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MAY 1998 : (KHALED ELGINDY, WITH A GROUP CALLED THE 'INTERNATIONAL RELLIEF ASSOCIATION,' DELIVERS 'HUMANITARIAN AID' TO IRAQIS -- KHALED IS THE BROTHER OF ANTHONY ELGINDY) Mr. [Anthony] Elgindy is a Muslim whose brother, Khaled Elgindy , is active in Islamic advocacy groups in Washington. Khaled Elgindy delivered humanitarian aid to Iraqis in May 1998 with a U.S. group called the International Relief Association, according to news accounts at the time. --"McDermott, Bonior And Thompson- Did The Democrats and Their Media Allies Make A Deal with Hussein, "http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/947237/posts

MAY 1998 : (IRAQ, CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, KHALED ELGINDY, AAI, IRAQ TRIP) Khaled Elgindy joins a delegation of Arab-American activists on a humanitarian mission to Iraq and to observe the effects of sanctions first hand. Khaled previously served as Press Secretary to Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), who at the time became the first member of Congress to oppose military action against Iraq and has since called for the lifting of sanctions against the Iraqi people.
Khaled Elgindy is in 2002, the National Coordinator for Political Action at the Arab American Institute in Washington, DC. Khaled represents AAI on a number of national coalitions, including the National Iraq Network, and is responsible for mobilizing Arab-American action on various legislative issues.e has a master's degree from Georgetown University's school of foreign service and a bachelor's degree in Poli-Sci from Indiana U. May be relative of Amr I. ``Tony'' Elgindy, arrested on charges related to stock dealing around 9/11/2002

MAY 1998 : (IRAN, CUBA, BIOTERROR) Secretary of Defense William Cohen testified in Congress that Cuba possesses advanced biotechnology and is capable of mass-producing agents for biological warfare. Cohen stated in May 1998 that: "Cuba’s current scientific facilities could support an offensive biological warfare program in at least the research and development stage. " The Iran-Cuba link has long worried intelligence and security analysts in the US.
Soviet Colonel Ken Alibek, formerly second-in-command of the USSR’s bacteriological arms development program, has long insisted that the Castro regime has such weapons at its disposal. In his book Biohazard, Alibek quotes his former boss, General Yuri T. Kalinin, as having told him that Cuba had an active bacteriological arms program.

MAY 1998 : (CUBA : WMD : BIOTECH) Secretary of Defense William Cohen testified before Congress that Cuba possesses advanced biotechnology and is capable of mass-producing agents for biological warfare. High-level Cuban defectors as well as Col. Ken Alibek, former deputy chief of the ex-Soviet Union's biological warfare program and author of "Biohazard," support that assessment; others have described his secret labs in detail..- "Castro's Connections," Paul Crespo, Sunday, May 12, 2002

MAY 1998 : (PAKISTAN ANNOUNCES IT HAS TESTED NUKES) Later in the month [after India announced its underground nuclear tests], Pakistan announces that it has also exploded nuclear devices.- Sources: Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Council for a Livable World Education Fund; The Associated Press

MAY 1998 : (INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT IS UNVEILED IN KHOST, AFGHANISTAN BY BIN LADEN)

MAY 1998 : (IRAQ OBTAINS KIDNEY MACHINES TO GET PRECISION SWITCHES) Iraq ordered six “lithotripter” machines, saying they would be used to treat kidney stones. Each machine contains a high-precision electronic switch which triggers atomic bombs. It ordered six extra switches.- Iraq - Scotsman says Saddam has weapons to wipe out world's population, nuclear bomb within 3 years "The Scotsman dossier - SPECIAL REPORT ON IRAQ" by Fraser Nelson, Westminster Editor

MAY 1998 : (SAMI AL ARIAN CASE : WISE, HAMDI DELIVERS SATELLITE PHONE TO BIN LADEN) Tarik Hamdi, a WISE board member, "personally delivered a satellite telephone and battery pack" to bin Laden in May 1998, Emerson reports. WISE, a non-profit organization supposedly dedicated to scholarly pursuits, had a formal affiliation with the University of South Florida. - "FOURTH ESTATE COVERS FOR FIFTH COLUMN" by Reed Ervine, AIM.org

MAY 1998 : (OSAMA BIN LADEN IS INTERVIEWED BY ABC REPORTER JOHN MILLER; COMMENTS UPON HOW AMERICAN WEAKNESS ENCOURAGED HIS MEN IN SOMALIA & REMARKS ON IRAQ, CLINTON) In the first part of this interview which occurred in May 1998, a little over two months before the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, Osama bin Laden answers questions posed to him by some of his followers at his mountaintop camp in southern Afghanistan. In the latter part of the interview, ABC reporter John Miller is asking the questions.

