Speaking before the Defense Policy Advisory Board on September 19, 2001, Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi “suggested that the United States avoid the distraction of an attack on Afghanistan in favor of going for Iraq right away. Touting a scheme he had been advocating since 1993, he explained how armed insurgents under his command […]
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9/19/2001
By September 19, 2001, more than 140 Saudis were flown out of the U.S. This included relatives of Usama bin Laden. “For nearly three years, the White House and other agencies insisted that these flights never took place, confirming their existence only under investigation by the independent 9/11 Commission.” – Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, […]
9/19/2001
Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote: “Aware of the public’s impatience [in responding to the 9/11 attacks], I urged the President [Bush] to try to adjust the American people’s expectations away from quick, decisive results. [On September 19, 2001] I stressed that the war on terrorism would be ‘a marathon, not a sprint.’ ” – […]
9/19/2001
“In the early afternoon of September 19 [2001], a call came from Logan Emergency Operations Center saying that the private charter aircraft was going to pick up members of the bin Laden family. ‘We were in the midst of the worst terrorist act in history,’ [director of aviation at Boston’s Logan Airport, Tom] Kinton said. […]
9/19/2001
“On September 19 [2001], [President] Bush declares war: ‘Our war on terror…will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.’ However, the Visa Express program, through which Saudis are allowed to get a visa without even appearing at a consulate, is allowed to continue.” – Craig Unger, House […]
9/19/2001
In a session convened by Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle on September 19, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said: “It was important to topple the Taliban as quickly as the U.S. could, but that would not be enough. The United States needed to do more to demonstrate that there were serious […]
9/19/2001
In a message to combatant commanders in the counterterrorism campaign, on September 19, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said he was looking for three objectives: ” ‘1. Targets worldwide, such as UBL [Usama bin Laden] Al Qaida cells in regions outside Afghanistan and even outside the Middle East. …It will be important to indicate […]
9/19/2001
“Soon after 9/11, the President [Bush] had declared that the war [on terror] was not directed against Islam. In reiterating that point, [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld [in a memo written on September 19, 2001] explored the idea that the war on terrorism was, in part, a civil war within the world of Islam: ‘The […]
9/19/2001
“Sep 19, 2001: Late on this day, the agency [Federal Aviation Administration] permitted limited resumption of general aviation Part 91 operations under Visual Flight Rules (VFR). Exceptions included flight in Enhanced Class B (ECB) airspace, meaning that VFR flying was not allowed over, through, or ‘under the shelf’ of the Class B airspace category surrounding […]
9/18/2001
“By September 18 [2001], [Secretary of State Colin] Powell had contacted 58 of his foreign counterparts and received offers of general aid, search-and-rescue equipment and personnel, and medical assistance teams.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Page 333 […]