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State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996
NY Times ^ | August 17, 2005 | ERIC LICHTBLAU

Posted on 08/16/2005 8:29:36 PM PDT by Homer1

Edited on 08/16/2005 8:47:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 - State Department analysts warned the Clinton administration in July 1996 that Osama bin Laden's move to Afghanistan would give him an even more dangerous haven as he sought to expand radical Islam "well beyond the Middle East," but the government chose not to deter the move, newly declassified documents show.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1996; abledanger; atta; binladen; clinton; clintoon; elitist; fingerpointer; hidabeast; hildabeast; krinton; leftisttreason; scumbag; statedept; traitor; worstpresident; x42
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To: ncountylee

Even worse than Carter!


121 posted on 08/16/2005 9:42:44 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Mo1

September something...I think about a month from now.


122 posted on 08/16/2005 9:44:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: seamole

Yes, but she's got the men's vote locked up. As Rush says, Hillary looks like everyone's ex-wife or ex-mother in law.


123 posted on 08/16/2005 9:45:22 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: SunnyD1182
But that was only if he had KNOWN about Bin Laden and we know he had blinders on which made him focus on only one thing.
124 posted on 08/16/2005 9:46:32 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: Homer1

Let me guess--over at DU they're not speaking a word about this but are still shrieking about the "bastard" who ran over the Sheehan Shrine, uh, the memorial to the fallen soldiers, right?


125 posted on 08/16/2005 9:46:51 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: nopardons

Both are so low that nano technology is needed to measure.


126 posted on 08/16/2005 9:49:04 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Ramius
But we do have to keep eyes on the prize, that they would have hit us nomatter who was in power or what we did.

If we waited until the end.

One of the things that encouraged Bin Laden and according to his own words caused him to embark on the strategy of taking swipes at us and even to provoking open war, was that we kept backing down and taking the easy way out. He became convinced that we were "too decadent" to defend ourselves for long.

Further, as Clinton's terms went on, a major selling point for our destruction was that we tolerated Clintons behaviour.

127 posted on 08/16/2005 9:49:13 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: ncountylee

True.


128 posted on 08/16/2005 9:51:34 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Homer1
MIDI - END OF THE INNOCENCE - Bruce Hornsby

For several years they sang his song…he was a hero to their cause
In denial many lived…he placed himself up above the laws
He knew all of the right things to say…down through…hell and then back believers would go
In eight long years he's done to us…more damage than you know

For his neglect we would finally pay the price…the count's three thousand dead
We know just where to place the blame…it is on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy

At OKC he saw his chance…he needed to divide us all
He would create the vast right wing…and his mind-numbed fools would pick up the ball
So we'd fight among ourselves…and the…grand scheme had worked, he got his way
With our attention diverted he…would gut the CIA

For his neglect we would pay the price…the count's three thousand dead
We know just where to place the blame…it is on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy

We endured a psychopath…who saw himself as the Rockstar Prez
We had sent the warnings out…watch what this man does, not what he says

For neglect we paid the price…when those great buildings fell with many dead
And we know just where to place the blame…it's on Bill Clinton's head
When the Cole was hit and brave men died…there is no doubt that he hadn't cried
He looked at his polls and sighed
Now this is the end…this is the end…of his legacy



129 posted on 08/16/2005 9:53:02 PM PDT by doug from upland (The Hillary documentary is coming -- INDICTING HILLARY)
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To: Mo1; Keith in Iowa; bd476; evolved_rage

Why is the NY Slimes reporting this?

See evolved's post #12 for your answer. It is the Dem's MO.


130 posted on 08/16/2005 9:53:44 PM PDT by bluefish (Holding out for worthy tagline...)
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To: Homer1; Richard Poe; Jim Robinson; Alamo-Girl

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The 911 Investigating Commission's only response to MONSOOR IJAZ's years long call to be publically heard Under Oath about the 3 OSAMA Offers he brokered with the Sudan, only to have the CLINTONS refuse them all,

...was to finally bring MONSOOR IJAZ in for testimony in CLOSED SESSION.

What MONSOOR IJAZ had been telling the American People on National TV about the CLINTONS refusing to bring OSAMA here when freely offered them 3 times by the Sudan during the 1990's was not to be heard Under Oath publically at the insistance of the 911 Commission.

Even though MONSOOR IJAZ was practically screaming on National TV to be heard in Open Session Under Oath.

.


131 posted on 08/16/2005 10:01:58 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Homer1

On another thread Sunday someone posted an excerpt from Weldon's book in which he said President Bush issued an executive order that actually ended some of the "wall" within weeks of being sworn in. If you know what I'm talking about, could someone who knows this paragraph post it again? Thanks.


132 posted on 08/16/2005 10:05:54 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 ("The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them."-Wm. Clayton)
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To: bluefish

what you say is true . #12 also gets it. we know the times game by heart. this could be big. if this is what most of the freepers thought , well it won't matter what the times or hill or anyone says or does. the implications from this are way beyond the old playbook . at least we know who is up for the dance.


133 posted on 08/16/2005 10:08:47 PM PDT by fantom
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To: Mo1
I thought the same thing.
Excuse me for being skeptical, but, unless I heard this from a more credible news organization, I am only taking it with a grain of salt from NYTs.
I have more confidence from the other news sources that we are getting this information from than the NYTs.
I had this thought, what if ? this does not pan out, and does not grow legs, and this is just a ( ROVE MOVE ) by the liberals/democrats/MSM ?
Maybe this is why Rush and others are not going full steam ahead with this until we get more information about it.
134 posted on 08/16/2005 10:09:38 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: Homer1

This has to have legs to get the slimes to print this. The right wing attack machine is corrupting everyone.


135 posted on 08/16/2005 10:12:28 PM PDT by Brimack34
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To: Homer1
Before the East Africa bombings in 1998, however, Mr. bin Laden "wasn't recognized then as the threat he is now," Mr. Ereli said. "Yes, he was a bad guy, he was a threat, but he was one of many, and by no means of the prominence that he later came to be."

BS. UBL issued a 1996 fatwah against the US entitled "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places." The idea that UBL was just another bad guy in the firmament doesn't ring true. Why the State Department spokesman would act as an apologist for Clinton is beyond me.

136 posted on 08/16/2005 10:14:59 PM PDT by kabar
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To: seamole
"Yeah, but you can't blame Hillary for what her husband did."

Hillary hired Gorelick while serving as co-president.

137 posted on 08/16/2005 10:16:18 PM PDT by Milhous
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To: seamole
I have no doubt that Hillary knew about Able danger, and Gorelick's attempt to cover this up, Hillary is involved in this as much as her husband is, make no mistake about that.
138 posted on 08/16/2005 10:18:21 PM PDT by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
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To: GloriaJane

Oh, I'm sure they're up to no good.


139 posted on 08/16/2005 10:20:39 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby ("This is the sort of English up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE

We also have a tape of Clinton admiting that he turned down the offer of UBL from Sudan. I have heard it. Hannity plays it every so often on his show and states that he provided a copy to the 9/11 Coimmission. Clinton's retort is that he was misinterpreted.


140 posted on 08/16/2005 10:20:56 PM PDT by kabar
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