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Cars stolen in US,Suicide bombers ’forced’,US/Brits caught smuggling arms: Who are the terrorists?

by Open-Publishing - Monday 17 October 2005
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Cars stolen in US used in suicide attacks

The FBI’s counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering some vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were probably stolen in the United States, according to senior US Government officials.

The FBI’s deputy assistant director for counterterrorism, Inspector John Lewis, said the investigation did not prove the vehicles were stolen specifically for car bombings in the Middle East, but there was evidence they were smuggled out of the US by organised criminal networks that included terrorists and insurgents.

The inquiry began after coalition troops raided a Falluja bomb factory last November and found a Texas-registered four-wheel-drive being prepared for a bombing mission.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/ca...

Some Iraq suicide bombers ’forced’

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. has evidence that some suicide bombers in Iraq may have been forced against their will to carry out attack missions.

A military official with the U.S. Central Command tells CNN that in one case after an attack, troops found a body with a foot tied with a rope inside a vehicle.

The official says there also is evidence of some individuals having their entire family held by extremists who then force them into suicide car bomb attacks.

ABC News reported the U.S. claims in an interview aired Friday.

In some attacks, suspected bombers have run from their cars and come to U.S. forces, officials said.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/26/iraq.bombers.force/

Arms smugglers’ seized in Kabul

British and US citizens are among eight people arrested on suspicion of arms smuggling in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Afghan police have said.

Two senior police sources told the BBC they were detained in a raid on a guest house earlier this week.

Those arrested had forged documents saying they were personnel of the International Security Assistance Force of peacekeepers, the sources said.

They said Isaf had confirmed those arrested were not part of the force.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4345220.stm

Forum posts

  • It looks as though the bombers may be American and British; not the ones driving, but the ones supplying the material and masterminding the whole thing. The question remains, are these members of the coalition’s spy network, trying to forment trouble?