[Mb-civic] has anyone seen this?

[Sierra Pecheur]

-Has any one seen this?  Sierra------- 
> 
>
>________________________________
>
> http://www.el-mundo.es/cronica/2004/469/1097487207.html (Spanish
>original) 
> >from el mundo (Spain) 
> > 
> >Here's a so-so translation: 
> > 
> > 
> >Subject: The October Surprise? 
> >Bin Laden is in China 
> > 
> >This confirms Gordon Thomas, a journalist with contacts in the
>most 
> >important intelligence services. The terrorist had reached an
>agreement with 
> >China, which now negotiates its surrender with Bush. It is his
>greatest 
> >electoral trick. 
> > 
> >Translated from El Mundo 
> > 
> >Gordon Thomas 
> > 
> >10/13/04 "El Mundo"  -- During the home stretch of the
>Northamerican 
> >elections, Osama bin Laden could prove to be the ace in the
>sleeve of 
> >president Bush. As we speak, Washington is negotiating a highly
>secretive 
> >agreement with Beijing, the Chinese capital, for the eviction
>of bin Laden 
> >from his sanctuary in the turbulent Muslim provinces of China,
>in the 
> >Northwest of the Great Wall nation. 
> > 
> >More than five million people, many of them fanatic followers
>of Osama, live 
> >in that region, which can be called one of the most volatile
>regions of 
> >Earth. Thousands of them work for the mafias who specialize in
>the 
> >trafficking of humans and drugs to the West. Last summer, Bin
>Laden sealed 
> >an agreement with the authorities in Beijing, in which he was
>granted asylum 
> >in return for his guarantees that the guerilla war of the
>Muslim Chinese 
> >against the Chinese nation would end. 
> > 
> >Over the years, tens of thousands of troops of the Popular
>Liberation Armee 
> >had been sent to the region with the intent to squash the
>insurgents. 
> > 
> >Since the arrival of the Saudi Osama Bin Laden, the region has
>been 
> >relatively quiet, and the Muslims who live there are allowed to
>continue 
> >their trafficking of humans and drugs. 
> > 
> >However, Bin Laden could now see himself trapped in his refuge,
>if an 
> >extraordinary agreement between Beijing and Washington would
>come to pass, 
> >in which China would hand over to the United States the most
>wanted 
> >terrorist in the world. 
> > 
> >The capture of Bin Laden would virtually guarantee the
>reelection of George 
> >Bush Jr., as it would confirm to the millions of undecided
>voters of the 
> >U.S. that the war against terrorism was judstified after Bin
>Laden had 
> >authorized the attacks of 9/11 against New York and Washington.
>
> > 
> >"A new administration Bush would present China as its great new
>ally in the 
> >war against terrorism. China would enjoy in Washington the
>status of a most 
> >favored nation with all of its facets. Contracts worth hundreds
>of millions 
> >of dollars would be approved by fast track. The history of
>human rights 
> >violations in China would be ignored," confirmed last week a
>high-level 
> >representative of the Pentagon. He added that only a small
>number of 
> >"members of very high rank" in the Bush administration knew
>about the plan 
> >to "seize Bin Laden in exchange for a special relationship with
>China." With 
> >almost certainty, among them would be the vice-president, Dick
>Cheney, and 
> >the defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. 
> > 
> >Agreeing to speak under anonymity, the functionary offered
>details of the 
> >plan to capture Osama Bin Laden as a means to keep Bush in the
>White House. 
> >He explained that this is not the first time that an American
>administration 
> >has resorted to similar maneuvers during an electoral campaign.
>
> > 
> >Towards the end of the presidency of Jimmy Carter, a secret
>deal was signed 
> >between the then future president of the U.S., Ronald Reagan,
>and Iran, in 
> >which the American diplomats, who had been kidnapped in
>Teheran, the Capital 
> >of Iran, would be freed the very day that Ronald Reagan would
>be inaugurated 
> >to the White House. 
