Reply #5: An indirect source of information [View All]

[teryang]

...informed me some time ago that "rebels" in Chechnya were "professionals" receiving arms and support from Uncle in a similar fashion to the Afghan operation against Russia.

Take it for its worth. Terrorism is never more than a few steps removed from a state sponsor. The notion that al qaeda or another violent insurrection has an independent base and arises sua sponte is unsound. The Saudi financing documented in Forbidden Truth is very reminiscent of BCCI. It is a very sophisticated form of learned behavior. Come to think of it, BCCI and bank fraud, aren't the scoundels who brought us those now running our government? What did happen to all that ENRON money?

Your comment concerning contraband is dead on. Arms trafficking and contraband go hand in hand financing these campaigns. Remember Mena? Such off budget techniques give the operators the freedom of action and flexibility the home office prefers to keep off record. Islamist forces allegedly trafficked in heroin and fought side by side with American assets in Macedonia. As my source would say, "this is how the game is played."