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2001 late : (ITALY : WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF ES SAYED aka ABU SALEH -- See MILAN CELL) Not until several weeks after the Sept. 11 hijackings did the police finally issue a warrant for the arrest of Abu Saleh, who by then had been gone from Italy for four months. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested dozens of suspected al-Qaida members, including most of those recruited and organized in Italy by Abu Saleh. - "Milan cell linked to al-Qaida operatives, " By John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune via Seattle Times June 30, 2002

2001 fall : (ANSAR AL ISLAM PERSONNEL SMUGGLED VX NERVE GAS THROUGH TURKEY IN 2001, WASHINGTON POST SAYS -- See JUND AL ISLAM, AL QAEDA-IN-IRAQ) The Washington Post reported that the group smuggled VX nerve gas through Turkey in fall 2001. - "Ansar Al-Islam: Iraq's Al-Qaeda Connection, " By Jonathan Schanzer, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, via FrontPageMagazine.com , Friday, January 17, 2003

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (SWITZERLAND USED AS A BASE FOR FINANCING AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR AL QAEDA 9/11 ATTACKS -- SEE AL TAQWA MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION, LUGANO/MILAN CELL) BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Investigators have concluded that Switzerland was likely used as a base for financing and logistical support for the Sept. 11 attacks by al-Qaida, the country's attorney general said Thursday [June 24?, 2004]. ------- "Authorities Conclude Switzerland Likely Used as Base for Financing, Logistical Support for 9/11 Attacks by Al-Qaida," By Daniela Sigrist , Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 24, 2004 in TBO.com June 25, 2004

SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 : (SWITZERLAND : THE SWISS BEGIN THEIR INVESTIGATION OF AL QAEDA'S 9/11 ATTACKS -- SEE 9/11 HIJACKER ATTA, AL TAQWA MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION) [Swiss] Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher said authorities plan to begin court proceedings in the coming weeks in three terror cases, capping investigations started four days after the 2001 suicide hijackings in New York and Washington.
A special task force initially was charged with investigating Mohammed Atta, the alleged leader of the hijackers. Atta reportedly spent several hours in Zurich in July 2001 en route from Miami to Madrid, Spain.
But the scope of the investigation widened.
The task force also focused on officials of the now-defunct Al-Taqwa Management Organization, a Swiss-based firm that went into liquidation in December 2001. ........
------- "Authorities Conclude Switzerland Likely Used as Base for Financing, Logistical Support for 9/11 Attacks by Al-Qaida," By Daniela Sigrist , Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 24, 2004 in TBO.com June 25, 2004

* AL TAQWA , IRAQ & UN OIL FOR FOOD : ......It is in al-Taqwa and Nada Management that the government investigator says he found the links to Saddam and Iraq. "Al-Taqwa was the recipient of illicit funds from Iraq's 'Oil for Food' program," the official tells Insight, and from there the financial resources went "through al-Taqwa to al-Qaeda." But in the Chronicle story Huber is quoted as denying that Nada Management (al-Taqwa) underwrites al-Qaeda. ...
...Records show that Youssef M. Nada is, with Huber, a board member of Nada Management. An Egyptian expatriate, Nada is said by the government investigator to be central to the Iraq/al-Qaeda connection and "a known associate of Saddam Hussein and Ayman al-Zawahiri," al-Qaeda's second in command. The government investigator tells Insight that Nada met with Saddam and had a "business" relationship with the former Iraqi dictator. Nada's relationship with al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, is reportedly through the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization founded by al-Zawahiri, according to the government investigator. ...------- "The Link Between Iraq and Al-Qaeda," Insight Magazine ^ | June 18, 2004 | Scott L. Wheeler Originally posted Sept. 29, 2003; reposted June 18, 2004