US Trained Terrorists
It has been widely reported, thanks to revelations by ABC reporter John Cooley, that
some Islamic fundamentalists were trained in the United States in the 1980's, by way of
Camp Peary, the CIA spy base in Virginia, being flown in from places such as Jordan,
Egypt and even Africa.33 It raises the question of how many such camps existed beyond the
United States. Regardless, there have been some astonishing revelations of terrorists
trained within the US borders.
30 Wikipedia Article on the Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Company
31 The Guardian, “MI6 'Halted Bid to Arrest Bin Laden'”, November 10, 2001
32 Al-Jazeera, “US embassy attacks anniversary marked,” August 7, 2013
33 The Guardian, “Blowback Chronicles”, September 15, 2001
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One specifically alarming case is that of Egyptian Ali Muhammed. He was a part of
the fundamentalist military unit that assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in
1981. In 1984, he was hired by the CIA, though they claim that the relationship was shortlived.34
He would soon join the military and become a member of the Green Berets, and
serve as a drill sergeant at Fort Bragg while providing clandestine training to jihadists such
as Mahmud Abaouhalima, convicted perpetrator of the 1993 World Trade Center
bombings.35
He would take a short leave from his military duties and travel to Afghanistan in
1988 to assist the Mujahideen, returning just months later.36 Such an act is completely
unheard of, entirely unprecedented and raises all sorts of red flags. Who was allowing
Muhammed to circumvent the law and what type of special privileges and protections was
he receiving?
In the early 1990's he would return to Afghanistan and began training jihadists with
the skills he had learned at Fort Bragg. According to former FBI special agent Jack
Cloonan, in an interview with PBS, his first training session included Osama bin Laden, as
well as Ayman al-Zawahiri, the current leader of Al-Qaeda.37
Former Directors of Counter-terrorism at the National Security Council have alleged
that Muhammed took maps and training materials from Fort Bragg and used them to write
the Al-Qaeda terrorist training manual.38
Muhammed's superior at Fort Bragg, Lt. Col. Robert Anderson, has stated:
“I think you or I would have a better chance of winning the
Powerball lottery, than an Egyptian major in the unit that
34 New York Times, “The Plot Against America,” August 6, 2006
35 Wikipedia Article on Mahmud Abouhalima
36 San Francisco Gate, “Al Qaeda terrorist worked with FBI / Ex-Silicon Valley resident plotted embassy attacks,”
November 4, 2001
37 PBS Frontline Interview with Jack Cloonan, available here.
38 Daniel Benjamin and Steve Simon, “Age of Sacred Terror,” no excerpt available.
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assassinated Sadat would have getting a visa, getting to
California, getting into the Army and getting assigned to a
Special Forces unit. That just doesn’t happen.”39
Elsewhere he stated: "It was unthinkable that an ordinary American GI would go
unpunished after fighting in a foreign war," and that he assumed that Muhammed was
sponsored by the CIA.40
In the year 2000, Muhammed plead guilty to involvement in the 1998 embassy
bombings that killed 224 people including 12 Americans.41 He admitted during the trial
that he was a part of a broader plot to attack any Western target in the Middle East, as well
as admitting that he helped transfer Osama bin Laden from Pakistan to Sudan.
* * * *
United States and Al-Qaeda Have The Same Agenda
In 2011, NATO, led by Barack Obama and the United States, initiated military action
against Libya by enforcing a No Fly Zone and carried out numerous air strikes, including
one against Libyan state TV which killed 3 journalists.42 Downplayed in Western media
was the fact that the 'rebels' consisted of various factions of radical Islamists, many who
had been fighting Gaddafi for decades and had their roots in the Mujahideen in
Afghanistan, such as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, whose goal is to implement an
Islamic state.43 CNN has reported on widespread abuses against civilians from these
