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Is 9/11 like conspiracy in the making?
Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad—An Israeli intelligence site claimed Sunday that “US
president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of states
in Washington G20 conference were briefed over the weekend about a
probable early al Qaeda attack.”
Isreali intelligence news site, “Debka”, also claimed that “Obama
and his team have been advised that a new al Qaeda strike is highly
probable in the United States or against a key US target in Europe,
North Africa or the Middle East.”
However, there was no indication from the American official or media
about such a possible attack or conspiracy.
The “Debka” claim coincided with a regional intelligence report that
Israeli Mossad and Indian RAW regional chiefs have held an important
meeting in a European capital and discussed “possible preparatory
reaction” to a new mystery yet to unfold. Regional watchers have
also cautioned against fast growing strategic and secret cooperation
between certain foreign elements in the neighorbood of Pakistan.
DEBKA report claimed that al Qaeda’s Yemen base, a reliable
barometer for Osama bin Laden’s schemes, issued a Directive to All
Fighters in Arabia on Nov. 9 presaging a major operation in the
United States that will “change the political and economic world”
and be “far bigger than 9/11.”
Israeli source claimed that the Al Qaeda “notice said the operation
“is very near” and “precise instructions were in the hands of “the
fighters, who are already on their way to America” armed with bin
Laden’s orders. The pretext offered for the attack is the rejection
by the US and Europe of al Qaeda’s four-year old truce offer whose
original pre-condition was the withdrawal of their armies from Iraq
and Afghanistan.
On Nov. 14 Times Online also quoted US CIA chief Micheal Hayden as
expressing fears that “AL Qaeda may launch an attack” during
transition period.
According to Times General Michael Hayden, director of the CIA, this
week acknowledged that there were dangers during a presidential
transition when new officials were coming in and getting accustomed
to the challenges. But he added that no “real or artificial spike”
in intercepted transmissions from terror suspects had been detected.
The report added that President Bush has repeatedly described the
acute vulnerability of the US during a transition. “The Bush
Administration has been defined largely by the 9/11 attacks, which
came within a year of his taking office”, Times report added.
Times also quoted Lord West of Spithead, the Home Office Security
Minister as speaking recently of a “huge threat”, saying: “There is
another great plot building up again and we are monitoring this.”
Regional geo-strategic observers were still unable to translate the
so-called Al Qaeda “warning” coming via Israeli sources but several
experts expressed fears that “a new 9/11-style conspiracy” was in
the making to revive the strategic objectives at a time when
“change” in the White House and Pentagon was imminent.
Some observers also took the warning as a fresh move to push for a
new offensive against certain Islamic states already at odds with
hawks in U.S., Israel and India.
Some American liberal sources are also expressing fear that “a big
bang might hit the United States before transition of power in the
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