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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (5300)	12/6/2002 5:45:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 13056

Remember how the two Tunisian stooges helped the Russian military locate Massoud? They used a GPS-camcorder whose signal was transmitted to the Russian death squad... Here's a similar story about Chechnya: L'INFILTRATION DE LA RESISTANCE TCHETCHENE À partir de 1992, Bernard et Nicolas Courcelle entrent en contact avec la résistance tchétchène. Bernard Courcelle, employé des Musées nationaux et correspondant de la DPSD, se rend sur place et fait la connaissance du général Djokhar Doudaïev. Les deux frères organisent ensemble le voyage à Paris du général tchétchène et sa visite au salon du Bourget, en 1993. Bien que cela paraisse peu probable, la DPSD déclare avoir alors intimé à Bernard Courcelle de cesser ses relations avec les Tchétchènes et, devant son refus, avoir cessé tout contact avec lui. Le 15 novembre 1994, il aurait ainsi été rayé des cadres de réserve de l'armée avec l'honorariat de son grade. Quoi qu'il en soit, les frères Courcelle, Christian Bègue et Thierry Rouffaud, un ex-agent de la DGSE, se rendent ensemble en Tchétchénie. Ils mettent en contact les résistants avec des négociants en armes internationaux, en 1996. Un à-valoir d'un million de dollars est versé sur le compte suisse de la société Joy Slovakia. Les Tchétchènes croient que la société appartient au mercenaire belge Marty Cappia alors qu'elle est contrôlée par Jacques Monsieur (cf. RV 01/0062). Les armes ne seront jamais livrées. Le téléphone satellitaire Géolink, fourni par Bernard Courcelle au général Djokhar Doudaïev, permet à l'armée russe de le localiser et de l'éliminer. Les représentants tchétchènes qui se sont dévoilés au cours des négociations sont également éliminés un à un. [...] reseauvoltaire.net

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (5300)	12/6/2002 6:01:44 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 13056

An interesting article that sheds some light on the so-called Brabant Killings that occurred in Belgium from 1982 to 1985: Title: Home of Suspected Belgian Arms Smuggler Searched Document Date: 22 May 1999 Sourceline: De Morgen in Dutch 22 May 99 p 3 Citysource: Brussels De Morgen [FBIS Translated Text] Bourges/Brussels -- Gendarmes raided the country home of Belgian Jacques Monsieur (47) in the departement of Cher, in central France, on Wednesday. Monsieur, a slippery arms trafficker who managed to slip through the net in Belgium, was charged but not detained. The man who is registered in France as a "farmer" had a collection of literature on the most "effective" anti-personnel mines. He risks a five-year prison sentence in France. That is if he ever stands trial, because Monsieur has a lot of friends. Everywhere. This time it seems that Monsieur did not choose the Middle but the much closer Near East as the market for his (preferably used) weapons. From his estate complete with stud farm in Berry he supplied Serbian militias with arms, or that is how it appears from the order forms seized by the gendarmes. He previously did business with the Croats. On one document Monsieur even promises to supply someone with a Boeing 747. Monsieur had a reputation to think about and refused to work with terrorists. Gendarmes did not find any arms at his farm, which he was trying to sell for 30 million Belgian francs. But they did find "quality studies" on mines for use against civilians and military personnel, complete with details of their "effectiveness." Detectives also found faxes with details of orders placed by the Iranian, Iraqi, and Venezuelan Armies. "Monsieur," a Bourges gendarme said yesterday, "only dealt with officials, not with mercenaries, in order to be sure of receiving payment." It is no mystery how he came to possess such documentation: Until 1976 Monsieur was a Belgian Army officer, employed in the purchasing service. "Mr. Monsieur was however caught out on one occasion," explained a Bourges gendarme yesterday. "He supplied 900,000 cartridges to the Bolivian Government, which fell a few days later, with the result that Monsieur never received payment. The cartridges are still there, the money too." It seems to be a tradition for the 47-year-old Jacques Monsieur from Hallen to be left undisturbed to continue his activities as a so-called farmer. In the 1980's he was a central figure in the Belgian connection of the international Irangate scandal surrounding the covert sale by the United States of weapons to Iran for its war against Iraq. Justice Minister at the time Jean Gol reported on the case before the Belgian Parliament in 1987, including a detailed account of Monsieur's role in the illegal supply. In 1985 he had also been involved in the supply, via Israel, of 6,000 Tow rockets, for which clandestine payment was received in Switzerland. The rockets were declared as "water pumps for agriculture." Monsieur also worked with a clandestine network of arms dealers, including the Greek Georges Drouviotis, Philipart de Foy, and Avri Durrani, in the United States. Monsieur also lent a hand in the supply of howitzer guns from the German firm Rheinmetall which ended up in Tehran via Lisbon. The investigation into the arms dealing was in the hands of Brussels Investigating Judge De Ruyver, but nothing ever came of it. At that time too, someone was shielding Monsieur. The fact that Monsieur had no problems with the Belgian courts at this time was all the more notable as the justice minister himself gave lengthy accounts of the arms smuggling to Parliament. Monsieur not only had contacts with Israel, where the end-use certificates were obtained, but also communicated directly with the then Iranian Ayatollah Rafsanjani, who later succeeded Khomeyni as president. The Arab League put so much pressure on Belgian Prime Minister Wlfred Martens that he decided to set up an investigative inquiry. People wondered why it was that every time there was mention of arm supplies, the name Monsieur and Belgium came up. A large amount of evidence was seized during a search of Monsieur's homes in Bierges and Ixelles on 8 December 1986, but once again the judicial authorities took no further action. nisat.org

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (5300)	12/10/2002 5:01:49 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 13056

For Turks, cooperation on Iraq is closely linked to EU talks Dexter Filkins The New York Times Tuesday, December 10, 2002 ISTANBUL On the eve of a summit meeting with President George W. Bush, a senior leader of Turkey's governing party said Monday that the government might have a difficult time persuading the Turkish people to support an American war against Iraq if Turkey is rejected later this week for membership talks in the European Union. Murat Mercan, deputy chairman of the Justice and Development Party and a senior adviser to Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, said that Turkish leaders were counting on Bush to help persuade European officials to set a date for negotiations for Turkey's eventual membership in the Union. European leaders are scheduled to take up the issue later this week at a summit meeting in Copenhagen. Bush, who is to meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the party's chairman, on Tuesday, said he supported Turkey's candidacy. Mercan suggested that Bush might risk losing Turkey's support in Iraq unless he could help persuade the Europeans to accommodate his country's ambitions. "In terms of the Turkish people, they will find a link between European attitudes and Turkish involvement in Iraq," Mercan said in an interview. "If Europe does bad to us, why cooperate on Iraq? This administration will try to separate those issues, but that is what the Turkish people will try to think." Turkey, a Muslim-majority country that borders Iraq, is viewed as a potentially crucial ally in the event of an American invasion of Iraq. Meeting with Turkish officials last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz laid out plans for a northern front against Iraq that envisioned possible Turkish participation. Mercan and other Turkish officials said they were counting on Bush to persuade European leaders to give Turkey a date to begin negotiations to enter the EU. Turkey has been seeking membership in the EU since 1987. "We have very high hopes that Bush is going to intervene, make several calls, and that it will change the tune in the European capitals," said Mercan. "I have very high hopes on that." [...] iht.com "I have very high hopes on that." ROFL! Dream on, Mr Mercan... Dream on! Counting on Bush to sweet-talk European leaders about Turkey's EU membership is tantamount to counting on Fidel Castro to sway the US into any course of actions....