In Iraq, “an American cruise missile had struck Baghdad’s Al Rashid Hotel on January 17 [1993], nearly killing Saddam Hussein, who was opening a conference for Islamic fundamentalists.” – Richard Miniter, Losing Bin Laden, Page 25 […]
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1/15/1993
“…Bill Clinton, the president-elect, spoke to Tom Friedman of the New York Times in January [15] 1993 and suggested that the United States would not work for Saddam’s ouster and that relations could improve even if he remained in power. ‘Based on the evidence that we have, the people of Iraq would be better off […]
1/15/1993
Then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney wrote: “As I left office in January 1993, we published the ‘Regional Defense Strategy,’… The RDS emphasized that U.S. leadership would continue to be crucial in the new [post-Cold War] defense environment. Our preference was to counter threats whenever possible with friends and allies at our side, but we were […]
1/15/1993
“Documents discovered after the coalition’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 shed more light on the depth of the regime’s linkages with terrorism. As far back as January 1993…Saddam had ordered the formation of ‘a group to start hunting Americans present on Arab soil; especially Somalia.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting […]
1/14/1993
In a New York Times interview on January 14, 1993, President-elect Bill Clinton said “that he would not insist on Saddam’s removal as a condition for normalizing relations with Iraq. ‘I am not obsessed with the man,’ said Clinton. ‘I always tell everybody I am a Baptist. I believe in deathbed conversions. If he wants […]
1/1/1993
On January 1, 1993, “A group of fundamentalist Islamic clerics from Egypt, Afghanistan, Algeria, Sudan, and Iran issued a communiqué that was joined by Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein. It ominously announced a jihad against all Christian nations, urging devout Muslims worldwide to strike out against corrupting Western and Christian influence. During the […]
12/29/1992
“His [bin Laden’s] organization is credited with a December [29] 1992 explosion…in Aden, Yemen, that killed two tourists and narrowly missed a number of U.S. soldiers. …That bombing is now seen as bin Laden’s first act of terrorism against Americans.” – Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, Intelligence Matters, Page 30 […]
12/29/1992
On December 29, 1992, future World Trade Center bomber Ramzi “Yousef told [co-conspirator Ahmad] Ajaj he wanted to get hold of the bomb-making manuals that had been in Ajaj’s luggage when the INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service] stopped him. …The call was taped by the prison recording system, but apparently not reviewed until much later.” […]
12/29/1992
“On December 29, 1992, a bomb exploded in the Movenpick Hotel in Aden, Yemen, and another blew up prematurely in the parking lot of a nearby luxury hotel, the Goldmohur. The bombers had targeted American troops who were on their way to Somalia to participate in Operation Restore Hope, an international famine relief effort. In […]
12/29/1992
On December 29, 1992, “A bomb explodes in a hotel in Aden, Yemen, where US troops had been staying while en route to a humanitarian mission in Somalia. The bomb killed two Austrian tourists; the U.S. soldiers had already left. Two Yemeni Muslim militants, trained in Afghanistan and injured in the blast, are later arrested. […]