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Malta. From it to the shore came two passengers. If one is to in Nice, France. Has German and, possibly, Israeli citizenship. believe the passport information, one of the 'Englishmen' was a Involved in real estate operations and banking. Has contacts with certain Turk, in the past an advisor to the Islamicist premier of | Kosovo Albanian criminal societies in European countries. In Turkey, [Necmettin] Erbakan, a rather influential figure in the 1997-2000 he served as financial consultant to Hashim Thaci, the Wahhabi circles of Turkey, the Middle East, and the Caucasus."""*"_ chief commander of KLA.” From sources in the Russian special services we learned that Mekhmet is also a close friend of the not unknown Khattab." Consider that [according to the Washington Times of May 3, "The second person," the account goes on, "to the surprise of 1999]: the intelligence officers, was the Chechen field commander In 1998, the US State Department listed the KLA—formally Shamil' Basaev." known as the Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves, or UCK—as an "2 Kosman is reported in the same 17 December 2004 issue of international terrorist organization, saying it had bankrolled its compromat.ru to live in Nice and to possess German and, possibly, operations with proceeds from the international heroin trade and Israeli citizenship. from loans from known terrorists like Osama bin Laden.” "8 On Sosnaliev as Abkhazia's defense minister, see RFE-RL Newsline, 2 November 1993. "4 On Erbakan, see Shireen T. Hunter, Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity Khashoggi had had a financial and Security (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, interest in Chechnya and 2008) p50 connections with its leaders since _ Dunlop's cited source for | 4996, from his participation in information about both Davidovich and Kosman is the article by Yuri | @ CONsOrtium called Caucasian Yasenev, "Rossiyu zhdet Common Market AO. oranzhevaya revolytsiya" ("An Orange Revolution is in Store for The Khashoggi Villa Meeting, Drugs and Kosovo It would appear that Davidovich and Kosman were in Khashoggi's villa to talk about more than just Chechnya, but that Dunlop did not wish to explore this possibility. For example, he acknowledges the presence of no less than four men of Abkhazian origin and/or influence at the meeting—Kosman, Tsveiba, Sosnaliev and Surikov—and yet offers no explanation whatsoever for Russia"), on the Russian website, their presence. (A glance at a map ru.compromat.*’. But Dunlop has will show that Abkhazia is irrelevant significantly edited, one must even say censored, what Yasenev to the subsequent events in Dagestan and Chechnya.) wrote. In footnote 111, Dunlop says: It seems likely that a drug route was discussed by Basaev and The article "Rossiyu zhdet oranzhevaya revolytsiya", others involving Abkhazia, which now "has become a key heroin compromat.ru, 17 December 2004, reports that Davidovich lives _ transiting point"."' in Munich and enjoys both German and Venezuelan citizenship. Its drug-trafficking importance is noted by none other than He is also said to be personally acquainted with international Surikov himself: arms dealer Khashoggi. In general then, the Chechen [drug-trafficking] group has allotted a very important place to Abkhazia in its plans... This radically curtails Yasenev's description of Davidovich: Abkhazia today is one of the most criminalised areas of the Alfonso Davidovich (1948), Venezuelan, lives in Munich. Has former Soviet Union.” in Nice, France. Has German and, possibly, Israeli citizenship. Involved in real estate operations and banking. Has contacts with Kosovo Albanian criminal societies in European countries. In 1997-2000 he served as financial consultant to Hashim Thaci, the chief commander of KLA.” Consider that [according to the Washington Times of May 3, 1999]: In 1998, the US State Department listed the KLA—formally known as the Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves, or UCK—as an international terrorist organization, saying it had bankrolled its operations with proceeds from the international heroin trade and from loans from known terrorists like Osama bin Laden.” 1996, from his participation in a consortium called Caucasian This radically curtails Yasenev's description of Davidovich: Alfonso Davidovich (1948), Venezuelan, lives in Munich. Has German and Venezuelan citizenship. Speaks Spanish, English, French, German, and Russian fluently. In the 1970s went through special training in the USSR (Privol'noe, Nikolaevskaya oblast) and East Germany. Owns companies and banks in Barbados, the Caymans and other off-shores. Has friendly relations with Hugo Chavez, and is acquainted with Fidel Castro, Marcus Wolf and Adnan Khashoggi. Has many contacts in Colombia, including FARC. In 1999 Davidovich was alleged to have engaged in arms trafficking for guerrillas in Chiapas, Mexico, and in money laundering for the Colombian drug mafia. Finances antiglobalization movement in Europe and Latin America. With respect to Yakov Kosman, Dunlop says in footnote 112: Kosman is reported in the same 17 December 2004 issue of compromat.ru to live in Nice and to possess German and, possibly, Israeli citizenship. Compare this with what Yasenev wrote: Yakov Abramovich Kosman (b. 1946), resides JUNE — JULY 2006 NEXUS +29 Common Market AO. "| drink to forget the country's drug problems." www.nexusmagazine.com