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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian intelligence services warned Washington several times that Saddam Hussein's regime planned terrorist attacks against the United States, President Vladimir Putin has said.
The warnings were provided after September 11, 2001 and before the start of the Iraqi war, Putin said Friday.
The planned attacks were targeted both inside and outside the United States, said Putin, who made the remarks during a visit to Kazakhstan.
"I can confirm that after the events of September 11, 2001, and up to the military operation in Iraq, Russian special services and Russian intelligence several times received ... information that official organs of Saddam's regime were preparing terrorist acts on the territory of the United States and beyond its borders, at U.S. military and civilian locations," Putin said.
He said the information was given to U.S. intelligence officers and that U.S. President George W. Bush expressed his gratitude to a top Russian intelligence official.
"This information was indeed passed on through our partner channels to our American colleagues and, moreover, President Bush had an opportunity and used this opportunity to personally thank the leader of one of the Russian special services for this information, which he considered to be very important," Putin said.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental international organization founded inShanghaion15 June 2001bysix countries,China,Russia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgystan,TajikistanandUzbekistan.Its member states cover an area of over 30 million km2, or about three fifths ofEurasia, with a population of 1.455 billion, about a quarter of the world's total.Its working languages are Chinese and Russian.
I.Origin of the SCO
SCO's predecessor, the Shanghai Five mechanism, originated and grew from the endeavor byChina,Russia,Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan andTajikistanto strengthen confidence-building and disarmament in the border regions.In 1996 and 1997, their heads of state met inShanghaiandMoscowrespectively and signedtheTreaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regionsand theTreaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions.Thereafter, this annual meeting became a regular practice and had beenheld alternately in the five member states.The topics of the meeting gradually extended from building up trust in the border regions to mutually beneficial cooperation in the political, security, diplomatic, economic, trade and other areas among the five states.The President of Uzbekistan was invited to the 2000Dushanbe Summit as a guest of the host state.As the first meeting of the five heads of state took place inShanghai, the cooperation mechanism was later known as the "Shanghai Five".
China, Russia welcome Iran into the fold
By M K Bhadrakumar
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which maintained it had no plans for expansion, is now changing course. Mongolia, Iran, India and Pakistan, which previously had observer status, will become full members. SCO's decision to welcome Iran into its fold constitutes a political statement. Conceivably, SCO would now proceed to adopt a common position on the Iran nuclear issue at its summit meeting June 15.
Originally posted by jinsanity
What do you think of Scott Forbes? He worked at the trade towers and he said there was a mysterious powerdown the weekend before and odd work going on throughout the building.
Originally posted by jinsanity
*If there wasn't something more to 9/11, if it had happened as Fox and CNN and Bush said it did then we wouldn't be having these debates. Everyone would come to the same conclusion.
This is however a democracy and with the large amount of people who can't accept the "official story" well that in itself speaks volumes.
What do you think of Scott Forbes? He worked at the trade towers and he said there was a mysterious powerdown the weekend before and odd work going on throughout the building.
What is the reason behind the conspiracy theories?
It is our right and our duty to question the authorities when such things occur because the past has shown us false flag attacks are a reality.
For me personnally, coming from a huge bush supporter to absolutely detesting the man I can say for certain that 9/11 doesn't add up.
I've been on both sides of the coin. It was hindsight that got me however. After a while it dawned on me that Bush isn't the patriot he claims to be.
It should be a president's duty to attend the funeral of every soldier who dies for the President and the country.
[edit on 2-12-2006 by jinsanity]
[edit on 2-12-2006 by jinsanity]
To me it is obvious that there are groups of people who are doing this for whatever agenda they have in mind.
Originally posted by St Udio
CT are put out into the public domain, so that maybe 'something' might stick to the wall ...and those with those 'agendas' can have a springboard to launch their campaign
Originally posted by jinsanity
Who here on both sides of the argument can say with a straight face that Bush and the government doesn't lie on a routine basis?
You know that term Spin? It's a fancy word for lying.
Originally posted by ephrin
hi muaddib,
first of all, i dont believe the official story of 9/11. It was an inside job.
I don't wanna divide the american people, I don't make money by selling dvds, books or anything else...
I think it was an inside job because
2) I saw it with my own eyes that they were explosives in the WTC. There were big explosions with massive smoke 10-20 sec. prior to the collapse of WTC1 and WTC2 at the ground. Watch the Video of "bob and bri", not the CNN mainstream coverage... and you'll see it...
Originally posted by jinsanity
Who here on both sides of the argument can say with a straight face that Bush and the government doesn't lie on a routine basis?
You know that term Spin? It's a fancy word for lying.
Originally posted by jinsanity
911proof.com...