On why Senator Russ Feingold opposed the Patriot Act, “To pass this bill without even considering a single amendment to a document that exceeded two hundred pages of criminal, intelligence, and military-related provisions, when the bill had not been seriously reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, seemed tantamount to abandoning any semblance of a real […]
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10/8/2001
“Once it became clear that the Taliban would not hand over Osama bin Laden, US military action became inevitable. On 8 October [2001], bombing raids involving US and UK forces began, causing tension and concern across the world.” – Clare Short, An Honourable Deception?, Page 114 […]
10/7/2001
“On October 7 [2001], U.S. and British forces begin air strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 305 […]
10/7/2001
A videotape of Osama bin Laden aired on October 7, 2001, the same day the U.S. launched its bombing campaign against Afghanistan. “On the tape, he said, ‘What America is tasting now is something insignificant compared to what we have tasted for scores of years. The Islamic world has been tasting this humiliation and this […]
10/7/2001
Journalist Peter Bergen wrote: “The first such [bin Laden] statement surfaced on October 7, 2001–the very night the United States launched its initial cruise missile attacks and bombing raids on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets. At the very moment that tens, perhaps hundreds, of millions of people around the world were glued to the grainy green […]
10/7/2001
After 9/11, “Washington…gave al-Qaeda twenty-six more days to disperse its resources by not attacking until October 7 [2001]; the delay was due to the Pentagon’s lack of planning for Afghanistan and the Bush administration’s fear of casualties or captured servicemen–especially pilots–before enough search-and-rescue units could be deployed to the war zone.” – Michael Scheuer, Osama […]
10/7/2001
On October 7, 2001, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘God Almighty hit the United States at its most vulnerable point. He destroyed its greatest buildings. …I swear by Almighty God who raised the heavens without pillars that neither the United States nor he who lives in the United States will enjoy security before we can […]
10/7/2001
“On October 7, 2001, Osama broke with Al Qaeda’s tradition of never claiming responsibility for attacks and praised the 9/11 operations, vowing that the United States would never ‘enjoy security’ till ‘infidel armies leave’ the Gulf. [Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman] Al-Zawahiri called on Muslims everywhere to join in their battle against the United States while […]
10/7/2001
Referring to an October 7, 2001, televised appearance by bin Laden, author Giles Keppel noted: “Bin Laden has used abundant audiovisual, as opposed to ideological, references, which have an impact on a young Arab audience that owes its education to television rather than to the crumbling educational system…” – Gilles Kepel and Jean-Pierre Milelli, eds., […]
10/7/2001
“That same night [as the United States launched attacks on Afghanistan, October 7, 2001], Osama bin Laden delivered a chilling message to the American people through a pre-recorded video aired on Qatar’s Al Jazeera television, promising more terrorist attacks on America. ‘Neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before […]