“Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified most of the hijackers in the Sept. 11 attacks as Saudis, Saudi Arabia has refused to provide passenger lists of flights to the United States, an act the Bush administration has been unwilling to criticize.” – Neela Banerjee, “The High, Hidden Cost of Saudi Arabian Oil,” The New […]
10/21/2001
“Altogether, 830 people have been arrested in the United States, but officials said no evidence has been developed to suggest that anyone now in custody–including at least 10 members of Al Qaeda–took part in the conspiracy that led to last month’s [9/11] attacks.” – Clyde Haberman, “Oct. 20, 2001, War on the Ground, Allies Around […]
10/21/2001
“At an economic conference in Shanghai, [President] Bush said one goal of the terrorists who brought down the World Trade Center was to cause a collapse of international markets. For that reason, he said, businesses had to join this American-led fight, even if it meant new security measures and tighter border controls that put a […]
10/20/2001
U.K. Prime Minister Tony “Blair, quoting from Al Jazeera’s [October 20, 2001] interview [with bin Laden], said that bin Laden declared that ‘the battle has been moved inside America, and we shall continue until we win this battle, or die in the cause and meet our maker.’ He also quotes Mr. bin Laden as saying […]
10/19/2001
“On October 19 [2001], the first of our Special Forces A-Teams made it into Afghanistan, and the twelve men successfully linked up with the ethnic Uzbek warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum south of Mazar-e-Sharif. Later that day, two hundred U.S. Army Rangers descended onto a dusty airstrip designated Objective Rhino in southern Afghanistan.” – Donald […]
10/19/2001
“On October 19, 2001, the Pentagon announced that a handful of American Special Forces had slipped into Afghanistan.” This started the ground campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda. – Karl Rove, Courage and Consequence, Page 285 […]
10/18/2001
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney wrote, on October 18, 2001: “There had been an initial positive test result indicating a botulinum toxin attack on the White House. If the result was confirmed, it could mean the president [Bush] and I, members of the White House staff, and probably scores of others who had simply been in […]
10/18/2001
In a speech in New York on October 18, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘We are dealing here with evil people who dwell in the shadows, planning unimaginable violence and destruction. We have no alternative but to meet the enemy where he dwells. Sometimes that means doing business with people you would not […]
10/17/2001
” ‘We are not waging war against the United States outside Iraq,’ said Iraqi vice premier Tariq Aziz, at a press conference in Baghdad on October 17, 2001. ‘We don’t believe in that. …We are prepared to resist continuous American aggression against Iraq within the territory of Iraq. We don’t need bin Laden for that […]
10/17/2001
In a speech to military personnel at Travis Air Force Base in California on October 17, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘America’s new war [is] against terrorism and against evil. …The evil ones have tried to hijack a religion to justify their murder…we fight against evil people.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 139 […]