39 Article written by 5 time Emmy Award recipient Peter Lance, hosted at BoilingFrogsPost.com, available here.
40 San Francisco Chronicle, “Al Qaeda terrorist worked with FBI / Ex-Silicon Valley resident plotted embassy
attacks,” November 4, 2001
41 BBC, “Ex US Soldier Admits to Embassy Bombings,” October 20, 2000
42 The Guardian, “NATO Bombs Libya TV Transmitters,” July 30, 2011.
43 International Business Times, “Does the Transitional Council Really Represent Libyan Democracy and Opposition
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groups after Gaddafi was ousted from power, including the use of landmines and other
deadly equipment.44 Many of the rebels have admitted links to Al-Qaeda45, whom had
declared support for the rebels in Libya.46
The Washington Post has reported that a former Al-Qaeda member has estimated
there to be 1000 'freelance jihadists' that have traveled to Libya to support the rebels,
many affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and also that Libya has one of the highest domestic AlQaeda
populations in the Middle East, quoting a 2007 West Point study on the subject.47
In 1999, the United States decided to support the Kosovo Liberation Army, allies of
Al-Qaeda. Bill Clinton framed the intervention in humanitarian terms despite the fact that
staggering atrocities were being committed on both sides.48 French News Agency AFP
reported that members of the KLA had been trained by Bin Laden49, and the Washington
Times reported that the KLA bankrolled their operations with funds from the heroin trade
in Afghanistan and had accepted money from Bin Laden himself.50
The Mujahideen, many specifically members of Al-Qaeda, were also instrumental in
Bosnia during the NATO intervention in 1993. Their presence is still a factor of instability
today.51 It is of significance that all of these associations occurred after the 1993 World
Trade Center bombing, when Al-Qaeda first became widespread in the American lexicon.
Barack Obama has been arming rebels in Syria, beginning secretly with CIA arms
airlifts in 201252, citing many of the same reasons for intervention that Clinton did in 1999,
despite domestic and foreign ally opposition.53 54Once again, many of the rebels have been
to Gaddafi?”, July 20, 2001.
44 CNN, “Rights group: Libyan rebels looted and beat civilians,” July 15, 2011
45 The Telegraph, “Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links,” March 25, 2011
46 The Telegraph, “Libya: The West and Al-Qaeda on the Same Side,” March 18, 2011
47 Washington Times, “'Freelance Jihadists' Join Libyan Rebels,” March 29, 2011
48 Wikipedia Article on the various war crimes committed during the Kosovo War
49 AFP, “Members of Kosovo Liberation Trained by Bin Laden,” May 4, 1999.
50 Washington Times, “KLA Finances War with Heroin Sales,” May 3, 1999
51 Radio Free Europe, “Bosnia-Herzegovina: New Book Investigates Presence Of Al-Qaeda,” June 1, 2007
52 New York Times, “Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A.,” March 24, 2013
53 Fox News, “Lawmakers try to stall arming of Syrian opposition, as CIA presses ahead,” June 27, 2013
54 Fox News, “Merkel tells Parliament that risks of arming Syrian rebels 'incalculable',” June 27, 2013
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associated with Al-Qaeda and labeled terrorist organizations by the US.55





US Trained Terrorists It has been widely reported, thanks to revelations by ABC reporter John Cooley, that some Islamic fundamentalists were trained in the United States in the 1980's, by way of Camp Peary, the CIA spy base in Virginia, being flown in from places such as Jordan, Egypt and even Africa.33 It raises the question of how many such camps existed beyond the United States. Regardless, there have been some astonishing revelations of terrorists trained within the US borders. 30 Wikipedia Article on the Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical Company 31 The Guardian, “MI6 'Halted Bid to Arrest Bin Laden'”, November 10, 2001 32 Al-Jazeera, “US embassy attacks anniversary marked,” August 7, 2013 33 The Guardian, “Blowback Chronicles”, September 15, 2001 11 One specifically alarming case is that of Egyptian Ali Muhammed. He was a part of the fundamentalist military unit that assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981. In 1984, he was hired by the CIA, though they claim that the relationship was shortlived.34 He would soon join the military and become a member of the Green Berets, and serve as a drill sergeant at Fort Bragg while providing clandestine training to jihadists such as Mahmud Abaouhalima, convicted perpetrator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.35 He would take a short leave from his military duties and travel to Afghanistan in 1988 to assist the Mujahideen, returning just months later.36 Such an act is completely unheard of, entirely unprecedented and raises all sorts of red flags. Who was allowing Muhammed to circumvent the law and what type of special privileges and protections was he receiving? In the early 1990's he would return to Afghanistan and began training jihadists with the skills he had learned at Fort Bragg. According to former FBI special agent Jack Cloonan, in an interview with PBS, his first training session included Osama bin Laden, as well as Ayman al-Zawahiri, the current leader of Al-Qaeda.37 Former Directors of Counter-terrorism at the National Security Council have alleged that Muhammed took maps and training materials from Fort Bragg and used them to write the Al-Qaeda terrorist training manual.38 Muhammed's superior at Fort Bragg, Lt. Col. Robert Anderson, has stated: “I think you or I would have a better chance of winning the Powerball lottery, than an Egyptian major in the unit that 34 New York Times, “The Plot Against America,” August 6, 2006 35 Wikipedia Article on Mahmud Abouhalima 36 San Francisco Gate, “Al Qaeda terrorist worked with FBI / Ex-Silicon Valley resident plotted embassy attacks,” November 4, 2001 37 PBS Frontline Interview with Jack Cloonan, available here. 38 Daniel Benjamin and Steve Simon, “Age of Sacred Terror,” no excerpt available. 