To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (4771 ) 9/27/2001 4:40:52 AM From: GUSTAVE JAEGER Respond to of 23908 Re: Gus, you're going to have to show me examples of the Russians killing people using Arab suicide bombers posing as journalists. I must have missed that somewhere. And you're going to have to show me instances of Muslim fanatics blowing themselves up to kill FELLOW MUSLIMS... Keep in mind that Ahmad Shah Masood was a DEVOUT Muslim --not a Jew nor a Christian... So, on that one, the Taleban couldn't fast-talk their suicide recruits with their usual "martyr" pep talk!! Allah's not gonna pipe you in after you've murdered a highly-respected Muslim warlord... I've read again this morning the account by French journalist Francoise CAUSSE in La Libre-Match : she expected to meet Masood in early September. However, although she was a familiar figure for the Tajiks (she already interviewed Masood before), she ended somewhere in the Panjshir valley with her Tajik visa no longer valid.... So, she disappointedly took the helicopter back to Russia and then returned to France. She recalls that one Russian journalist by the name of Arkady Dubnov told her, "This flight's special... Arabs on board." Well, my guess is that this "Arkady" was likely an FSB agent sent in to keep an eye on the Arab stoolies --if only to make sure they don't screw up the GPS-camcorder... (*) Besides, Francoise Causse says she was surprised that some luggage were searched by Masood's personnel. Anyway, at least the Russians carried out the whole plot cleanly and smoothly: they made sure no Western "collateral damage" occurred --so that Western journalists don't start snooping around the whole incident. Gus. (*) Message 16403430