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2015-03-15 Terror Networks
NY Times Reveals How CIA Money Ended Up in Hands of Al Qaeda
[Mediaite] A new report from The New York Times' Matthew Rosenberg published Saturday reveals details about a 2010 deal between Afghan officials and Al Qaeda that resulted in $1 million of CIA money funding the terrorist group.

According to the report, Al Qaeda demanded $5 million for the release of an Afghan diplomat held hostage in 2010 and the Afghan government ended up using $1 million from a secret fund that the CIA provided them in monthly cash installments delivered directly to the Kabul palace of former President Hamid Karzai.

Rosenberg quotes letters sent between Osama bin Laden and one of his deputies after the Afghans raised the rest of the money from other countries and completed the deal:
Ynet adds:
The newspaper said letters about the ransom payment were found in the 2011 raid by US Navy SEALS who killed bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
, Pakistain. The communications were submitted as evidence in the trial of Abid Naseer, who was convicted this month in New York of supporting terrorism and plotting to bomb a shopping center in Manchester, England.
Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169  2015-03-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Little wonder the UBL papers were never released, not even to other intelligence agencies. Should come as no surprise.

PROJECT TERMINATED WITH PREJUDICE
Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-15 06:58||   2015-03-15 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Not to be confused with arms being transferred in Libya.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-15 09:49||   2015-03-15 09:49|| Front Page Top

#3 The operation's a piece of cake; I had it on both cheeks.
Posted by DepotGuy 2015-03-15 11:55||   2015-03-15 11:55|| Front Page Top

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