12 assassinated Sadat would have getting a visa, getting to California, getting into the Army and getting assigned to a Special Forces unit. That just doesn’t happen.”39 Elsewhere he stated: "It was unthinkable that an ordinary American GI would go unpunished after fighting in a foreign war," and that he assumed that Muhammed was sponsored by the CIA.40 In the year 2000, Muhammed plead guilty to involvement in the 1998 embassy bombings that killed 224 people including 12 Americans.41 He admitted during the trial that he was a part of a broader plot to attack any Western target in the Middle East, as well as admitting that he helped transfer Osama bin Laden from Pakistan to Sudan. * * * * United States and Al-Qaeda Have The Same Agenda In 2011, NATO, led by Barack Obama and the United States, initiated military action against Libya by enforcing a No Fly Zone and carried out numerous air strikes, including one against Libyan state TV which killed 3 journalists.42 Downplayed in Western media was the fact that the 'rebels' consisted of various factions of radical Islamists, many who had been fighting Gaddafi for decades and had their roots in the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, such as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, whose goal is to implement an Islamic state.43 CNN has reported on widespread abuses against civilians from these 39 Article written by 5 time Emmy Award recipient Peter Lance, hosted at BoilingFrogsPost.com, available here. 40 San Francisco Chronicle, “Al Qaeda terrorist worked with FBI / Ex-Silicon Valley resident plotted embassy attacks,” November 4, 2001 41 BBC, “Ex US Soldier Admits to Embassy Bombings,” October 20, 2000 42 The Guardian, “NATO Bombs Libya TV Transmitters,” July 30, 2011. 43 International Business Times, “Does the Transitional Council Really Represent Libyan Democracy and Opposition 13 groups after Gaddafi was ousted from power, including the use of landmines and other deadly equipment.44 Many of the rebels have admitted links to Al-Qaeda45, whom had declared support for the rebels in Libya.46 The Washington Post has reported that a former Al-Qaeda member has estimated there to be 1000 'freelance jihadists' that have traveled to Libya to support the rebels, many affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and also that Libya has one of the highest domestic AlQaeda populations in the Middle East, quoting a 2007 West Point study on the subject.47 In 1999, the United States decided to support the Kosovo Liberation Army, allies of Al-Qaeda. Bill Clinton framed the intervention in humanitarian terms despite the fact that staggering atrocities were being committed on both sides.48 French News Agency AFP reported that members of the KLA had been trained by Bin Laden49, and the Washington Times reported that the KLA bankrolled their operations with funds from the heroin trade in Afghanistan and had accepted money from Bin Laden himself.50 The Mujahideen, many specifically members of Al-Qaeda, were also instrumental in Bosnia during the NATO intervention in 1993. Their presence is still a factor of instability today.51 It is of significance that all of these associations occurred after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, when Al-Qaeda first became widespread in the American lexicon. Barack Obama has been arming rebels in Syria, beginning secretly with CIA arms airlifts in 201252, citing many of the same reasons for intervention that Clinton did in 1999, despite domestic and foreign ally opposition.53 54Once again, many of the rebels have been to Gaddafi?”, July 20, 2001. 44 CNN, “Rights group: Libyan rebels looted and beat civilians,” July 15, 2011 45 The Telegraph, “Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links,” March 25, 2011 46 The Telegraph, “Libya: The West and Al-Qaeda on the Same Side,” March 18, 2011 47 Washington Times, “'Freelance Jihadists' Join Libyan Rebels,” March 29, 2011 48 Wikipedia Article on the various war crimes committed during the Kosovo War 49 AFP, “Members of Kosovo Liberation Trained by Bin Laden,” May 4, 1999. 50 Washington Times, “KLA Finances War with Heroin Sales,” May 3, 1999 51 Radio Free Europe, “Bosnia-Herzegovina: New Book Investigates Presence Of Al-Qaeda,” June 1, 2007 52 New York Times, “Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From C.I.A.,” March 24, 2013 53 Fox News, “Lawmakers try to stall arming of Syrian opposition, as CIA presses ahead,” June 27, 2013 54 Fox News, “Merkel tells Parliament that risks of arming Syrian rebels 'incalculable',” June 27, 2013 14 associated with Al-Qaeda and labeled terrorist organizations by the US.55