In a videotape aired by Al Jazeera on October 29, 2004, “bin Laden explained how al-Qaeda was exploiting America’s political gullibility, economic power, and corporate interests for its own purposes and how unintentionally cooperative the Bush administration had been. It is easy, said bin Laden, ‘for us to provoke and bait this administration. All that […]
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10/29/2004
“October [29] 2004: Osama bin Laden broadcasts on Arabic TV [Al Jazeera], taking full responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] News reported that this 18-minute video is the first time that the purported Sept. 11 mastermind actually took responsibility for the terrorist act. The al-Qaeda leader explained that the group planned and […]
10/29/2004
“The Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera released a full transcript Monday [November 1, 2004] of the most recent videotape from Osama bin Laden in which the head of al Qaeda said his group’s goal is to force America into bankruptcy. Al-Jazeera aired portions of the videotape Friday [October 29, 2004] but released the full transcript of the […]
10/29/2004
Al Jazeera released material from an Osama bin Laden videotape on October 29, 2004. “As part of the ‘bleed-until-bankruptcy plan,’ bin Laden cited a British estimate that it cost al Qaeda about $500,000 to carry out the attacks of September 11, 2001, an amount that he said paled in comparison with the costs incurred by […]
10/29/2004
According to an October 29, 2004, study by the British medical journal The Lancet: “most of the deaths [in the invasion of Iraq]–nearly 80 percent–were the result of American bombing runs. ‘Most individuals reportedly killed by coalition forces,’ noted the report, ‘were women and children.’ ” – James Bamford, A Pretext for War, Page 395 […]
10/29/2004
On October 29, 2004, Osama “bin Laden appeared in a video address that was broadcast on the Al Jazeera Arabic-language satellite station. …he boasted that al Qaeda was winning its war against the United States. The primary reason he gave was the economics of the fight and his group’s strategy of ‘bleeding America to the […]
10/29/2004
“Clare Short, who earlier had resigned from [U.K.] Prime Minister Tony Blair’s cabinet [on May 12, 2003] to protest the war [in Iraq], exclaimed [per The Independent on October 29, 2004], ‘It is really horrifying. When will Tony Blair stop saying it is all beneficial for the Iraqi people since Saddam Hussein has gone? How […]
10/29/2004
Bin Laden made his first admission of responsibility for the 9/11 attacks in a tape released to Al Jazeera on October 29, 2004. ” ‘We decided to destroy towers in America so they may taste what we have tasted,’ he says, clearly referring to the World Trade Center.” – Alex Johnson, Pete Williams, Tamara Kupperman, […]
10/29/2004
On October 29, 2004, a new videotape by Osama bin Laden was aired on Al Jazeera. In it, he said: ” ‘As you spoil our security, we will do so to you. …Your security is not in the hands of [Democratic presidential candidate John] Kerry or [President] Bush or Al Qaeda. Your security is in […]
10/29/2004
On the campaign trail on October 29, 2004, “Calling attention to presidential elections scheduled in Iraq in January [2005], [President] Bush told voters, ‘Think how far that country has come from the days of torture chambers and mass graves. Freedom is on the march, and we’re more secure for it.’ Echoing his State of the […]