 No Proof Osama Bin Laden Was Involved In 9/11 Attacks: Taliban Spokesperson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPpedWsQtQDecember 23, 1998 |  | TIME correspondent conducts interview with Osama bin Laden. | ||
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Rumsfeld further gave the game way by warning of the "increasing vulnerability of the US" to a "Pearl Harbor in space". A report he commissioned says that threats come from "people like Osama bin Laden [who] may be able to acquire capabilities on satellites". The US defence department refers to "space control" "death stars", space-based lasers, and anti-satellite weapons. Vision for 2020, published by the US space command, foresees "space-based strike weapons . . . emerging as an essential element of battlefield success and future warfare".
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1996: Taliban denies Osama bin Laden is in their territory
2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA ON SEPTEMBER 18 THAT THE TALIBAN HAD SEIZED HEKMATYAR/SAYYAF TRAINING CAMPS IN PAKTIA PROVINCE. HE NOTED THAT THE “ARAB” OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMPS HAD FLED, AND HE DID NOT KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN. SEPTEMBER 19 PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT 107 “PAKISTANIS” RECEIVING MILITARY TRAINING IN THE KHOST AREA OF AFGHANISTAN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ENTERING PAKISTAN. END SUMMARY.9/19/1996
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Afghanistan's ruling Taliban said they doubted bin Laden could have been involved in carrying out the actions.
The Taliban -- the fundamentalist Islamic militia that seized power in Afghanistan in 1996 -- denied his ties to terrorism and said they have taken away all his means of communication with the outside world.http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.binladen.denial/
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that the emergency declared with respect to the Taliban is to continue in effect beyond July 5, 2000.
On July 4, 1999, I issued Executive Order 13129, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban," to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and policies of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order blocks all property and interests in property of the Taliban and prohibits trade-related transactions by United States persons involving the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban.
The Taliban continues to allow territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida organization, who have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts of violence against the United States and its nationals. This situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force these emergency authorities beyond July 5, 2000.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Jamal Ahmed Al-Fadl, a former employee of bin Laden who approached the government with information in exchange for his family's safety, described a global financial network, naming banks in nations from Sudan to Britain where binLaden kept his money. Supposedly legitimate agriculture, construction and transportation businesses are, according to Al-Fadl, fronts for terrorist activity. A series of guest houses, military camps and offices provide training for bin Laden's army. Similar tips may come from Ali A. Mohamed, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army who has admitted to scouting out the American Embassy in Nairobi for bin Laden. He is also expected to testify for the prosecution in exchange for a guilty plea and a reduced sentence.
Jamal Ahmed Al-Fadl, a former employee of bin Laden who approached the government with information in exchange for his family's safety, described a global financial network, naming banks in nations from Sudan to Britain where binLaden kept his money. Supposedly legitimate agriculture, construction and transportation businesses are, according to Al-Fadl, fronts for terrorist activity. A series of guest houses, military camps and offices provide training for bin Laden's army. Similar tips may come from Ali A. Mohamed, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army who has admitted to scouting out the American Embassy in Nairobi for bin Laden. He is also expected to testify for the prosecution in exchange for a guilty plea and a reduced sentence.
U.S. Newswire; Washington [Washington]08 May 2001: 1.
Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam and ETA: Profile of a Terrorist Group by Alexander, Swetnam, and Herbert M. Levine.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies invites you to attend its Annual Congressional Briefing on "Terrorism 2001: Group Profiles" hosted by Rep. Curt Weldon on May 9. The4W+/^,hrwstitute will release its two most recent publications on terrorism at the briefing: Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam and ETA: Profile of a Terrorist Group by Alexander, Swetnam, and Herbert M. Levine.
According to the U.S. State Department's new report, Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000, "the year 2000 showed that terrorism continues to be pose a clear and present danger to the international community. " Both al-Qaida and ETA are cited in the State Department report as among the most active terrorist groups in the world.
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Wednesday, May 9; 10 to 11 a.m.
[Yonah Alexander] is senior fellow and director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies
[Yonah Alexander] is senior fellow and director of the International Center for Terrorism Studies
ARLINGTON, Va., May 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies published two new books relevant to the East Africa bombings trial: Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network by Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam and Terrorism: U.S. Perspectives by Yonah Alexander and Donald Musch.
Four alleged followers of bin Laden have just been found guilty in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. These two new publications shed further light on the nature of terrorism and expose much of the al-Qaida's mystique. Topics included in these volumes focus on the group's ideology and objectives, organizational structure, financial support, tactics and capabilities, targets and attacks, arrests of members, timelines, and laws and policies that were put into place to combat bin Laden.
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White House Notice on the Taliban
U.S. Newswire; Washington [Washington]02 July 2001: 1.
The Taliban continues to allow territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama bin Laden and the al-Qaida organization who have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts of violence against the United States and its nationals. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force these emergency authorities beyond July 4, 2001. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency declared on July 4, 1999, with respect to the Taliban. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 30, 2001.
The Taliban continues to allow territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of operations for Usama bin Laden and the al-Qaida organization who have committed, and threaten to continue to commit, acts of violence against the United States and its nationals. This situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain these emergency authorities in force beyond July 4, 2001.
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
Four Saudis confessed on TV on Apr 22, 1996 to the Nov 13, 1995 car bombing of an American-run military training center that killed seven people, and said they had been planning further attacks. The confessions were broadcast shortly after the interior minister announced the arrests. The four men--Abdul-Aziz Fahd Nasser, Riyad al-Hajeri, Mosleh al-Shamarani and Khaled Ahmad al-Said--said they had been influenced by Islamic groups outside the kingdom
Four Saudis confessed on TV on Apr 22, 1996 to the Nov 13, 1995 car bombing of an American-run military training center that killed seven people, and said they had been planning further attacks. The confessions were broadcast shortly after the interior minister announced the arrests. The four men--Abdul-Aziz Fahd Nasser, Riyad al-Hajeri, Mosleh al-Shamarani and Khaled Ahmad al-Said--said they had been influenced by Islamic groups outside the kingdom
Abstract
Mr. bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire, would use his camps in Afghanistan to take holy warriors from around the world -- who had always pursued local goals -- and shape them into an international network that would fight to bring all Muslims under a militant version of Islamic law. ' According to a recent Central Intelligence Agency analysis, Al Qaeda operates about a dozen Afghan camps that have trained as many as 5,000 militants, who in turn have created cells in 50 countries.
Details
-- The presence of one suspected hijacker from the plane that hit the Pentagon, Khalid al-Midhar, in Malaysia in January 2000. There, authorities say, he met with a man tied to the bombing last September of the USS Cole, which Mr. bin Laden's organization is believed to have carried out. Local press reports say Mr. binLaden's organization maintains a bank account in Malaysia.
-- Communications intercepted by intelligence operatives before Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, that suggest some Al Qaeda associates may have had advance knowledge of the attacks. Authorities haven't released any details.
-- Reported links between two other suspected hijackers, Ahmed Alghamdi and Satam al Suqami, and a suspected bin Laden operative in the Boston area. But a U.S. official yesterday cast doubt on that report, saying links with the bin Laden operative hadn't been established.
