Turkey has been an important link to al-Qaeda's war in the Balkans and in Chechnya. The Clinton administration chose to partner itself with al-Qaeda in its campaign against Yugoslavia and Russia for control of future pipeline routes. The Clintonites thought they could control and use al-Qaeda to do the dirty work for them but they miscalculated badly and 9/11 was the result of such failure. It is all explained @ BIN LADEN GATE