“The sixteen American intelligence agencies that collectively make up the U.S. intelligence community all signed off on a [July] 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded that al-Qaeda was resurging, particularly in the wake of its 7/7 bombings in London.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Bergen, The Longest […]
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7/15/2007
From the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate: ” ‘Although we have discovered only a handful of individuals in the United States with ties to al-Qa’ida senior leadership since 9/11, we judge that al-Qa’ida will intensify efforts to put operatives here.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Bergen, […]
7/15/2007
“By July 2007, the sixteen American intelligence agencies that collectively make up the U.S. intelligence community had all signed off on a National Intelligence Estimate that concluded that al-Qaeda ‘has protected or regenerated key elements of Homeland attack capability, including a safe haven in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), operational lieutenants, and its top […]
7/15/2007
“In mid-July [2007] a National Intelligence Estimate issued by the entire U.S. intelligence community stated that al Qaeda was based in FATA [Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas] and that the United States would not hesitate to bomb or even invade any part of FATA if bin Laden was found to be hiding there.” [The 15th […]
7/15/2007
“In July 2007, a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate, a summary of sixteen American intelligence agencies, said that al Qaeda had reestablished its central organization, training infrastructure, and lines of global communication primarily due to its safe havens in FATA [Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas]. Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, said that al Qaeda […]
7/15/2007
In an article for the July/August 2007 issue of Foreign Affairs, presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) “criticized the Bush administration’s handling of the war on terrorism: ‘The Bush administration responded to the unconventional attacks of 9/11 with conventional thinking of the past, largely viewing problems as state-based and principally amenable to military solutions.’ […]
7/12/2007
Here is 14 minutes of video footage from the gun-camera of an AH-64 Apache helicopter, showing an attack against supposed Iraqi insurgents on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 12, 2007. Of the 11 people killed, two of the victims were an unarmed Reuters photojournalist and his assistant. Click here to link to the 39-minute version. […]
7/8/2007
“In July [8, 2007], the New York Times declared the cause in Iraq ‘lost’ and called for an all-out withdrawal, despite the likelihood that an immediate pullout could result in ‘further ethnic cleansing, even genocide’ and ‘a new stronghold from which terrorist activity could proliferate.’ “ – George W. Bush, Decision Points, Page 384 […]
7/8/2007
On July 8, 2007, Sarah Baxter wrote in her article in the Sunday Times: “The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 1/2 hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today’s conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. ‘I tried to […]
6/27/2007
U.K. Prime Minister Tony “Blair faced mounting opposition to the war [in Iraq] in his own Labour Party and the country and left office in June [27] 2007. He was succeeded by his chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, who was distinctly less warm to [President] Bush.” – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in […]