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Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view
Jane's Security ^ | September.19,2001

Posted on 09/19/2001 8:06:15 AM PDT by Reagan Man

Israel’s military intelligence service, Aman, suspects that Iraq is the state that sponsored the suicide attacks on the New York Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington. Directing the mission, Aman officers believe, were two of the world’s foremost terrorist masterminds: the Lebanese Imad Mughniyeh, head of the special overseas operations for Hizbullah, and the Egyptian Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri, senior member of Al-Qaeda and possible successor of the ailing Osama Bin Laden.

The two men have not been seen for some time. Mughniyeh is probably the world’s most wanted outlaw. Unconfirmed reports in Beirut say he has undergone plastic surgery and is unrecognisable. Zawahiri is thought to be based in Egypt. He could be Bin Laden’s chief representative outside Afghanistan.

The Iraqis, who for several years paid smaller groups to do their dirty work, were quick to discover the advantages of Al-Qaeda. The Israeli sources claim that for the past two years Iraqi intelligence officers were shuttling between Baghdad and Afghanistan, meeting with Ayman Al Zawahiri. According to the sources, one of the Iraqi intelligence officers, Salah Suleiman, was captured last October by the Pakistanis near the border with Afghanistan. The Iraqis are also reported to have established strong ties with Imad Mughniyeh.

"We’ve only got scraps of information, not the full picture," admits one intelligence source, "but it was good enough for us to send a warning six weeks ago to our allies that an unprecedented massive terror attack was expected. One of our indications suggested that Imad Mughniyeh met with some of his dormant agents on secret trips to Germany. We believe that the operational brains behind the New-York attack were Mughniyeh and Zawahiri, who were probably financed and got some logistical support from the Iraqi Intelligence Service (SSO)."

Mughniyeh was the only one believed to have tried it before. On April 12th 1997, he was reported to be only two hours away from achieving the highest goal of any terrorist organisation (until last week): blowing up an Israeli El-Al airliner above Tel Aviv. A man carrying a forged British passport with the name Andrew Jonathan Neumann was in a Jerusalem hotel preparing a bomb he was supposed to take on board an El-Al flight leaving Israel, when it accidentally went off. Andrew Jonathan Neumann was very badly injured but strong enough to reveal later to the Israelis that he was not British but Lebanese, and that his operation was supposed to be a special "gift" to Israel from Imad Mughniyeh.

‘A psychopath’

"Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with Mughniyeh," says an Israeli who knows Mughniyeh . "The guy is a genius, someone who refined the art of terrorism to its utmost level. We studied him and reached the conclusion that he is a clinical psychopath motivated by uncontrollable psychological reasons, which we have given up trying to understand. The killing of his two brothers by the Americans only inflamed his strong motivation."

Experts on Iraq and Saddam Hussein also believe that Iraq was the state behind the two terror masterminds. "In recent months, there was a change, and Iraq decided to get into the terror business. On July 7th, they tried for the first time to send a suicide bomber, trained in Baghdad, to blow up Tel Aviv airport (Foreign Report No. 2651)."

Our sources believe that it will be very difficult to get to the bottom of this unprecedented terror operation. However, they believe the chief of the Iraqi SSO is Qusai Hussein, the dictator’s son, and his organisation is the most likely to have been involved.

Mughniyeh, 48, is a "sick man", says an intelligence officer who was in charge of his file. He is considered by Western intelligence agencies as the most dangerous active terrorist today. He is wanted by several governments and the Americans have put a $2m reward on his head.

It was the assassination of one man in March 1984 that is said to have made Mughniyeh the CIA’s most wanted terrorist. Mughniyeh allegedly kidnapped the head of the CIA station in Beirut, William Buckley. The kidnapping triggered what later became known as ‘Irangate’, when the Americans tried to exchange Buckley (and others) with arms for Iran. However, the attempt ended in a fiasco. By one unconfirmed account, Mughniyeh tortured and killed Buckley with his own hands.

A year later, in a combined CIA/Mossad operation, a powerful car bomb went off at the entrance to the house of Hizbullah’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah. Seventy-five people were killed. One of them was his brother. Hunted by the CIA and the Mossad, Mughniyeh hid in Iran.

In February 1992, Israeli helicopter gunships attacked the convoy of the then head of Hizbullah, Sheikh Abas Musawi, in South Lebanon. Musawi, his wife and children were killed and the revenge attack followed a month later. According to press reports, Mughniyeh was called back into action and, in a well-planned and devastating attack, his people blew up the Israeli embassy in Argentina. The building was demolished and 92 were killed. Only last year, after a long investigation, did Argentina issue a warrant for Mughniyeh’s arrest.

The reprisal for the attack in Argentina came in December 1994, when a car bomb went off in a southern Shi’ite suburb of Beirut. Four people were killed. One of them was called Mughniyeh, but to the deep disappointment of those Israelis who planted the bomb it was the wrong one. Mughniyeh’s life was saved, but his other brother Fuad was killed. Mughniyeh waited for his opportunity for revenge.

Our Israeli sources claim to see Mughniyeh’s signature on the wreckage in New York and Washington. How to counter this kind of terrorism? "To fight these bastards you don’t need a military attack," said an experienced Israeli commando officer. "You only need to adopt Israel’s assassination policy."


