It has, however, become a maze.
I've gone through many of the threads and put the articles into a chart with links to the sources and extracts from the articles.
I will add new entries as I find them. I am primarily interested in news articles that predate September 11, 2001 and have LIVE links on the Internet. Many links from the other posts are dead or restricted.
FReepers, if you see articles that I'm missing, please let me know.
This chart will also be linked to John F. Kerry Timeline.
It is a maze and I appreciate your beautifully produced effort to put everything in a timeline, complete with links and snapshots of the articles.
That is a great deal of work and I look forward to reading your web site regarding this matter.
Thanks for such a great resource!
Looks like the state Department has removed the live link -- or moved it.
The Press release from 1998 on bin Laden's indictment was straightforward. It said al Qaeda and Iraq were working together sepcifically for weapons development. That means WMD.
Good work Christie!!! Proof once again that a FReeper in jammies works harder than most main stream journalist.
Great chart, thanks! There are also solid links between Saddam and bin Laden through Abu Sayyaf...
"'Iraqis aiding us,' admits Abu Sayyaf"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/854624/posts
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/09/28/gen.phil.sayaff/
"Yousef, convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, had established a cell in the Philippines and trained members of the Abu Sayyaf between 1994-1995.
Yousef is a well-known disciple of militant leader Osama bin Laden.
One of the biggest breakthroughs in anti-terrorism investigations came in 1995 when police stumbled onto Yousef's safe-house in Manila.
His laptop computer contained coded information that gave investigators proof of the link between Abu Sayyaf and bin Laden.
"We were able to establish that all along, bin Laden has been directly supporting the Abu Sayyaf through Khalifa, his brother-in-law," says Avelino Razon, the former head of the Presidential Security Guard in 1995."