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Terrorists trained by Iran tracked from Uzbekistan
Washington Times ^ | 4/08/02 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 04/08/2002 12:33:31 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:38:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Iran is secretly training Islamic terrorists from Uzbekistan for future operations in Central Asia, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

Military officials from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran's radical Islamic military units, have been training and supporting militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, known as IMU.


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1 posted on 04/08/2002 12:33:31 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
This is why Bush put Iran in his "Axis of Evil," because they keep exporting terrorists. They were trying to overthrow Karzai's government, and that p#ssed Bush off.
2 posted on 04/08/2002 12:42:49 AM PDT by xm177e2
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To: kattracks
Asked whether Iran, Iraq or other states were behind the September 11 attacks, Mr. Rumsfeld said: "I'm not in the law enforcement business where we run around and try to connect things to certain events for the purposes of prosecution. That's the Department of Justice and others."

I love Rumsfeld's responses to the dingbat reporters!

3 posted on 04/08/2002 12:50:40 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: kattracks
Looks like Uzbekistan doesn't have real good border controls.
Unfortunately, neither do we.
4 posted on 04/08/2002 2:51:26 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Black jade
fyi
5 posted on 04/08/2002 8:36:09 AM PDT by Free the USA
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Rumsfeld is the best Civics lesson most of those reporters have ever received.
6 posted on 02/10/2003 7:00:38 PM PST by FreedomPoster (This space intentionally blank)
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