[iwar] [fc:Expert:.Terrorist.organizations.have.sent.sleeper.agents.for.training.in.the.West]

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Date: 2002-01-09 21:55:32

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Expert: Terrorist organizations have sent sleeper agents for training in the West

    Islamic insurgency groups and their Middle East government sponsors are
sending agents to the West for training in weapons of mass destruction as
well as cyber warfare.
    A leading U.S. expert on terrorism said Iran, Iraq, Syria as well as
Hamas and Hizbullah have sent agents to Europe and the United States for
training in WMD and cyber warfare. In many cases the agents enroll in
Western universities under the guise of those studying liberal arts, and
then change their major to the sciences, he said.
    "Advanced technology, including the use of biological, chemical and
cyber warfare, is the terrorist challenge for tomorrow," Yonah Alexander,
director of the Washington-based International Center for Terrorism Studies,
said. 
    Hizbullah has a huge global reach, Alexander said. He said the
Iranian-backed Shi'ite group has sent followers around the world to serve as
so-called sleeper agents. These are members activated in times of crisis
when the organization or government can no longer maintain a presence in the
targeted country.
    "Hizbullah has sent entire families to settle in Latin America, South
Africa and Europe," Alexander said. "It's a long-term approach that follows
the Soviet model to send sleepers. U.S. law enforcement agencies are taking
this very seriously."
    "The question is not whether the forecast for terrorist escalation is
realized, but when will superterrorism surprise us and what will be the
human, economic, political, social and strategic price we will pay."
    A senior fellow at the Washington-based Potomac Institute for Policy
Studies, Alexander was addressing a conference on terrorism at the
Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies in the Tel Aviv suburb of
Holon on Jan. 3. The conference discussed prospects for terrorist attacks
over the next year.
    Alexander said Islamic insurgents will continue to launch massive
terrorist attacks regardless of the fate of Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden.
He said Bin Laden's Al Qaida operates in 60 countries around the world and
is supported by numerous satellite groups.


United Arab Emirates helping U.S.
with aircraft used in Afghan War

    The United Arab Emirates has maintained U.S. military aircraft used in
the war against Afghanistan.
    The aircraft included two U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft and a
Global Hawk long-range unmanned air vehicle.
    The U.S. weekly Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology magazine reported in
its current edition on Dec. 7 that the U.S. Air Force has deployed the U-2
spy aircraft and two Global Hawks in an undisclosed base in the UAE. The
magazine said the United States has used the aircraft in the Afghan war and
that one of the UAVs crashed during a mission on Dec. 30.
    U.S. officials have refused to confirm the report. But U.S. defense
sources said the UAE is one of several Gulf Cooperation Council states that
have quietly agreed to maintain U.S. air and naval assets used in the Afghan
war. The other countries are Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.
    Saudi Arabia, the sources said, has refused a U.S. request for the use
of a key air force base in the war against Afghanistan. At that point, other
GCC countries were approached. 

Geostrategy-Direct, www.geostrategy-direct.com, Jan. 15, 2002
Copyright © 2001 East West Services. All rights reserved.

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