And he added some additional information. I'll skip the Loftus part and continue with the Chossudovsky part and he mentions the SAS as well<br><br>(...)<br><br>More substantively, what this interview reveals is something which news coverage on the London 7/7 attacks has carefully ignored, namely the longstanding relationship of Western intelligence agencies to a number of Islamic organizations. In this specific case we are dealing with a British based organization Al-Muhajiroun.<br><br>Amply confirmed by official documents, Al Qaeda was a creation of the US intelligence apparatus. Both the CIA and its British counterpart MI-6 are known to have links to Al Qaeda operatives. <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The Kosovo Connection</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>In the Balkans in the 1990s, both US, British and German intelligence (BND) were involved in training the Kosocvo Liberation Army (KLA), which was also being supported by Al Qaeda. <br><br>Mujahideen mercenaries from the Middle East and Central Asia were recruited to fight in the ranks of the KLA in 1998-99, largely supporting NATO's war effort. <br><br>According to a report published in 1999, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) had approached M-I6 to arrange a training program for the KLA: <br><br>"MI-6 then sub-contracted the operation to two British security companies, who in turn approached a number of former members of the (22 SAS) regiment. Lists were then drawn up of weapons and equipment needed by the KLA." While these covert operations were continuing, serving members of 22 SAS Regiment, mostly from the unit's D Squadron, were first deployed in Kosovo before the beginning of the bombing campaign in March [1999].(The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 29 August 1999).<br><br>While British SAS Special Forces in bases in Northern Albania were training the KLA, military instructors from Turkey and Afghanistan, financed by the "Islamic jihad", were collaborating in training the KLA in guerrilla and diversion tactics .("Kosovo in Crisis", <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://"></a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END-->
www.truthinmedia.org/, 2 April 1999)."Bin Laden had visited Albania himself. He was one of several fundamentalist groups that had sent units to fight in Kosovo.… Bin Laden is believed to have established an operation in Albania in 1994. ( Sunday Times, 29 Nov 199<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START 8) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Haroon Rachid Aswat belonged to Al Muhajiroun, which was involved in the recruitment of Mujahideen in Britain. The latter were also sent to Kosovo to fight in the KLA in support of the NATO-US led war:<br><br>(...)<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The Pakistan Connection</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>In the last couple of weeks, the London 7/7 police investigation has focussed on a "Pakistani connection": the alleged British bombers are said to have visited Pakistan. While in Pakistan, they allegedly had contacts with several Islamic organizations, including a madrassa (coranic school) controlled by Islamic fundamentalists. They allegedly also had contacts with the two main Kashmir rebel groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba. Two of the British bombers, Khan and Tanweer, were allegedly "associated with Jaish -e-Mohammed or one of its splinter groups" (India Today, 1 August 2005): <br><br>"In Pakistan, [British] police are painstakingly analyzing the mobile phone records of the two 7/7 suspects who visited the country. While officials stress that it is a tedious process, it has already yielded the name of at least one significant suspect: Masoud Azhar, leader of the Jaish -e-Mohammed (Army of Mohammed). (Christian Science Monitor, 1 August, 2005).<br><br>Both Jaish and Lashkar are said to have links to Al Qaeda. <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The Role Of Pakistan's Military Intelligence</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>In their endeavours to uncover these various links to Pakistan based terrorist organizations, British police investigators sought the collaboration of Pakistan's Military Intelligence (ISI).<br><br>While collaborating in the British investigation, Pakistan's Military Intelligence is known to have actively supported and financed the Kasmir rebel groups, which allegedly had contacts with the London bombers. <br><br>The ISI was instrumental in the creation of the militant Jammu and Kashmir Hizbul Mujahideen (JKHM) in the late 1980s. (See K. Subrahmanyam, "Pakistan is Pursuing Asian Goals", India Abroad, 3 November 1995). It has also supported the other two main Pakistan-based Kashmir rebel groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba, (Army of the Pure) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (Army of Mohammed), which claimed responsibility for the attacks on the Indian parliament in October 2001.<br><br>See Council on Foreign Relations, "Terrorism: Questions and Answers, Harakat ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e- Muhammad", <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.terrorismanswers.com/groups/">www.terrorismanswers.com/groups/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> harakat2.html , Washington 2002.)<br><br>Moreover, according to intelligence sources and the FBI, the ISI also provided support to the alleged 9/11 hijackers. <br>(See <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html">www.globalresearch.ca/art...O111A.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> ) <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Concluding remarks</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The Fox News report raises some very serious considerations. <br><br>Haroon Rachid Aswat was reportedly in London for two weeks before the July 7 attacks, "fleeing just before the explosions". <br><br>If Haroon Rashid Aswat had been working for MI-6, as suggested by intelligence analyst John Loftus, his movements and whereabouts, including his contacts with the alleged Yorkshire bombers, might have been known to British intelligence. <br><br>The nature of Haroon Aswar's links to Western intelligence agencies inevitably has a bearing on the conduct of the police investigation. <br><br>The broader role of Al-Muhajiroun since its creation in the 1990s, as well as its alleged links to MI-6 requires careful review. <br><br>Pakistan's ISI should not, for obvious reasons, be involved in the police investigation. In fact, Pakistan's ISI should be the object of the investigation in view of its documented links to the terror network, including Al Qaeda.<br><br>More generally, the intelligence agencies including M-I6 should not be involved in the police investigation. <br><br>An independent public inquiry should be launched as demanded by the Conservative opposition. <br><br>Michel Chossudovsky is Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica and is the author of America's "War on Terrorism" , Second Edition, 2005, forthcoming. <br><br>The Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) at
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