{"id":29472,"date":"2016-01-28T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/?p=29472"},"modified":"2016-01-29T12:09:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T12:09:36","slug":"us-cable-disproves-presidents-claim-that-there-is-no-evidence-of-terrorists-of-bulgarian-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/us-cable-disproves-presidents-claim-that-there-is-no-evidence-of-terrorists-of-bulgarian-origin.html","title":{"rendered":"US Cable Disproves President\u2019s Claim that There Is No Evidence of Terrorists of Bulgarian Origin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The press office of President Rosen Plevneliev cited him saying in an interview for the online media of the Council of Europe that Bulgaria is home to many different religions living in peace and harmony and <strong>to this day there was no evidence of any foreign terrorist of Bulgarian origin<\/strong>. He added that he attributed this to the tolerance of Bulgarians, who can set an example for the whole of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>This claim however, is contradicted by a secret US diplomatic cable to the State Department, leaked in Wikileaks, and published for the first time by Bivol. The<a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/05SOFIA1729_a.html\" target=\"_blank\"> cable<\/a> is titled \u201cIslam and Islamic Extremism in Bulgaria\u201d and has <strong>the highest level of classification<\/strong> among publicly known US diplomatic documents &#8211; Secret Not for foreigners (S \/ NF). Only top secret NSA documents, leaked by Edward Snowden, have a higher level.<\/p>\n<p>A Bulgarian Pomak, Toni Radev (AKA Milenov) is known to have participated in the 3\/11 (2004) terrorist attacks in Madrid, Ambassador John Beyrle wrote in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The cable does not provide more details, but the fact that it <strong>specifically mentions the name of a Bulgarian citizen<\/strong> in connection with one of the bloodiest attacks in the history of mankind (191 victims, 1,800 injured) indicates the <strong>presence of such evidence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria&#8217;s President is the Head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), which is supposed to report to him the existence of such evidence in order to prevent his public statements from appearing boisterously ridiculous. Moreover, four Bulgarian citizens were killed in the bombings in Madrid. We recommend in good faith to the President to conduct internal exams on Wikileaks cables, which should be read in their original language and learned by heart by all working in the analytical department of NIS.<\/p>\n<p>It is high time for all Bulgarian &#8220;spies&#8221; who cannot read anything in another language, unless it is in Russian, to seek employment in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The press office of President Rosen Plevneliev cited him saying in an interview for the online media of the Council of Europe that Bulgaria is home to many different religions&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20615,"featured_media":17302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","kia_subtitle":"President: To this day there is no evidence of any foreign terrorist with Bulgarian origin. 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The information was reported by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, during parliamentary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Bulgaria\"","block_context":{"text":"Bulgaria","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/tag\/bulgaria"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14909,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/ex-bulgarian-chief-of-staff-probed-as-us-informer-after-wikileaks-revelations-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":29472,"position":3},"title":"Ex Bulgarian Chief of Staff Probed as US Informer after Wikileaks revelations","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"17 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (DANS) is probing within its authority revelations of the whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks that former Chief of General Staff, Nikola Kolev, has provided valuable information to the US Embassy in the beginning of 2003. The information was reported by Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, during parliamentary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Bulgaria\"","block_context":{"text":"Bulgaria","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/tag\/bulgaria"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15491,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/ep-antimafia-borisov-en.html","url_meta":{"origin":29472,"position":4},"title":"Probing facts and circumstances exposing Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, of connections with organized crime and participation in money laundering schemes","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"23 July 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"To the Special Parliamentary Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering at the European Parliament REPORT Regarding: Probing facts and circumstances exposing Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, of connections with organized crime and participation in money laundering schemes. Ladies and Gentlemen, The reason for this report is the accumulation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0435\u043b\u044a&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\u041d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0435\u043b\u044a","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/category\/target"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/borisov_shlifer.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14905,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/bulgarian-pm-boyko-borisov-major-methamphetamines-traffic-and-dependency-on-lukoil.html","url_meta":{"origin":29472,"position":5},"title":"Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov \u2013 Major Methamphetamines Traffic and Dependency on Lukoil","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"17 October 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Borissov described himself as \"Bulgaria's biggest asset\" \"We must continue to walk a fine line between being used by Borisov's publicity machine and alienating an exceptionally popular and seemingly pro-American politician who may emerge as Bulgaria's next leader. 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