Alliedassault           
FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Go Back   Alliedassault > Lounge > Politics, Current Events & History
Reload this Page Pre-War Intelligence a 'Hoax on the American People'
Politics, Current Events & History Debates on politics, current events, and world history.

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old
  (#11)
ninty is Offline
Major General
 
ninty's Avatar
 
Posts: 12,683
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary
   
Default 02-11-2006, 09:33 PM

[quote:82849]A former Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before last week's attacks.

Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October.[/quote:82849]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1550366.stm
http://www.indiareacts.com/archivefeatu ... ctg=policy
http://www.janes.com/security/internati ... _1_n.shtml

[quote="Tony Blair":82849] "To be truthful about it, there was no way we could have got the public consent to have suddenly launched a campaign on Afghanistan but for what happened on September 11."
Tony Blair. July 17, 2002 [Guardian][/quote:82849]

[url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1036571,00.html"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story ... 71,00.html[/url]
  
Reply With Quote
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by ScriptzBin
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
vBulletin Skin developed by: vBStyles.com
© 1998 - 2007 by Rudedog Productions | All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.