“…on June 10, 1999, Al-Jazeera, the iconoclastic satellite television station located in the Kingdom’s [Saudi Arabia’s] tiny neighbor, Qatar, lived up to its growing reputation for revolutionizing television in the Arab world by airing a ninety-minute documentary on bin Laden…The documentary aired on a Thursday evening, the beginning of the Muslim weekend, to ensure a […]
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6/8/1999
On June 8, 1999, “US FBI places Osama Bin Laden on top of most wanted list and offers US 5 million dollars reward for his capture.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 264 […]
5/19/1999
In the UK House of Commons report released July 2016, “When UK policy towards Iraq was formally reviewed and agreed by the Ministerial Committee on Defence and Overseas Policy (DOP) in May 1999, the objectives towards Iraq were defined as: “… in the short term, to reduce the threat Saddam poses to the region including […]
5/17/1999
A declassified email sent to CIA Islamabad station chief Gary Schroen from the head of the CIA’s Bin Ladin unit Michael Scheuer was dated May 17, 1999. It reflected on the lack of proactive efforts to take out Usama Bin Ladin (UBL) after he’d been located. It read: “if/when the history of this operation [to […]
5/15/1999
The London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) annual report in May 1999 said: ” ‘The new terrorists are likely to be more indiscriminate and more lethal than the old. Some are more sophisticated in technological, operational and other terms than earlier terrorists, and more capable of conducting operations at great distances.’ According to Colonel […]
5/14/1999
“It was in Kandahar [Afghanistan] that perhaps the last, and most likely the best, opportunity arose for targeting Bin Ladin with cruise missiles before 9.11. In May [14-20] 1999, CIA assets in Afghanistan reported on Bin Ladin’s location in and around Kandahar over the course of five days and nights. The reporting was detailed and […]
5/14/1999
“In May [14-20] 1999, over a five-day period, several sources reported details on bin Laden’s comings and goings in and around Kandahar [Afghanistan]. This was, by consensus, the most reliable intelligence possible. The military was ready with its cruise missiles. There were three opportunities to fire on bin Laden in thirty-six hours. ‘This was in […]
5/13/1999
On March 19, 2004, Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet released a top secret report. Regarding the surveillance of Usama Bin Ladin, it read: “In May 1999, the military again contemplated a cruise missile strike against Bin Ladin in the Qandahar [Afghanistan] area. [Redacted] we intensely tracked and reported on Bin Ladin’s whereabouts for almost […]
4/24/1999
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair made a speech in Chicago on April 24, 1999, in which he said: ” ‘If we want a world ruled by law and by international cooperation then we have to support the UN as its central pillar.’ ” – Robin Cook, The Point of Departure, Page 297 […]
4/15/1999
FBI Director Louis Freeh wrote: “In April 1999, we placed bin Laden on the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List. …Simultaneously, we created a bin Laden Unit at FBI headquarters. Arrest warrants were flying around the globe for him. …Our own investigations jumpstarted similar ones all across Europe and countries around the world, and every […]