“United Nations inspectors who later studied the Iraqi [chemical weapons] program said Baghdad did not manage to produce dry anthrax that could be delivered as an aerosol though it did buy specialized nozzles for its fleet of crop-dusters. In the years since, United Nations officials say, Iraq has acquired the capability to produce the high-grade, […]
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10/17/2001
“The discovery of expertly processed anthrax [sent to Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD)], one former scientist said, casts serious doubt on the theory advanced by some investigators that the germ attacks were the work of a lone amateur with a smattering of knowledge about biology. ‘I do think in one form or another, a state was […]
10/17/2001
“On October 17 [2001], U.S. Special Forces arrived on the ground [in Afghanistan].” – George Tenet with Bill Harlow, At the Center of the Storm, Page 215 […]
10/16/2001
Head of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and former National Security Advisor to George H.W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, wrote an article in The Washington Post on October 16, 2001. “Harking back to the Gulf War of 1991, he asserted that if the United States had gone on to Baghdad [Iraq], ‘Our Arab allies…would have deserted […]
10/16/2001
On October 16, 2001, “the first U.S. Special Forces team arrived near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif and linked up with one of the leaders of the Northern Alliance, the Uzbek general Abdul Rashid Dostum. …Within twenty-four hours of their arrival the Americans started calling in airstrikes on the Taliban front lines, using their […]
10/15/2001
In October 2001, “Jamil Qasim Saed Mohammed, a Yemeni microbiology student studying at Karachi University [Pakistan], and alleged to be a serious al-Qaeda asset, was arrested by Pakistan’s ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence] in connection with the bombing of the [USS] Cole and handed over, under great secrecy, to U.S. authorities.” [The 15th of the month used […]
10/15/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “Tribal leaders [in Afghanistan] were asked, ‘Can we count on you to help drive al-Qa’ida and their Taliban protectors out of Afghanistan?’ If the answer was yes, food, medical supplies, military equipment and weapons would soon be air-dropped to them. Between mid-October and mid-December 2001, U.S. aircraft delivered 1.69 […]
10/15/2001
On October 15, 2001, “aides to Senator Tom Daschle, the South Dakota Democrat who had become majority leader six months earlier, opened a second letter with anthrax. The police shut down the Capitol mail delivery system and suspended all public tours as the FBI investigated whether bin Laden or a deranged American was behind the […]
10/15/2001
Osama bin Laden was interviewed by Al Jazeera in October 2001. They never broadcast the results, but CNN did in January 2002. Bin Laden “was quoted as saying, ‘We will work to continue this battle…until victory or until we meet God before that occurs.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes […]
10/15/2001
On October 15, 2001, “Nicolò Pollari, the newly appointed chief of SISMI [Italy’s national military intelligence agency], made his first visit to his counterparts in the CIA in the United States. Under pressure from conservative Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to turn over information that would be useful for America’s Iraq war policy, Pollari net […]