From the July 2007 National Intelligence Estimate: ” ‘Although we have discovered only a handful of individuals in the United States with ties to al-Qa’ida senior leadership since 9/11, we judge that al-Qa’ida will intensify efforts to put operatives here.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Bergen, […]
7/15/2007
“The sixteen American intelligence agencies that collectively make up the U.S. intelligence community all signed off on a [July] 2007 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded that al-Qaeda was resurging, particularly in the wake of its 7/7 bombings in London.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Peter Bergen, The Longest […]
7/15/2007
From a July 15, 2007 article in The Los Angeles Times: “According to U.S. estimates for 2007, at least 45 percent of the foreign fighters in Iraq came from Saudi Arabia and were the ones most frequently involved in suicide attacks. [An Associated Press story two days later said] Iraqi sources put the figure even […]
7/15/2007
“A separate, classified assessment of al Qaeda’s capabilities, prepared by the US National Counterterrorism Center and released in July 2007, echoed the NIE [National Intelligence Estimate] [also issued that month]. Titled Al-Qaeda Better Positioned to Strike the West, the assessment noted that al Qaeda had ‘regrouped to an extent not seen since 2001’ and had […]
7/15/2007
“According to the US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE)–a report reflecting the consensus of the entire intelligence community–al Qaeda itself, despite nearly six years of intense efforts by the United States and its allies to destroy the enterprise, had recovered much of its pre-9/11 strength. The NIE, which was released in July 2007, only days after […]
7/15/2007
“A U.S. National Intelligence Estimate released in July [2007] indicated that al Qaeda had regained much of its operational capacity and remained determined to pursue its terrorist campaign against American targets abroad and in the United States.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Brian Michael Jenkins, Will Terrorists Go […]
7/12/2007
Here is 14 minutes of video footage from the gun-camera of an AH-64 Apache helicopter, showing an attack against supposed Iraqi insurgents on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 12, 2007. Of the 11 people killed, two of the victims were an unarmed Reuters photojournalist and his assistant. Click here to link to the 39-minute version. […]
7/8/2007
“In July [8, 2007], the New York Times declared the cause in Iraq ‘lost’ and called for an all-out withdrawal, despite the likelihood that an immediate pullout could result in ‘further ethnic cleansing, even genocide’ and ‘a new stronghold from which terrorist activity could proliferate.’ “ – George W. Bush, Decision Points, Page 384 […]
7/8/2007
On July 8, 2007, Sarah Baxter wrote in her article in the Sunday Times: “The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 1/2 hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today’s conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. ‘I tried to […]
6/27/2007
“Tony Blair resigned as UK prime minister on June 27, 2007.” – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 43 […]