[iwar] [fc:U.S..focuses.on.Bin.Laden.links.with.Hizbullah,.Arafat's.Fatah]

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Date: 2001-09-14 12:55:39

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    U.S. focuses on Bin Laden links with Hizbullah, Arafat's Fatah
                     SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, September 14, 2001
WASHINGTON — The United States is investigating whether a coalition of
Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese groups joined to help launch the
suicide attacks in New York and Washington.
U.S. defense sources said the Pentagon and CIA are quickly coming to
the conclusion that Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden was the
sponsor of the attack. But they said Bin Laden is believed to have
used a range of Islamic groups for logistics and support.
The groups being investigated include the Fatah movement headed by
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, the sources said.
Another group being examined for a link to the U.S. attacks is the
Iranian-backed Hizbullah, Middle East Newsline reports.
"Most of it today points to Osama Bin Laden," Sen. Charles Grassley,
the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said. "But the
speculation at the end of the road is that he and his network were
very much involved with Hizbullah, Fatah and other."
Grassley was one of at least two dozen House and Senate members who
were briefed by U.S. intelligence agencies since the bombing.
A U.S. official confirmed that the administration has not ruled out
that Bin Laden was provided aid by a range of Arab and Islamic groups.
But the official said no determination has been made.
"We want to be sure we understand all the connections, not just one
connection," the official said. "As we find out who actually
perpetrated the crime, as we find out who they're connected with, as
we find out who could be considered harboring them, I think it'll come
clear."
Analysts and some congressional sources are complaining that the Bush
administration appears unwilling to thoroughly investigate the
involvement of Iraq in the U.S. attacks. They said that the
administration fears that targeting Iraq would dash hopes for an Arab
coalition against terrorism in the Middle East.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States has not yet
determined who was behind the bombing. Rumsfeld said a determination
would have to be made soon.
The administration has requested $20 billion for a counterterrorism
campaign. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said much of the requested
allocation would prepare the military for an expected counterattack.
"I don't think we know the breakdown yet, partly because the needs are
so enormous," Wolfowitz said. "A significant piece of this is going to
be to bring our armed forces to the highest level of preparedness."

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