Columbia speaks! Bo NOT there in '81.
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Thanks, bluecat6.
Collected milestones around 1981....
12/3/1980 WeatherUnderground fugitives Bill Ayers and Dohrn turn themselves in.
6/1/1981 Obama travels to Pakistan, India, Kenya and Indonesia for at least 3 weeks. Date is not exact
7/26/1981 Frank Marshall Davis dies - Obama mentor.
8/4/1981 BHO II turns 20.
8/17/1981 State Department issues rules for Pakistan travel - requires 30 day Visa. It is available at airport. Note: Americans could travel to Pakistan.
9/1/1981 BHO II goes to NY according to narrative story
9/1/1981 - 9/1/1982 It is uncertain where Obama during this time.
9/21/1981 Bombing of ERU in Schenectady. Suspected of being BLA or WUO.
10/20/1981 May 19 Communist Group (fomer WUO) and Black Liberation Army (BLA) members rob Brinks truck killing 2 police officers and guard.
8/1/1982 Obama first cousin Raila Amolla Odinga indicted for coup attempt in Kenya.
8/4/1982 BHO II turns 21.
9/1/1982 - 5/17/1983 Obama is confirmed at Columbia. He is listed in directory with NY address.
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So two possibilities fit here.
He could have been hanging around with the BLA/WUO gang in NY. Mr. Ayers old friends were certainly active and there were team members involved (black men) in the botched armored car attack and murders that were never caught.
or
He could have been in Kenya helping his first cousin try to take over the country. As first cousin to the new king/dictator/monarch/whatever he would be part of the royal family of Kenya.
or
Maybe both. NY in the fall of 1981, Kenya in the spring and summer of 1982. Kenya would have been good place to hang out if Obama had to stay clear of NY for a while. And being part of the royal family probably sounded good - until the coup failed.
All conjecture based on known dates and data points. But the fall of 1981 to fall of 1982 was interesting times for well known Obama relations - but where was he?
Columbia speaks! Bo NOT there in '81.
. . . . Article and # 33 - !
Thanks, bluecat6.
Someone named (IIRC) Oginga Odinga was involved in the bank heist, was arrested and also IIRC may still be in prison. No doubt someone will know more or better than my memory of this.
The US has never issued exit visas. The US does not set visa requirements for Pakistan (or anywhere else).
Pakistan may have set entrance visa requirements for Americans (or Indonesians), but, as you point out, for Americans anyway the Pakistan visa was available at the airport on arrival.
I am not sure where he was but I do know that he is not smart enough to do anything on his own. Maybe Ayres was writing his book while they were holed up after the Brinks Job?
Did Obama’s dad Frank Marshall Davis die in 1981 or 1987?
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