“In July 1996, a path-breaking report dealing with Israeli strategy entitled ‘A Clean Break–A New Strategy for Securing the Realm‘ was produced. The report had a wide circulation as its signatories were Americans with a record of conservative affiliations and powerful connections inside Washington. It explicitly called for the removal of Saddam Hussein from power […]
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7/10/1996
“The Americans were the ‘main enemy’ of Muslims worldwide, an angry bin Laden told a British journalist [Robert Fisk, for an article published in The Independent on July 10, 1996] who visited him in an eastern Afghan mountain camp weeks after his arrival in Jalalabad. Saudi Arabian authorities were only ‘secondary enemies,’ he declared. As […]
7/5/1996
In early July 1996, “Robert Fisk of London’s Independent newspaper interviewed bin Laden in Afghanistan. Bin Laden said the recent bombings in Saudi Arabia were ‘the beginning of the war between Muslims and the United States. …The Saudis now know their real enemy is America.’ “ [The 5th of the month used for date sorting […]
7/1/1996
Following bin Laden’s arrival in Afghanistan, a top secret CIA memo dated July 1, 1996, said: ” ‘We have no unilateral sources close to bin Laden, nor any reliable way of intercepting his communications…We must rely on foreign intelligence services to confirm his movements and activities.’ ” – Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden, Page 104 […]
7/1/1996
” ‘We have no unilateral sources close to bin Laden, nor any reliable way of intercepting his communications,’ CIA analysts stated in a report on July 1, 1996. …’We must rely on foreign intelligence services to confirm his movements and activities.’ ” – Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Page 10 […]
6/25/1996
“The 9/11 Commission concluded that ‘Al Qaeda…may…have played a ‘yet unknown role’ in aiding Hezbollah militants in the [June 25] 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers [in Saudi Arabia].” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Page 238 […]
6/25/1996
“The earliest known NSA [National Security Agency] reporting on bin Laden’s activities dates back to 1995 and was based in large part on monitoring the telephone calls coming in and out of his ranch near the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. For example, the agency intercepted a series of telephone calls congratulating bin Laden on the […]
6/25/1996
On June 25, 1996, “A large truck bomb devastates the US military residence in Dhahran [Saudi Arabia] called Khobar Towers, killing 19 servicemen. The US military initially linked bin Laden to the attack but now believe a Saudi Shiite group was responsible. …U.S. investigators still believe bin Laden was somehow involved.” – “Hunting Bin Laden; […]
6/25/1996
“On June 25, 1996, nineteen Americans were killed when a truck bomb ripped open the Khobar Towers complex in Saudi Arabia. The perpetrators were later identified by the FBI as Iranian Hezbollah members, but days after the bombing [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef told [mobster turned FBI informant Greg] Scarpa [Jr.] that ‘BOJINGA’ (that […]
6/25/1996
On June 25, 1996, “Iran and its ally, the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, had orchestrated the [Khobar Towers] attack [in Saudi Arabia] using local Shia to conduct the actual operation. Tehran [Iran] ordered it, Lebanon’s Hezbollah provided the bombmaker, and Saudi Hezbollah the terrorists.” – Bruce Riedel, The Search for Al Qaeda, Pages 51-52 […]