“In a statement faxed to the pro-Taliban Afghan Islamic Press agency [on September 16, 2001], Bin Laden denied having anything to do with the previous week’s attacks in New York and Washington. ‘I am residing in Afghanistan. I have taken an oath of allegiance [to the Taliban’s spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar] which does not […]
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9/16/2001
In National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice’s February 7, 2004, meeting with the 9/11 Commission, “She recalled that in the first Camp David session [on September 15-16, 2001] chaired by the President [Bush], [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld asked what the administration should do about Iraq. Deputy Secretary [of Defense Paul] Wolfowitz made the case for […]
9/16/2001
“On September 16, 2001, the Sunday after the attacks, [Vice President Dick] Cheney invited [Meet the Press host Tim] Russert to the presidential retreat at Camp David for an hour long interview. …Russert asked Cheney what was the most difficult decision made during the course of the day. ‘Well, I suppose the toughest decision was […]
9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, President “Bush told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that the first target of the war on terrorism was going to be Afghanistan. ‘We won’t do Iraq now,’ the president said, ‘we’re putting Iraq off. But eventually we’ll have to return to that question.’ ” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. ” ‘If you provide sanctuary to terrorists, you face the full wrath of the United States of America,’ he told [host Tim] Russert… He warned this would be a war unlike any other, unlike the Gulf War he had led, […]
9/16/2001
“On September 16 [2001], as part of the White House-approved evacuation [of Saudi citizens], Prince Ahmed bin Salman, a nephew of King Fahd’s who is best known as the owner of famous racehorses, boards a flight in Lexington, Kentucky, to leave the United States. FBI officials meet and identify him, but he is not interrogated. […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. “He hinted at the new security architecture he had in mind, casting aside old barriers that seemed quaint in the face of this new enemy. ‘It’s going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, […]
9/16/2001
“On Sunday September 16 [2001], [President] Bush called [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice. He wanted the focus to be on Afghanistan but also wanted plans drawn up in case it turned out that Iraq was somehow implicated in the 9/11 attacks. The next day, the president convened a meeting of his National Security Council during […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. When host Tim Russert “Asked if there was evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the [9/11] attacks, Cheney answered simply, ‘No.’ ” – Peter Baker, Days of Fire, Page 146 […]
9/16/2001
“On September 16, 2001, [President] Bush asserted: ‘This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.’ This statement created much controversy, and since then the president has dropped ‘crusade’ from his rhetoric. …Muslims…have understandably developed a great aversion to the word [crusade] and its history; and al-Qaeda often points to President Bush’s […]