An Air India plane, “with more than 150 passengers and crew on board, was hijacked after departing Nepal on December 24 [1999]; it touched down in India, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates before arriving in Kandahar [Afghanistan] on Christmas Day. The hijackers demanded freedom for three Kashmiri separatists in Indian jails, among them Maulana […]
12/24/1999
“On Christmas Eve 1999, five terrorists hijacked Air India flight 814 in Katmandu, Nepal. The terrorists were Pakistanis from the group Harakat ul Mujahedin (HuM), long supported by bin Laden… The plane refueled in Amritsar, India, then in Lahore, Pakistan, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates before finally settling in at Kandahar [Afghanistan] on […]
12/24/1999
Al Qaeda planned for several terrorist attacks at the end of the millennium. One such plan “was to hijack an Air India flight from Katmandu, Nepal, on December 24, 1999. Though successful, it was not considered part of the millennium attacks by most American terrorism experts at the time. Only the government of India saw […]
12/17/1999
From “The Report of the Iraq Inquiry – Executive Summary” ordered by the UK House of Commons to be printed on July 6, 2016: “29. After prolonged discussion about the way ahead, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1284 in December 1999, although China, France and Russia abstained. 30. The resolution established: • a new inspectorate, […]
12/17/1999
UN Security Council resolution 1284, adopted on December 17, 1999, “lifted many of the remaining constraints from the Iraqi economy so there would be no reason for Iraqis to suffer malnutrition or a shortage of medicine–a move that was part of an attempt by the United States to give ground on the sanctions side in […]
12/15/1999
“After earlier reports of sharp tension between Taliban leaders and bin Laden, U.S. intelligence discovered that the Taliban’s Council of Ministers had unanimously endorsed its alliance with al Qaeda at the end of 1999. [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar had even reportedly executed Taliban dissenters over the issue.” [The 15th of the month used for date […]
12/15/1999
“In December 1999, the UN Security Council gave Iraq permission to sell unlimited amounts of oil under the OFF [Oil For Food] programme.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 70 […]
12/15/1999
“In December 1999, the UN Security Council authorised the setting up of United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) to monitor Iraq’s weapons programmes and to identify any remaining disarmament tasks. Hans Blix, a veteran Swedish diplomat and former director general of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency], was put in charge of UNMOVIC.“ […]
12/15/1999
“In December 1999, NSA [National Security Agency] intercepted another series of telephone calls coming into [al Qaeda operative Ahmed Mohammed Ali] al-Hada’s home in Sana’a [Yemen], which revealed that an ‘operational cadre’ of al Qaeda operatives intended to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in early January 2000. The transcript of the intercepted call identified only […]
12/15/1999
“In a December 1999 debate among GOP presidential contenders, [candidate George W.] Bush backtracked when he said he’d ‘take ’em out’ if Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Asked by the moderator whether he had said ‘take him out,’ Bush replied, ‘Take out the weapons of mass destruction.’ ” [The 15th of the month used […]