“In June [2] 2004, the Saudi ambassador to the United States [Prince Bandar Bin Sultan] called publicly–in the Saudi press–for his government to wage a jihad of its own against the terrorists. ‘We must all, as a state and as a people, recognize the truth about these criminals,’ he declared, ‘[i]f we do not declare […]
6/1/2004
A member of the press asked if President Bush felt misled by his administration in regards to Iraq, his reply, “Let me step back there and remind you that going into Iraq, we had some — we had a belief that certain things — that we had to plan for certain courses of action. One, […]
6/1/2004
In Iraq, on June 1, 2004, “Sunni leader Ghazi al-Yawar is chosen as president of the interim government that will take power on June 30, and Iyad Allawi, a Shiite leader, is chosen as prime minister; the Iraqi Governing Council thereupon disbands.” – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time of […]
6/1/2004
“On June 1 [2004], United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced the names of the members of the interim government [in Iraq] that would assume power on June 30, when [Director of the Coalition Provisional Authority L. Paul ‘Jerry’] Bremer was scheduled to leave and the CPA was to be dissolved. Brahimi had consulted with hundreds […]
6/1/2004
“In a New York Times piece by [journalist] Craig Unger on June 1 [2004], he disclosed that the commercial flights with the 160 additional Saudis [who left the U.S. shortly after the 9/11 attacks] ‘originated from more than 20 cities including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit and Houston.’ ” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 191 […]
6/1/2004
“In an extraordinary public essay [featured in The Washington Post on June 1, 2004] asking how Muslims can ‘drag ourselves out of the pit we find ourselves in, to raise ourselves up,’ [Pakistani President Purvez] Musharraf has called for a strategy of ‘enlightened moderation.’ The Muslim world, he said, should shun militancy and extremism; the […]
5/31/2004
On May 31, 2004, “During the CPA’s [Coalition Provisional Authority’s] last few weeks, [CPA leader L. Paul] Bremer had signed Order 92 that authorised the creation of an election commission, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IEC). The IEC had a nine-member Board of Commissioners that included seven voting members who were Iraqi citizens, and […]
5/30/2004
According to a report in the British paper The Sunday Times on May 30, 2004: “the Home Office estimated, ‘There may be between 10,000 and 15,000 British Muslims who *actively support* al Qaeda or related groups.’ ” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Next Attack, Page 86 […]
5/29/2004
From a list of attacks ‘believed to have been conducted by, or inspired by, al-Qaeda:’ “May 29, 2004: Khobar, Saudi Arabia: Four terrorists attack oil industry installations and the Oasis Compound, a housing compound for foreign workers. The terrorists take fifty foreign nationals hostage, killing twenty-two, some of whom have their throats slit.” – Najwa […]
5/29/2004
“Over two days in May [29-30, 2004], al Qaeda-suspected terrorists…attacked the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, leaving twenty-two dead…” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 212 […]