“In March [23] 2001 Richard Clarke, chief of the counterterrorism staff in the National Security Council, advised [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice against reopening Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic passing in front of the White House, warning that al-Qaeda cells were operating inside the United States and truck bombs were among their weapons of choice.” – […]
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3/23/2001
“On March 23 [2001], [counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke warned [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice of the existence of Islamic terrorist cells in the United States and his fear that they might use a truck bomb on Pennsylvania Avenue, resulting in the destruction of the West Wing [of the White House]. Truck bombs were their ‘weapons […]
3/23/2001
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal on March 27, 2001, in reference to a March 23, 2001, visit to the United States by Taliban ambassador Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi: ” ‘Possible motivations for a State Department meeting with Hashimi include the desire to keep other Muslim sects from engaging in drug, gun, and […]
3/22/2001
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on March 22, 2001, Central Command leader General Tommy R. Franks said: ” ‘Enforcement of the NFZ [No-Fly Zone] will remain dangerous but necessary business as long as the Iraqi regime continues to threaten its neighbors and its own people. Similarly, our naval forces maintain continuous presence […]
3/19/2001
After Meeting with the National Energy Policy Developing Group, President George W. Bush spoke with a member of the Press stated: “The OPEC nations are responding to decreased demand. World demand, they think, is going to decrease and, therefore, they’ve responded with a million barrel cut. The piece of good news in their decision was that the Saudi […]
3/15/2001
In March 2001, “Two months into the job, [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld drafted a three-page memo called ‘Guidelines When Considering Committing US Forces.’…It was a series of questions to be addressed: ‘Is a proposed action truly necessary?’ ‘Is the proposed action achievable?’ ‘Is it worth it?’ “ [The 15th of the month used for […]
3/15/2001
The Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sent a message to President Bush on March 15, 2001, which stated, regarding the enforcement of UN no-fly zones over Iraq: ” ‘This is costing us militarily, financially, but much more importantly politically,’ he said. ‘And it is not hurting Saddam Hussein.’ ” – Bob Woodward, State of […]
3/15/2001
Conservative foundation Judicial Watch “found that [Vice President Dick] Cheney’s energy task force had been studying a map of Iraqi oil fields, pipelines, refineries, and terminals, along with charts detailing ‘Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.’ The context for these documents, dated March 2001, was never explained.” [The 15th of the month used for date […]
3/15/2001
“…March 2001 CIA briefing slides for the national security advisor [Condoleezza Rice] still indicated that the judgment that al Qaeda was responsible [for the October 2000 USS Cole bombing] was ‘preliminary’ and that the CIA lacked ‘conclusive information on external command and control’ responsibility for the attack. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul […]
3/15/2001
According to a Jane’s Intelligence Review article on March 15, 2001, “there were regular meetings between America, Russia, and India on ways to strengthen the anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. India was providing high-altitude warfare equipment, defense advisers, helicopter technicians, and medics to the Northern Alliance. And the coalition had been operating from bases in the […]