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-----Original Message----- From: mitchell24@att.net [mailto:mitchell24@att.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:14 AM To: Ben Natali Subject: REQUIRED READING (fwd) ---------------------- Forwarded Message: --------------------- Who did it? Foreign Report presents an alternative view 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. [Detailed list of Mughniyeh operations removed for Non-Subscriber Extract] 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." Some interesting facts and info... Subject: What's the Plan -- Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000 Hello friends, For those of you who I have not spoken to I hope with all my heart family and friends are safe. The victims will not be forgotten. I would like to engage all of you in a discussion of what is to come. Or perhaps I'm ranting you decide... My first reactions like many others were decimation, selected occupation, no more standing military, slowly over the course of 30-50 years we bring these nations into the fold of economic prosperity. This has worked before, but will it now? On terrorism and intelligence, I think terrorism is not to be treated as criminal law; we cannot follow the diplomatic code when dealing with terrorist organizations (i.e., our intelligence should be permitted to assassinate these people, or have moles on the payroll). After a few days of kill 'em all mentality, I decided to begin my education in this matter. I would like to share with you my first research and some impressions. I do feel more informed. My resolve is no different; but my initial general blood thirst is evolving into something far more calculated. Domestic and international terrorism has been a horrible problem for as long as most nations can remember. There is on average more than one terrorist event a day in the world. In the late 1980's it was as high as 2 events a day. This is terrorism. From Colin Powell himself. I found myself numb before I event got through the first months of 2000. http://www.usis.usemb.se/terror/rpt2000/index.html <http://www.usis.usemb.se/terror/rpt2000/index.html<; List of major terrorist organizations - they will all need to be eliminated but I have highlighted the first targets. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgpndx.htm#2000 <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgpndx.htm#2000< Start with Al Quida a focal point or umbrella organization for a worldwide network that includes many Sunni Islamic extremist groups such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad, some members of al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the Harakat ul-Mujahidin. Al-Qaida - an terrorist organization almost run by bin Laden, financially his network is like a holding company. Al Quida exerts heavy influence over the four organizations listed below. Each of the other organizations in turn exerts influence over other terrorist groups. Most of these are fundamental Islamic extremist organizations. A fear is that a general cohesive theme is to overthrow the middle-eastern governments, establish fundamentalist Islamic states which would persecute other religious observers within their borders, wage war on western influence internally, and potentially engage in military actions against the United States and other western nations. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/qaida.htm <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/qaida.htm< These organizations have signed a fatwa issued by bin Laden in 1998 calling for the death of Americans. al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad.Islamic Jihad,Jihad Group) http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/jihad.htm <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/jihad.htm< Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) * killed Sedat, has been terrorizing Egyptian government officials for years. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/algama.htm <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/algama.htm< Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) *Sunni Muslim terrorists, linked to Taliban and bin Laden, located in Pakistan and the Kashmir province in India, maintain organized terrorism against India, and Hindu culture in the region. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/hua.htm <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/hua.htm< Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) *Focused primarily on terrozing its bordering nations, locally focused with aspirations for eliminating western influence, unchecked this organization will grow into a world terror problem. http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/imu.htm <http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/imu.htm< Travel Warnings from the Department of State. I like these links for the one-liner view of the security conditions in these nations. There is significant conflict and terrorism along the Kyrgyz-Uzbek and Kyrgyz-Tajik borders. http://travel.state.gov/afghanistan.html <http://travel.state.gov/afghanistan.html<; http://travel.state.gov/tajikistan.html <http://travel.state.gov/tajikistan.html<; http://travel.state.gov/uzbekistan.html <http://travel.state.gov/uzbekistan.html<; http://travel.state.gov/turkmenistan.html <http://travel.state.gov/turkmenistan.html<; http://travel.state.gov/kyrgyz.html <http://travel.state.gov/kyrgyz.html<; Geography - very good idea to look at maps of the region. http://www.randmcnally.com <http://www.randmcnally.com<; I found the geography interesting to study in detail. Afghanistan is horribly difficult to access. The ocean-to-land access is through Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast; then