppe um Mohammed Atta hingewiesen. Auch die deutschen Ermittler erfuhren erst sehr spät, wie viel die US-Kollegen schon zwei Jahre vor dem 11. September über die Hamburger Studenten wussten.

Washington/Tel Aviv/Hamburg - Die neuen Erkenntnisse förderte das Hamburger Wochenblatt "Die Zeit" zu Tage, das am Donnerstag ein umfangreiches Dossier über die Pannen des amerikanischen Geheimdienstes CIA veröffentlichen will. Darin beschreibt der freie Autor Oliver Schröm seine Recherche-Ergebnisse bei diversen europäischen und amerikanischen Geheimdiensten. Die Schlussfolgerungen dürften für den angeschlagenen CIA-Chef George J. Tenet deprimierend sein. Denn die CIA hatte offenbar auf mehrere der späteren Todes-Piloten vom 11. September sehr konkrete Hinweise. Diese wurden aber ignoriert, obwohl sich die Verdächtigen bereits in den USA befanden. Zwei der späteren Piloten standen sogar seit dem August 2001 auf den Fahndungslisten der Bundespolizei FBI. Trotzdem konnten sie sich unerkannt in Amerika bewegen und unter ihrem wahren Namen in die Todes-Jets steigen.

Die heißeste Spur hätte die Amerikaner direkt zu den Hamburger Terroristen um Mohammed Atta führen können - wenn sie denn auf die Kollegen vom israelischen Mossad gehört hätten. Denn israelische Agenten hatten mehrere Terror-Piloten in den USA im Auge. Nach Recherchen der "Zeit" hatte sich zwischen Dezember 2000 und April 2001 eine ganze Schar von israelischen Terror-Ermittlern getarnt als Studenten auf die Spur von arabischen Terroristen und deren Zellen in den USA begeben. Bei ihren verdeckten Ermittlungen kamen die Israelis den späteren Tätern vom 11. September schon sehr nahe. In der Stadt Hollywood im US-Bundesstaat Florida lokalisierten sie die beiden ehemaligen Hamburger Studenten und späteren Terror-Piloten Mohammed Atta und Marwan al-Shehhi als mögliche Terroristen. Agenten nisteten sich in der Nähe der Wohnung der beiden scheinbar normalen Flugschüler ein und observierten sie rund um die Uhr.

Wenig später jedoch wurden die Agenten von den US-Behörden enttarnt und nach Israel abgeschoben. Wie in solchen Fällen üblich wurde die Enttarnung nicht öffentlich und sorgte nur zwischen den traditionell konkurrierenden Geheimdiensten Mossad und CIA für Verstimmungen. Wieder einmal zeigt sich an diesem Fall, dass die US-Geheimen selbst bei konkreten Gefahrenlagen nicht zu einer Kooperation bereit waren und sich lieber gegenseitig bekämpften. Denn mit der Abschiebung der Agenten wurde auch die Observation der späteren Terroristen aufgegeben. Eine Liste der Israelis mit mindestens vier der 19 Attentäter vom 11. September wurde von der CIA offenbar nicht mit der nötigen Dringlichkeit behandelt und nicht an das FBI übermittelt. Fest steht, dass die US-Behörden den Hinweisen der israelischen Agenten nicht zügig nachgingen. In den USA sind bisher auch in dem seit Wochen tagenden Geheimdienstausschuss Informationen über die israelischen Tipps bekannt geworden.

Freilich hatten auch die Israelis den konkreten Plan für die Anschläge am 11. September bei ihren Ermittlungen noch nicht entdeckt. Gleichwohl hielten sie die 19 auf der übergebenen Liste genannten Personen für potenzielle Attentäter, die "Anschläge in den USA planten", wie die "Zeit" schreibt. Erst später fahndete die Polizei in den USA nach Chalid al-Midhar und Nawaf al-Hamsi. Beide standen auf der israelischen Liste und saßen später in der Maschine, die aufs Pentagon in Washington stürzte. Obwohl ihre Namen seit dem späten Sommer 2001 auf einer national verbreiteten FBI-Fahndungsliste standen, konnten sie jedoch ungehindert in den USA reisen und auch am 11. September mit ihren echten Pässen an Bord der Todes-Jets gehen.

