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French media reports claim bin Laden met CIA representative in Dubai hospital in July
AFP via Babelfish, Le Figaro (Paris) ^ | Wednesday October 31 2001 - 2h51 GMT

Posted on 10/30/2001 6:10:12 PM PST by HAL9000

AFP via Babelfish translation -

Ben Laden was neat in July at the American hospital of Dubaï (press)

Wednesday October 31 2001 - 2h51 GMT

PARIS, Oct. 31 (AFP) - Oussama Ben Laden was neat in July at the American hospital of Dubaï where it would have met a person in charge of the CIA, affirm Wednesday the French daily newspaper the Barber and Radio International France (RFI).

The two medias, quoting " a witness, professional partner of the administrative direction of the hospital ", affirm that the man that the United States suspects of having financed the attacks of September 11 arrived on July 4 at Dubaï by plane coming from Quetta, in Pakistan.

It was immediately transferred to the hospital for a renal processing. It left the establishment on July 14, adds the Barber.

During this stay, affirms the daily newspaper, the local representative of the CIA was seen going in the room of Ben Laden.

" A few days later, the man of the CIA praises himself in front of some friends to have visited the billionaire saoudien ".

According to the Barber and RFI who quote a " authorized source ", the representative of the CIA would have been recalled in Washington on July 15.

Ben Laden is sought by the United States for terrorism since the attacks against the American embassies of Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. But its links with the CIA are older and go up at the time where Ben Laden took part in the combat in Afghanistan against the Soviet forces.

According to the Barber, Ben Laden was accompanied in Dubaï by his personal doctor and faithful lieutenant, who could be the Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahari, by bodyguards, as well as Algerian male nurse.

He was allowed in the service of urology of Doctor Terry Callaway, specialist in the renal calculi and male infertility. Joint by telephone on several occasions, the doctor did not wish to answer the questions.

Several sources had already given a report on a serious renal infection of Ben Laden, who would have been made deliver in his Afghan den of Kandahar a mobile equipment of dialysis during first six-month period 2000, according to " authorized sources' " quoted by the French daily newspaper and RFI.



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To: aristeides
Wasn't this reported by another source in September?
41 posted on 10/30/2001 10:50:32 PM PST by Plummz
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To: HAL9000
He has extensive experience of Middle Eastern urological problems,

Fun specialty.

42 posted on 10/30/2001 10:51:08 PM PST by Plummz
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To: HAL9000
The article from Le Figaro by Alexandra Richard, October 31 2001, translated by Babelfish -

The CIA met Ben Laden in July

the public enemy number one would have been neat in the American hospital of Dubaï at the beginning of the summer for serious renal insufficiencies. During his 15 days stay, the billionaire saoudien would have received the visit of a local representative of the CIA This agent would have even been informed on possible attacks.

Dubaï, one of the seven emirates of the federation of the linked Arab Emirates, in the North-East of Abu Dhabi. This town of 350   000 inhabitants was the discrete theatre of a secret meeting between Oussama Ben Laden and the representative of the CIA on the spot, in July. A man, partner professional of the administrative direction of the American hospital of Dubaï, affirms that the public enemy number one remained in this hospital from the 4 to July 14.

Coming from the airport of Quetta in Pakistan, Oussama Ben Laden was transferred as of its arrival to Dubaï Airport. Accompanied by his personal doctor and faithful lieutenant, who could be the Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahari - on this point testimonys are not formal -, of four bodyguards, as well as Algerian male nurse, Ben Laden was allowed at the American hospital, a building of glass and marble located between Al-Garhoud Bridge and Al-Maktoum Bridge.

Each stage comprises two continuations " VIP " and about fifteen rooms. The billionaire saoudien was allowed in the very famous department of urology of Doctor Terry Callaway, specialist in the renal calculi and male infertility. Joint by telephone very often, Doctor Callaway did not wish to answer our questions.

In March 2000 already, the weekly magazine Asia Week published in Hongkong worried about the health of Ben Laden, giving a report on a serious physical problem specifying that its days were in danger because of a "renal infection which is propagated with the liver and requires specialized care". According to authorized sources', Ben Laden would have been made deliver in his Afghan den of Kandahar the whole of a mobile hardware of dialysis during first six-month period 2000. According to oursources, "displacement for health reasons of Ben Laden" is not the first. Between 1996 and 1998, Oussama Ben Laden went several times to Dubaï for its business.

September 27, fifteen days after the attacks of World Trade Center, on American request, the central Bank of the plain Arab Emirates announced to have ordered the freezing of the accounts and the investments of 26 people or organizations suspected of maintaining the contacts with the organization of Ben Laden, in particular at Dubaï Islamic Bank.

