“Even if the CIA succeeded in capturing or killing bin Laden, [Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah] Massoud argued to his CIA visitors [in October 1999], the United States would still have a huge problem in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda was now much bigger than bin Laden or [second-in-command Ayman] al-Zawahiri alone. Protected by the Taliban, its […]
10/14/1999
On October 14, 1999, an Interim Report by Max del Stoel, UN Special Rapporteur on Iraq, read: ” ‘The situation of human rights in Iraq is worsening and the repression of civil and political rights continues unabated. The prevailing regime of systematic human rights violations is contrary to Iraq’s many international obligations and…remains a threat […]
10/12/1999
“After the military coup in Islamabad [Pakistan] on October 12, 1999 Pakistan stepped up its support to the Taliban providing increased military aid to the Taliban for its summer offensive in 2000. Pakistan remained the only country in the world supporting the Taliban and countries in the region became more hostile to the military regime.” […]
10/12/1999
On October 12, 1999, Pakistani General Pervez “Musharraf engineered a military coup that ousted Nawaz Sharif, the elected prime minister, who had dismissed him for allegedly launching the summer 1999 Kargil War without authority. Musharraf responded by leading a bloodless coup and installing himself as ‘chief executive.’ In June 2001 he declared himself president of […]
10/12/1999
On October 12, 1999, “Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, after allying with [President] Bill Clinton to crack down on the Taliban, is ousted by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, an open Taliban backer.” – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 265 […]
10/8/1999
From the February 2005 United States v. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali indictment: ” ‘On or about October 8, 1999, al-Qaeda was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State [Madeleine Albright] pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. As a result of this designation, it became unlawful for individuals […]
10/8/1999
“The [Clinton] administration did not designate Afghanistan a terrorist state, although in October [8] 1999 it [the State Department] added al Qaeda to the list of terrorist organizations.” – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 176 […]
9/30/1999
“Secret cooperation with the telecom industry is only one method the NSA [National Security Agency] uses to penetrate the Internet and fiber-optic communications. Long before the warrantless eavesdropping program was inaugurated following the 9/11 attacks, the agency was covertly tapping into both. This was revealed in a highly classified closed-door discussion at the NSA on […]
9/23/1999
In a September 23, 1999, speech at the Citadel military academy in South Carolina, presidential candidate George W. Bush “laid out his thinking about the nation’s armed forces… It was a blueprint for a humbler, more restrained use of American power, a rejection of [President] Clinton’s humanitarian interventionism and nation building, which Bush considered distractions […]
9/23/1999
On September 23, 1999, presidential candidate George W. “Bush had given his first major address on foreign and defense policy. ‘If elected, I will set three goals,’ Bush told an enthusiastic crowd at the Citadel in South Carolina. ‘I will renew the bond of trust between the American president and the American military. I will […]