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the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices on all nine. 54 However, <strong>Iran</strong> took extraordinarymeasures to try to block the issuance of the Red Notices by INTERPOL, and <strong>Iran</strong> succeededin part, as the General Assembly of INTERPOL upheld a decision by the ExecutiveCommittee to issue only six Red Notices, instead of the nine sought by the Argentines.The six who were the subjects of Red Notices included Imad Mughniyah (Hizballah chiefof terrorism), Ali Fallahian (MOIS minister), Mohsen Rabbani (<strong>Iran</strong>ian cultural attaché),Ahmad Reza Asgari (senior MOIS official), Ahmad Vahidi (Qods Force commander),and Mohsen Rezai (IRGC commander). The three persons who avoided red notices wereall very high <strong>Iran</strong>ian government officials: Ali Akbar Rafsanjani (President of <strong>Iran</strong>), AliAkbar Velayati (<strong>Iran</strong>ian Foreign Minister), and Hadi Soleimanpour (<strong>Iran</strong>‘s Ambassadorto Argentina). Ex. 10, Adamson Affid. 21-33; Ex. 2, Timmerman 2nd Affid. 40-45;Ex. 7, Bergman Affid. 43-44.4. 1994: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. In December 1994, Algerianterrorists associated with al Qaeda hijacked a French airliner, intending to crash it into theEiffel Tower in Paris. They were foiled by a French SWAT team. Chief Frenchterrorism investigator Jean-Louis Bruguière believes the hijacking was a ―precursor to9/11.‖ Ex. 9, Bruguière Declaration 18-20; Ex. 2, Timmerman 2nd Affid. 78-80.5. 1995: Ethiopia. On July 7, 1995, Ayman al Zawahiri‘s Egyptian gunmen,supported, trained, and funded by <strong>Iran</strong>, 55 attempted to assassinate Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The attempt failed, and the IRGC extricated54 A ―Red Notice‖ is an INTERPOL alert issued to all member nations that a person is wanted by a nationaljurisdiction or an international criminal tribunal and is intended to help police identify or locate suchindividuals with a view toward their arrest and extradition. See Ex. 10, Adamson Affid. 19.55 Osama bin Laden was also deeply involved: the commander of the team of assassins was one of hismen and a number of the planning meetings had occurred at bin Laden‘s own house in Sudan. Ex. 7,Bergman Affid. 62-63; Ex. 2, Timmerman 2nd Affid. 81-83; see also 9/11 REPORT, p. 62.62
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