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GICM #2, Husseini’s confessions

By Olivier Guitta

From The Croissant comes this story:

According to a source who read the transcript of Husseini’s testimony, Saad Husseini [the GICM #2, expert on explosives],arrested on March 8, confessed the following: regarding the suicide attacks:
Husseini was the one that manufactured the explosive belts that were used by the group of suicide bombers on March 11, April 10 and April 14.
Thanks to his chemical knowledge but most importantly his experience in Afghanistan, he had been working many years on a less obvious terrorist weapon than the backpacks used for the May 2003 bombings [in Casablanca which killed 45]. The explosive belts were already partially ready for use in 2006. They were handed over to the suicide bombers right before Husseini’s arrest ; Husseini allegedly did not deal directly with all the terrorists, but only with the cell leaders. He was preparing suicide attacks against tourist sites in Marrakesh, but also against a wide array of important public personalities.

According to him, the GICM’s creation [in Afghanistan] was “approved” by Osama Bin Laden himself and Al Qaeda

For more on the links between GICM and Al Qaeda, please click here.

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