Comments on: Was Zawahiri, AQ Number 2, In the US?

By: Snapple

Snapple — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:05:46 +0000

Here is the perspective of the Daily Times of Pakistan on all of this
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C03%5C16%5Cstory_16-3-2006_pg7_48

By: Snapple

Snapple — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:23:07 +0000

Shaffer and Smith are suing the DoD, DIA, and four individuals:

“The suit, filed Feb. 27 in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, names the Defense Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Army and four individuals, including DIA General Counsel George Peirce, Defense General Counsel William Haynes and Army Senior Deputy General Counsel Tom Taylor as defendants.”

http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=1598136

By: The Glittering Eye

The Glittering Eye — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:23:23 +0000

Eye on the Watcher’s Council…

As you may know the members of the Watcher’s Council each nominate one of his or her own posts and one non-Council post for consideration by the whole Council. The complete list of this week’s Council nominations is here. Here’s what…

By: Snapple

Snapple — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:15:32 +0000

The LA Times has this story, too.

He apparently was in the US recruiting people for the war in Afghanistan against the Soviets. Seems like we wouold have noticed that.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-lodi14mar14,1,7290907.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california

SNIPS

Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s top strategist and personal physician, is believed to have visited the United States on at least two occasions. In 1989, he came to Brooklyn, New York, to recruit fighters for the war in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. The FBI believes that Zawahiri returned in 1993 to raise money in Santa Clara, Calif.

In 1998, when Khan said the terrorist leader was in Lodi, Zawahiri was merging his Egyptian operation with Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda. He became a wanted man in the United States and abroad. He has been accused of planning the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

By: Snapple

Snapple — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:39:33 +0000

AJ–

Maybe the Commission didn’t get/report this information because the FBI was investigating these people in America and didn’t want to tip them off.

By: The Jawa Report

The Jawa Report — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:06:36 +0000

Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri Linked to California Terror Cell…

Did al Qaeda’s #2 man make a trip to Lodi, California? Strange days indeed, most peculiar momma. As you know, we’ve followed the Lodi terrorism trial fairly closely (see below). From the beginning, leaks have indicated that the terror ring……

By: mervb

mervb — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:37:31 +0000

The story about Zawahiri’s visit has been around since 9-11. It was described as a fund raising visit when first reported. I doubt it had much to do wth Able Danger. I think he had come and gone before that program was operational.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:01:55 +0000

Him living or visiting California or any state in the USA is totally credible. I read most blogs regarding Able Danger and also the recent Oklahoma University Bomber (2005), Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), WTC1 (1993) & WTC2 (2001) and how they are all tied together by the same people and their associates. I believe the best most concise information came from Jana Davis (former FOX reporter in OKC). Anyway… she and others mention him visiting Oklahoma and the infamous Norman, Oklahoma Mosque. This mosque is where everyone from Al Zawahiri to Moussaui have hung out. Also, many of Timothy McVeigh’s & Terry Nichol’s middle eastern buddies (who were never indicted despite loads of witnesses and proof… another FBI cover-up) hung out at this mosque. I think there is even word Bin Ladin himself visited this mosque and, thus, the USA.

By: Hannah K OLuthon

Hannah K OLuthon — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:12:53 +0000

It will be interesting to see how this develops. Knowing that the
Washington Post has also reported it, however, seems to me more
worrying than reassuring. It seems inconceivable that the story
could be true without Zawahiri’s presence being favored by some faction within friendly intelligence agencies, given his known connection with (and incarceration for) the Sadat assassination. But that is probably exactly the unwarranted conclusion this (probable) disinformation is seeking to produce. In any case, thanks for a very provocative post. By all means keep following the ball on this and related matters.