THE JEWISH WORLD
THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL EUROPEAN REPORT: MOSSAD WAS TRACKING 9/11 TERRORISTS AND WARNED ABOUT PLANNED ATTACKS - BUT AMERICANS IGNORED ALERT For two years, 120 Mossad undercover agents in the US closely tracked the activities of the terrorists that carried out the September 11 attack. Shortly before September 11, they passed a warning alert about the terror cell to the CIA. The American authorities, however, disregarded the information - and expelled dozens of Israeli agents, including several who were monitoring the terrorists and had issued warnings to the US. This information was disclosed by the German newspaper die Weld based on secret documents, primarily of the French secret service. According to the German daily, American authorities reacted harshly because of the size of the Israeli "network" which, in addition to tracking terrorists, also showed interest in military and industrial matters. Both the US and Israel decided not to publicize this chapter. According to the report, the Israelis had warned the Americans about the planned attacks months earlier, even supplying the names of the suspects - including several of the hijackers - but, as noted the CIA ignored the information. THREE ISRAELI ARABS SUSPECTED OF PLANNING ATTACKS FOR HAMAS Three Israeli Arabs from Ramle and Lod have been arrested on suspicion of planning a series of terror attacks in Israel, in the service of the Hamas. The three were directed by Mohammed Def, the Hamas military commander in the Gaza Strip, whom Israel recently attempted to assassinate. Two of the suspects are members of the Islamic Movement in Israel. | |
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