“[T]he Clinton administration developed a series of strategic policies regarding when to employ military force, conditions for U.S. involvement, and how the government should manage such operations. In May [3] 1994, for instance, Presidential Decision Directive 25 mandated getting involved in peacekeeping operations only when goals were linked to concrete political solutions–when a strategy existed […]
4/30/1994
“The criminalization of war continued in [April 30] 1994, when the Torture Statute made it a crime to inflict ‘severe physical or mental pain or suffering…’ ” – Jack Goldsmith, The Terror Presidency, Page 66 […]
4/15/1994
On April 15, 1994, former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney appeared in a videotaped interview with C-SPAN. Cheney defends former President George H.W. Bush’s reasons for not invading Baghdad, Iraq, and overthrowing Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. When asked if U.S. or UN forces should have moved into Baghdad during the 1990 invasion […]
4/9/1994
“The Saudi government revoked bin Laden’s citizenship in April [9] 1994 and froze his assets inside the kingdom, which included substantial amounts in dividends from the family firm which continued to be paid into bank accounts he could no longer access.” – Abdel Bari Atwan, The Secret History of al Qaeda, Page 167 […]
4/9/1994
On April 9, 1994, “The Saudi government revokes bin Laden’s citizenship and moves to freeze his assets in Saudi Arabia because of his support for Muslim fundamentalist movements.” – “Hunting Bin Laden; Who is Bin Laden & What Does He Want? A Chronology of His Political Life,” PBS Frontline, accessed on April 24, 2018 […]
4/9/1994
“April 9 [1994]: the Saudi government decides to revoke Osama bin Laden’s Saudi nationality and freeze his assets in light of his support for radical movements.” – Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie, Forbidden Truth, Page 151 […]
3/31/1994
“By March 31, 1994, all American forces were withdrawn from Somalia.” – Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips, Wiser in Battle, Page 105 […]
3/19/1994
Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet issued a Top Secret report on March 19, 1994. Regarding efforts to capture and render Usama Bin Ladin from Afghanistan, it read: “None of the available potential capture units were judged to have more than a ten percent chance of capturing Bin Ladin.” – CIA, “DCI Report: The Rise […]
3/15/1994
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Paul Wolfowitz said, in March 1994: ” ‘The United States and the entire industrialized world have an enormous stake in the security of the Persian Gulf, not primarily in order to save a few dollars per gallon of gasoline but rather because a hostile regime in control of those […]
3/15/1994
“In March 1994 the GID [General Intelligence Department of Jordan] raided his [militant Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s] home and discovered an arms cache. Found in his bed, Zarqawi pulled a pistol from under his pillow and tried to kill the arresting officer but failed, then tried to kill himself but failed there too. Zarqawi then […]