FBI examines possible al-Qaeda link to Ireland

An FBI team has reportedly found documents in Dublin linking Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged with the September 11th…

An FBI team has reportedly found documents in Dublin linking Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged with the September 11th attacks, to an al-Qaeda cell in Ireland.

US investigators told Fox News there is mounting evidence of an al-Qaeda presence in Ireland that has gone largely unmentioned.

US government sources said a lengthy investigation involving Irish, British, and US agents has been under way at a mosque outside Dublin. Sources also said documents were found in a flat in Donnybrook.

Dozens of people in Dublin and surrounding areas are under investigation for providing false travel documents and cash to members of al-Qaeda, Fox News said.

US investigators said the documents seized in Dublin linked Moussaoui with the false documents operation and an al-Qaeda operative who has supplied cash to terrorists-in-transit.

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