Posted on 06/22/2003 3:13:10 PM PDT by kattracks
These people lie so much, they cant keep their lies straight..
1996, eh Burger? Mr. Ijaz would certainly disagree. It wasn't simply a matter of bin Laden being extradited in 1996. No. Mr. Ijaz tried to get bin Laden extradited numerous times, including as late as the year 2000. Once again, Berger hopes to win the argument by framing the argument so that it's favorable to him. From Mr. Ijaz himself...
"President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year."
"From 1996 to 1998, I opened unofficial channels between Sudan and the Clinton administration. I met with officials in both countries, including Clinton, U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger and Sudan's president and intelligence chief. President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, who wanted terrorism sanctions against Sudan lifted, offered the arrest and extradition of Bin Laden and detailed intelligence data about the global networks constructed by Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Iran's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas."
"But U.S. authorities repeatedly turned the data away, first in February 1996; then again that August, when at my suggestion Sudan's religious ideologue, Hassan Turabi, wrote directly to Clinton; then again in April 1997, when I persuaded Bashir to invite the FBI to come to Sudan and view the data; and finally in February 1998, when Sudan's intelligence chief, Gutbi al-Mahdi, wrote directly to the FBI."
"And that was not the end of it. In July 2000--three months before the deadly attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen--I brought the White House another plausible offer to deal with Bin Laden, by then known to be involved in the embassy bombings. A senior counter-terrorism official from one of the United States' closest Arab allies--an ally whose name I am not free to divulge--approached me with the proposal after telling me he was fed up with the antics and arrogance of U.S. counter-terrorism officials."
And from The United States government and the FBI - just so you know what a liar Berger really is. To wit:
"In February 1998, Usama bin Laden and his close associate, Ayman al Zawahiri, endorsed a fatwa under the banner of the "International Islamic Front for Jihad on the Jews and Crusaders." This fatwa, published in the newspaper, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, on February 23, 1998, stated that Muslims should kill Americans - including civilians - anywhere in the world where they can be found."
May 1998 Fatwa
"On or about May 7, 1998, bin Laden associate Mohammed Atef sent Khaled al Fawwaz a letter discussing the endorsement by bin Laden of a fatwa issued by the "Ulema Union of Afghanistan" which termed the U.S. army the "enemies of Islam" and declared jihad against the U.S. and its followers. The fatwa was subsequently published in Al-Quds Al-Arabi."
Bin Laden Endorses the Nuclear Bomb of Islam
"On or about May 29, 1998, bin Laden issued a statement entitled "The Nuclear Bomb of Islam," under the banner of the "International Islamic Front for Fighting the Jews and Crusaders," in which he stated that "it is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorize the enemies of God."
"There's no - there's no - no one knows of any such offer."
No, Mr. Berger. There are plenty of people who know of such an offer.
"The Su - I'd be very careful before I'd believe the Sudanese, who've made this contention since 9/11, I think to try to make sure the Bush administration doesn't target them next."
Ah, yes, the Sudanese are saying this, eh? Again, the liar attempts to frame the argument. Mr. Ijaz and others are "saying this," Berger.
As far as the Sudanese "saying this" to save their skins because they're afraid of Bush? Even a bunch of slave traders and criminals evidently have more honesty than Berger and the Clinonista Cabal.
Given Clinton's well known disinterest in national security issues my question is why would Clinton have an incomptent cipher like Berger as NSC advisor instead of somebody (even a partisan democrat) who at least could give Clinton a heads-up when he sees some excrement heading for the air conditioner.
I do not make the mistake of assigning good intentions to Clinton or those in his administration. They don't have good intentions, and the evidence to the contrary is too compelling.
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