IP: Wiretaps unravel networks

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
> TRACKING BIN LADEN'S DISCIPLES
> Wiretaps unravel networks
>
> Al Qaeda-trained, suspects plotted attacks in Europe
>
> By Peter Finn and Sarah Delaney Washington Post, 10/23/2001
>
> MILAN - Telephone wiretaps and listening devices planted in the
> apartment of a 33-year-old Tunisian here have produced evidence that
> terrorist recruits trained at Osama bin Laden's camps in Afghanistan
> have fanned out to a half-dozen European countries, according to
> Italian investigators.
>
> The Tunisian, Essid Sami Ben Khemais, moved to Milan in March 1998,
> after completing two years of training at the camps of Al Qaeda, the
> investigators said.
>
> Khemais was put under surveillance by the Italian authorities, who
> found a trove of fresh information about terrorist cells sent to
> Europe. Many members of the network may still be at large, law
> enforcement officials said.
>
> ...
>
> http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/296/nation/Wiretaps_unravel_networks+.shtml


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