Archives for May 2002

Iraq and September 11 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:37:27 -0400 (EDT) To: gulf2000 list Subject: Re: Laurie Mylroie: Iraq, the Strategic Blunder, NRO The media industry around sabre rattling toward Iraq continues to flourish. But I just spent a week in Turkey talking to ordinary people, and I want to report that Turks are […]

Bin Laden’s Plan When I said that “He (OBL) knew what the likely US response would be, and had thought several steps ahead, as in chess” I was referring to September and October, when the al-Qaida propaganda machine clearly was way ahead of the United States. I personally also believe that al-Qaida assassinated Ahmad Shah […]

Bin Laden’s Intentions In his taped interview with Sheikh al-Harbi (or whoever it was), which was probably secretly taped without Usama’s knowledge by one of al-Harbi’s associates, Bin Ladin says that he was the most optimistic of the al-Qaida high command about the impact of the planes. However, he only thought that the floors above […]