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Osama bin Laden came within minutes of killing Bill Clinton
Telegraph ^ | 12/22/09 | Tom Leonard

Posted on 12/23/2009 6:38:37 PM PST by Bokababe

Former President Bill Clinton came within minutes of being assassinated in the Philippines by terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden, a new book has revealed. ...Marisa Porges, a former government counter-terrorism advisor and an expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, a US think tank, said the assassination plot, if true, would suggest al Qaeda was more developed than some thought it was prior to 9/11”.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assassinationplot; binladen; bookdeal; bookdeals; bookreview; clinton; marisaporges; obl; philippines; porges; presidents; ubl; wot
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1 posted on 12/23/2009 6:38:37 PM PST by Bokababe
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To: AuntB

Ping!


2 posted on 12/23/2009 6:39:09 PM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: Bokababe

Until he realized which side clintoon was on.


3 posted on 12/23/2009 6:40:39 PM PST by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: Bokababe
 Moonshine Willie
4 posted on 12/23/2009 6:40:45 PM PST by Tawiskaro
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To: Bokababe
Why is my spidy sense screaming History Revisionism.


5 posted on 12/23/2009 6:42:14 PM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Bokababe

Bill Clinton came a lot closer to killing Bin Laden but couldn’t make up his mind.


6 posted on 12/23/2009 6:43:28 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Bokababe

...must not think bad thoughts...


7 posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:02 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Bokababe

So, that must have been bin Ladin’s thank you present after clinton let him escape to Afghanistan.


8 posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:33 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: All

Let’s see.....How would one advertise: “Book For Sale”????


9 posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:34 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Bokababe

He is a piss poor terrorist, isn’t he.


10 posted on 12/23/2009 6:45:57 PM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: cripplecreek

Hillary Clinton came the closest to killing Bill Clinton.


11 posted on 12/23/2009 6:46:18 PM PST by Global2010 (Strange We Can Believe In)
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To: darkwing104
Why is my spidy sense screaming History Revisionism.

Maybe -- maybe not. Could be.

12 posted on 12/23/2009 6:47:07 PM PST by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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To: Bokababe

Gee, I thought it was the other away around.


13 posted on 12/23/2009 6:47:19 PM PST by McGruff (We're Going Rogue Baby!)
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To: Bokababe
Former President Bill Clinton came within minutes of being assassinated in the Philippines by terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden,...

Bin Laden didn't want to stifle his most disillusioned ally too soon.

14 posted on 12/23/2009 6:48:07 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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15 posted on 12/23/2009 6:50:24 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: cripplecreek

Perhaps he was staining a dress at the time that’s why its was such a big deal that a president is a loyal and honorably man the left just don’t gets it


16 posted on 12/23/2009 6:50:51 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Global2010

Death by cankle


17 posted on 12/23/2009 6:51:19 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Bokababe
I would say something, but I cannot. So I will just say...

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18 posted on 12/23/2009 6:51:19 PM PST by montag813
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To: Bokababe

Too bad.


19 posted on 12/23/2009 6:52:49 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Lukenbach Texas is barely there)
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To: Bokababe
But they are just misunderstood...
20 posted on 12/23/2009 6:59:17 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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