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 […]
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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 […]
10/29/2004
On October 29, 2004, Al Jazeera aired a videotape of Osama bin Laden, his first in over a year. He said: ” ‘Your security is not in the hands of [Democratic presidential candidate John] Kerry, or [President] Bush, or al-Qaeda. It is in your own hands and any state that does not violate our security […]
10/29/2004
“In a videotape released in October [29] 2004, bin Laden pointed out that for al-Qaeda’s $500,000 investment in the 9/11 attacks, the United States economy sustained a $500 billion loss. Bin Laden crowed over al-Qaeda’s investment: ‘Every dollar al-Qaeda invested defeated a million dollars.’ “ – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 209 […]
10/29/2004
In a bin Laden videotape aired on October 29, 2004, “al-Qaeda’s leader responded directly to President Bush’s frequent claim that his group was attacking the United States because of its freedoms rather than its foreign policy. The terrorist leader said sardonically, ‘Contrary to what Bush says and claims that we hate your freedom. If that […]
10/29/2004
“The unexpected reappearance of bin Laden [in a videotape on October 29, 2004] did remind Americans that the Bush administration still had not caught the terrorist mastermind, but it also reminded them of the threat from terrorism, an issue on which Bush was seen as stronger than his rival [in the upcoming presidential election], Senator […]