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President Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign sources told NBC News.
Originally posted by turbofan
reply to post by roboe
When were those prior attacks, and what were they again?
Originally posted by turbofan
USS Cole - Oct 12, 2000
Embassy - Aug 7th, 1998
I guess they really do sit on their butts.
Originally posted by turbofan
So they waited a 11 months to submit war documents after the USS Cole Incident knowing the 1993 Bombing, and the 1998 Embassy bombing were clainmed by Al Queda?
Is that not 'sitting on their butts'?
Originally posted by Ignorance_Defier
Originally posted by turbofan
reply to post by roboe
When were those prior attacks, and what were they again?
The 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. al-Queada has been active for a while...
en.wikipedia.org...
FBI involvement
In the course of the trial it was revealed that the FBI had an informant, a former Egyptian army officer named Emad Salem. Salem claims to have informed the FBI of the plot to bomb the towers as early as February 6, 1992. Salem's role as informant allowed the FBI to quickly pinpoint the conspirators out of hundreds of possible suspects.
Salem, initially believing that this was to be a sting operation, claimed that the FBI's original plan was for Salem to supply the conspirators with a harmless powder instead of actual explosive to build their bomb, but that the FBI chose to use him for other purposes instead. He secretly recorded hundreds of hours of telephone conversations with his FBI handlers
rupeenews.com...
According to the BBC, the Taliban later even warned the U.S. that bin Laden was going to launch an attack on American soil. Former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil said his warnings, issued because of concerns that the U.S. would react by waging war against Afghanistan, had been ignored. A U.S. official did not deny that such warnings were issued, but told BBC rather that it was dismissed because “We were hearing a lot of that kind of stuff”.[4] Kate Clark, “Taleban ‘warned US of huge attack’”, BBC News, September 7, 2002 .
rupeenews.com...
The BBC reported on the Pakistani talks with the Taliban, noting that the Taliban were “demanding proof of his involvement in the terror attacks on the US” before they would consider handing over Osama bin Laden, who issued a statement saying, “The US is pointing the finger at me but I categorically state that I have not done this”.[14] CNN similarly reported that the Taliban was “refusing to hand over bin Laden without proof or evidence that he was involved” in the 9/11 attacks. Ambassador Abdul Salam Zaeef said “that deporting him without proof would amount to an ‘insult to Islam.’” But, he added, “We are ready to cooperate if we are shown evidence.” U.S. officials said evidence gathered linking bin Laden to other terrorist attacks were all the proof that was needed, but declined to provide evidence of his involvement in the 9/11 attacks.[15]