SEA hubs are neutral grounds for jihadist & PMC networks to meet.
Headley Angle is training,false papers, money laundering and bangkok used repeatedly by LeT for logistics similar to Abu Sayyaf & Jemaah Islamiyah overlaps.
his shadow network included Saudi Qatari donors and funneled money through halal business fronts.Israeli security contractors monitored jihadist traffic through airports and FSB maintains HUMINT in SEA to watch Chechen/Central Asian jihadists wathing and exploting his roughe
Aug 18 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
one hypothesis
Post Cold War,FSB knew Mossad was building a footprint in Central Asia, India, and even within Russian Jewish networks.A back channel deal between FSB and Mossad is plausible and FSB agrees not to expose everything about Mossad’s presence in Russia/Asia.
in return,Mossad tones down cooperation with CIA in certain areas.ToMI6/CIA this network was valuable but also dangerous and Mossad has its own agendas in (Iran, West Asia), not always aligned with Washington or London.@Delta_SquadAnex