Recollection of the changes made to the wording of the original AUMF following 9/11. “Almost immediately some of our most seasoned members, including Senator Joe Biden of Delaware and Carl Levin of Michigan, chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, respectively, pointed out the obvious flaws in passing a […]
9/13/2001
On September 13, 2001, “a cabinet meeting in Washington concluded that if Pakistan did not help the United States, ‘it would be at risk of attack.’ ” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 28 […]
9/13/2001
“On September 13, 2001, one of the leading Muslim scholars, Yusuf al-Qardawi, issued a fatwa that condemned Al Qaeda’s ‘illegal jihad’ and expressed sorrow and empathy with the American victims: ‘Our hearts bleed because of the attacks that have targeted the World Trade Center, as well as other institutions in the United States.’ Qardawi, who […]
9/13/2001
“After September 11, 2001, cooperation and coordination between the European police and security services naturally increased. Nonetheless, tensions remained: the French were especially annoyed by the breaking up by Belgian and Dutch authorities of two interlinked Al Qaeda cells in which cell members were arrested and weapons, identity documents and propaganda material seized on September […]
9/13/2001
Former President George W. Bush recalled: “On September 13 [2001], [Secretary of State] Colin [Powell] called [Pakistani] President [Pervez] Musharraf and made clear he had to decide whose side he was on. He presented a list of nonnegotiable demands, including condemning the 9/11 attacks, denying al Qaeda safe haven in Pakistan, sharing intelligence, granting us […]
9/13/2001
On September 13, 2001, “National Review‘s Web edition disseminated a call from the professional provocateur Ann Coulter to invade the hijackers’ countries, ‘kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.’ ” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 28 […]
9/13/2001
“At a meeting of the NSC [National Security Council] held on the morning of September 13, 2001, President Bush ordered Secretary of Defense [Donald] Rumsfeld to begin preparing a plan to attack the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, including a range of options up to and including an actual invasion. The name eventually given to the […]
9/13/2001
According to the 9/11 Commission’s Staff Statement #10, which was declassified and released on April 10, 2004: ” ‘No commercial planes, including chartered flights, were permitted to fly into, out of, or within the United States until September 13, 2001. After the airspace reopened, six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals, departed […]
9/13/2001
Columnist Ann Coulter wrote an article that appeared in the National Review on September 13, 2001. ” ‘We should invade Muslim countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity,’ she wrote.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 257 […]
9/13/2001
“At a Pentagon press briefing on September 13 [2001], [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Paul Wolfowitz told reporters that ‘ending states who sponsor terrorism’ would be a priority for the [Bush] administration.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 217 […]