“Rather than target bin Laden militarily, the Clinton legalistic approach worked its way forward. On November 4, 1998, a federal grand jury indicted bin Laden, charging him with conspiring to kill Americans abroad. The indictment is still pending.” – Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Page 19 […]
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11/4/1998
When the U.S. indictment of bin Laden was unsealed in November 4, 1998, it declared “that ‘al Qaeda reached an understanding’ that it would not work against Saddam Hussein.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 375 […]
11/4/1998
“In November [4] 1998 the USA offered a US$5-million reward for Bin Laden’s capture.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 135 […]
10/31/1998
On October 31, 1998, “the U.S. Congress–concerned that the Iraqi threat was growing, while the world’s resolve to ‘contain’ Saddam was weakening–passed the Iraq Liberation Act, which called for regime change in Baghdad: ‘It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power […]
10/31/1998
“On October 31, 1998, under intense lobbying by PNAC [Project for the New American Century], CPSG [Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf], and others, Congress and President [Bill] Clinton enacted the Iraq Liberation Act, which states, ‘It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed […]
10/31/1998
“On October 31, 1998, Baghdad announced an end to all UNSCOM [United Nations Special Commission on Iraq] activity, including monitoring inspections. Later that same day, President [Bill] Clinton signed the recently passed Iraq Liberation Act, a bill that directed U.S. support for Iraqi opposition groups, specifically, Ahmed Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress. This gave the first […]
10/31/1998
“The Iraqi Liberation Act that President Bill Clinton had signed into law in [October 31] 1998…made it U.S. policy to support efforts to ‘…remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein.’ ” – L. Paul Bremer with Malcolm McConnell, My Year in Iraq, Page 42 […]
10/31/1998
“[T]he Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 [was] passed by President [Bill] Clinton [on October 31, 1998]. It was then that U.S. policy became regime change, but it did so–as the Act makes clear–because of the WMD issue and Saddam’s breach of UN resolutions. It wasn’t to do with the moral case against Saddam; it was […]
10/31/1998
On October 31, 1998, Congress “passed the Iraq Liberation Act. Declaring, ‘It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime,’ the legislation authorized $97 million to provide […]
10/31/1998
“In October 1998, Congress passed the Iraqi Liberation Act [signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 31, 1998], which made Saddam’s overthrow a declared policy of the United States, and authorized $97 million for the Iraqi opposition.” – Andrew Cockburn, Rumsfeld, Page 147 […]