Direction G
Events (37)
- January 30, 1995 and Before: French Informer Smuggles Explosives to North Africa before Bombing 1995-01-30
- Mid 1994-March 2, 1995: French Informer Provides Inside Information on GIA Militant Cell in Belgium, Purchases Ammunition 1995-03-02
- November 4, 1998: French Intelligence Fires Algerian Mole 1998-11-04
- July 24, 2000: French Detail Bin Laden Network, Including His Ties to Bin Laden Family and Saudi Government Charity 2000-07-24
- August 28, 2000: Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda’s Chief Bomb Maker Recognized in Aerial Photo 2000-08-28
- January 5, 2001: French Report Al-Qaeda Plan to Hijack Plane Possibly Headed to US; CIA Apparently Informed 2001-01-05
- After (9:30 pm) January 28, 2003: French Shocked at Bush’s Claim that Iraq Sought Uranium from Africa; Launches Another Investigation Which Again Turns up Nothing 2003-01-28
- September 23, 2006: Rumors of Bin Laden’s Death Again Precede Tape Release 2006-09-23
- April 16, 2007: French Investigative Journalist Exposes Pre-9/11 French Knowledge of Al-Qaeda 2007-04-16
- February 29, 2008: Arrested Leader of Moroccan Militant Group Revealed to Be Belgian Informant with Possible CIA Links 2008-02-29
- Early 2000: Chechens Begin Working with Bin Laden on Hijacking Plot
- February 1999: Radical Imam Abu Hamza Openly Calls on Followers to Down Aircraft over London; British Authorities Take No Action
- March 1997-April 2000: French and British Informer Helps Security Services Track Moussaoui and Shoe Bomber Reid
- Between September 2000 and August 2001: French Repeatedly Learn of Al-Qaeda Plots Against the US
- October 2000: Bin Laden Decides Next Action Against US Will Involve Hijacking; French Later Pass Warning to US
- October 1998 and After: Multiple Countries Monitor Zubaida’s Phone Calls
- November 1996: Informer Spots Top GIA Operative in London, but British Intelligence Loses Him
- 1995: French Set Up Bin Laden Unit
- 1997: Scotland Yard Protects Informant Imam Abu Hamza from Tough Questioning by French Investigators
- 1997-1998: French Spy on Top Islamist Militant in London, Consider Assassinating Him
- 1997-1998: French Intelligence Team Monitors Finsbury Park Mosque
- 1998: French Intelligence Mole Launches Pro-Islamist Newsletter
- Early 1997: Algerian Informer Hired by French Intelligence in London
- Late January 2008: Spanish Criminal Case Reveals French Intelligence Had Informant in Al-Qaeda Safe Haven
- (Late 1995-Spring 1996): French Intelligence Money Used to Purchase Weapons for Militants’ Training
- Mid 1995-Spring 1996: French Agent Penetrates Afghan Camps, Meets Top Al-Qaeda Managers
- Mid 1996-October 1997: London-Based Imams Denounce GIA over Massacres
- (Mid-1996 and After): French and British Intelligence Send Al-Qaeda $3,000
- (Mid-1996): French and British Intelligence Listen in on Al-Qaeda Communications, Asset Relays Messages for Al-Qaeda
- Mid-1996: French Intelligence Is Aware Potential Islamist Recruits Transit Turkey
- Mid-1997: Militant Operative Uses British Intelligence Phone to Call All Over Europe
- Spring 1998: French Intelligence Considers Kidnapping British Informer Abu Hamza in London
- Summer 1996-August 1998: British Mole Penetrates Militant Islamic Circles in London
- Late June 2002: Italian Information Peddler Sells Fake Documents to French Implicating Iraq in the Attempted Purchase of Uranium from Niger
- Summer 2001: CIA Asks France to Investigate Security of Uranium Mines in France
- Late April or Early May 2002-June 2002: French Intelligence Investigates Purported Uranium Agreement between Iraq and Niger; Determines the Allegation Is Baseless
- Late June 2002: CIA Allegedly Sends France Part of Forged Niger Documents