Posted on 08/15/2002 7:49:07 AM PDT by First_Salute
FR no. a3827bca028a8 (old style FR URL, no longer post-able): Russia: Chechens offer asylum to Osama Bin Laden as Taliban Leader Warns U.S., ABC [News], November 8, 1999, by Kathy Gannon (posted November 8, 1999 by Yuri).
P.S.: The Russians were perhaps trying to tell us something(?), just prior to Sept. 11, 2001:
FR no. 520735: Taliban slammed by Russia for naming Bin Laden as Commander in Chief (Supressed in the US?), UPI, August 30, 2001 (posted September 11, 2001 by libertarian_usa).
FR no. 520055: Russians threaten US P-3 ..., Drudge Report, September 10, 2001 (posted September 10, 2001 by Ted).
FR no. 520104: Russian Military Exercises "Unacceptable", Iceland Daily News, September 10, 2001, (posted September 10, 2001, 12:53 A.M. Eastern Time, by DeaconBenjamin).
"The Russians announced on Saturday that they would be starting extensive military exercises, involving missiles, today. The exercises would have put a stop to all Icelandic air traffic for the next five days."
FR no. a3b8eea651c21 (old style FR URL, no longer post-able): Bin Laden Selected As Taliban Commander in Chief, UPI, August 30, 2001 (posted September 11, 2001 by BlueDogDemo).
FR no. 520518: Osama bin Laden 'Warned Of Attacks', London Times, September 11, 2001, by the staff (posted September 11, 2001 by Lady in Blue).
FR no. 520561: Osama bin Laden, Clinton, Terror and Intelligence Unsupported, Piercing Security (Downside Legacy), Alamo-Girl's online database, stories with dates ranging from August 20, 2000 to January 26, 2001 (posted September 11, 2001 by Alamo-Girl).
FR no. 520706: Monday, June 25, 2001 "Bin Laden 'plans new attacks'", The Sunday Times, June 25, 2001, by _____ (posted September 11, 2001 by mrmax).
FR no. 520764: The Declining Terrorist Threat, New York Times, July 10, 2001, by Larry C. Johnson (posted September 11, 2001 by Nick Danger).
FR no. 578304: Clinton Era Article: U.S.-Russian Crusade Against Osama bin Laden, CentrExNews.com, December 4, 2000, by Eric Margolis (posted November 26, 2001 --- incorrectly stated the CentrExNews publication date as May 2000 --- posted by BushCountry).
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