head North 800 miles, to Peshawar and then into Kabul (the mountainous route the British used in 1946). The Pakistan army is 50% Taliban sympathetic. Already 42 political parties have issued statements of opposition to their own government for offering to help America. They will descend into civil war most surely. The HUM will likely be a significant part of that problem. It will do us no good to partner with a cooperative government and an uncooperative military. Could American planes be shot down over Pakistan by renegades within their own army? Things we should know: In Pakistan, many Afghan refugees were initially trained by the US and Pakistan Intelligence (ISI) in the 1980's to fight the Soviets. They were called the Mujahideen. Many were children living in refugee camps when recruited, having known nothing else in this world. Left to their own devices for 10 years, these camps and training centers have given root to terrorist organizations (HUM) and violently anti-humanitarian fundamentalist movements (the Taliban). The Taliban gained control of Afghanistan in 1996 overthrowing the then Shiite-Communist regime, killing and hanging the president in downtown Kabul for several days. The Taliban are Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and conduct a religious proletariat; they terrorize other Muslim communities, the Hazaras and Hindu Kush people within their borders. The Taliban recently issued an edict requiring Afghan Hindus to wear identifications tags. Sound familiar? The Taliban is hosting Al Qaida, bin Laden's organization. bin Laden also influences the fundamentalist (IMU) in Uzbekistan. The IMU is another Sunni fundamentalist terrorist group - they are mostly involved in terrorizing Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzistan, and Tajikistan, north of Afghanistan. The Taliban constituents are predominantly from the Pushtun region. Pushtun covers parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.; There have been movements to create a separate Pushtunistan. This map indicates the ethnic breakdown in the region. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/pakistan_ethnic_80.jpg <http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/pakistan_ethnic_80.jpg< . And the HUM focuses their attacks on India. The Shi'ite Muslims, many other Sunni Muslims, and in general the world muslim community do not agree with the Taliban's interpretation of Islamic law. The Taliban is not accepted by most of the Islamic world because of their extreme harshness and treatment of women, total eliminations of all modern culture, and being the worlds largest heroin production. The elimination of western influence is not considered a problem within some other fundamentalist groups. Afghanistan is not friendly with neighbor Iran to it's West. Iran is an Shi'a or Shi'ite Muslim nation. Because Iran is predominantly Shi'a; they are unfriendly with the more radical Sunni dominated Afghanistan. Iran backs the ousted government and is angered by Taliban terrorism and slaughtering of thousands of Shi'a Muslims, including Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan. Iran also has border disputes with Iraq further to the West even after a devastating 8 year war. Afghanistan and Iraq are both 25 million people; Iran is closer to 65 million. An exchange from 1998 regarding Iran and Afghanistan. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/1998/09/980910-afghan2.htm <http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/war/1998/09/980910-afghan2.htm< Also during the war with Soviet over 10 MILLION land mines were dropped in Afghanistan with no maps left behind. http://www.afghan-network.net/Landmines/ <http://www.afghan-network.net/Landmines/< The only opposition to the Taliban is the Northern Military Alliance. These people are also Sunni Muslim and ethnically are the Tajiks. Their leader Massoud was killed last week, assassinated by men posing as the press. The sliver of Afghanistan they still control is the finger squeezed between northern Pakistan and Southern Tajikistan and touching China. The Tajik presence cannot be eliminated by the Taliban without initiating conflict with Tajikistan. The NMA is a political authority that may be put in place. They have offered 15000 soldiers, and 15000 more on reserve. Their leader was killed last week, most likely in some coordinated effort - along with the new requirement that all organization in Afghanistan need to put monies in to the Afghan bank. Many acts were clearly coordinated in this event. I have also been seeking out information on the Taliban in particular. These link contain some very powerful information. Quite frankly it is shameful that the Western world turned their back when this hellish situation was brought on upon Afghanistan many years ago. First a super high level overview - it is interesting to note how many times this land has been ravaged by invaders. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/af.htm <http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/af.htm<; A brilliant article from 1996 ***** How could we have not seen this coming! Afghanistan's Taliban Rebels Blend Islam and Maoism By Franz Schurmann http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/2.20/960930-afghanistan.html <http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/2.20/960930-afghanistan.html< Not as well written but an interesting perspective The Afghan Taliban: Like It or Not, It Occupies Two-Thirds of Afghanistan and Shows No Sign of Weakening By Musa M. Maroofi April 1998 http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0498/9804047.html <http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0498/9804047.html< A Variety of Articles discussing the human rights and in particular womens' rights violations of the Taliban. These people are Stone Age, truly. 