Drone_pilot
19-07-04, 11:50
The CIA's acting director says eight of the 9/11 hijackers passed through Iran, but there is no evidence Tehran was connected with the attacks in 2001.
John McLaughlin told US TV the CIA had known for some time that eight of the hijackers travelled through Iran.
He was speaking ahead of publication of a final report by an inquiry into the attacks on Washington and New York.
Iran acknowledges some of the hijackers may have crossed its borders, but says they would have done so illegally.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3905509.stm)
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John McLaughlin told US TV the CIA had known for some time that eight of the hijackers travelled through Iran.
He was speaking ahead of publication of a final report by an inquiry into the attacks on Washington and New York.
Iran acknowledges some of the hijackers may have crossed its borders, but says they would have done so illegally.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3905509.stm)
who are Al-Qaeda (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/world_al_qaeda/html/1.stm)