“The failure to list al Qaeda [as a terrorist group officially targeted for sanctions in Executive Order 12947 on January 23] 1995 is difficult to understand, given the steady stream of reporting then in hand at the CIA about bin Laden’s contacts in Khartoum with anti-Israeli groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group, […]
1/23/1995
“When President [Bill] Clinton signed Executive Order 12947 on January 23, 1995, imposing sanctions on twelve terrorist groups because of their role in disrupting the Middle East peace process, neither al Qaeda nor bin Laden made the list.” – Steve Coll, Ghost Wars, Page 277 […]
1/20/1995
Based on the transcript of Philippines National Police Col. Rodolfo Mendoza’s January 20, 1995, interrogation session with terrorist Ramzi Yousef’s cohort Abdul Hakim Murad, the 9/11 Commission staff determined on April 13, 2004, “Two of the [Bojinka] perpetrators had also discussed the possibility of flying a small plane into the headquarters of the CIA.” – […]
1/20/1995
On January 20, 1995, “Two weeks after his capture, [terrorist Ramzi Yousef’s cohort Abdul Hakim] Murad confesses to a plan to fly a small single-engine plane into CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, but says the plot is just in the early planning stages.” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, (Timeline) Page 15 […]
1/15/1995
In January 1995, Richard Clarke said: “[Ramzi Yousef] was planning to blow up U.S. airliners in the Pacific with bombs smuggled on board, bombs we won’t notice, using liquid explosives. They’re assembled on board in the bathroom and then left there. The terrorist then gets off at the first stop and the plane continues on […]
1/15/1995
“In a file [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef had created on his laptop under the heading ‘Bojinka’ he detailed how five of his men would plant bombs timed to explode simultaneously on 11 US airliners over the Pacific [in January 1995]. If successful the operation would have caused the deaths of up to 4,000 […]
1/15/1995
Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, bin Laden’s brother-in-law, funded numerous terrorist operations. Though he was in U.S. custody, he had been sentenced to death in absentia in Jordan. At the urging of Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who didn’t want to strain foreign relations, in January 1995, “Khalifa was deported to Jordan, where, at a later trial, […]
1/12/1995
The ‘Bojinka’ plot to blow up U.S.-bound flights originating from Asia with liquid-based bombs “was only one of three murderous plots that [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef and [his uncle/cohort] KSM [Khalid Shaikh Mohammed] had in the advanced planning stages…Along with [Abdul Hakim] Murad and Wali Khan [Amin Shah], they were also planning to […]
1/11/1995
“On January 11, 1995, five days after the fire in [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef’s Manila [Philippines] apartment and the arrest of [cohort] Ahmed Hakim Murad, Philippine police apprehended their accomplice, Wali Khan Amin-Shah.” – John Miller, Michael Stone, and Chris Mitchell, The Cell, Pages 134-135 […]
1/7/1995
“Investigators in the Philippines also recovered [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef’s laptop computer [on January 7, 1995], and were able to read many of his messages. Among them was one outlining the purpose of the terrorism [acts he committed]: ‘If the U.S. government keeps supporting Israel…then we will continue to carry out operations inside […]