"the relationship between the Emirate and Saudi Arabia was always very close, explains our sources, the princes of the reigning families which had recognized the mode of the talibans often returned to Afghanistan. One of the princes of a reigning family took part regularly in huntings on the grounds of Ben Laden whom he knew and attended since many years." An air link between Dubaï and Quetta besides is daily ensured by the companies Pakistan Airlines and Emirates. As for the private aircrafts émiratis or saoudiens, they frequently serves Quetta where they neither are recorded nor consigned most of the time in the registers of the airport.

During its hospitalization, Oussama Ben Laden received the visit of several members of its family, of personalities saoudiennes and émiraties. During this same stay, the local representative of the CIA, that many people know in Dubaï, was seen borrowing the principal elevator of the hospital to go in the room of Oussama Ben Laden.

A few days later, the man of the CIA praises himself in front of some friends to have visited the billionaire saoudien. Authorized sources, the agent of the CIA was recalled by its power station on July 15, the shortly after the departure of Ben Laden for Quetta.

With the end July, the customs officers émiratis stop with the airport of Dubaï an activist islamist free-Algerian, Djamel Beghal. At the beginning of August, the French and American authorities are alerted. Questioned by the local authorities in Abu Dhabi, Beghal tells that it was convened in fine Afghanistan 2000 by Abou Zoubeida - a military person in charge of the organization of Ben Laden, Al Quaida. The mission of Beghal: to make jump the embassy of the United States, which occurred Gabriel, close to the place of the Harmony, with its return to France.

According to various Arab diplomatic sources and the services of French information themselves, very precise information were communicated to the CIA relating to terrorist attacks aiming at the American interests in the world, including on the territory of the Union.

A report/ratio of the DST September 7 gathers the totality of these data, specifying that the command to act was to come from Afghanistan. In August, with the embassy from the United States in Paris, an emergency meeting is convened with the DGSE and the highest persons in charge of the American services. Extremely anxious, the latter present to their French counterparts very precise requests for information concerning Algerian activists, without however being explained on the general direction of their step. With the question " that fear you in the days which come? ", the Americans oppose a not easily comprehensible dumbness.

The contacts between the CIA and Ben Laden go back to 1979 when, representing family company in Istanbul, it began with enrôler volunteers of the world arabo-Moslem for Afghan resistance against the Red Army. Inquiring into the attacks of August 1998 against the American embassies of Nairobi (Kenya) and Dares-Salaam (Tanzania), the investigators of the FBI discovered that the traces left by the loads come from a military explosive of the American army and that this explosive was delivered three years before to Arab Afghans, the famous international brigades of volunteers, engaged at the side of Oussama Ben Laden lasting the war of Afghanistan against the Soviet army.

Continuing its investigations, the FBI discovers " assemblies " that the CIA had developed with his/her " friends islamists " since years. The meeting of Dubaï would be thus only the logical continuation of a " certain American policy ". The mission of Beghal: to make jump the embassy of the United States, which occurred Gabriel, with his return to France


43 posted on 10/30/2001 10:53:12 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000; aristeides; Rosencrantz; Senator Pardek; Nita Nupress; Lazamataz; Registered
He has extensive experience of Middle Eastern urological problems

Another question -- could the kidney work have been a (not necessarily untrue) cover story for Usama having work done to correct a certain unfortunate condition reported by supermarket tabloid The Globe?

44 posted on 10/30/2001 10:56:00 PM PST by Plummz
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To: HAL9000
From AFP via Babelfish - The hospital issues a denial on the Le Figaro/RFI/AFP reports -

The American hospital of Dubai contradicts to have looked after Ben Laden

Wednesday October 31 2001 - 7h39 GMT

DUBAI, Oct. 31 (AFP) - the American hospital of Dubai formally contradicted Wednesday to have looked after the terrorist supposed Oussama Ben Laden like had affirmed it French medias.

" Oussama Ben Laden never was here. It never formed part of our patients and was never neat here ", declared with the AFP the director of the hospital, Bernard Koval.

" This hospital is too small so that somebody can there allowed with be concealed by a gate of service ", added Mr. Koval.

The French daily newspaper the Barber and Radio International France (RFI) affirmed Wednesday that Ben Laden had been neat in July in this hospital where it would have met a person in charge of the CIA.


45 posted on 10/30/2001 11:35:20 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000; veronica; beowolf; Sabramerican; FITZ; Lent; angelo; boston_liberty; EaglesUpForever...
Osama bad back and kidneys alert!!
46 posted on 10/31/2001 12:46:55 AM PST by dennisw
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To: jennyp
Are you suggesting that Osmana bin Secret Squirrel is nuts -- or has nuts?