Miller : "Describe the situation when your men took down the American forces in Somalia. "
Osama bin Laden : "After our victory in Afghanistan and the defeat of the oppressors who had killed millions of Muslims, the legend about the invincibility of the superpowers vanished. Our boys no longer viewed America as a superpower. So, when they left Afghanistan, they went to Somalia and prepared themselves carefully for a long war. They had thought that the Americans were like the Russians, so they trained and prepared. They were stunned when they discovered how low was the morale of the American soldier. America had entered with 30,000 soldiers in addition to thousands of soldiers from different countries in the world. As I said, our boys were shocked by the low morale of the American soldier and they realized that the American soldier was just a paper tiger. He was unable to endure the strikes that were dealt to his army, so he fled, and America had to stop all its bragging and all that noise it was making in the press after the Gulf War in which it destroyed the infrastructure and the milk and dairy industry that was vital for the infants and the children and the civilians and blew up dams which were necessary for the crops people grew to feed their families.
Proud of this destruction, America assumed the titles of world leader and master of the new world order. After a few blows, it forgot all about those titles and rushed out of Somalia in shame and disgrace, dragging the bodies of its soldiers. America stopped calling itself world leader and master of the new world order, and its politicians realized that those titles were too big for them and that they were unworthy of them.
I was in Sudan when this happened. I was very happy to learn of that great defeat that America suffered, so was every Muslim...."
Miller : "The American people, by and large, do not know the name bin Laden, but they soon likely will. Do you have a message for the American people?"
Osama bin Laden : "I say to them that they have put themselves at the mercy of a disloyal government, and this is most evident in Clinton's administration...."

- (Source: via Mia T of FreeRepublic, thanks)

MAY - JULY 1998 : (PORTLAND GROUP MEMBER FORD INTERNS IN THE PORTLAND MAYOR'S OFFICE) Patrice Lumumba Ford is an intern in Portland, OR Mayor Vera Katz's office.- "Terror suspect worked at Mayor Katz's office," story.asp-ID=50869 katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=50869

MAY 1998 : (AFGHANISTAN, BIN LADEN THREAT) Bin Laden stated at a press conference in Afghanistan that we would see the results of his threats "in a few weeks."
(* My note: Forewarning of the US embassy attacks in Africa in August?)

1998 : (COLUMBIA: EGYPTIAN TERRORIST FROM AL-GAMAL AL-ISLAMIYA ENTERS COLUMBIA ILLEGALLY TO HOLD TALKS WITH FARC) An Egyptian terrorist belonging to al-Gamal al-Islamiya entered Colombia illegally in 1998 to hold talks with FARC and was arrested and turned over to U.S. authorities. — He was wanted in connection with the 1997 massacre of 80 Western tourists near Cairo.

MAY 1, 1998 : (IRAQ THREATENS "GRAVE CONSEQUENCES" IF SANCTIONS ARE NOT LIFTED) In an open letter to the Security Council, Iraq warns of grave consequences if UN sanctions against it are not lifted. - TIMELINE OF THE IRAQI CRISIS 1997-1998

MAY 5, 1998 : (NATIONWIDE FBI MANHUNT BEGINS FOR ERIC RUDOLPH, ALLEGED ABORTION/CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK BOMBER) The FBI launches a nationwide manhunt for Eric Robert Rudolph, accused of the deadly 1998 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama, clinic that performed abortions, the 1996 bombing of the Centennial Olympic Park that killed one person in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 1997 bombings of a nightclub and a women's clinic in the Atlanta area. Rudolph was put on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List but remains at large.

MAY 11, 1998 : (INDIA ANNOUNCES IT HAS CONDUCTED UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS) India announces it has conducted a series of successful underground nuclear tests, the country's first in 24 years. The event breaks an international de facto moratorium on nuclear testing.- Sources: Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Council for a Livable World Education Fund; The Associated Press

MAY 20, 1998 : (IRAQ : UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS TRY TO RESUME WORK) Weapons inspectors resume their search for Iraqi chemical warheads. - TIMELINE OF THE IRAQI CRISIS 1997-1998

MAY 26, 1998 : (US ANNOUNCES IT IS CUTTING ITS FORCES IN THE PERSIAN GULF ON THE SAME DAY UNSCOM HEAD BUTLER SAYS HE INTENDS TO DRAW UP A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS IRAQ MUST MEET TO HAVE SANCTIONS LIFTED- US UNDERMINES EFFORT TO PRESSURE IRAQ INTO COMPLIANCE?) Richard Butler says he intends to draw up a list of outstanding issues that must be addressed by Baghdad to see sanctions lifted by October. On the same day the US announces it is to cut its forces in the Gulf. Official sets out sanctions 'road map' US cuts Gulf forces- TIMELINE OF THE IRAQI CRISIS 1997-1998