Kandahar hijacking, 9/11 ‘linked’

[varun]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060327/main2.htm

New Delhi, March 26
Fresh evidence has surfaced suggesting that the December 24, 1999, hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 was a progenitor of unprecedented terrorist attack on the American mainland (9/11). Two terrorist incidents — one in India and the other in the USA — are closely interconnected as without the hijacking of IC 814 in 1999, 9/11 possibly could not have taken place.

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, one of the three terrorists who were taken to Kandahar for release by the then External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, was one of the key planners and perpetrators of the most daring terrorist attempt on the US soil, said a former military intelligence analyst John Newman during his testimony before the 9/11 inquiry commission.

Newman went on to say that “Saeed Sheikh was probably a triple agent” who operated for Pakistani, American and British intelligence while being an Al-Qaida’s top functionary. After his release in 1999, Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national of Pakistani origin, was appointed member of the Majlis Al-Shura by Osama Bin Laden, said the testimony, which did not find mention in the final report on 9/11.

Despite startling revelations about Islamabad’s involvement in the 9/11 by Newman, the military government of General Pervez Musharraf succeeded in getting vital information removed from the final report...

[uppityperson]

1. no one ever imagined...

argh argh argh

[closeupready]

2. Gee, Tribune India, huh? Biased, maybe?

Couldn't be. :sarcasm:

[Old and In the Way]

3. Really?

"the military government of General Pervez Musharraf succeeded in getting vital information removed from the final report..."

How about "the Bush administration succeeded in getting vital information removed from the final report."

Interesting that these "new" revelations are getting a 2nd look.

[CJCRANE]

4. Funny

how the countries which provided the hijackers, funding and planning for 9/11 are B*sh's "allies"...

That tells you everything you need to know about the bogus War on Terror.

[BR_Parkway]

5. “Saeed Sheikh was probably a triple agent” who operated for Pakistani

American and British intelligence - what a helluva statement and the implications behind it.