On October 7, 2001, “offensive military operations against Afghanistan began with air strikes against thirty-one targets, including major Taliban military units, command posts, communications sites, and early-warning radar and air defense units.” – Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, Page 222 […]
10/7/2001
Addressing the nation as the war against Afghanistan commenced on October 7, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘Today we focus on Afghanistan, but the battle is broader. Every nation has a choice to make. In this conflict, there is no neutral ground. If any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocents, they have become […]
10/7/2001
” ‘On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,’ [President] Bush said in a televised statement from the White House at 1 P.M. [on October 7, 2001], a little more than a half hour after the first explosions […]
10/7/2001
On October 7, 2001, “At 1 p.m. in the Treaty Room at the White House, the president [Bush] began his third major address to the nation since the [9/11] attacks: ‘Good afternoon. On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al-Qaida terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in […]
10/7/2001
In a videotaped message on October 7, 2001, Osama bin Laden “condemned the Muslim leaders who have sympathized with Americans over the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.” – Susan Sachs, “Bin Laden Images Mesmerize Muslims,” The New York Times, Oct. 9, 2001 […]
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Saddam Hussein’s response to the U.S. attacks in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001: ” ‘The true believers cannot but condemn this act, not because it has been committed by an America against a Muslim people but because it is an aggression perpetrated outside international law.’ ” – John Kifner, “Muted Response From Arab Governments,” The […]
10/7/2001
Iran’s spiritual leader, “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned the American strikes [against Afghanistan on October 7, 2001]. ‘America is lying when it propagates the aims of its attacks against Afghanistan to be a struggle against terrorism,’ he said. ‘But this is not a struggle against terrorism. Why do they lie to the people of the world? […]
10/7/2001
” ‘It has been called to my attention that if you go back and sift through the intelligence reporting that was there before Sept. 11, that it is now clear that there are some things that should have rung bells a little bit louder,’ a senior intelligence official said. ‘There are a few fragmentary reports. […]
10/7/2001
“The White House inserted a far-reaching sentence [making a case to pursue military action against Iraq] into a letter from Ambassador John D. Negroponte, the chief United States envoy to the United Nations, to the Security Council last Sunday [October 7, 2001], senior [Bush] administration officials said. …The letter put the Security Council on notice […]
10/7/2001
In a videotape released by Al Jazeera on October 7, 2001, “Osama gloated that America ‘has been filled with horror north to south, and east to west, and thanks be to God that what America is tasting now is the copy of what we have tasted.’ ‘Every Muslim must rise to defend his religion,’ he […]