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Bin Laden warned US 3 weeks ago
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by Sam Kiley in Tel Aviv 
The world's most wanted terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is the chief
suspect in the attack on the World Trade Center today

Bin Laden is the multi-billionaire head of an international terror network
dedicated to the destruction of the "twin evils" of American influence and
capitalism worldwide. 
An Arab journalist with access to Bin Laden said today that the terrorist
leader warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would carry out an
unprecedented attack on US interests for its support of Israel. 
Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the Londonbased al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, said
Islamic extremists led by Bin Laden were "almost certainly" behind the
attack on the World Trade Center. 
He said: "Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he would attack
American interests in an unprecedented attack, a very big one. 
"Personally we received information that he planned very, very big attacks
against American interests. We received several warnings like this. 
He added: "We did not take it so seriously, preferring to see what would
happen before reporting it." 
Doctor Magnus Ranstorp, deputy director of the Centre for the Study of
Terrorism and Political violence at St Andrews University in Scotland, also
believes that Bin Laden followers are behind the attack. 
He said: "Only his people, the Al Qaeda, could carry out such a
sophisticated, military operation in terms of timing and targeting. Only
they have the manpower and mental strength to go through with this, and at
least three teams were involved. 
"This attack bears the hallmark of the group. They would have planned it for
at least six months, masterminding a detailed plan to overcome security. 
"Only they would have the logistical requirements to gain access to aircraft
and the capability." 
Chris Yates, an aviation expert at Jane's Transport in London, said: "This
is perhaps the most audacious terrorist attack that's ever taken place in
the world. 
"It takes a logistics operation from the terror group involved that is
second to none. Only a very small handful of terror groups is on that list .
. . I would name at the top of the list Osama bin Laden." 
Bin Laden's group Al Qaeda is also affiliated with Islamic Jihad groups. Its
stated aim is to be "dedicated to opposing non-Islamic governments with
force and violence". 
It had been reported earlier in the day that the Palestinian group the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed
responsibility for the attack. But the DFLP, led by Nayes Hawatwe, has been
the least effective of Palestinian militant groups in organising attacks,
either on Israeli military personnel or in organising the bombing of
civilian targets. 
Bin Laden, a Saudi Arabian dissident believed by western intelligence
agencies to be based in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban, has
by far the greatest reach in world terrorism. In the past year several of
his followers have been arrested inside America and crossing from Canada
with bomb-making equipment. 
In Jordan, Israel's eastern neighbour, two Bin Laden cells were broken up by
intelligence agents, and several militants were arrested who allegedly
confessed to planning major attacks on Israeli and Palestinian targets at
the millennium. 
But today the Afghan Taliban said that Bin Laden could not have been
responsible for the attack. Spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen said: "What happened
in the United States was not a job of ordinary people. It could have been
the work of governments. Osama bin Laden cannot do this work, neither us . .
. we are not supporting terrorism. We condemn this.î 
Since the eruption of the intifada and the collapse of the Middle East peace
process Islamic groups have boasted that their numbers have been rapidly
swollen by volunteers from all over the world. 
The next most effective anti-Israeli guerrilla force to Bin Laden must be
Hezbollah (the Party of God), based in south Lebanon. While 
Bin Laden buys his equipment and trains his terrorists all over the world,
the Hezbollah gets direct support from Syria and Iran. 
Both of these countries have tried to give the impression that they are
reforming and doing away with violent anti-American rhetoric. But both
remain committed to the destruction of the state of Israel and what they
call Islamic and Arab solidarity against "the Zionist entity". 
Hezbollah guerrillas forced Israel to withdraw from a "security zone" in
south Lebanon 14 months ago and have threatened northern Israel with rocket
attacks in support of the Palestinians. 
The intelligence source said that Hamas (the Islamic resistance), Islamic
Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command
have all been working "in co-ordination in their attacks on Israeli targets"
in Israel and Palestinian areas. 
Israeli politicians and intelligence chiefs also say that Yasser Arafat
lurks in the background to attacks on Israel. However, none have suggested
that he would support an act of terror on American soil.

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