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To: Calpernia; Alamo-Girl

Gee, I recall Bill Clinton telling reporters something about how he came closer to capturing Bin Laden than Bush did. So, we are now supposed to believe that Clinton knew who the leader of Al-Qaeda was and actively sought him?

The March,1997 interview of Bin Laden by Peter Arnett is still on the internet, though CNN claims it was not allowed follow-up questions. http://www.robert-fisk.com/usama_interview_cnn.htm


75 posted on 02/13/2005 1:05:59 AM PST by Susannah (www.ColonelGordon.com)
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To: Susannah
Thank you for your post!

So, we are now supposed to believe that Clinton knew who the leader of Al-Qaeda was and actively sought him?

He certainly knew about Osama bin Laden, but I don't believe he was "seeking" him. The Clinton approach was to treat bin Laden as a target in a criminal investigation.

Somewhere around the middle of his administration, Sudan offered bin Laden up. But their "case" wasn't ready.

In the end, despite the embassy and USS Cole bombings, the extent of the Clinton administration response was to indict bin Laden (including for Somalia) and lob a few missiles into his training camps.

82 posted on 02/13/2005 7:10:08 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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