According to an article in The Wall Street Journal on March 27, 2001, in reference to a March 23, 2001, visit to the United States by Taliban ambassador Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi: ” ‘Possible motivations for a State Department meeting with Hashimi include the desire to keep other Muslim sects from engaging in drug, gun, and […]
3/23/2001
“On March 23 [2001], [counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke warned [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice of the existence of Islamic terrorist cells in the United States and his fear that they might use a truck bomb on Pennsylvania Avenue, resulting in the destruction of the West Wing [of the White House]. Truck bombs were their ‘weapons […]
3/23/2001
“In March [23] 2001 Richard Clarke, chief of the counterterrorism staff in the National Security Council, advised [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice against reopening Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic passing in front of the White House, warning that al-Qaeda cells were operating inside the United States and truck bombs were among their weapons of choice.” – […]
3/22/2001
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on March 22, 2001, Central Command leader General Tommy R. Franks said: ” ‘Enforcement of the NFZ [No-Fly Zone] will remain dangerous but necessary business as long as the Iraqi regime continues to threaten its neighbors and its own people. Similarly, our naval forces maintain continuous presence […]
3/19/2001
After Meeting with the National Energy Policy Developing Group, President George W. Bush spoke with a member of the Press stated: “The OPEC nations are responding to decreased demand. World demand, they think, is going to decrease and, therefore, they’ve responded with a million barrel cut. The piece of good news in their decision was that the Saudi […]
3/15/2001
“India is believed to have joined Russia, the USA and Iran in a concerted front against Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Military sources in Delhi, claim that the opposition Northern Alliance’s capture of the strategic town of Bamiyan, was precipitated by the four countries’ collaborative effort. …Intelligence sources in Delhi said that while India, Russia and Iran […]
3/15/2001
According to a Jane’s Intelligence Review article on March 15, 2001, “there were regular meetings between America, Russia, and India on ways to strengthen the anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan. India was providing high-altitude warfare equipment, defense advisers, helicopter technicians, and medics to the Northern Alliance. And the coalition had been operating from bases in the […]
3/15/2001
“…March 2001 CIA briefing slides for the national security advisor [Condoleezza Rice] still indicated that the judgment that al Qaeda was responsible [for the October 2000 USS Cole bombing] was ‘preliminary’ and that the CIA lacked ‘conclusive information on external command and control’ responsibility for the attack. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul […]
3/15/2001
Conservative foundation Judicial Watch “found that [Vice President Dick] Cheney’s energy task force had been studying a map of Iraqi oil fields, pipelines, refineries, and terminals, along with charts detailing ‘Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.’ The context for these documents, dated March 2001, was never explained.” [The 15th of the month used for date […]
3/15/2001
The Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sent a message to President Bush on March 15, 2001, which stated, regarding the enforcement of UN no-fly zones over Iraq: ” ‘This is costing us militarily, financially, but much more importantly politically,’ he said. ‘And it is not hurting Saddam Hussein.’ ” – Bob Woodward, State of […]