In October 1998, “The Sunday Times of London reports that bin Laden is sending Islamic mercenaries to Kashmir to support an Islamic secession campaign.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – “Hunting Bin Laden; Who is Bin Laden & What Does He Want? A Chronology of His Political Life,” PBS […]
10/9/1998
“In an October [9] 1998 speech, [Senator Carl] Levin [D-MI] declared: ‘It is my sincere hope that Saddam Hussein, when faced with the credible threat of the use of force, will comply with the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions. But, I believe that we must carefully consider other actions, including, if necessary, the use of […]
10/8/1998
“State diplomats sought to convince the Taliban’s leaders that America did not see them as the enemy, that the United States was targeting only bin Laden and his Arab lieutenants. The August [20, 1998] cruise missile attack ‘was not directed against Afghanistan or the Taliban,’ Assistant Secretary of State Rick Inderfurth explained in [his statement […]
10/7/1998
On October 7, 1998, the Justice Department “indicted Wadih El-Hage, the Arizona-based al Qaeda operative who had been bin Laden’s personal secretary in the Sudan. The indictment laid bare bin Laden’s ties to the murderous Islamic Group (IG), which had been run by Sheikh [Omar Abdel] Rahman–another link to the [WTC bomber Ramzi] Yousef cell.” […]
10/7/1998
On October 7, 1998, “Arabic newspaper al-Hayat claims bin Laden has acquired nuclear weapons from Soviet Central Asian countries using a network of ‘influential friends.’ Others are skeptical.” – “Hunting Bin Laden; Who is Bin Laden & What Does He Want? A Chronology of His Political Life,” PBS Frontline, accessed on April 24, 2018 […]
10/7/1998
On October 7, 1998, Senator Robert Kerrey (D-NE) commented on a bipartisan bill he co-wrote declaring that U.S. policy should seek to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq: ” ‘This bill is a statement that America refuses to coexist with a regime which has used chemical weapons on its own citizens and on neighboring […]
10/6/1998
“In October [6] 1998, al-Hayah, an Arabic-language newspaper in London, published an article claiming that Osama bin Laden had purchased tactical [nuclear] weapons from one of the former Soviet Muslim republics in Asia.” – Brian Michael Jenkins, Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?, Page 177 […]
10/1/1998
“[T]he Republican-dominated U.S. Congress, which was becoming increasingly restless about President [Bill] Clinton’s disinclination to confront Saddam, voted the Iraqi Liberation Act into law on October 1 [1998], in which it pledged $97 million to Iraqi opposition groups working to overthrow Saddam.” – Con Coughlin, Saddam: His Rise and Fall, Page 310 […]
10/1/1998
“At first glance, the IIRO [International Islamic Relief Organization] appeared to be a well-established Saudi Islamic mutual assistance association benefitting from the kingdom’s support. But in reality, it was much more than that. The IIRO was one of the financial and operational vehicles of a militant Islam, largely exploited by the person who became its […]
9/23/1998
On September 23, 1998, “US senior administrative officials admit that they had no evidence that directly linked bin Laden to the Al Shifa [pharmaceutical] factory [in Sudan] at the time of retaliatory strikes on Aug 20 [1998]. Intelligence officials found financial transactions between bin Laden and the Military Industrial Corporation–a company run by the Sudan’s […]