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To: Yaacov who wrote (4456)	9/25/2001 6:18:53 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) of 23908

I dunno... Actually, I'm still trying to figure out the timeline of events surrounding the Sept 11 climax. I think that --at least in the first week of September-- Masood wanted to keep his Russian partners at arm's length... probably because he didn't trust them as the D-day was nearing. D-day was September 12th when his North Alliance troops launched an attack against Kabul. Well, that attack just aborted because Masood was eliminated by the Russians on Sept 9th. However, Masood's plan was first to launch his troops against Kabul, and then send the greenlight to his hijacking team in the US. That way, he would have been able to tell his version of the ongoing battle to the Western journalists who had been allowed to meet him. Masood would have blamed the Taleban for all the hijackings in the US... he'd even have gone as far as claiming that the hijackings/suicide raids were a desperate attempt by the Taleban to save their tottering regime. So, Masood would have branded himself as Afghanistan's White Knight --ready to avenge the Taleban's terrorist attacks on the US. Masood would have ended up as Afghanistan'strongman --probably too strong for the Russians' taste... Gus

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