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KGB defector: Russia behind 1999 al-Qaeda bombings. (Insider Report).(Alexander Litvinenko, former intelligence officer, accuses the Russian government of terrorizing its own people)(Brief Article)(Interview)

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Living in London as a political refugee, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko claims to have extensive evidence proving that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB, the renamed KGB) was behind the 1999 apartment bombings that killed more than 300 people. "The FSB is a terrorist organization," Litvinenko told the Associated Press. THE NEW AMERICAN previously examined the evidence that the 1999 bombings, attributed to Chechen separatists connected to al-Qaeda, were carried out by the Russian security services (see "Putin: Prophet or Provocateur?" in our April 8th issue).

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a career KGB/FSB officer, denounces these accusations as "delirious nonsense," and insists that "the very allegation is immoral." Litvinenko, however, claims to have "direct proof' that an ...

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