Posts Tagged ‘bin Ladin’
Wikileaks: Osama bin Laden died in a Peshawar hospital, and other howlers
The News | By Rahimullah Yusufzai | 30 July 2010 WikiLeaks falsehood PESHAWAR: Revelations by Wikileaks based on classified US military files on the Afghan war contain a trove of interesting and sometimes true information, but an element of falsehood is also there, such as one intelligence report in June 2007 that al-Qaeda founder Osama bin [...]
ISI: Wikileaks logs reflect soldiers’ fears, suspicions, and anxieties
Der Spiegel | 28 July 2010 By Matthias Gebauer, John Goetz, Hans Hoyng, Susanne Koelbl, Marcel Rosenbach and Gregor Peter Schmitz Logs Suggest Pakistani Intelligence Controls Course of War Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, appears frequently in the war logs obtained by WikiLeaks. They suggest that even as Pakistan served as an [...]
Bin Ladin’s Confession of Guilt for 9/11 is a Fake CIA Tape
Mail Online | By Sue Reid | 11 September 2009 Has Osama Bin Laden been dead for seven years - and are the U.S. and Britain covering it up to continue war on terror? Bin Laden had already insisted four times in official Al Qaeda statements made to the Arab press that he played no role in 9/11. Indeed, on the fourth occasion, on September 28, [...]
Osama bin Ladin’s Letter to the Americans (6 October 2002)
Jump to Start of Post, or to Osama bin Ladin’s Letter: 1. Why are we fighting and opposing you? 2. What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you? 3. Conclusion With the recent release of an—almost certainly fake—"Osama bin Ladin" voice recording, "experts" are being quoted to attribute motives and interpretations to the [...]
Al-Jazeera’s “Osama bin Ladin” Tape: Alternative Translation
Just as consensus was emerging that Osama bin Ladin was long dead and Al Qaeda a spent force, a 1-minute voice recording has emerged, in a video with an old photograph of an extremely young Osama bin Ladin, that starts with the incongruous greeting, "From Osama to Obama" . With exquisite timing for U.S. info-war objectives, the voice [...]
Osama bin Ladin: “He’s dead of course,” Says CIA Agent, “No wonder there’s no intelligence on him.”
Time | By Robert Baer | 7 December 2009 Time to Give Up the Ghost on Bin Laden This week the Obama Administration made an unusual admission: It doesn't have a clue where Osama bin Laden is. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that there hasn't been good intelligence on bin Laden for years. The National Security Adviser James Jones said [...]
Like Iraq’s WMDs, Osama bin Ladin is a Moving Target: Probably Dead, after “Af/Pak” he may be Sighted in North Korea!
The Denver Channel | 5 December 2009 Gates: No Good Intel On Osama Bin Laden In Years Senate Report On Bin Laden Released Last Month WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States has not had good intelligence on the whereabouts of terrorist Osama bin Laden in years. Gates made the comment in an interview to be aired [...]
Targeting Terrorists
Wall Street Journal | By Richard C. Clarke | JULY 18, 2009, 4:46 A.M. ET Washington is embroiled in a manic swing of opinion about the efficacy of covert action, including targeted assassinations. Richard A. Clarke on the delicate balance between the rule of law and running an effective intelligence agency. Not since 1975 when the Church [...]
More British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq
Why are British Troops in Afghanistan? by Laurence Vance, July 16, 2009 So, more British soldiers have now been killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq. Why are British troops in Afghanistan? We know why American forces are in Afghanistan–to fight the Taliban terrorists “over there” so we don’t have to fight them “over here,” to find [...]
A Short History of the “Af/Pak” War: A Folly Built on Lies More Outrageous than Iraq
Britain must tell Obama: the alliance of denial has to end Brown can salvage the diplomatic disgrace of Afghanistan if he acts as he is known to believe, and sets a withdrawal date Simon Jenkins guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 14 July 2009 21.00 BST Article history Diplomacy, your hour has come. There is no way soldiers will [...]