10/13/1997 TYRANNY OF THE TALIBAN Christiane Amanpour http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/971013/world.tyrany_of_the.html <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/dom/971013/world.tyrany_of_the.html< This is very long and intense. ***** Buried Alive Afghan Women Under the Taliban by Jan Goodwin February 27, 1998 http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/su98goodwin.html <http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/su98goodwin.html< Gender Apartheid - The Elimination of Women's Rights *mentions American corporate interests. http://www.feminist.org/afghan/facts.html <http://www.feminist.org/afghan/facts.html<; Afghanistan's Forgotten Women by ROB SCHULTHEIS Updated 1/4/99 http://www.genders.org/g27/g27_afw.html <http://www.genders.org/g27/g27_afw.html< The Taliban: Believers or Enemies? by Aisha Harris http://www.geocities.com/forpeoplewhothink/Topics/The_Taliban.html <http://www.geocities.com/forpeoplewhothink/Topics/The_Taliban.html< More recently... The 2000 year old Buddha statue incident - we should have known... The Taliban Afghanistan's fundamentalist leaders John Bowman, CBC News Online | May 2001 http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/taliban.html <http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/taliban.html<; Women and the Taliban by Azizah Y. al-Hibri Published as an Op-Ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer March 11, 2001 http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/yahyam/page5/azizah.htm <http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/yahyam/page5/azizah.htm< This line is interesting.. ***** "Last week, the Taliban issued a commission to more closely enforce those regulations and issued a new decree saying that foreign aid organizations must put their money in the Afghan State Bank. " .... I ask you is the Taliban more responsible than we think. They have in Feminist Daily News Wire September 10, 2001 Taliban Tightens Restrictions on Foreign Aid Agencies http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5792 <http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5792<; ..and of-course the Saudi nationals Feminist Daily News Wire September 6, 2001 Arab Fighters Provide Support for Taliban http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5785 <http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5785<; Try to digest this information - it is very important that initiate an informed dialogue. But the Taliban must go. This section is organized geographically based on the waterways. The nations in question will need to eradicate, expel extremists from within their own borders. This means partnering with a United States led coalition and contributing emphatically. Look at the Mediterranean coast. The South - Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt are all plagued by terrorism. The East - Israel, Lebanon, Syria all plagued by terrorist groups. There is a dreadful rooting of terrorist organization. Beirut was once a beautiful city I am told; For 20 years it has replaced Warsaw as the pop-culture reference to a war torn city. Terrorism surrounding Israel ties into several other organizations including Hizbollah and HAMAS. Look at the Red Sea. Egypt,Sudan and Saudi Arabia. The Sudan is terribly infiltrated; this may be the terrorist plan hatching ground and safe haven. And while the Saudi's are economically partnered with the western world, many extremists operating out of Saudi do fund these organizations. Sudan is also suspected of being a meeting ground for the terrorist network. Look at the Gulf of Aden - entrance to the Red Sea Yemen - has allowed bin Laden to broadcast, site of the USS Cole bombing. After the attack, the perpetrators fled from Yemen to Afghanistan. Rounding the corner into the Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - both acknowledge the Taliban government. They have provided radical nationals to the Afghans, throughout the years, many support the Taliban; some trained with bin Laden. We hope these governments have a change of heart with regard to recognition of the Taliban. Iran, Persia until 1935, has coastal territory along the gulf and the Caspian sea to the north. We have had problems with Iran in the past; in the current situation, they may be helpful maybe not. There is information pointing to an Islamic conference in Tehran which is another possible "hatching" ground for these operations. Iran still may be a very serious issue in the future. It is a religious government - something we all implicitly abhor in this nation. They exiled the Shah and began systematically eliminating western influence from their society after the event in 1979 Iraq - Part of the Ottoman empire through 1932. Kurdish territory in the North bordering on Turkey. Hussein has used Sarin nerve gas against his own nationals, the Kurds in the North near the Turkish border. As we know, he has invaded Kuwait. An 8 year war with Iran over borders was going on at the same time the soviets were in Afghanistan. This is a military regime. Though the economic sanctions we have used for the last 10 years have kept Iraq down as military force; they have created a new generation of hatred. East from the Gulf into the Arabian Sea, part of the Indian Ocean, the Arabian basin is separated from the Indian Ocean by underwater land structure but there is nothing to prevent sea travel. Pakistan - a country on the verge of civil war. A military regime. Probably half of the people in the army are Taliban sympathizers. Pakistan may be in civil war shortly. India - the