And just who is that small boy with him -- and why?

47 posted on 10/31/2001 1:00:28 AM PST by Brian Allen
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To: dennisw
Oh good. Bad kidneys, eh? AND back. That's the end of him, then. [Won't be able to back-pack his dialysis machine around any more!]
48 posted on 10/31/2001 1:04:13 AM PST by Brian Allen
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To: dennisw
a witness who is a professional partner of the administration of the hospital

Local union stooge? The towel-head who cleaned the tubes of the dialysis machine? The wire editor whose Swiss bank account just doubled?

And of course, any American who is not a proven socialist is a "CIA" agent.

49 posted on 10/31/2001 2:51:30 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
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To: Plummz
I don't remember this being reported in September. I think you may be recalling the report that bin Laden phoned his mother, who was in the American hospital in Paris, on Sept. 9th and told her something big was going to happen. It's since been reported that it wasn't bin Laden himself who phoned, but one of his lieutenants conveying his message.

The Director of Central Intelligence is still Clinton appointee George Tenet. I wonder if this news will be enough to get him out of that post.

50 posted on 10/31/2001 3:16:33 AM PST by aristeides
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To: aristeides
Tenet ? Then they would have to do the same with Bush and Powell.
51 posted on 10/31/2001 3:22:18 AM PST by Milosevic2
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To: HAL9000; Pericles; Betty Jo
Paragraph that deserves particular attention in the full Le Figaro article:

Durant son hospitalisation, Oussama ben Laden a reçu la visite de plusieurs membres de sa famille, de personnalités saoudiennes et émiraties. Au cours de ce même séjour, le représentant local de la CIA, que beaucoup de gens connaissent à Dubaï, a été vu empruntant l'ascenseur principal de l'hôpital pour se rendre dans la chambre d'Oussama ben Laden.

Translation: During his hospitalization, Osama bin Laden was visited by several members of his family, and by persons from Saudi Arabia and the emirates. During that same stay, the local representative of the CIA, whom many people in Dubai recognize, was seen using the main elevator of the hospital to go to Osama bin Laden's room.

The article, by noting that the CIA representative was recalled to Washington the day after bin Laden's departure, seems to want to suggest that the purpose of the recall was for consultations on what was learned during bin Laden's visit.

52 posted on 10/31/2001 4:38:08 AM PST by aristeides
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To: Pericles; HAL9000; OKCSubmariner
The article goes on to discuss an emergency meeting American intelligence held with their French counterparts in August. It sounds as if they were then expecting some sort of strike from the Islamists.
53 posted on 10/31/2001 4:40:55 AM PST by aristeides
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To: Chemnitz
" I keep trying to explain it to my wife, but she won't listen either."

awww but it makes perfect sense =)

54 posted on 10/31/2001 5:08:17 AM PST by Gimme
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To: Plummz
http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=470280&in_review_text_id=424130
55 posted on 10/31/2001 6:34:03 AM PST by Rosencrantz
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To: HAL9000
From Radio France Internationale via Babelfish -

Ben Laden received an agent of the CIA with Dubaï

According to information's collected by RFI, Oussama Ben Laden met an American agent whereas it was treated in July in a hospital of Dubaï. Information contradicted by this last.

The billionaire of origin saoudienne Oussama Ben Laden remained at the American Hospital of Dubaï between the 4 and last 14 July, that is to say two months before the attacks of September 11, according to information's collected in the emirate, confirmed by sources close to European services of information.

Accompanied by its Egyptian personal doctor, four bodyguards, and an Algerian male nurse, Ben Laden was allowed in a continuation VIP of the department of urology. The American hospital of Dubaï is famous for its processing of the renal calculi and male infertility. Ben Laden suffers from a renal infection which is propagated with the liver, infection requiring of the specialized care.

In addition to members of its family, personalities saoudiennes and émiriennes, Oussama Ben Laden has received - on July 12 2001 - the visit of the local representative of the CIA In station with Dubaï for several years, this last regained definitively the United States on last 15 July.

This capital event lies within the scope of a war of the fonts open between the CIA and the FBI at the time of the surveys carried out into the attacks anti-American of Nairobi and Dar be -Salaam of August 1998. This secret meeting between Oussama Ben Laden and the CIA last July confirms that the American power station, which trained Ben Laden in Istanbul since 1979, never really broke with its " honourable corresponding ".

The CIA started " to treat " comme say the specialists i.e. started to work with Oussama Ben Laden since 1979.

