NY Post: QAEDA CLAIM: WE 'INFILTRATED' UAE GOV'T

This may be more suited to an open thread, but here goes:

via DU:

QAEDA CLAIM: WE 'INFILTRATED' UAE GOV'T

 By NILES LATHEM    February 25, 2006 --  WASHINGTON -- Al Qaeda warned the government of the United Arab Emirates more than three years ago that it "infiltrated" key government agencies, according to a disturbing document released by the U.S. military.

The warning was contained in a June 2002 message to UAE rulers, in which the terror network demanded the release of an unknown number of "mujahedeen detainees," who it said had been arrested during a government crackdown in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

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Some nice spinning here:

They were declassified and released earlier this month by the Center for Combating Terrorism at West Point.

"If it's real, the document shows that the UAE really is trying to cooperate with the U.S. in the war on terrorism, because they were being threatened by al Qaeda," said terrorism expert Lorenzo Vidino.

In case this means anything to anyone, old Lorenzo is part of the so-called "Investigative Project."