“Less than 36 hours after the terror attacks, the German police received a list from the F.B.I. of 13 people suspected of links to the terror. Since the early hours of Thursday [September 13, 2001], some 100 German investigators–joined late last week by an unknown number of F.B.I. agents–have scoured 14 Hamburg apartments and detained […]
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9/13/2001
Then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “Within hours of [Deputy Secretary of State Richard] Armitage’s delivering his ultimatums [at a meeting with Pakistani officials on September 13, 2001], and despite some violent internal opposition, [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf agreed to them. In this period, Pakistan had done a complete about-face and become one of our most […]
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“On September 13, 2001, one of the leading Muslim scholars, Yusuf al-Qardawi, issued a fatwa that condemned Al Qaeda’s ‘illegal jihad’ and expressed sorrow and empathy with the American victims: ‘Our hearts bleed because of the attacks that have targeted the World Trade Center, as well as other institutions in the United States.’ Qardawi, who […]
9/13/2001
“The stunning loss of life in Tuesday’s [September 11, 2001] terrorist attacks and the sense, expressed by President Bush, that these were ‘acts of war,’ have freed the administration to broaden potential retaliation beyond the low-risk, unmanned cruise missile strikes of the past, military and civilian officials said today [September 13, 2001]. …’The constraints have […]
9/13/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet described the terrorism response needed in Afghanistan: ” ‘We need to go in fast, hard, and light,’ we told the president [Bush]. ‘Everyone, including al-Qa’ida and the Taliban are expecting us to invade Afghanistan the same way the Soviets did in the 1980s.’ …Ours was a strategy unlike any other […]
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On September 13, 2001, “a cabinet meeting in Washington concluded that if Pakistan did not help the United States, ‘it would be at risk of attack.’ ” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 28 […]
9/13/2001
“President Saddam Hussein said the attacks on the United States were the result of America’s ‘evil policy,’ contending that the United States exports corruption and crime through its military forces and its movies. He suggested the attacks might have been carried out by Americans.” – “After The Attacks, Reaction From Around The World,” The New […]
9/13/2001
In a National Security Council meeting with President Bush on September 13, 2001: “Looking beyond bin Laden and Afghanistan, [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld mentioned Saddam Hussein’s Iraq as a threat to both its region and to the United States. Iraq, he observed, was a state that supported terrorism, and that might someday offer terrorists […]
9/13/2001
Recollection of the changes made to the wording of the original AUMF following 9/11. “Almost immediately some of our most seasoned members, including Senator Joe Biden of Delaware and Carl Levin of Michigan, chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, respectively, pointed out the obvious flaws in passing a […]
9/13/2001
“Mr. bin Laden summoned Arab reporters on Wednesday [September 13, 2001] to a compound in Afghanistan to deny responsibility for the stunning [9/11] strikes while praising those who conducted them. American intelligence officials now dismiss such denials.” – Judith Miller, “Bin Laden: Child of Privilege who Champions Holy War,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, […]