“Starting in late 1997, the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center developed a plan to capture and remove bin Laden from Afghanistan. Using local tribesmen, the agency planned a nighttime capture at his primary residence, Tarnak Farms, outside Kandahar Airport. They rehearsed it in autumn 1997 and again in March 1998, and finally did a complete rehearsal in […]
5/29/1998
“A PNAC [Project for the New American Century] letter of May [29] 1998 addressed to the Speaker of the House [Newt Gingrich (R-GA)] and the Senate Majority Leader [Trent Lott (R-MS)] stated, ‘[T]he only way to protect the United States and its allies from the threat of weapons of mass destruction’ was to ‘put in […]
5/29/1998
In early 1998, the CIA had spent months working on a plan with Afghan tribals to capture Bin Ladin in a night raid and extradite him to the United States. On May 29, 1998, after several months of planning, “The decision was made not to go ahead with the operation. ‘Mike’ [chief of the Bin […]
5/28/1998
In an interview aired by ABC on May 28, 1998, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘We have seen in the last decade the decline of the American government and the weakness of the American soldier who is ready to wage Cold Wars and unprepared to fight long wars. This was proven in Beirut [Lebanon] when […]
5/28/1998
On May 28, 1998, “Pakistan had tested six nuclear devices following India’s tests and the West had slapped punitive sanctions on both countries, creating a major foreign currency crisis for Pakistan and worsening the deep recession that had gripped the economy since 1996.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 183 […]
5/28/1998
On May 28, 1998, Osama bin Laden “hosted John Miller of the ABC network. Citing his own fatwa, he told Miller that civilians would be the targets for his next operation. He foresaw an apocalyptic outcome: ‘We predict a black day for America and the end of the United States as United States,’ and he […]
5/28/1998
“In an ABC interview shortly thereafter [May 28, 1998], bin Laden said that ‘the worst thieves in the world today and the worst terrorists are the Americans. Nothing could stop you except perhaps retaliation in kind.’ “ – John Yoo, War By Other Means, Page 6 […]
5/28/1998
In an interview with ABC News reporter John Miller on May 28, 1998, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘Ramzi Yousef, after the World Trade Center bombing, became a well-known Muslim personality and all Muslims know him… I remember him as a Muslim who defended Islam from American aggression.’ The world, warns bin Laden: ‘will see […]
5/28/1998
“In late May [28, 1998], he [bin Laden] appeared on prime-time network news across the country, telling ABC’s John Miller, ‘We predict a black day for America and the end of the United States as United States, and will be separate states, and will retreat from our land and collect the bodies of its sons […]
5/28/1998
According to the May 28, 1998, edition of News: “Bin Laden has claimed that the United States has waged ‘a war against Muslims’ since 1945, and that he and his allies ‘are only striving to give it a fitting reply.’ ” – Michael Scheuer, Through Our Enemies’ Eyes, Pages xxiii-xxiv […]