Pentagon-Berater dementiert Atta-Besuch bei Saddam HusseinPentagon-Berater Richard Perle hat Berichte dementiert, wonach die USA Informationen über ein Treffen zwischen dem Terrorpiloten Mohammed Atta und dem irakischen Diktator Saddam Hussein vor dem 11. September 2001 haben. Entsprechende Zitate von ihm seien "nicht korrekt", teilte Perle der Financial Times Deutschland mit. Der Mailänder Zeitung "Il Sole 24 Ore" zufolge hatte Perle bei einer Konferenz in Italien von dem Besuch Attas in Bagdad berichtet. "Ich habe von den bekannten Treffen Attas mit einem Geheimdienstmitarbeiter von Saddam Hussein in Prag gesprochen", schrieb Perle der FTD in einer E-mail. "Für die Italiener war das offenbar eine Neuigkeit." Nach dem 11. September hatte der tschechische Geheimdienst von einem Treffen Attas mit einem irakischen Geheimdienstoffizier in Prag im April 2001 berichtet. Das US-Justizministerium hat offiziell aber keine Erkenntnisse, dass Ata in dem fraglichen Zeitraum die Vereinigten Staaten verlassen hat. |
Pentagon advisor disclaims Atta attendance with Saddam HusseinPentagon advisor Richard bead disclaimed reports, according to which the USA have information about a meeting between the terror pilot Mohammed Atta and the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein before 11 September 2001. Appropriate quotations of it are "not correct", communicated bead of the Financial Times Germany. The May countries newspaper "IL brine 24 Ore" according to had reported bead at a conference in Italy of the attendance Attas in Bagdad. "I spoke of the well-known meetings Attas with a secret service coworker of Saddam Hussein in Prague", wrote bead of the FTD in email. "for the Italians that was obvious a piece of news." After 11 September the Czech secret service had reported of a meeting Attas with an Iraqi secret service officer in Prague in April 2001. The US Ministry of Justice has officially however no realizations that Ata in the questionable period left the United States. |
He managed to escape detection in Europe for many years while he operated undercover as the mysterious Mr. bead, in a manner analogous to that of Ng Lapseng and the "mysterious Mr. Wu".
For years, confused American intelligence authorities believed that Mr. Wu and Ng Lapseng were separate individuals, until someone realized that Mr. Wu and Ng Lapseng were the same person. In Mandarin it was one way, and in classic Chinese it was the other.
Richard Perle apparently pulled the same trick on German "intelligence" officers.