“…by November 1998 London’s Al-Hawadith estimated ‘bin Laden had reached alliances with some thirty fundamentalist organizations in the world,’ an estimate that must be considered conservative.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Michael Scheuer, Through Our Enemies’ Eyes, Page 100 […]
11/13/1998
On November 13, 1998, “an article in Al-Watan Al-‘Arabi, a Lebanese magazine…claimed that al Qaeda was attempting to buy a Soviet nuclear weapon from Chechen rebels.” – Brian Michael Jenkins, Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?, Page 177 […]
11/6/1998
FBI Director Louis Freeh wrote: “By November [6, 1998], we had secured a second indictment against bin Laden, charging him, his military commander, Muhammad Atef, and others with the murder in those [African embassy] bombings.” – Louis J. Freeh, My FBI, Pages 285-286 […]
11/5/1998
Then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote, on November 5, 1998: “I directed Cofer Black, who had become head of the Counterterrorism Center, to put together a new strategy to attack al-Qa’ida. We called it simply ‘The Plan.’ The Plan recognized that our first priority was to acquire intelligence about Bin Ladin by penetrating his organization. …The […]
11/5/1998
Then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “Less than two months after the [August 20, 1998] cruise missile attacks [on bin Laden-owned property], on November 5, 1998, I wrote President [Bill] Clinton a letter saying that I needed a massive infusion of funds to position the intelligence community where it needed to be in the fight of […]
11/5/1998
Then-CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “During the latter part of 1998, I was aggressively seeking additional resources from our government to fight terrorism. Twice, On November 5, 1998, and October 15, 1999, I wrote personal letters to President [Bill] Clinton seeking a major increase in our funding. For the most part I succeeded in annoying […]
11/5/1998
“On November 5, 1998, Saudi interior minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz said, ‘It has been reported that the two explosions in Riyadh and Khobar were planned by Osama bin Laden. This is not true. …He does not constitute any security problem to us and has no activity in the kingdom,’ said Nayef. ‘Regarding his […]
11/4/1998
“In November [4] 1998 the USA offered a US$5-million reward for Bin Laden’s capture.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 135 […]
11/4/1998
When the U.S. indictment of bin Laden was unsealed in November 4, 1998, it declared “that ‘al Qaeda reached an understanding’ that it would not work against Saddam Hussein.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 375 […]
11/4/1998
“Rather than target bin Laden militarily, the Clinton legalistic approach worked its way forward. On November 4, 1998, a federal grand jury indicted bin Laden, charging him with conspiring to kill Americans abroad. The indictment is still pending.” – Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Page 19 […]