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| Italians Arrest Seven for Selling False Documents to Al Qaeda |
| 2002-07-13 |
| Seven foreigners were arrested for allegedly supplying fake passports and documents to members of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network, Milan anti-terrorism police said Friday. An eighth suspected eluded capture and is being sought, said Massimo Mazza, head of Milan's anti-terrorist squad. He's probably the head cheese... The arrests occurred Thursday night in Milan and its suburbs. Police seized false passports, stolen identity cards and blank documents that could be used to issue papers giving foreigners permission to live in Italy. Police said the suspects — six Moroccans, a Tunisian and a Romanian — were part of "vast trafficking in false documents." All were accused of criminal association and counterfeiting documents. The suspects include two Moroccan brothers — Mohammed Kazdari and his younger brother, Said — who allegedly supplied documents to Essid Sami Ben Khemais, bin Laden's alleged European logistics chief. The brothers were described as the operation's ringleaders. "There were sure links between the Kazdari brothers and Ben Khemais," Mazza said. "But at the moment we can't confirm which documents were given to Ben Khemais and used by Ben Khemais." Ben Khemais was convicted earlier this year in Milan of helping Al Qaeda recruits and now is in prison. This is the actual support network that makes the boomers and gunnies and other types of killers possible. It's a pity they don't receive the same kind of hard sentences the cannon fodder would. They cause the same damage, just second-hand... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Years ago, I saw two comments posted on the mil.sci newsgroup that had quite an impact on me. The first said, "Amateurs think tactics, professionals think strategy". The second read, "Amateurs think strategy, professionals think logistics". I'd rather arrest one logistics guy than two fighters. The fighters are usually only good for one operation; the logistics guys last much longer, and get more experienced as time goes on. |
| Posted by: Mike Jackmin 2002-07-14 08:00:15 |