Reply #55: Again, the question, who benefited from today's events?

[seafan]

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh ( Urdu: احمد عمر سعید شیخ ) (sometimes known as Omar Sheikh, Sheikh Omar <1> , Sheik Syed <2> , or by the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad" <1> ) (b. December 23 1973) is a British-born militant of Pakistani descent with alleged links to various Islamic-based organisations, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.

He was arrested and served time in prison for the 1994 abduction of several British nationals in India, an act which he acknowledges, he was released from captivity in 1999 and provided safe passage into Pakistan, apparently with the support of Pakistan and the Taleban (the hijackers were Pakistanis) in an Indian Airlines plane hijacking. He is most well-known for his alleged role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Sheikh Omar Saeed was arrested by Pakistani police on February 12, 2002, in Lahore, in conjunction with the Pearl kidnapping, <3> and was sentenced to death on July 15, 2002 <1> for killing Pearl. His judicial appeal has not yet been heard. The delay has been alleged to be due to his reported links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. <4>

Pakistani President, Pervez Musharraf, in his book In the Line of Fire stated that Sheikh was originally recruited by British intelligence agency, MI6, while studying at the London School of Economics. He alleges Omar Sheikh was sent to the Balkans by MI6 to engage in jihadi operations. Musharraf later went on to state "At some point, he probably became a rogue or double agent". <5>

His complicity in the execution and the reasons behind it are in dispute. <1> At his initial court appearance, he stated, "I don't want to defend this case. I did this...Right or wrong, I had my reasons. I think that our country shouldn't be catering to America's needs." <1> , but he subsequently appealed his conviction and is awaiting further progress while in prison. Sheikh's lawyer has stated he will base his client's appeal on the recent admission of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that he is the killer of Daniel Pearl. <1> <6>

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Would that be the same Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who was waterboarded into *confessing* that HE killed Daniel Pearl? That would certainly take the scrutiny off of Omar Sheikh.

5. Alleged connection to 9/11

On October 6, 2001, a senior-level U.S. government official told CNN that U.S. investigators had discovered Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (Sheik Syed), using the alias "Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad" had sent about $100,000 from the United Arab Emirates to Mohammed Atta. "Investigators said Atta then distributed the funds to conspirators in Florida in the weeks before the deadliest acts of terrorism on U.S. soil that destroyed the World Trade Center, heavily damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. In addition, sources have said Atta sent thousands of dollars -- believed to be excess funds from the operation -- back to Saeed in the United Arab Emirates in the days before September 11. CNN later confirmed this. <1>

The 9/11 Commission's Final Report states that the source of the funds "remains unknown."

And it seems that the 9/11 Commission wanted it to stay that way. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

More than a month after the money transfer was discovered, the head of ISI, General Mehmood Ahmed resigned from his position. It was reported that the FBI was investigating the possibility that Gen. Ahmed ordered Saeed Sheikh to send the $100,000 to Atta <2>; there were also claims that Indian intelligence had already produced proof for the Pakistani administration that this was so.The Wall Street Journal was one of the only Western news organizations to follow up on the story, citing the Times of India: "US authorities sought removal after confirming the fact that $100,000 wired to WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta from Pakistan by Ahmad Umar Sheikh at the instance of Gen Mehmood."<3> Another Indian newspaper, the Daily Excelsior, quoting FBI sources, reported that the "FBI’s examination of the hard disk of the cellphone company Omar Sheikh had subscribed to led to the discovery of the "link" between him and the deposed chief of the Pakistani ISI, Gen. Mehmood Ahmed. And as the FBI investigators delved deep, sensational reports surfaced with regard to the transfer of 100,000 dollars to Mohammed Atta, one of the kamikaze pilots who flew his Boeing into the World Trade Centre. Gen. Mehmood Ahmed, the FBI investigators found, fully knew about the transfer of money to Atta."<4>

The Pittsburgh Tribune notes that "There are many in Musharraf's government who believe that Saeed Sheikh's power comes not from the ISI, but from his connections with our own CIA."<5>

Sheikh rose to prominence with the 2002 killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who at the time was in Pakistan investigating connections between the ISI and Islamic militant groups. In Pakistan, Sheikh was sentenced to death for killing Pearl, however his complicity in the execution and the reasons behind it are in dispute.

In an opinion piece published by the Wall Street Journal, Tunku Varadarajan has claimed that “It is a fact that Gen. Mehmood Ahmed, then head of the ISI, wired $100,000 to Mohamed Atta before 9/11 through an intermediary."

So Daniel Pearl was investigating the transfer of $100,000 from Omar Sheikh to Mohammed Atta in the weeks before 9/11, on the orders of the head of Pakistan's ISI, General Mehmood Ahmed...

The 9/11 Commission looks the other way when this information surfaces via Pearl's investigation.

Omar Sheikh orchestrates Daniel Pearl's death.

But we are conveniently told that Khalid Sheilk Mohammed is *the real killer* of Daniel Pearl,because he *confessed during waterboarding*.


Bhutto very matter-of-factly states in November, 2007 that Omar Sheikh assassinated Osama bin Laden.


Benazir Bhutto is assassinated on December 27, 2007.



Bhutto killed by 'Al-Qaeda tactics': White House, December 28, 2007, Times of India

CRAWFORD, TEXAS: The White House on Thursday said suicide bombing was a familiar tactic for Al-Qaida but declined to cast blame for the assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

"Whoever perpetrated this attack is an enemy of democracy and has used a tactic which Al-Qaida is very familiar with, and that is suicide bombing and the taking of innocent lives to try to disrupt a democratic process," spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

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The constant, recurring charade of Osama bin Laden tapes keeps the BFEE in power, miraculously.