“On October 26 [1999], [Richard] Clarke’s CSG [Counterrerrorism Security Group] took the unusual step of holding a meeting dedicated to trying ‘to evaluate the threat of a terrorist attack in the United States by the Usama bin Ladin network.’ The CSG members were ‘urged to be as creative as possible in their thinking’ about preventing […]
Category: quotes
10/25/1999
“By late October 1999, [Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah] Massoud was in desperate straits. CIA officers visited him in the Panjshir Valley [Afghanistan] and won his assent to try to gather intelligence on bin Laden. ‘I need help. I need military equipment. I need money,’ Massoud told his CIA visitors. ‘If you can’t give me […]
10/15/1999
On October 15, 1999, “the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1267, again demanding an end to the Taliban’s provision of safe haven for terrorists. It specifically mentioned Osama bin Laden by name, noting that he was under indictment in the United States for the African bombings, and asked that he be turned over. In addition, […]
10/15/1999
According to a December 8, 2001, article in Press Trust of India, “When [Pakistani Chief Executive Pervez] Musharraf took power [in October 1999] he canceled a top secret mission being planned with the U.S. to send commandos using ISI [Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence] intelligence into Afghanistan to capture bin Laden.” [The 15th of the month used […]
10/15/1999
Regarding 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and the other Islamic radicals who planned the terrorist attacks from their cell in Hamburg, Germany: ” ‘At the latest in October 1999, [the Hamburg’s group radicalization] led to the idea of attacking the United States using airplanes, a concept possibly inspired by ideas from other representatives of the international […]
10/15/1999
“The [UN] Security Council’s Resolution 1267 in October [15] 1999 strongly condemned ‘the sheltering and training of terrorists and planning of terrorist acts’ on Afghan territory, especially in areas under Taliban control.” – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 191 […]
10/15/1999
Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Karl ‘Rick’ “Inderfurth laid out a seemingly schizophrenic policy before Congress. ‘The Taliban’s sheltering of bin Laden, who continues to threaten U.S. lives and property, presents a clear danger to the security of the U.S. and its citizens,’ he told a House hearing [on October 15, 1999]. […]
10/15/1999
“In October 1999, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1267, demanding that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and stop providing sanctuary to terrorists. The Taliban ignored the request.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 18 […]
10/15/1999
“The UN Security Council [Resolution 1267] unanimously imposed limited sanctions on the Taliban on 15 October [1999]–banning commercial aircraft flights to and from Afghanistan and freezing Taliban bank accounts world wide–even as Washington stepped up pressure on the Taliban to hand over Bin Laden.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Pages 78-79 […]
10/15/1999
“Even if the CIA succeeded in capturing or killing bin Laden, [Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah] Massoud argued to his CIA visitors [in October 1999], the United States would still have a huge problem in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda was now much bigger than bin Laden or [second-in-command Ayman] al-Zawahiri alone. Protected by the Taliban, its […]