largest democracy in the world. Still disassembling the 3500 yr old Caste System. The British occupation left India with an intact system of representative government. They are plagued by internal strife from the Sikh, who are separatists. Their brand of terrorism has been significantly reduced in the past 8 years. They are also plagued by the HUM another extremist fundamental Islamic movement - very closely connected to the Taliban and bin Laden as described earlier. China actually shares a thin strip of border with Afghanistan near Tajikistan. Pakistan also borders on China. Though the Himalayas separate the bulk of this geographically from the 1 billion people of China. Having China on board is critical. I would like the US to investigate TSI, Telephone Services International, a New Jersey Corporation and Unocal, a California Oil Company. Both of these companies have had business dealings with the Taliban government. I believe that corporate greed with total disregard for the human condition in any country is unacceptable and should be uncovered and dealt with accordingly. And I think the investment community needs to demonstrate in the markets to corporations who dabble in business with terror linked organizations. The investment community was hit particularly hard; i hope going forward there will be a clear message to stop support for companies who may potentially aggravate terrorists to attack Americans. We may need to legally restrict what our corporations can do abroad and who they are allowed to strike deals with based on the opportunity cost of potential terrorist activity. By all means, no corporation should have had any business dealings with the Taliban; perhaps this should be enforced by law. Some rants about waking the sleeping giant MIND! I firmly believe that the deadened state of intellectual discussion concerning these issues in America is part of the problem. We have been funneling our best minds into Technology, Banking, Law and Medicine for a very long time. The general lack of information and interest in world political and human conditions, and the evolution of human governments is dangerous. The average American simply need to be more informed and have an opinion to express to our government on what we can do to ensure the survival of our way of life and the spread of goodwill. Most likely we are all in agreement that a forceful military strike will initiate this new campaign; I think there is quite a bit of confusion over what we really are about to embark on. Our army may well include the corporate army and the casualties will be civilian. We need to get every American to study this condition, it's roots, causes, directions and what we can do to end it. Americans need to start an intelligent dialogue, around the country publicly so that we can demonstrate to ourselves and the rest of the world that we are educated and serious about achieving a solution. Our military domination is already known throughout the world. Perhaps our long-term goal may involve bolstering the middle-class communities in these nations assuming they are moderate, tolerant and peace-loving; they need something to lose, and conversely, something to protect. To get there we will need to eradicate any fundamentalist governments like the Taliban, under no circumstances can they be trusted going forward ever. We will need to partner with each nation and hunt the terrorist organizations down within their borders. We need to seize assets, disable communications, engage in an unprecedented Intelligence campaign. Let's focus our efforts on thinking and providing our leadership with a collective strategy and wisdom, an opinion from within. While I trust the powers that be to handle these affairs, I never believed any day in my life that we were so vulnerable. Know the enemy. The threat of bio-chemical weapons - a simple overview of what the most likely agents are. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/deadlygas0210.html <http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/deadlygas0210.html<; There is one company in America that is contracted by the DOD to produce the Anthrax vaccine, the BioPort Corporation, formerly known as the Michigan Biologic Products Institute (MBPI). I hope the defense around that company is solid. Hopefully, this will generate some interest in developing a public discussion regarding strategies for the eradication of terrorism and governments that support them actively, tacitly or otherwise. bin Laden Imad Mughniyeh, head of the special overseas operations for Hizbullah, and the Egyptian Dr Ayman Al Zawahiri, senior member of Al-Qaeda and possible and the Taliban should go first, then perhaps the other organizations mentioned above. Then what Hussein, Qaddafi? Will Egypt be on board when the Al Jihad unleash terror in Egypt? Do these nations host silently in exchange for less or no terrorism within their borders, completely bending to the will of terrorists for fear of their people being injured? Is that support or a successful campaign of terror? Where do we draw the line? I suppose where you stand after Tuesday is a good start? Who's next? How do we prioritize? Will they are be lined up behind the US in 1 year? Be strong, Be prepared, Be smart, Be heard, God Bless America __________________________________________________ ###################################################################### This e-mail and the information it contains may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for the intended addressee(s) only. The unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, or any information it contains, is prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offence. 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