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The incredible story of the Albanian who claims to have infiltrated Al-Qaeda as a CIA agent

2026-08-21 10:12:43Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The incredible story of the Albanian who claims to have infiltrated Al-Qaeda as

Blerim Skoro, a refugee from Kosovo who for nearly a decade has claimed he helped the United States prevent terrorist attacks after September 11, is being held in a New Jersey jail cell. He says he doesn't understand why.

A former CIA informant who claims to have infiltrated Al-Qaeda and ISIS networks has been detained by US immigration authorities and faces the risk of deportation from the US.

This is Blerim Skoro, 55 years old, a refugee from Kosovo, who, according to his account, played an important role in preventing terrorist plans after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Skoro claims to have worked for US intelligence services for nearly a decade, risking his life to infiltrate Al-Qaeda camps in Pakistan during the operation to track down Osama bin Laden.

He became a key informant for US intelligence and says his missions took him to some of the most dangerous areas of the Middle East. According to him, the information he passed on helped prevent the supply of weapons to jihadist groups.

Arrest in a routine meeting with authorities

After ending his work as an informant in 2010, Skoro says that American services promised him that they would grant him permanent residency in the US.

But on August 3 of this year, he was arrested by ICE agents while appearing in New Jersey for a routine biometric appointment, as part of the renewal of his work permit.

Skoro, a father of three and currently a taxi driver, had received permission to stay in the US in 2022 based on the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

He had successfully argued that his return to Kosovo would put his life in danger, due to his clandestine work with jihadist groups.

"I worked for the CIA and I did all these things for this country and now I'm here," Skoro told The Times, from the ICE detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

"I went to the office for my scheduled meeting, handed over my work permit and driver's license, and suddenly they put me in handcuffs. It doesn't make sense," he said.

"I have a very strong character, I've been in war and I have military training, but this time I feel like I've been hit with a hammer," Skoro added.

How was he recruited by the CIA?

Skoro says he was recruited by the CIA just one day after the September 11 attacks, while serving a seven-year sentence for drug trafficking at the federal prison FCI Allenwood in Pennsylvania. He arrived in the U.S. in 1994, where he sought asylum after deserting the then-Yugoslav army.

Sipas rrëfimit të tij, në fund të viteve 1990 ai u përfshi për një periudhë të shkurtër në trafikun e narkotikëve për të mbështetur fëmijët e vegjël dhe prindërit e tij refugjatë, të cilët kishin ikur nga konflikti në Kosovë.

“E konsideroja veten fillimisht një patriot të Amerikës dhe më pas mysliman. Doja t’ia ktheja këtij vendi atë që kishte bërë për mua”, tha ai në një intervistë të mëparshme.

Për CIA-n, profili i tij ishte i përshtatshëm. Si shqiptar i Kosovës dhe mysliman, ai kishte njohuri kulturore dhe fetare që mund ta ndihmonin të depërtonte në rrjetet xhihadiste.

Misionet në Al-Kaedë dhe ISIS

Skoro pretendon se, ndërsa ishte ende në burg, filloi t’u jepte FBI-së dhe CIA-s informacione për bashkëvuajtësit e tij, mes tyre edhe Mokhtar Haouari, një algjerian i lidhur me të ashtuquajturin “Millennium Plot”, një plan për të sulmuar aeroportin e Los Anxhelosit.

Më pas, aktiviteti i tij si informator e çoi në misione në Afganistan, Siri, Irak, Jemen dhe në vende të ndryshme të Ballkanit. Ai pretendon se u infiltrua në kampet e Al-Kaedës në Pakistan gjatë kërkimit të Osama bin Ladenit dhe se më vonë ndihmoi në zbulimin e planeve terroriste të ISIS-it në Siri.

Sipas Skoros, ai u kishte dhënë autoriteteve amerikane informacione për bin Ladenin, planet terroriste, rrjetet e armëve dhe financimin e grupeve terroriste. Ai nuk arriti kurrë të takohej drejtpërdrejt me bin Ladenin, pavarësisht disa premtimeve se do të mund ta takonte.

Megjithatë, pretendon se fitoi besimin e disa prej drejtuesve të lartë të Al-Kaedës, të cilët e ngarkuan me sigurimin dhe kontrabandimin e armëve, përfshirë raketa kundërajrore, “Stinger” dhe raketahedhës, për grupet xhihadiste në Ballkan.

Sipas rrëfimit të tij, ai informoi CIA-n dhe autoritetet amerikane arritën të bllokonin dërgesën. Skoro thotë gjithashtu se ndihmoi në interceptimin e ngarkesave me uranium drejt Kosovës, duke parandaluar atë që ai e përshkruan si një plan të mundshëm për një “bombë të pistë”.

U qëllua gjatë një misioni

Në vitin 2010, Skoro thotë se po udhëtonte drejt një shtëpie të sigurt të CIA-s në Maqedoni, kur u zu në pritë dhe u qëllua me armë. Sipas tij, në vend që të dërgohej në SHBA për sigurinë e tij, iu dha një shumë parash në një zarf dhe iu kërkua të kthehej në Kosovë.

I zhgënjyer nga pritja për një leje qëndrimi në SHBA, Skoro vendosi të largohej drejt Kanadasë. Në vitin 2015, ai kaloi ilegalisht kufirin nga Kanadaja në SHBA për t’u ribashkuar me familjen.

Ai u arrestua më pas nga agjentët e emigracionit pasi kishte përdorur kartën e transportit “Metro” të vajzës së tij në metro. Qëndroi gjashtë muaj në paraburgim federal dhe u lirua në vitin 2016.

Pas një beteje gjashtëvjeçare në gjykatat e emigracionit, në vitin 2022 Skoro fitoi të drejtën për të qëndruar në SHBA në bazë të Konventës së OKB-së kundër Torturës.

The decision means he cannot be deported to Kosovo, but could theoretically be sent to a safe third country, including Albania or another European state that would agree to take him.

"They promised me a stay in the USA"

Skoro claims that American authorities had promised him legal status in the US after his years of intelligence work.

In a petition filed on August 17 in New Jersey federal court, he wrote that the US government had "failed to fulfill its obligations" to grant him the immigration status he said he had been promised.

"I have lived a productive and happy life in the United States. I am a driver and work hard, up to 70 hours a week, to support my family," he wrote.

Skoro is asking the court for his immediate release from ICE custody and a stay of any deportation proceedings. His lawyers have filed a petition for habeas corpus, seeking his release and a stay of deportation.

"If they think I'll keep quiet, they're wrong"

The detainee says he attempted to explain his story and the work he claims he performed for the CIA to ICE agents.

"I was telling the officer, 'Google my name and see who I am.' He said, 'I know who you are, but I'm sorry, I have to do my job,'" Skoro said.

He says he also heard one of the agent leaders say he didn't understand why the US president would want to imprison someone who had served the country for a decade.

"If they think I'm going to keep quiet, they're wrong. I can't accept that this is happening to me. What message does this send to people who are thinking about working with the CIA? It shows that you won't be protected, you won't be taken care of, and you won't be offered shelter. I've been betrayed," he said.

His pro bono attorney, Renee Kathawala, cited Skoro as an example of the contribution immigrants can make to the United States.

"Blerim is the face of why immigration is such a positive force in our country. He is a patriot, he sacrificed his life for us and he dedicated himself to the hardest work possible," she declared.

Meanwhile, the US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has not commented on the case.

For now, Blerim Skoro remains in custody, while his legal battle to remain in the United States continues in federal court.


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