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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (11298)	4/1/2004 11:59:59 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

BBC & John Pilger: Bush adm prepared to move on AQ & Taliban before 911 - contrary to Clarke's claims US 'planned attack on Taleban' news.bbc.co.uk BBC, Tuesday, 18 September, 2001, 11:27 GMT 12:27 UK, By the BBC's George Arney 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. pilger.carlton.com Pakistan's former foreign minister Niaz Naik has revealed that he was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October. The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, was then travelling in central Asia, already gathering support for an anti-Afghanistan war "coalition".