Telegraph article on Wolfgang B.

[Snowygrouch]

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The Daily Telegraph (LONDON)

November 16, 2006 Thursday

SECTION: NEWS; International; Pg. 19

LENGTH: 316 words

HEADLINE: Visitor puts Pacific nation on terrorism alert

BYLINE: Nick Squires in Sydney

BODY:
AN UNLIKELY new front has opened up on the war on terrorism - the scattered South Pacific archipelago of Kiribati, one of the world's smallest nations.
United States authorities are alarmed over a plan by a German citizen, linked to the September 11 terrorist attacks, to build a flying school on one of the former British colony's outlying islands.
Wolfgang Bohringer has been linked to Mohammed Atta, the mastermind of the attacks on America in 2001. Mr Bohringer arrived in Kiribati (pronounced "Kiribas'') a year ago with plans to build a flight school, but has since left, his whereabouts unknown and his intention a mystery.
Speaking about the issue for the first time, President Anote Tong of Kiribati said he was suspicious of Mr Bohringer's plan.
"We received information that maybe there was a little more to the proposal than there might appear to be,'' he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Mr Bohringer had set his sights on Fanning Island which, even by the standards of far-flung Kiribati, is remote. Although only 13 square miles in size and home to 600 people, Fanning has the advantage of being one of the nearest territories to Hawaii, 1,200 miles away.
It is also close to a string of obscure American possessions. However, none of them hosts a military base and several are little-visited wildlife refuges.
President Tong said FBI agents told him they were suspicious of Mr Bohringer and warned him that nations as small as Kiribati, which comprises 33 atolls over 1.4 million square miles of ocean, could be exploited by terrorists. "It demonstrates how vulnerable small countries can be,'' he said. "It's made us a lot more alert.''
Bill Paupe, who runs an aviation business in Honolulu and is Kiribati's consul in the United States, said: "A rationale for setting up a private training school in such a location would be to get beyond the reach of regulatory agencies.''

LOAD-DATE: November 16, 2006

[Mark Gobell]

This story was first raised by Hopsicker and is all very confusing.

Could even be a non story. Quite why the Torygraph prints it now is rather odd.

If we are to believe Hopsicker it seems this Wolfgang Bohringer is tied up with the Russian mob, the CIA, you know the rest.

http://www.madcowprod.com/120112006.html

[Hazzard]

Well nonsense!!!!

If this guy builds a flying school half as good as the one Atta learned to fly in, SIGN ME UP!

I mean damn the guy learned things in a few weeks even veterned pilots thought was impossible.

How much are lessons?

[Abandoned Ego]

[IronSnot]

The site's not working right now, but his ex-wife (Sujata Bohringer) did leave a message here;

www.meetsamoa.com/forum/forum1/486.html

Posted: Sun Oct 16th, 2005 11:17 pm

Please hep locate Husband Wolfgang Bohringer and Sailing boat ARgos

Husband left me with 11 year daughter is travelling with female companion Ana Maria Urh. Please help locate this man, who stole all our savings and left on his boat leaving me with all the bills

So she could be a source of information, although be warned she's donated to the Bush campaign in the past. PM me if you want me more information.