At this time, the young person Oussama A 23 years. Engineer, it represents in Turkey the family company Bin Laden Group - one of the largest companies of BTP of the Middle East. And it is from Istanbul, with the assistance of the CIA, which it starts to organize of the collections of funds for the holy war of Afghanistan against the Soviet army.

With the assistance of the CIA it mounts also an international die of greeting and recruitment of the sorte volunteers of Brigades of Afghan resistance die which will drain some 12 000 men coming from Algérie, of Egypt, of the Yemen of Somalia or the Philippines. It is what is called today the " Arab Afghans ". It is them which constitute the kataëb today (phalanges), the groups armed with the organization of Ben Laden, Al-Qaïda .

One could think that after the withdrawal of Afghanistan of the Red Army, after the end of the cold war this relation ICA-cBen Laden ceases... In fact, the relation continued, in particular after 1994, date on which Ben Laden was officially deposed of his nationality saoudienne.

Lastly, it should be added that this relation always forwarded - if one can say - by the intermediary of prince Turki, the all-powerful head of the secret service saoudiens. This last was dislocated of its functions on last 31 August, that is to say ten days before the attacks. One opens here limps it of Pandora saoudienne and cases it American oil interests.

RICHARD LABEVIERE
31/10/2001


56 posted on 10/31/2001 6:45:55 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: Rosencrantz
Thanks, here is the full text from the London Daily Mail-Evening Standard link -

CIA agent 'met Bin Laden in July'

by Toby Rose

Le Figaro today claimed that a CIA agent met Osama bin Laden in a Gulf hospital as recently as last July and received "precise information" about an imminent attack on the US.

According to the French daily, the agent met Bin Laden while he was being treated at the American Hospital in Dubai for a kidney infection. The agent was subsequently recalled to Washington.

The hospital today vigorously denied the report, which is based on a number of sources, including French secret services and a hospital administrator.

Bin Laden is said to have arrived in the UAE from the Pakistan city of Quetta, accompanied by his personal physician, four bodyguards and an Algerian nurse. He was visited by family members and leading Saudis. The paper claims he was treated in the urology department headed by Dr Terry Callaway.

Bin Laden is said to have severe medical problems and "the kidney infection has spread to his liver". Le Figaro claims a mobile dialysis machine was delivered to his Kandahar hideout in Afghanistan last year.

In a further twist, French secret service operatives are said to have met officials from the US embassy in Paris last August after the arrest of Algerian Djamel Beghal in the UAE.

A French secret service report on 7 September warned of possible attacks, and that the order to act would come from Afghanistan. Le Figaro says very precise information on targets for attack was communicated to the CIA.


57 posted on 10/31/2001 6:52:39 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000
From ITV in London -

Paper says bin Laden met CIA in July

Prime terror suspect Osama Bin Laden is alleged to have met the CIA in July, while undergoing kidney treatment at the American Hospital in Dubai, according to a French newspaper.

The report, in Le Figaro, said that a CIA agent visited bin Laden in his hospital room, two months before the September 11 terror attacks, and later bragged about the episode to friends.

The agent was then said to have been swiftly recalled to the US.

Bernard Koval, the American Hospital's chief executive, has denied the story saying that the hospital would have been aware if bin Laden was being treated there.

Doctor Terry Callaway, reported to have treated bin Laden, would not comment on the reports.

The paper's front page said: "The Saudi millionaire was admitted to the extremely well-regarded urological department, run by Doctor Terry Callaway, a specialist in Renus Calculus Disease and male infertility," the paper said.

"During the stay, the local CIA representative, known to many people in Dubai, was seen taking the main hospital lift to visit Osama bin Laden's room.

"A few days later the CIA man was boasting to some friends that he'd visited the Saudi millionaire.

"Authoritative sources say that the CIA agent was recalled by his office on July 15, the day after the departure of bin Laden for Quetta (Pakistan)."

The newspaper said bin Laden remained in the hospital from July 4 to July 14.

It said he was accompanied by his personal doctor and lieutenant, who was believed to be Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahari.

The newspaper's website said bin Laden had taken delivery of a dialysis machine for his Afghan hideout in Kandahar during 2000.

During his hospitalisation, bin Laden was reported to have received several visits from members of his family and friends..


58 posted on 10/31/2001 7:00:33 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: jennyp

That looks like FReeper Nick Danger to me.

59 posted on 10/31/2001 8:36:36 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: aristeides
Perhaps, but I think I'm remembering something more like this story, with a CIA-bin Laden meeting of recent vintage. . .
60 posted on 10/31/2001 9:05:59 AM PST by Plummz
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