YOU WIN!!
Posted on 06/04/2004 11:54:53 AM PDT by Hildy
BERLIN, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. and Taliban officials met secretly in Frankfurt almost a year before the September 11 attacks to discuss terms for the Afghans to hand over Osama bin Laden, according to a German television documentary.
But no agreement was reached and no further negotiations took place before the suicide hijackings in 2001, which bin Laden subsequently hailed in a videotape as the work of his al Qaeda network.
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Would that be who was president at the time??
Um, I know, I know!!!!
September 11, 2001 - one year = September 2000 = President Bill Clinton.
What's missing?
Who was the president in 2000?
YOU WIN!!
What's missing from this story?
Most likely the fact that Osama is no longer the top man in Al Qaida. Handing him over would not even matter.
Clinton again turned Bin laden down?
They repeatedly offered him to us before and after 9/11 as a way to keep us from attacking them.
No mention of Clinton. Happened during his term.
You think the media whores will ask Richard Clarke back on their programs to ask him about this tidbit?
Better chance of snow in Hades.
The deal breaker was Clinton demanding a 20-year-old big-haired intern who could suck the chrome off a 57-Chevy....
Meaningless or not, It would be a severe blow psychologicaly to the RANK-and-file Al-q's. They believe Allah is behind them and capture or killing of UBL would be a sign to these superstitious twits. The martyr argument holds only for the low rank...........
I thought that was Monica.............
But by this time Clinton was in desparate need for a replacement.
Exactly. And just maybe those who offered him up were planning to take over his operation.
Oh no, does this mean another investion by the senate where they grandstand, lecture, and make everyone hate them even more?
Clinton was busy in Sept 2000. Trying to invent a legacy, trying to squeeze in as many executive order time bombs as he could, trying to appoint all the judges he could, trying to pardon as many as he could, converting his political appointees into "time bomb" protected civil servants, helping wifey with her NY Senate campaign, staying up late to enjoy the White House as long as he could, visiting the kitchen, packing up national treasures to furnish his new house. I'm sure I missed a few things, but when would he have time to worry about Osama or terrorism. Better left for the next guy. Cleaner that way.
Or a golf ball through a garden hose.
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