President George W. Bush, in his radio address, stated: “Rebuilding Iraq will require a sustained commitment from many nations, including our own. We will remain in Iraq as long as necessary, and not a day more. America has made and kept this kind of commitment before — in the peace that followed World War II. After […]
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3/1/2003
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “181. An Arab League Summit on 1 March concluded that the crisis in Iraq must be resolved by peaceful means and in the framework of international legitimacy.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP,, “The Report of the Iraq […]
3/1/2003
“Since 9/11, the FBI has made significant gains against Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terror network. The biggest ‘get’ came in early March [1] 2003 with the arrest of Ramzi Yousef’s uncle Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who helped his nephew plan the strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.” – Peter Lance, […]
3/1/2003
“Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the primary architect of the September 11 attacks, had been captured in March [1] 2003 by the CIA and was…’singing like a bird.’ ” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 269 […]
3/1/2003
“…U.S. authorities paid a $25 million reward to a Pakistani informant for information that led to [9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh] Mohammed’s capture [on March 1, 2003].” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Page 269 […]
3/1/2003
“On March 1 [2003], the Turkish Parliament rejected the US request to move troops through the country [in order to have a northern front in the event of a war with Iraq].” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 325 […]
3/1/2003
9/11 mastermind “Khaled Sheikh Mohammed’s luck finally ran out on March 1, 2003. American and Pakistani agents tracked him down in a section of the old Raj cantonment city of Rawalpindi, favored by serving and retired Pakistani generals. He was captured in a private house without a fight, sleepy and disheveled in a white T-shirt.” […]
3/1/2003
Former CIA Agent Robert Baer wrote: “When [9/11 mastermind] Khalid Sheikh Muhammad was run to ground in Pakistan in March [1] 2003, he was in the company of Mustafa Ahmed Hawsawi, a Saudi conduit for the September 11 hijackers drawing from accounts in the United Arab Emirates. According to a Gulf security official I talked […]
3/1/2003
Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “Of all the terrorist takedowns, none was more important or memorable than the capture in Pakistan of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [KSM, on March 1, 2003]. …No person, other than perhaps Usama bin Ladin [UBL], was more responsible for the attacks of 9/11 than KSM, and none, other than UBL, […]
3/1/2003
Following the capture of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) on March 1, 2003, he was subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques. These led to information that allowed for the capture of other terrorists. Then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “I believe that none of these successes would have happened if we had had to treat KSM […]