“…the bombings of two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali in [October 12] 2002, which killed some two hundred mostly Western tourists, were the work of Jemaah Islamiyah, al-Qaeda’s Southeast Asian affiliate, and were the most deadly terrorist attack in the history of the world’s most populous Muslim country…” – Peter Bergen, The Longest […]
10/12/2002
“In October [12], 2002, two hundred and two people died in Bali [Indonesia] in a bombing directly tied to Riduan Ismuddin, aka ‘Hambali,’ the Indonesian cleric who had attended the January 2000 Kuala Lumpur 9/11 planning session and was on the board of Konsonjaya, the Malaysian front company that funded the [Ramzi] Yousef-KSM [Khalid Sheikh […]
10/11/2002
“On October 11, 2002, Congress voted on a resolution authorizing the use of U.S. armed forces against Iraq. It passed with a large majority.” – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 27 […]
10/11/2002
As stated in “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary:” “US Congress authorises use of force in Iraq.” – Commissioned by the Prime Minister The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary,” IraqInquiry.org.uk, Oct. 11, 2002 […]
10/11/2002
Senator Feingold on his reasoning for voting against the invasion of Iraq, “Given what we knew about Saddam Hussein (and we knew quite a lot), the important thing was whether it made any sense for him to coordinate with the likes of Osama bin Laden or to guarantee his own destruction by launching an independent […]
10/11/2002
“…when both houses of Congress passed the resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq in October [11] 2002, more than 180 members cited the possible Iraqi nuclear threat as a reason for supporting the resolution, and a number of senators specifically cited the British report of Iraqi efforts to purchase uranium yellowcake.” – Stefan […]
10/11/2002
“…the threat posed by Saddam and his WMD… produced a strong bipartisan vote on October 11, 2002, on the use-of-force resolution, with 110 Democrats and 263 Republicans in the House and Senate voting for it and only 149 Democrats and 7 Republicans opposing it. The vote in the House was 296-133 in favor and in […]
10/11/2002
“…in early October [10-11, 2002]–by a vote of 296-133 in the House and 77-23 in the Senate–Congress authorized war with Iraq. The margin was much larger than the one that authorized the Persian Gulf War [250-183 in the House, and 52-47 in the Senate].” – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Pages 302-303 […]
10/11/2002
“The White House is developing a detailed plan, modeled on the postwar occupation of Japan, to install an American-led military government in Iraq if the United States topples Saddam Hussein, senior [Bush] administration officials said today [October 11, 2002]. The plan also calls for war-crime trials of Iraqi leaders and a transition to an elected […]
10/11/2002
“The vote in the Senate on October 11 [2002], supporting the president’s [Bush’s] resolution was 77 to 23…the resolution…states that the president could use the military under the ‘necessary-and-appropriate’ standard to defend against ‘the continuing threat posed by Iraq.’ It was a blank check.” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 204 […]