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From 9/11 Encyclopedia:
General Mahmoud Ahmad of the Isi, was in Washington for one week from September 6th- September 15th, 2001.
Ahmad had in fact arrived in the U.S. on the 4th of September,
a
full week before the attacks.
The purpose of his meeting at the State Department on the 13th was
only made public "after" the September 11 terrorist attacks, when
the Bush Administration took the decision to formally seek the
"cooperation" of Pakistan
in its
"campaign against international terrorism." Ahmad had two meetings
with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, respectively on
the 12th and 13th.
After September 11, he met Senator
Joseph Biden, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations
of
the Senate.
Confirmed by several press reports, he had "a regular visit of
consultations" with U.S. officials during the week prior to
September 11,
--i.e. meetings with his U.S. counterparts at the CIA and the
Pentagon.
This included US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
Marc
Grossman.
During Ahmads visit, on the 9th of September, the leader of
the
Northern
Alliance Commander Ahmad
Shah Masood was assassinated.
The reason for Ahmads' visit wasn't made public. Later even his
name was altered (changed into "inaudible") in a trabscript on
questions during a Pentagon-press conference. (See Ahmad, General Mahmud)
Only 1 day before September 11th, Paknews speculated, that
"one
can safely guess that the discussions must have centred around
Afghanistan,
relations with India and China, disarmament of civilian outfits,
country's nuclear and missiles programme and, of course, Osama
Bin
Laden."