Head of Albania's intelligence service fired for working with CIA and revealing al-Qaida links

UPI ^ | 8/7/2002 7:15 PM | International Desk

[Destro]

From the International Desk
Published 8/7/2002 7:15 PM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Insider noted from United Press International for Aug. 7

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The CIA is going to miss Fatos Klosi, the head of Albania's intelligence service, or SHISH. Klosi was fired Wednesday by President Alfred Moisiu on the recommendation of Socialist Prime Minister Fatos Nano, who had appointed him in the first place. Tirana insiders say that in the five years since he became head of SHISH Klosi had worked closely with Langley, particularly in the war on terrorism. At the CIA's request Klosi arrested Maksim Ciceku, an Albanian national educated in Saudi Arabia, for spying on the U.S. Embassy in Tirana. He also provided information about Osama bin Laden's Balkan network. In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on New York and Washington, Klosi revealed that in 1994 Osama bin Laden had visited Albania and established a base for his terrorist organization al Qaida, which he told Albanian authorities was a Saudi-backed humanitarian agency. Last year, Klosi's outfit expelled to Egypt two Egyptians said to have links to al Qaida. But local politics ultimately did Klosi in. Opposition politicians claimed he was involved in trafficking both drugs and illegal immigrants. The ruling Socialists soured on him as well a couple of months ago after he tried to undermine the all-party deal that led to the appointment of President Moisiu.

[Destro]

Guess who backed the Albanians not so long ago? His name is Clinton but it should be mud. No wonder we were so vulnerable on 9/11. Clinton allied our nation with allies of al Qaida.

[Destro]

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[crazykatz]

klintoon the worst President in the history of AMERICA....he is a war criminal.

[Destro]

Yeah when Osama shows in person up you assume he is their to do good work.

[Destro]

Yeah when Osama shows in person up you assume he is there to do good work.

[Destro]

The subject of an invitation is your creation. I never discussed any sort of invite, see my comments right after my post, Tropoljac/Fusion.

[Tunehead54]

So do we nuke Albania now or what? If the prez backs this action at least we ought to express our "displeasure" given this firing?

[smokegenerator]

Now now, do not forget that Dole, Robert is of Albanian descent and had a village in Albanian named after him. All of this was done in 1994, the same weekend as the Normandy anniversary- to ensure its hush hush

[1Old Pro]

The tragic events of 9/11 all point back to Klintoon's inability to be commander in chief, his total foreign policy failure, and his alignment with rogue states if they could help him at the time in a political way.

Clintoon and his administration have blood on their hands.

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He is partly albanian w/his mother being 1/2 albanian. I know this for fact.