According to a New York Times article on July 8, 1999, ” ‘The Central Intelligence Agency has obtained evidence that Mr. Bin Laden had been allowed to funnel money through the Dubai Islamic Bank in Dubai, which the United Arab Emirates Government effectively controls.’ ” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred […]
7/6/1999
On July 6, 1999, “US imposes trade and economic boycott on Taliban for refusing to hand over Bin Laden.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 264 […]
7/4/1999
In July 4, 1999, as a response to the Taliban’s reluctance to expel Bin Ladin, “President [Bill] Clinton issued an executive order effectively declaring the Taliban regime a state sponsor of terrorism. In October [15], a UN Security Council Resolution championed by the United States added economic and travel sanctions.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 […]
6/24/1999
” ‘We have seen numerous reports that bin Laden and his associates are planning terrorist attacks against U.S. officials and facilities in a variety of locations, including in the U.S.,’ he [CIA Director George Tenet] told a closed Senate hearing on June 24 [1999].” – Steve Coll, Ghost Wars, Page 456 […]
6/19/1999
” ‘I urge you in the strongest way to get the Taliban to expel bin Laden,’ [President Bill] Clinton wrote [Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz] Sharif on June 19 [1999].” – Steve Coll, Ghost Wars, Page 480 […]
6/15/1999
“In June [1999], the State Department temporarily closed six American embassies in Africa after intercepted calls coming in and out of [al Qaeda operative Ahmed Mohammed Ali] al-Hada’s house revealed that al Qaeda operatives were in the final stages of preparing an attack on an unidentified American embassy in Africa.” [The 15th of the month […]
6/15/1999
Former ambassador “Joe Wilson’s [July 6, 2003] op-ed [in The New York Times] was wrong in implying he found no evidence Iraq had tried to acquire uranium. Wilson had collected information that showed Saddam Hussein attempted to do just that. During his trip, Wilson met with former Niger prime minister Ibrahim Assane Mayaki. Mayaki told […]
6/15/1999
“In a [June] 1999 interview [with Al Jazeera], Bin Laden himself said that during the mid-1980s he gave lectures in Saudi Arabia urging attacks on U.S. forces and the boycott of American products.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Bergen, Holy War, Inc., Page 54 […]
6/15/1999
Central Command (CENTCOM) leader General Anthony Zinni created a plan for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. “CENTCOM would have the responsibility of general security. But there was no plan for the political administration, restoration of basic services, training of police, or reconstruction of Iraq. Zinni organized a secret war game in June 1999, dubbed […]
6/10/1999
“…on June 10, 1999, Al-Jazeera, the iconoclastic satellite television station located in the Kingdom’s [Saudi Arabia’s] tiny neighbor, Qatar, lived up to its growing reputation for revolutionizing television in the Arab world by airing a ninety-minute documentary on bin Laden…The documentary aired on a Thursday evening, the beginning of the Muslim weekend, to ensure a […]