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1 posted on 09/19/2001 8:06:15 AM PDT by Reagan Man
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2 posted on 09/19/2001 8:12:53 AM PDT by Fzob
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To: Reagan Man
Thanks for this post. The "OBL did it!" came too quick and too pat. The jury is still out as far as I'm concerned.
3 posted on 09/19/2001 8:14:04 AM PDT by fone (For great justice *bump*)
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4 posted on 09/19/2001 8:16:41 AM PDT by 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember
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To: Reagan Man
Sssshhhh! Don't give the game away! We don't want Saddam to have a clue until we hit him!
5 posted on 09/19/2001 8:18:00 AM PDT by TheDon
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To: Reagan Man
"You only need to adopt Israel’s assassination policy."

A necessary first step. Then, recruit Iranians to get into position to garner intelligence. Then strike.

6 posted on 09/19/2001 8:21:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: fone
Thanks for this post. The "OBL did it!" came too quick and too pat. The jury is still out as far as I'm concerned.

I agree. VERY interesting article.

7 posted on 09/19/2001 8:25:17 AM PDT by Jefferson Adams
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To: TheDon
Jane's Security is read by all serious military experts. That includes those in Iraq too. The game is afoot.

God Bless America

8 posted on 09/19/2001 8:25:33 AM PDT by Reagan Man
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9 posted on 09/19/2001 8:31:12 AM PDT by harpseal
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PING!
10 posted on 09/19/2001 8:35:10 AM PDT by Reagan Man
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To: Reagan Man
"You only need to adopt Israel’s assassination policy."

Exactly.

The Israelis don't arrest these goons; they kill them, dramatically and mercilessly.

These SOBS need to be put on notice so that they're afraid to sleep at night.

11 posted on 09/19/2001 8:36:10 AM PDT by sinkspur
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To: Reagan Man
Fascinating. Among other things, we need to up the bounty on this guy's head. And then turn around and wipe out the one who betrays him too!
12 posted on 09/19/2001 8:39:22 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Reagan Man
It maybe that the net streches far beyond ObL.....


13 posted on 09/19/2001 8:44:15 AM PDT by deport
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To: Reagan Man
I have always believed that Iraq was involved in this. Proving it is another matter. But I also belive Bin Laden is involved. He has perpetrated so much terror already, though, that it does not matter. We just need to find evidence of Iraqi involvement and then go after them both.
14 posted on 09/19/2001 8:46:14 AM PDT by MrChips
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To: Reagan Man
If Jane's has this, then you get bet when Rumsfeld said that it would be a wide campaign that we are about begin on different fronts it sounds like we are about to finish what we started during Desert Storm and the UN has no say this time!

From everything I have heard on CNN (yes they do have the best analysis of this) that this terrorist network is all interwoven in 60 countries and their analyst thought that Bin Laden and Sadaam were linked with Bin Laden supporters involved in this act of terrorism but it took more than BinLaden to pull it off! Wish I could remember who gave the analysis but he had a map of all terrorist organizations and where they were headquartered.

15 posted on 09/19/2001 8:49:39 AM PDT by PhiKapMom
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To: PhiKapMom
You're right PKM.

I've turned to CNN a lot more in the last week for their military analysis. Fox News and msnbc aren't bad either, but CNN is really supplying some good stuff that the other two media outlets just aren't offering enough of right now.

If you ask me, Saddam's hand prints are all over last weeks attacks. It was probably a co-effort along with Usama Bin Ladin. Saddam wants revenge for the Gulf War and taking his aggressions out on America and on the son of the man, who crippled his military a decade ago, is his priority. Aside form holding onto his power base in Iraq, Saddam's desire to get back at GHW Bush remains his ultimate objective in life. Believe it.

God Bless America

16 posted on 09/19/2001 8:59:50 AM PDT by Reagan Man
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Thought this might be of interest to you...
17 posted on 09/19/2001 9:04:19 AM PDT by fone (For great justice *bump*)
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18 posted on 09/19/2001 9:38:24 AM PDT by Travis McGee
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To: Reagan Man
"Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with Mughniyeh," says an Israeli who knows Mughniyeh . "The guy is a genius, someone who refined the art of terrorism to its utmost level. We studied him and reached the conclusion that he is a clinical psychopath motivated by uncontrollable psychological reasons, which we have given up trying to understand. The killing of his two brothers by the Americans only inflamed his strong motivation."

Instinctively, I have known that there had to be some brains other than this buffoon Osama Bin Laden (net worth of $300 Million U.S., on the run, hiding in some cave in Afghanistan, chats with the media etc.) actually running operations. This article from Janes implicating Mughniyeh ties up some loose ends. This individual, Mughniyeh is a spook who hides in the shadows, has had plastic surgery and doesn't draw attention to himself, obscure and unobtrusive. He needs to be ferreted out and exterminated like a rodent.

Janes is a creditable entity. This is the best article I have read since the events of September 11, 2001.

Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War;
that this Foul Deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial

--Shakespeare,

19 posted on 09/19/2001 9:39:39 AM PDT by Mel Gibson
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20 posted on 09/19/2001 9:52:49 AM PDT by OKCSubmariner
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