10/15/2001

In a mid-October 2001 interview with Al Jazeera, Osama bin Laden justified the killing of innocent civilians: “AL-JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT: How about the Twin Towers? BIN LADEN: The towers are an economic power and not a children’s school. Those that were there are men that supported the biggest economic power in the world. They have to […]

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10/15/2001

During a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney in October 2001, former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft said, in reference to the 9/11 attacks: ‘ “My God, it emerged from Afghanistan…just about the most backward, forgotten country on the planet. It shows how little we know about where the threats are coming from.’ “ [The […]

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10/15/2001

In an interview conducted by Al Jazeera during October 2001, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘Our goal is for our nation to unite in the face of the Christian Crusade. This is the fiercest battle. Muslims have never faced anything bigger than this. [President] Bush said it in his own words: *crusade.* When Bush says […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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10/14/2001

“In an Al Qaeda video released on October 14, 2001, [spokesman] Sulaiman Abu Ghaith said: ‘[Secretary of State Colin] Powell and other members of the US administration know that when Al Qaeda promises, it delivers, and the information is what we see not what we hear. The storm of airplanes will not be calmed, if […]

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10/14/2001

“Among the more than 600 people arrested in the F.B.I.’s investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks are followers of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups, but the authorities have refused to call the arrests a roundup. Privately, however, some senior law enforcement officials are saying the large number of arrests is part of Attorney General […]

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10/14/2001

“Perhaps most important to bin Laden’s growth and development as a major threat was his decision to act as a franchiser of terrorism, providing crucial financial and logistical assistance to locally sponsored plots brought to his organization by Islamic extremists. This new approach gave his group a much broader range of possible targets.”  – James […]

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