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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (156019)12/11/2002 5:35:57 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1578745
 
For an example, the assassination attempt on Mubarak is thought to have been
prompted by the dictator in Sudan, and not Al Qaeda.

That might be the only one of the attacks listed where the Al-Qaida connection is in doubt, but it is seen by many as something that at least recived some support from Al-Qaida. They have active affiliated groups in Egypt, most particuarly the Jamaat al-Islamiyya and Egyptian Islamic Jihad

From everything I've heard and read, there were few who understood the extent
of their capabilities and the scope of their operations until 9/11.

Any president of the US should have known a lot about them years before 9/11. Even the public at large had started to hear about Al-Qaida before 9/11, most particuarly when the Cole was bombed. When 9/11 happened the immidate thought was it was Al-Qaida, not "who could have done this?" and then perhaps when someone mentions Al-Qaida, a "who the hell are they?".

Tim

Tim
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