so here are some more tidbits: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0602/S00121.htm
This bit appears to confirm that Bush thought the West Coast plot was foiled in 2002: --- "Hambali recruited several key operatives who had been training in Afghanistan. Once the operatives were recruited, they met with Osama bin Laden, and then began preparations for the west coast attack," the president said. After busting suspects in Southeast Asia during 2002, the "west coast plot had been thwarted," Bush said. --- but a bit later, this part suggests that Hambali had other attacks planned. Where they were in planning stages, etc. is not mentioned. --- "Hambali planned to carry out bombings in Thailand against the U.S. and British embassies, nightclubs in Phuket and Pattaya, and the Israeli check-in counter at Bangkok's Don Muang airport," London's Sunday Times reported in October 2003, citing Hambali's purported "interrogation transcript". "Hambali and two Al Qaeda assistants also considered attacking an Israeli restaurant with a Star of David above it, in the [Bangkok] backpacker area of Khao San Road," the British report said. --- On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Robert wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Robert wrote: >> >> >>> Sorry, Gruss, but this fact sheet is dead wrong. Hambali was not captured >>> until August 2003: >>> >>> >>> http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2003%20News%20archives/August/17n/Hambali%20Captured%20Just%20in%20the%20Nick%20of%20Time.htm >>> >>> >> So let's see the information Hambali had when he was captured. He had all >> kinds of goodies, apparently, on his computer. Let's see what was really >> going on. >> > > > And since we're digging into all the details, let's see the facts behind > the capture of the cell leader and the assertion that the others thought the > plot was not going forward. If we didn't learn of the cell leader (whose > name apparently has not been released?) through Hambali, how did we learn > it? And what of the assertion that the other cell members thought the plot > was done? The writer conveniently glosses over the fact that the other cell > members were "eventually arrested". Does that mean they were arrested after > Hambali was captured or before, because of information he gave up or through > some other means? > > Still far more questions than answers. Should Obama then totally compromise > the CIA and years of intelligence efforts in order to answer all these > questions? > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.emergentpath.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
