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To: GST who wrote (128096)	4/1/2004 3:20:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Top Focus Before 9/11 Wasn't on Terrorism And before 9/11 it wasn't reasonable for terrorism to be the countries top focus. It should have been an important area for the governments attention (and it was) but not one that is ahead of all other concerns. he address was designed to promote missile defense as the cornerstone of a new national security strategy, and contained no mention of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) or Islamic extremist groups, according to former U.S. officials who have seen the text. Its hardly a surprise that a pre 9/11 speech about missile defense didn't mention Osama. Tim

To: GST who wrote (128096)	4/1/2004 3:22:56 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you look back on SI before 9-11, there weren't too many in this SI community that were focused on terrorism or A-Q either. Heck, the previous 9 years or so the media on a National level barely mentioned Al Qaeda....certainly, we had little or no massive alert from the Clinton Administration that the US citizens should be aware of this problem, and needed to do more in their own communities for Civil Defense. Yes, I'll grant you there were cruise missiles being lobbed over to the desert to the tents and camels.

To: GST who wrote (128096)	4/1/2004 10:36:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

From BBC and John Pilger: Bush adm. prepared to take on AQ and 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".