1999 : (MOKHLES, A TERRORIST LINKED TO THE LUXOR MASSACRE, IS ARRESTED AS HE CROSSES FROM BRAZIL INTO URUGUAY) Another Egyptian terrorist accused of participating in the Luxor massacre, Hassan Ali Mohammed Mokhles was arrested in 1999 as he crossed into Uruguay from Brazil. He was accused of forging passports and of fund raising for radical Islamic causes. According to Brazil's State Intelligence Secretariat, or SIDE, Mohkles had undergone military and intelligence training in Afghanistan. - "Search for Bin Laden links looks SOUTH, " By Martin Arostegui, http://www.autentico.org/oa09505.html , Organización Auténtica . October 2001
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (US SEEKS MOKHLES' WIFE, HAMANRA) Just hours after last month's hijacked plane crashes against the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, the FBI requested South American security services to intensify efforts to locate Mohkles' wife, Sahar Mohammed Hassan Abud Hamanra, according to the Bogota weekly magazine, Cambio. Law enforcement sources quoted in the report say she could be the contact between al Qaida and a 13,000-strong Arab community spread between a triangle of cities straddling the borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay; Ciudad del Este, Foz de Iguacu and Puerto Iguazu. The FBI reportedly traced several telephone calls between the United States and at least one of those cities immediately following theterrorist onslaught. - "Search for Bin Laden links looks SOUTH, " By Martin Arostegui, http://www.autentico.org/oa09505.html , Organización Auténtica . October 2001
JULY 2001 approx : (ARAB ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING GIVES FOREWARNING) U.S. law enforcement agencies fear that members of bin Laden's network could be obtaining false Argentine documentation in the area in order to enter the United States without acquiring visas, according to sources in the SIDE. The intelligence agency had already reported the arrest of one Arab on smuggling charges two months prior to the September attacks who talked about impending terrorist operations in the United States.
International law enforcement agencies report that radical Islamic activity in Latin America is closely connected to drug trafficking and arms dealing in the area. Indeed, Colombian police sources warn that dozens of Afghans using false Pakistani passports have been involved in developing illegal poppy cultivations to make heroin. "Poppy growths recently uncovered in Colombia are planted in long rows similar to the growing methods detected in Afghanistan," observed ex-police chief Serrano. - "Search for Bin Laden links looks SOUTH, " By Martin Arostegui, http://www.autentico.org/oa09505.html , Organización Auténtica . October 2001
SEPTEMBER 2001 (3 IRAQIS ARRESTED IN MIAMI, CHILE) Three Iraqi nationals suspected of arms smuggling were caught entering Miami last month after spending two months in Colombia's FARC-controlled zone of San Vicente del Caguan, according to the FBI. Other Iraqis using forged travel documents were simultaneously arrested in Chile. Last year authorities in the Cayman Islands detained three Afghans using false Pakistani passports as they tried to deposit $2 milliondollars in suspected drug money at a local bank. The individuals identified as native Afghans by British police investigators had entered on a commercial flight from Cuba. According to British government sources, the three are still in custody. - "Search for Bin Laden links looks SOUTH, " By Martin Arostegui, http://www.autentico.org/oa09505.html , Organización Auténtica . October 2001
NOVEMBER 2001 : (IRAQI ADNAN SAEED AL-HAIDERI DEFECTS TO IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS IN UK) Adnan Saeed al-Haideri, an Iraqi specialist who visited scores of clandestine weapons sites, defects to the INC. Al- Haideri had become Iraq's top authority in specialized epoxies used to seal minute cracks in concrete structures and clean rooms to prevent leaks that could give away their location. His skills made him an essential partner of Iraq's Special Security Organization, which used him to hide mini-production labs and storage facilities in private houses and other sites across Iraq. Al Haideri would later supply to the CIA information in the Iraqi weapons program which the White House would eventuallly issue as part of a report to go with President Bush's speech to the UN in September 2002. . - "How Saddam Got Weapons of Mass Destruction" By Kenneth R. Timmerman, Insight Magazine via WorldNetDaily.com , Tuesday, October 1, 2002 ,
DECEMBER 2001 : (CUBA, SAO PAULO FORUM MEETING) The last meeting was held in Havana, Cuba in December 2001. It involved terrorists from Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and sharply condemned the Bush administration and its actions against international terrorism. The Sao Paulo forum was founded by Brazilian da Silva (now President da Silva of Brazil)and Fidel Castro - "Blocking a New Axis of Evil," by Constantine C. Menges, The Washington Times, August 7, 2002
DECEMBER 2001 : (IRAQI DEFECTOR ADNAN SAEED AL-HAIDERI DEBRIEFED BY CIA) The CIA debriefed Adnan Al-Haideri. He identified 300 separate clandestine sites used by Iraq to hide biological and chemical weapons and nuclear materials. Some of the equipment was hidden in lead containers stored in fake wells lined with concrete. Al- Haideri said he was called in to seal cracks in the concrete because the Iraqis feared U.S. surveillance satellites would pick up the slightest radioactive emissions. Al-Haideri's access to Iraq's best-kept secrets provided the United States with a "motherlode of intelligence," one source familiar with his debriefing tells Insight. - "How Saddam Got Weapons of Mass Destruction" By Kenneth R. Timmerman, Insight Magazine via WorldNetDaily.com , Tuesday, October 1, 2002 ,