The February 1987 issue of Jihad magazine featured an article by Abdullah Azzam, titled ‘Jihad…Not Terrorism.’ It read: ” ‘We say it frankly without playing with words or deception. Plain and straight: 1. That Jihad is a religious duty for the Umma [Muslims around the world], so as to free the people and give them […]
1/15/1987
During January 1987, “The United States Commerce Department approved exports to Iraq’s SCUD missile program. Gary Milhollin, the director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control appeared before the Subcommittee on Technology and National Security of the Joint Economic Committee on the 2nd of July, 1991. He stated that: ‘These exports allowed Iraq to […]
11/13/1986
Regarding the al Qaeda terrorists’ infiltration of the American military, journalist Peter Bergen said, “In November [13] 1986 [Egyptian Islamic Jihad sleeper agent] Ali Mohamed enlisted in the U.S. Army for a three-year stint. …Special Forces soldiers are dispatched to tackle the riskiest missions. …So Fort Bragg is pretty much the last place in the […]
11/1/1986
Harken Energy, a small oil company owned by international billionaire investor George Soros, purchased a failing oil company owned by George W. Bush in November 1, 1986, and put him on the board. – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 117 […]
10/1/1986
On October 1, 1986, President Ronald “Reagan signed into law the Goldwater-Nichols Act, which fundamentally changed the command relationship structure between the military and the civilian executive branch of the government. …Unfortunately, senior military leaders in the Pentagon were bitterly opposed to the changes. Essentially, the new legislation had the chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]
9/15/1986
In September 1986, President Ronald Reagan formed “an interagency task force, the Alien Border Control Committee (ABCC), whose purpose was to block entry of suspected terrorists and to deport militants who either had come into the country illegally or had overstayed their visas. The CIA and FBI joined the ABCC effort.” [The 15th of the […]
8/4/1986
“…on August 4 [1986], [Vice President George] Bush met in Cairo [Egypt] with President Hosni Mubarak and asked him to pass on to Saddam Hussein the same message he had given King Hussein of Jordan [that he be more aggressive in the war with Iran and use his air force]. Saddam had previously rejected U.S. […]
7/30/1986
On July 30, 1986, Vice President George “Bush went to Jordan to perform the most delicate part of his [Middle East] mission, initiating the transfer of military intelligence to Saddam. According to two Reagan administration officials, Bush told King Hussein that Iraq needed to be more aggressive in the war with Iran and asked that […]
7/29/1986
“On July 29 [1986], Israeli counterterrorism adviser Amiran Nir briefed [Vice President George] Bush at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem and told him that Iran had agreed to release American hostages in exchange for four thousand missiles.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 74 […]
4/15/1986
On April 5, 1986, Libyan agents bombed a nightclub in West Berlin, Germany, killing two American servicemen and wounding scores more. “…the U.S. [retaliation] bombing of Libya in [April 15] 1986 failed to deter Libyan-sponsored terrorism. Indeed, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December [21] 1988 by terrorists whom the United States and […]