Following the attacks on 9/11, “A few lawmakers were demanding a full declaration of war against international terrorism.” However, many lawmakers “were reluctant to make a formal declaration of war given the uncertainty over who the enemy is. ‘This is different than attacking an enemy who has a flag and a capital, with soldiers who […]
9/14/2001
“The Bush administration today [September 14, 2001] singled out Osama bin Laden, the Islamic militant who operates from Afghanistan, as a prime suspect in Tuesday’s [September 11, 2001] catastrophic terror attacks and vowed a comprehensive military campaign to demolish terrorist networks and topple regimes that harbor them.” – Elisabeth Bumiller and Jane Perlez, “Bush and […]
9/14/2001
"TURKEY–Foreign Minister Ismail Cem pledged the government's help in tracking down those behind the attacks, but warned Washington against turning the events into a 'fight between two religions and different cultures.' " – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001, […]
9/14/2001
“AFGHANISTAN–Radio Shariat said the Taliban was ready to hand over Osama bin Laden to ‘one of the Islamic courts of the world’ if Washington could prove his involvement in the [9/11] attacks in the United States.” – “Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 14, 2001 […]
9/14/2001
“The [Bush] administration had asked Congress for an immediate $20 billion to begin building the military and intelligence force required to start the antiterror campaign. ‘Twenty billion dollars is a lot of money,’ [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Mr. [Paul] Wolfowitz said, ‘but for this country, it is a down payment on what we’re going to […]
9/14/2001
“Security officials estimate that about 3,500 Arab militants live in Germany and raise significant sums of money for Mr. bin Laden and other Middle East radicals. There is a network to provide fake documents and shelter for militants, the security officials said.” – Steven Erlanger, “German Officials Link 3 Arab Men to Attack,” The New […]
9/14/2001
Summing up America’s defenses following 9/11: “For the last decade, the use of American might has been shaped by several principles: emphasizing air power and long-range precision arms, avoiding ground combat whenever possible and using overwhelming ground forces when it is not. The use of American military force has also been reactive. Pre-emptive action was […]
9/14/2001
“Chastened by their failure to predict the [9/11] attacks, United States officials have begun the task of sifting through previous intelligence reports to determine whether they missed any indications that an assault was imminent. Officials said that in hindsight, some strands of intelligence now appeared far more significant than they did at the time they […]
9/14/2001
“Immediately after the catastrophic events of 9/11 [September 14, 2001], the influential British intelligence review, Jane’s, traced the al Qaeda attack back to its ‘origins’ in this 1979 decision [to send aid to the Islamic militants in Afghanistan] by [President Jimmy] Carter and [National Security Advisor Zbigniew] Brzezinski…” – Peter Dale Scott, The Road to […]
9/14/2001
“On Friday, September 14 [2001], Congress passed an initial emergency appropriation of $40 billion and authorized the president [Bush] to use force against the ‘nations, organizations, or persons’ who had attacked us.” – Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence, Page 6 […]