"Barbish says the offer was presented to him in September 1999.
Barbish claims Soria and Bhak received the offer in 1999 from bin Laden through Latif Faed, an Iranian immigrant who was starting a chain of gasoline-station stores in California, and Faed's friend Azad Amiri. He says Faed and Amiri told him they were a "direct connection" to bin Laden's people"
And note the date!
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I can't get WND to load anymore, and when I emailed the author of this article (aklein@wnd.com) it bounced. Grrrrr.....