Die Panne bei der amerikanisch-israelischen Zusammenarbeit ist nicht das einzige Malheur, welches das Dossier der "Zeit" beschreibt. Neben den für die CIA peinlichen Fakten, die aus dem Geheimdienstausschuss des US-Kongresses bekannt geworden waren, wird auch die amerikanisch-deutsche Zusammenarbeit kritisiert. So war der CIA bereits länger bekannt, dass sich im Januar 2000 im malaysischen Kuala Lumpur mehrere hochrangige al-Qaida-Terroristen trafen. Darunter waren auch der Jemenit Ramsi Binalshibh, ein mutmaßlicher Drahtzieher der Hamburger Zelle, der im September in Pakistan festgenommen wurde und zurzeit von US-Ermittlern verhört wird. Außerdem waren auch die beiden anderen Terror-Komplizen Chalid al-Midhar und Nawaf al-Hamsi in Kuala Lumpur. Bei dem Meeting war die CIA den Verdächtigen auf Schritt und Tritt auf den Fersen und erkannte schon damals, dass es sich offenbar um ein Planungstreffen für Anschläge von al-Qaida handelte. Angeblich hatte der CIA über den malaysischen Secret Service sogar Fotos der Verdächtigen geschossen.

Folgen hatten die wichtigen Erkenntnisse der CIA jedoch kaum - zumindest nicht in Deutschland, wo Binalshibh dabei war, die Terror-Zelle zu organisieren. Als Ramsi Binalshibh aus Malaysia wieder per Flugzeug nach Hamburg abreiste, wo er eine reguläre Aufenthaltserlaubnis als Student der TU Harburg hatte, gaben die Amerikaner den Deutschen keinen Hinweis auf den Jemeniten. Auch als wenig später der zweite in Kuala Lumpur gesichtete Verdächtige Chalid al-Midhar nach Deutschland reiste - vermutlich, um sich mit Atta und seinen Komplizen zu treffen - kam von amerikanischer Seite keine Warnung und auch keine Bitte, die beiden Verdächtigen zu beobachten. Erst am Abend des 12. Septembers hörten die deutschen Fahnder so zum ersten Mal von der Hamburger Zelle und den Namen Binalshibh und al-Midhar - kurz zuvor hatte ihnen das amerikanische FBI die Passagier-Liste der Todes-Jets per Fax in kollegial-freundschaftlicher Manier zwischen zwei westlichen Geheimdiensten zugestellt.

Here's a Google translation.

secret servicNew exposures get the CIA in trouble: Obviously the Israeli secret service Mossad the US authorities referred already promptly to the group of terrorists around Mohammed Atta. Also the German Ermittler experienced only very late, as the US colleagues knew much already two years before 11 September about those Hamburg student. Washington/Tel Aviv/Hamburg - that promoted the new realizations Hamburg weekly paper "the time" to day, which wants to publish an extensive dossier on Thursday over the breakdowns of the American secret service CIA. Therein the free author of olive Schroem describes its search results at various European and American secret services. The conclusions might be depressing for the fastened CIA boss George J. Tenet. Because the CIA had obviously to several of the later death pilots from 11 September very concrete referring. These were however ignored, although already in the USA were a suspecting. Two of the later pilots stood even since August 2001 on the search lists of the federal police FBI nevertheless could it unidentified in America move and under their true name into the death jets rise. The hottest trace could have led the Americans directly to that Hamburg terrorist around Mohammed Atta - if they would have heard on the colleagues of the Israeli Mossad. Because Israeli agents had several terror pilots in the USA in the eye. After searches of the "time" between December 2000 and April 2001 a whole crowd had gone camouflaged by Israeli terror Ermittlern as a student on the trace of Arab terrorists and their cells in the USA. With their covered determinations the Israelis approximated the later authors from 11 September already very much. In the city Hollywood in the US Federal State Florida located it the two former Hamburg students and later terror pilot Mohammed Atta and Marwan aluminium-Shehhi than possible terrorists. Agents nisteten themselves in the proximity of the dwelling of the two apparently normal flying students and observierten them around the clock. However the agents were unmasked a little later from the US authorities and pushed away to Israel. Unmasking became as usual in such cases not publicly and provided only between the traditionally competing secret services Mossad and CIA for detunings. Again once it shows up in this case that the US-secret were ready for a co-operation even with concrete danger situations not and fought each other rather mutually. Because with the deportation of the agents also the Observation of the later terrorists was given up. A list of the Israelis with at least four of the 19 assassins from 11 September was obviously treated of the CIA not with the necessary urgency and was not conveyed not to the FBI. It stands firmly that the US authorities did not follow to the references of the Israeli agents briskly. In the USA so far information about the Israeli Tipps is admits become also in for weeks the meeting secret service committee. Certainly also the Israelis had not discovered the concrete plan for the notices on 11 September with their determinations yet. Nevertheless they regarded the 19 persons specified on the handed over list as potenzielle assassins, who planned "notices in the USA", how the "time" writes. The police in the USA searched only later for Chalid aluminium-Midhar and Nawaf aluminium-Hamsi. Both stood on the Israeli list and sat later in the machine, which fell on the pentagon into Washington. Although their names stood since the late summer 2001 on a national spread FBI search list, they could travel however unhindered in the USA and go also on 11 September with their genuine passports on board the death jets. The breakdown in American-Israeli co-operation is not the only Malheur, which describes the dossier of the "time". Apart from the facts embarrassing for the CIA, which admits from the secret service committee of congress of US had become, also American-German co-operation is criticized. Like that the CIA was already longer well-known that in January 2000 in the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur several high-ranking aluminium-Qaida-terrorists met. Among them also the Jemenit Ramsi Binalshibh, a presumed wire-puller that Hamburg cell, was which in September in Pakistan one arrested and to time is cross-examined by user intermediaries. In addition also the two other terror accomplices were Chalid aluminium-Midhar and Nawaf aluminium-Hamsi in Kuala Lumpur. With the meeting the CIA suspecting was at every step and turn on the heels and recognized already at that time that it obviously concerned a planning meeting for notices of aluminium-Qaida. The CIA over the Malaysian Secret service had shot even photo that alleged suspecting. Consequences had the important realizations of the CIA however hardly - at least not in Germany, where Binalshibh was thereby, to organize the terror cell. When Ramsi Binalshibh from Malaysia left again by airplane to Hamburg, where he a regular residence permit as a student DO to Harburg had, the Americans did not give a reference to the Jemeniten to the Germans. Also as the second suspicious Chalid aluminium-Midhar to Germany, sighted in Kuala Lumpur, did not travel a little later - probably, in order to meet with Atta and its accomplices - came from American side warning and also no request to observe both a suspecting. Only in the evening 12. September heard the German investigators so for the first time of that Hamburg cell and the name Binalshibh and aluminium-Midhar - the American FBI had set the passenger list of the death jets briefly before for them by fax in kollegial friendly manners between two western es.

