In a speech at the Pentagon on February 17, 1998, President Bill “Clinton warned of the ‘predators of the twenty-first century’ and once again raised the possibility of the ‘reckless acts of outlaw nations and an unholy axis of terrorists, drug traffickers, and organized international criminals.’ ‘They will be all the more lethal if we […]
2/17/1998
“In February [17] 1998, in a speech about the dangers of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, [President] Bill Clinton warned of ‘an unholy axis of terrorists, drug traffickers, and organized international criminals’ and said ‘there is no more clear example of this threat than Saddam Hussein.’ ” – Stephen F. Hayes, Cheney, Page 319 […]
2/17/1998
” ‘Predators of the twenty-first century,’ said [President] Bill Clinton in a blunt [February 17] 1998 warning, ‘will be all the more lethal if we allow them to build arsenals of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them. There is no more clear example of this threat than Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.’ […]
2/17/1998
In a statement he made at the Pentagon on February 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton said: ” ‘Now, let’s imagine the future. What if he [Saddam] fails to comply [with the UN Security Council], and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this […]
2/15/1998
“In mid-February 1998, the Taliban announced that the al Qaeda leader [Osama bin Laden] had gone ‘missing’ from Afghanistan. The report was met with skepticism, and in July, the Taliban finally acknowledged that bin Laden was still there.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, […]
2/15/1998
“In February 1998, bin Laden stated ‘If someone can kill an American soldier, it is better than wasting time on other matters.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Simon Reeve, The New Jackals, Page 272 […]
2/15/1998
“…bin Laden’s support grew, and in February 1998 he met with several other Islamic leaders in Afghanistan to discuss how they could build a broad coalition against the West and the regimes they despised. According to Western intelligence, those present at the meeting included Ayman al-Zawahiri, head of the Islamic Jihad; Abdul Salam Mohamed from […]
2/12/1998
On February 12, 1998, “Bin Laden and [Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader] Ayman Zawahiri issue ‘legal fatwa’ approving the killing of American civilians.” – Roy Gutman, How We Missed the Story, Page 265 […]
2/5/1998
Appearing before Congress on February 5, 1998, the FBI’s assistant director for counterterrorism, Dale Watson said: ” ‘Although we should not allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security…I believe it is important to note that in the five years since the Trade Center bombing, no significant act of foreign-directed terrorism has […]
2/5/1998
On 2/5/1998, “Testifying before Congress, Dale Watson, the FBI’s assistant director for counterterrorism says, ‘Although we should not allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security, I believe it is important to note that in the five years since the Trade Center bombing, no significant act of foreign-directed terrorism has occurred on […]