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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9782)	5/26/1999 6:06:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Ron, Who ever said that Sudan was a terrorist-state? ...They went their separate ways, and Carlos worked for others, leaving a trail of destruction until his arrest in August 1994 in the African nation of Sudan, which turned him over to French authorities. Carlos is to go on trial Friday in Paris for the 1975 killings of two French counterintelligence agents. He has also been charged in a 1974 grenade attack at a noted Paris cafe that killed two people and wounded 34.[...] Sudan handing over Carlos-the-Jackal to the French --go figure! In 1994, France was under a cohabitation regime, that is Socialist Francois Mitterrand was President de la Republique whereas Gaullist Edouard Balladur was France's Premier and Charles Pasqua was Minister of the Interior. Full story: newstimes.com Regarding the bin Laden connection, I've, from time to time, looked for some online references, articles,... but this track seems so ludicrous! Reading interviews of Taleban leaders in Afghanistan, I came to the conclusion that bin Laden is essentially used by the State Department as an ''incentive/bargaining chip'' in its negotiations with the Talebans with regard to their international recognition as a legitimate government. The conspiracy theory about bin Laden supporting terrorist camps in Albania is overdone and it doesn't fit in well with the current US strategy btw: who's gonna help the US military in the event of a NATO ground operation, after all? The US will have to rely on the KLA, that is on the very same people who allegedly were trained by bin Laden and suchlike... As for bin Laden retaliating from his survival camp in Afghanistan upon two US embassies in East Africa because his Albanian bases got shut down by some US covert intervention... GEE! Such a multinational, terrorist-whizz-kid should not be chased by US intelligence agencies --he should be recruited by them instead! Regards, Gustave.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9782)	5/26/1999 6:45:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 17770

Ron, I was puzzled by the fact that Israel's MOSSAD did, at some point before the East African bombings, hint at a imminent terrorist threat against US interests in the region... Here's an article about the Carlos affair that may explain why Israel turned a blind eye concerning France's intelligence activities in the region: th-record.com Besides, anything that might deteriorate the US/Arab relationship --especially Iran/US's-- fits perfectly Israel's geopolitical agenda.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9782)	5/26/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Ron, wake up!! I'm bringing you your ''breakfast news diet''... FRANCE: FROM "WIN-WIN" TO "LOSE-LOSE" WITH THE BOB DENARD AFFAIR Press reports have been speculating on Bob Denard's 28 September mercenary invasion of the Comoros and who in the government and DGSE foreign intelligence "let it happen". There are rumors of Denard's multiple illegal trips throughout France and abroad (INT, N. 25/62) and talk of meetings with high-level French officials, including a powerful "General L.". What is certain is that such officials would not "let it happen" if they were not in a "win-win" situation, meaning a successful invasion or a failure would be to their advantage. Unwittingly, the press has confirmed this by reporting that a successful invasion of the Comoros would have provided Denard -- and therefore the DGSE -- with an ideal "staging ground" for other such operations throughout Africa. One press report explicitly mentioned an operation against the Congo. If, on the other hand, Denard's invasion failed, the press underlined that it would provide a perfect occasion for the new French administration under President Jacques Chirac and the government under Prime Minister Alain Juppe to "clean out the stables" left by the 14-year presidency of Socialist Francois Mitterrand and put the new administration's men in key intelligence community positions, particularly in the DGSE and in France's African networks. But this "win-win" situation degenerated to the present "lose-lose" end game which finds different factions in the press, the government and the intelligence services blocking the investigation headed by Judge Chantale Perdrix who does not have security clearance for access to classified information. COMMENT - As we previously mentioned (INT, N. 24/62), defense sources leaked names of individuals and organizations associated with the DGSE and Denard to the press. One can be tried for revealing defense secrets for publishing such information, but one can defend oneself by threatening to reveal from whom the information came. And with Denard refusing to answer Judge Perdrieux "for reasons of national security", observers are now beating on a "lead-lined cover-up". In short, nothing further will be heard about the DGSE and the Denard case. According to press reports, Denard's "choice" of a lawyer seems to have confirmed this: Maitre Soulez-Lariviere, the same lawyer, who, in 1985 and 1986, defended DGSE agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Maffart in New Zealand where they were caught after participating in the sinking of the Greenpeace "Rainbow Warrior". So what originally looked like a "tree-trimming exercise" by the current government has turned into a "business as usual" cover-up so that feuding factions within the government, the intelligence community and France's African networks won't reveal "the dirt" on each other. Direct link: burn.ucsd.edu

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9782)	5/26/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

The ''powerful General L.'' referred to in my previous post is likely: Colonel Jean-Claude Lesquer, a colonel in 1985, was head of the action unit charged with the Rainbow Warrior bombing. Lesquer lost his post over the Rainbow Warrior scandal but was promoted to Brigadier-General because of his performance in the Gulf War. In February 1995 he was promoted to Major-General, and assigned to COFRAS, a semi- state body entrusted with following up major contracts between French arms manufacturers and foreign governments.