This is a rough translation of a seminal part and the entire article is interesting but not so much new information. Die Panne bei der amerikanisch-israelischen Zusammenarbeit ist nicht das einzige Malheur, welches das Dossier der "Zeit" beschreibt. Neben den für die CIA peinlichen Fakten, die aus dem Geheimdienstausschuss des US-Kongresses bekannt geworden waren, wird auch die amerikanisch-deutsche Zusammenarbeit kritisiert. So war der CIA bereits länger bekannt, dass sich im Januar 2000 im malaysischen Kuala Lumpur mehrere hochrangige al-Qaida-Terroristen trafen. Darunter waren auch der Jemenit Ramsi Binalshibh, ein mutmaßlicher Drahtzieher der Hamburger Zelle, der im September in Pakistan festgenommen wurde und zurzeit von US-Ermittlern verhört wird. Außerdem waren auch die beiden anderen Terror-Komplizen Chalid al-Midhar und Nawaf al-Hamsi in Kuala Lumpur. Bei dem Meeting war die CIA den Verdächtigen auf Schritt und Tritt auf den Fersen und erkannte schon damals, dass es sich offenbar um ein Planungstreffen für Anschläge von al-Qaida handelte. Angeblich hatte der CIA über den malaysischen Secret Service sogar Fotos der Verdächtigen geschossen. [The breakdown in American-Israeli co-operation is not the only (no corresponding word, snag fits well enough), which describes the dossier of the "time". Apart from the facts of embarrassment for the CIA, which it admits from the secret service committee of congress of US the difficulties had become, also American-German co-operation is criticized. For instance, the CIA already well-knew that in January 2000 in the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur several high-ranking al-Qaida-terrorists met. Among them also the Jemenit Ramsi Binalshibh, a presumed wire-puller of the Hamburg cell, of which in September in Pakistan one was arrested and at the time was cross-examined by user intermediaries. In addition, the two other terror accomplices were Chalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hamsi in Kuala Lumpur. With the meeting the CIA suspected was at every step on the heels; it recognized already at that time that it obviously concerned a planning meeting for notices of al-Qaida. The CIA over the Malaysian Secret service had photos that alleged suspected cells.]

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Dossier zum Terror

Cia breakdowns

Mossad agents were Atta on the trace

New exposures get the CIA in trouble: Obviously the Israeli secret service Mossad the US authorities referred already promptly to the group of terrorists around Mohammed Atta. Also the German Ermittler experienced only very late, as the US colleagues knew much already two years before 11 September about those Hamburg student.

