” ‘It has been called to my attention that if you go back and sift through the intelligence reporting that was there before Sept. 11, that it is now clear that there are some things that should have rung bells a little bit louder,’ a senior intelligence official said. ‘There are a few fragmentary reports. […]
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10/7/2001
Iran’s spiritual leader, “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned the American strikes [against Afghanistan on October 7, 2001]. ‘America is lying when it propagates the aims of its attacks against Afghanistan to be a struggle against terrorism,’ he said. ‘But this is not a struggle against terrorism. Why do they lie to the people of the world? […]
10/7/2001
Saddam Hussein’s response to the U.S. attacks in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001: ” ‘The true believers cannot but condemn this act, not because it has been committed by an America against a Muslim people but because it is an aggression perpetrated outside international law.’ ” – John Kifner, “Muted Response From Arab Governments,” The […]
10/7/2001
In a videotaped message on October 7, 2001, Osama bin Laden “condemned the Muslim leaders who have sympathized with Americans over the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.” – Susan Sachs, “Bin Laden Images Mesmerize Muslims,” The New York Times, Oct. 9, 2001 […]
10/7/2001
On October 7, 2001, “At 1 p.m. in the Treaty Room at the White House, the president [Bush] began his third major address to the nation since the [9/11] attacks: ‘Good afternoon. On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al-Qaida terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in […]
10/7/2001
” ‘On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,’ [President] Bush said in a televised statement from the White House at 1 P.M. [on October 7, 2001], a little more than a half hour after the first explosions […]
10/7/2001
“…social scientist Chalmers Johnson has commented, ‘Support for this enterprise [the dual oil and gas pipelines [through Afghanistan]]…appears to have been a major consideration in the Bush administration’s decision to attack Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.’ Political commentator Kevin Phillips has agreed that ‘plans were discussed in the spring and summer of 2001–well before the […]
10/7/2001
Addressing the nation as the war against Afghanistan commenced on October 7, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘Today we focus on Afghanistan, but the battle is broader. Every nation has a choice to make. In this conflict, there is no neutral ground. If any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocents, they have become […]
10/6/2001
In an October 6, 2001, article in the National Journal, according to former Saudi Ambassador Chas W. Freeman: ” ‘Al Qaeda is directed first and foremost at the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy. You can be damn sure that any al Qaeda operative is on the Saudi wanted list and that any senior operative is […]
10/5/2001
“On October 5 [2001], the photo editor of a Florida tabloid newspaper died after apparently inhaling anthrax spores in a letter, and worries spread the following week when an employee at NBC News in New York tested positive for the disease after handling two threatening letters addressed to the network’s anchor, Tom Brokaw.” – Elisabeth […]