President George H.W. Bush said, in National Security Directive 26 on October 2, 1989, ” ‘We should pursue, and seek to facilitate, opportunities for U.S. firms to participate in the reconstruction of the Iraqi economy, particularly in the energy area.’ ” – Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Page 156 […]
10/2/1989
In spite of all the warnings about Iraq’s increasing procurement of war technology, including nuclear technology, “On October 2, 1989, President [George H.W.] Bush inexplicably signed a National Security Directive authorizing even closer relations with Iraq, giving Saddam yet more aid.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 81 […]
9/15/1989
“In September 1989, the Defense Department discovered that an Iraqi front company in Cleveland [Ohio] was funneling American technology to Iraq’s nuclear weapons program, but the [George H.W.] Bush administration allowed the company to operate–even after the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, nearly a year later.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes […]
9/3/1989
“On September 3, 1989, a Top Secret CIA assessment informed [Secretary of State James] Baker that Iraq had a program to develop nuclear weapons.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 81 […]
7/23/1989
“From July 2 to July 23, 1989, FBI agents [of the Special Operations Group (SOG)] banged off dozens of color shots of [al Qaeda member/FBI operative Ali Mohamed’s trainees in New York, including El Sayyid] Nosair, [Mahmud] Abouhalima, [Mohammed] Salameh, [Nidal] Ayyad and [Clement Rodney] Hampton-El, suspects later dubbed ‘ME’s’ for ‘Middle Eastern men’ in […]
7/23/1989
In his farewell/resignation letter on July 23, 1989, to U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Robert Oakley, U.S. Special Envoy to the Afghan resistance Ed McWilliams wrote: ” ‘I believed and continue to believe that we were wrong to have been so close to some in the [Northern] alliance; wrong to have given ISI [Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence] […]
7/15/1989
In July 1989, al Qaeda double agent “Ali Mohamed travels from Fort Bragg [North Carolina] to train the al Qaeda cell that will later execute the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Day of Terror plot to blow up the U.N., the FBI’s New York Office, and the bridges and tunnels into Manhattan. Over […]
6/30/1989
In Sudan, “Following the bloodless June 30, 1989, coup that brought the National Islamic Front to power, it increasingly became a center of Islamic extremism. Sudan announced a new terrorist-friendly visa policy: Arabs did not need visas to live in Sudan. The motive was to bring in Arab money. The result was to make Sudan […]
6/15/1989
“In June 1989, at the same time that the jihad was ending in Afghanistan, Islamists staged a coup d’etat against the civilian, democratic government of Sudan. The leader of the coup was Brigadier General Omar Hasan al-Bashir, but the prime mover was Hasan al-Turabi, one of Africa’s most complex, original, charismatic, and devious characters. Like […]
6/15/1989
“In June [1989], the Defense Intelligence Agency sent a top secret report to thirty-eight Bush administration officials, warning it had uncovered a secret military procurement network for Iraq operating all over the world.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 81 […]