[iwar] [fc:Report:.Russian.Mafia.Aids.Al-Qaida]

From: Fred Cohen (fc@all.net)
Date: 2001-09-28 16:01:39

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                     Friday, Sep. 28, 2001. Page 3
                 Report: Russian Mafia Aids Al-Qaida
                           The Moscow Times
U.S. intelligence agencies have uncovered information that Russian
criminal groups have been supplying Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida
terrorist network with components for chemical, biological and nuclear
weapons, The Washington Times reported.The Foreign Ministry called the
report an attempt to undermine relations between the U.S. and Russia
at a time of increased cooperation.The Washington Times, citing U.S.
officials speaking on condition of anonymity, reported Wednesday that
bin Laden is believed by U.S. intelligence to have a secret nuclear
weapons laboratory inside Afghanistan. This is believed to be one of
the sites sought for U.S. military strikes, the newspaper said. There
is no hard evidence that bin Laden or his followers have actually
produced chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. But bin Laden has
worked with Russian mafia groups in obtaining components for weapons
of mass destruction, according to officials familiar with the
intelligence reports.The U.S. State Department's latest report on
international terrorism says that al-Qaida "continued" to seek
chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear capabilities, the
newspaper said. Intelligence officials say al-Qaida probably is trying
to produce the nerve agent Sarin or biological weapons made up of
anthrax spores.A former State Department counterterrorism official,
Larry Johnson, said the contacts between the mafia and bin Laden could
be related to drug trafficking and such cooperation would not be
surprising, the newspaper said.The Foreign Ministry said Thursday that
the report raises a question: "Why should such information be splashed
out on newspaper pages instead of discussing it through the channels
existing between our countries, including confidential ones?" "One may
get the impression that some in the United States oppose the positive
tendency in Russian-American relations that has made itself felt
recently," the ministry said in a statement carried by Interfax.

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