“A [National Intelligence Council] report in July [2002] read, ‘Iraq has managed to preserve and in some cases even enhance the infrastructure and expertise necessary for WMD production.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – George W. Bush, Decision Points, Page 236 […]
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7/15/2002
“On July 15, 2002, he [terrorist Ahmed Omar Sheikh] and three others were convicted of kidnapping and killing [American journalist Daniel] Pearl. Sheikh received the death sentence. Investigators later revealed that he had directed the plot using separate cells of militants–some sixteen in all.” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 153 […]
7/15/2002
“On the first page of its founding manifesto [in July 2002], the massively funded Department of Homeland Security intones, ‘Today’s terrorists can strike at any place, at any time, and with virtually any weapon.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Foreign Affairs, The U.S. vs. al Qaeda, Page […]
7/15/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary”: “801. … By July 2002, the UK Government had concluded that President Bush was impatient to move on Iraq and that the US might take military action in circumstances that would be difficult for the UK.” [The 15th of the month used for date […]
7/13/2002
According to a New York Times article on July 13, 2002, “reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. reported that Halliburton had profited significantly from the war on terror: ‘From building cells for detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to feeding American troops in Uzbekistan, the Pentagon is increasingly relying on a unit of […]
7/11/2002
On July 11, 2002, “intercepted phone calls enabled Pakistani security forces to arrest a thirty-three-year-old Kenyan named Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for his role in planning the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.” – Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, Page 233 […]
7/10/2002
“In mid-2002, word leaked to the press that the semiofficial Defense Policy Board, chaired by the durable cold warrior Richard Perle, had endorsed an assessment [on July 10, 2002] that Saudi Arabia wasn’t our friend when it came to terrorism. To be exact, the paper called Saudi Arabia ‘central to the self-destruction of the Arab […]
7/10/2002
“Frenchman Laurent Murawiec, a pro-Israeli analyst for the RAND Corporation…on July 10, 2002, briefed board members, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, that ‘the Saudis are active at every level of the terror chain, from planners to financiers, from cadre to foot-soldier, from ideologist to cheerleader.’ Murawiec’s briefing stated that ‘Saudi Arabia supports our […]
7/10/2002
“A briefing given last month [July 10, 2002] to a top Pentagon advisory board described Saudi Arabia as an enemy of the United States, and recommended that U.S. officials give it an ultimatum to stop backing terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields and its financial assets invested in the United States. ‘The Saudis […]
7/10/2002
Rand Corporation analyst Laurent Murawiec presented a briefing to the Defense Policy Board on July 10, 2002, which “recommended that U.S. officials give it [Saudi Arabia] an ultimatum to stop backing terrorism or face seizure of its oil fields and its financial assets invested in the United States. ‘The Saudis are active at every level […]