Fast Tür an Tür wohnten Mossad-Agenten in den USA mit dem Terror-Piloten Mohammed Atta
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Großbildansicht Nearly door at door Mossad agents lived in the USA with the terror pilot Mohammed Atta
Washington/Tel Aviv/Hamburg - that promoted the new realizations Hamburg weekly paper "the time" to day, which wants to publish an extensive dossier on Thursday over the breakdowns of the American secret service CIA. Therein the free author of olive Schroem describes its search results at various European and American secret services. The conclusions might be depressing for the fastened CIA boss George J. Tenet. Because the CIA had obviously to several of the later death pilots from 11 September very concrete referring. These were however ignored, although already in the USA were a suspecting. Two of the later pilots stood even since August 2001 on the search lists of the federal police FBI nevertheless could it unidentified in America move and under their true name into the death jets rise.

The hottest trace could have led the Americans directly to that Hamburg terrorist around Mohammed Atta - if they would have heard on the colleagues of the Israeli Mossad. Because Israeli agents had several terror pilots in the USA in the eye. After searches of the "time" between December 2000 and April 2001 a whole crowd had gone camouflaged by Israeli terror Ermittlern as a student on the trace of Arab terrorists and their cells in the USA. With their covered determinations the Israelis approximated the later authors from 11 September already very much. In the city Hollywood in the US Federal State Florida located it the two former Hamburg students and later terror pilot Mohammed Atta and Marwan aluminium-Shehhi than possible terrorists. Agents nisteten themselves in the proximity of the dwelling of the two apparently normal flying students and observierten them around the clock.

Suspects were not beschattet

Auch den ehemaligen Hamburger Studenten Marwan al-Shehhi hatten die israelischen Agenten in den USA im Visier
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Großbildansicht Also the Israeli agents in the USA in the visor had the former Hamburg student Marwan aluminium-Shehhi
However the agents were unmasked a little later from the US authorities and pushed away to Israel. Unmasking became as usual in such cases not publicly and provided only between the traditionally competing secret services Mossad and CIA for detunings. Again once it shows up in this case that the US-secret were ready for a co-operation even with concrete danger situations not and fought each other rather mutually. Because with the deportation of the agents also the Observation of the later terrorists was given up. A list of the Israelis with at least four of the 19 assassins from 11 September was obviously treated of the CIA not with the necessary urgency and was not conveyed not to the FBI. It stands firmly that the US authorities did not follow to the references of the Israeli agents briskly. In the USA so far information about the Israeli Tipps is admits become also in for weeks the meeting secret service committee.

Certainly also the Israelis had not discovered the concrete plan for the notices on 11 September with their determinations yet. Nevertheless they regarded the 19 persons specified on the handed over list as potenzielle assassins, who planned "notices in the USA", how the "time" writes. The police in the USA searched only later for Chalid aluminium-Midhar and Nawaf aluminium-Hamsi. Both stood on the Israeli list and sat later in the machine, which fell on the pentagon into Washington. Although their names stood since the late summer 2001 on a national spread FBI search list, they could travel however unhindered in the USA and go also on 11 September with their genuine passports on board the death jets.

CIA knew Binalshibh already since January 2000

CIA-Direktor George Tenet kämpft zur zeit um den Ruf seiner Behörde
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Großbildansicht CIA director George Tenet fights at present for the call of his authority
The breakdown in American-Israeli co-operation is not the only Malheur, which describes the dossier of the "time". Apart from the facts embarrassing for the CIA, which admits from the secret service committee of congress of US had become, also American-German co-operation is criticized. Like that the CIA was already longer well-known that in January 2000 in the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur several high-ranking aluminium-Qaida-terrorists met. Among them also the Jemenit Ramsi Binalshibh, a presumed wire-puller that Hamburg cell, was which in September in Pakistan one arrested and to time is cross-examined by user intermediaries. In addition also the two other terror accomplices were Chalid aluminium-Midhar and Nawaf aluminium-Hamsi in Kuala Lumpur. With the meeting the CIA suspecting was at every step and turn on the heels and recognized already at that time that it obviously concerned a planning meeting for notices of aluminium-Qaida. The CIA over the Malaysian Secret service had shot even photo that alleged suspecting.

Consequences had the important realizations of the CIA however hardly - at least not in Germany, where Binalshibh was thereby, to organize the terror cell. When Ramsi Binalshibh from Malaysia left again by airplane to Hamburg, where he a regular residence permit as a student DO to Harburg had, the Americans did not give a reference to the Jemeniten to the Germans. Also as the second suspicious Chalid aluminium-Midhar to Germany, sighted in Kuala Lumpur, did not travel a little later - probably, in order to meet with Atta and its accomplices - came from American side warning and also no request to observe both a suspecting. Only in the evening 12. September heard the German investigators so for the first time of that Hamburg cell and the name Binalshibh and aluminium-Midhar - the American FBI had set the passenger list of the death jets briefly before for them by fax in kollegial friendly manners between two western secret services.

Matthias Gebauer

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