“At a Pentagon press briefing on September 13 [2001], [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Paul Wolfowitz told reporters that ‘ending states who sponsor terrorism’ would be a priority for the [Bush] administration.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 217 […]
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9/13/2001
“At the September 13 [2001] NSC [National Security Council] meeting…President Bush led a discussion of an appropriate ultimatum to the Taliban. He ordered Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld to develop a military plan against the Taliban. The President wanted the United States to strike the Taliban, step back, wait to see if they got the […]
9/13/2001
Columnist Ann Coulter wrote an article that appeared in the National Review on September 13, 2001. ” ‘We should invade Muslim countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity,’ she wrote.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 257 […]
9/13/2001
On September 13, 2001, retired Tampa cop turned private investigator Dan Grossi escorted Saudi students to the airport for a flight out of the U.S. “As far as private planes were concerned, America was still grounded. Then one of the pilots arrived. ‘Here’s your plane,’ he told Grossi. ‘Whenever you’re ready to go.’ …[Grossi] waited […]
9/13/2001
According to the 9/11 Commission’s Staff Statement #10, which was declassified and released on April 10, 2004: ” ‘No commercial planes, including chartered flights, were permitted to fly into, out of, or within the United States until September 13, 2001. After the airspace reopened, six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals, departed […]
9/12/2001
Counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke attended a series of meetings at the White House on September 12, 2001, where he expected to deal with the al Qaeda threat. ” ‘Instead, I walked into a series of discussions about Iraq. At first I was incredulous that we were talking about something other than getting Al Qaeda. Then […]
9/12/2001
Following 9/11, “Mainstream media and governments all over the world condemned the attacks. Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Libya, were among them. Iraq, however, did not denounce the terrorists’ actions. In a barbed reaction [on September 12, 2001], the official newspaper, Al-Iraq, described the attacks as ‘a lesson for all tyrants, oppressors and criminals.’ […]
9/12/2001
UN Security Council Resolution 1368, adopted on September 12, 2001, “condemned the [9/11] terrorist attacks in the strongest terms and described those acts as a threat to international peace and security, recognizing an inherent right of individual or collective self-defense in accordance with the United Nations Charter.”] – Yonah Alexander, ed., Combating Terrorism, Page 185 […]
9/12/2001
Counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke recalled his meetings at the White House on September 12, 2001: ” ‘Later in the day, Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld complained that there were no decent targets for bombing in Afghanistan and that we should consider bombing Iraq, which, he said, had better targets. At first, I thought Rumsfeld was […]
9/12/2001
At a meeting of the UN Security Council on September 12, 2001, “A unanimous UN resolution [1368] condemned the [9/11] attacks, describing them as ‘a threat to international peace and security.’ The council expressed its condolences and sympathy to the American people and government and appealed to ‘all states to work together urgently to bring […]