At Luxor in Egypt on November 17, 1997, “Six young men dressed in black policemen uniforms and carrying vinyl bags entered the temple precinct shortly before nine in the morning. One of the men shot a guard, and then they all put on red headbands identifying themselves as members of the Islamic Group [aka Al-Gama’a […]
11/16/1997
“…a stunning article in the Sunday Times of London on that same day [November 16, 1997] gave the public a bracing sense of the seriousness of Iraqi WMD proliferation. ‘Iraq is manufacturing poisonous gas at a secret location in Sudan,’ reported veteran journalist Jon Swain.” – Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, Page 96 […]
11/15/1997
Speaking in California on November 15, 1997, President Bill Clinton said: “World leaders must ‘do everything that can possibly be done not to let big stores of chemical and biological weapons fall into the wrong hands, not to let irresponsible people develop the capacity to put those big warheads on missiles or put them in […]
11/15/1997
On November 15, 1997, “Saddam Hussein called for a campaign of terror. The newspaper Babel, the chief mouthpiece of the Iraqi regime–run by Uday Hussein, Saddam’s eldest son–again urged Arabs to wage jihad against the West: ‘American and British interests, embassies, and naval ships in the Arab region should be the targets of military operations […]
11/15/1997
TWA Flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996. Though evidence seemed to point to terrorism, “In a letter sent to victims’ families on November 15 [1997], the Bureau [FBI] went so far as to state that it had ‘found absolutely no evidence’ that the plane was downed […]
11/15/1997
In November 1997, “Saddam ordered American members of UNSCOM [United Nations Special Commission on Iraq] out of Iraq. In reply, President [Bill] Clinton ordered a buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, and the Iraqi dictator seemed to back down.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Lawrence F. […]
11/15/1997
” ‘The U.S. is increasing its presence in Arab countries in order to capture its [sic] oil reserves,’ bin Laden told the Islamabad daily Pakistan in November 1997…” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Michael Scheuer, Through Our Enemies’ Eyes, Page 52 […]
11/13/1997
According to a New York Times article on November 13, 1997, “When asked his motives [for bombing the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993], [Ramzi] Yousef told Secret Service agent Brian Parr he was retaliating against U.S. aid to Israel. ‘When I asked why he didn’t select Israeli targets, he said they were too […]
10/31/1997
“At the end of October 1997, the Iraqi government informed the [UN] Security Council of several decisions, one being that it would no longer deal with inspectors of U.S. nationality working for UNSCOM [UN Special Commission on Iraq]. Naturally a crisis ensued. The commission and the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] suspended all inspections.” [The […]
10/23/1997
“[F]rustration with the lack of full Iraqi cooperation with international inspection efforts led the U.N. Security Council under U.S. prodding to pass Resolution 1134 [on October 23, 1997], which essentially reiterated the call on Iraq to comply and cooperate fully with the large number of international dictates.” – Richard N. Haass, War of Necessity, War […]