Terrorist organisation al-Qaida’s head Osama bin Laden had spent three days in a Split hotel before travelling on to establish a mujahedeen camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.
Bin Laden – killed two days ago in Pakistan – stayed in a Split hotel as part of an Islamic humanitarian organisation that was visiting war torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. Later, accompanied by UNPROFOR, he proceeded to Meskovic village near the Bosnian town of Tuzla where a mujahedeen training camp was established, the daily Jutarnji List writes.
This information is found in reports given to American intelligence agencies by double agent Ali Muhamed, operating under the false name Abu Abdallah. The reports state that 14 future members of terrorist organisation al-Qaida joined the camp at the time.
The then-director of the hotel Frane Kontic remembers receiving the man who would later become one of the world’s most wanted for his roles in numerous terrorist attacks, the most notorious one being the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Centre.
"I remember, a man from Bosnia in charge of humanitarian logistics came into my office and reserved six rooms on the seventh floor, saying that the people in question are
This information is found in reports given to American intelligence agencies by double agent Ali Muhamed, operating under the false name Abu Abdallah. The reports state that 14 future members of terrorist organisation al-Qaida joined the camp at the time.
The then-director of the hotel Frane Kontic remembers receiving the man who would later become one of the world’s most wanted for his roles in numerous terrorist attacks, the most notorious one being the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Centre.
"I remember, a man from Bosnia in charge of humanitarian logistics came into my office and reserved six rooms on the seventh floor, saying that the people in question are
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