From a list of attacks ‘believed to have been conducted by, or inspired by, al-Qaeda:’ “May 16, 2003: Casablanca, Morocco: A series of suicide bombings strike a Spanish restaurant, a hotel, a Jewish center, and the Belgian consulate, killing thirty-three people.” – Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, and Jean Sasson, Growing Up Bin Laden, […]
5/16/2003
“Following the US-led invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 there was a dramatic escalation of al Qaeda-linked attacks against European and Jewish targets. On 16 May 2003 suicide bombers killed forty-five and wounded up to 100 in coordinated attacks on a Jewish cultural center in Casablanca [Morocco].” – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History […]
5/16/2003
On May 16, 2003, Director of Reconstruction in Iraq Paul “Bremer told Iraqi leaders that an interim government would not be formed by the end of the month [as was originally planned by Jay Garner when he was Director of the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance]–and that the idea of an interim government with […]
5/16/2003
“In mid-May [16, 2003], the new American administrator in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, announced an indefinite postponement of the earlier plan to form a national assembly and interim government by the end of the month. The United States was supported in this decision by its partners, the British. ‘It’s quite clear that you cannot transfer […]
5/16/2003
“The policies on de-Ba’athification, promulgated in [Director of Reconstruction in Iraq L. Paul] Bremer’s first act as Administrator, his CPA [Coalition Provisional Authority] Order 1, issued on 16 May, 2003 and entitled ‘De-Ba’athification of Iraqi Society,’ angered large numbers of people. The Order called for the implementation of the previous CPA decision to disestablish the […]
5/16/2003
“The Bush Administration has paid a double penalty for excluding the UN from any real power in Iraq. The first penalty from freezing out the UN is the loss of expertise. No other body has as much experience as the UN in the management of nations after a conflict. …No UN official would have taken […]
5/16/2003
Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul Bremer’s disbanding of the Iraqi army on May 16, 2003, “contradicted the recommendations of an interagency planning group chaired by the National Security Council.” – James Risen, State of War, Page 3 […]
5/16/2003
“On May 16 [2003], a week after [Coalition Provisional Authority leader L. Paul] Bremer arrived [in Iraq], he signed Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 1, which was designed to extinguish the Baath Party and Baathists from Iraqi government and society. …Excising Baathists hollowed out the entire Iraqi civil service and professional control over the ministries. […]
5/16/2003
On May 16, 2003, “the New York Times reported that…[9/11 mastermind] Khalid Shaikh Mohammed had confessed to interrogators that ‘landmarks in New York and Washington, previously selected by Mr. bin Laden, remain on al Qaeda’s target list.’ Included on that list was the Sears Tower in Chicago…” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page […]
5/16/2003
On May 16, 2003, “another series of al Qaeda-linked bombings erupted in Casablanca, Morocco, with a death toll of forty-one.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 443 […]