> > 
> >According to Ari Ben-Menashe, the former national security
>advisor of the 
> >Israeli government of Yitzhak Shamir, " they paid an enormous
>sum of money 
> >to the Ayatollas of Iran." Ben-Menashe affirms that this deal
>formed a 
> >pivotal piece in the negotiations that later became known as
>Reagan's 
> >October surprise. 
> > 
> > 
> >Theresa on the campaign trail 
> > 
> >Theresa, the wife of the senator and democratic candidate, John
>Kerry, gave 
> >to understand that another October surprise could be imminent.
>Two weeks 
> >ago, she surprised the political advisors of her husband by
>declaring in 
> >public: "I wouldn't be surprised if, prior to the elections,
>president Bush 
> >were to capture Osama." Since then, Mrs. Kerry rejected to
>further comment 
> >on her explosive declaration. However, there are rumors in the
>intelligence 
> >community that both she and her husband had been advised that
>any further 
> >comments concerning an agreement that would include the capture
>of Bin Laden 
> >could comprimise the national security of the U.S. 
> > 
> >Furthermore, also the Washington analyst, Al Santoli, the
>national security 
> >advisor and Californian Congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, and the
>editor of the 
> >respected bulletin China Monitor, affirmed that "an October
>surprise 
> >wouldn't surprise me in the least." 
> > 
> >In his first confirmed sighting in many months, the refuge of
>Bin Laden has 
> >been pinpointed by an NSA satellite, one of many that the
>supersecret U.S. 
> >agency utilizes in their search for him. His hideout is located
>near a lake 
> >at the border between China and Pakistan. 
> > 
> >At the other side of the Zaskar mountains, the white summits
>that 
> >majestically look out over Bin Laden's sanctuary, a detachment
>of special 
> >forces of the Pakistani and U.S. armies are awaiting orders to
>capture Bin 
> >Laden, and move him by plane to Pakistan. 
> > 
> > 
> >Escorted by 50 guerillas 
> > 
> >During the last six months, Bin Laden has been sighted several
>times in the 
> >mountains and open ranges of the Northwest. American
>intelligence agents in 
> >the region are of the opinion that the Saudi millionaire,
>accompanied by an 
> >escort of 50 guerilla mujaheddin, moved East towards Cachemira,
>and from 
> >there crossed into China. 
> > 
> >The agents furthermore believe that, previously, Bin Laden held
>various 
> >meetings with high officials of Beijing. He convinced them that
>he would be 
> >capable of obtaining peace in their Muslim provinces. "We know
>about these 
> >meetings," confirmed Mansur Ahmed, police chief of Bandipoor,
>North of 
> >Cachemira. "However, they took place on Chinese territory." 
> > 
> >Bin Laden is accompanied by Ayan al-Zawahiri, his primary
>advisor and 
> >personal physician (Bin Laden suffers from a serious renal
>ailment). 
> >Al-Zawahiri is a surgeon, educated in Cairo, accused of
>terrosrism in Egypt, 
> >and condemned to death for rebellion. After Bin Laden, he is
>the second most 
> >wanted terrorist world-wide. 
> > 
> >White House sources reject to comment on this issue publicly.
>"If the 
> >negotiations should fail, this would not be the most suitable
>moment for the 
> >president to be seen directly involved in these negotiations,"
>affirmed one 
> >source. 
> > 
> >It is believed that the possibility for such a deal emerged
>early this year, 
> >after Donald Rumsfeld had met with a delegation of the Chinese
>government 
> >during a visit to the far East. Later, George Tenet, then
>director of the 
> >CIA, requested a viability study for an operation to capture
>Bin Laden. 
> >Tenet was informed that the only possibility would be if they
>could count on 
> >the cooperation of the Chinese. 
> > 
> >"To what extent that collaboration will occur in the few weeks
>remaining 
> >until the elections, will depend to a good extent on the
>confidence that 
> >Bush can inspire in the Chinese that he will be able to live up
>to his 
> >promises," confirmed the functionary of the Pentagon. 
> > 
> > 
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-civic/attachments/20041026/bf5cd380/attachment.htm