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9/11 Report: "Incontrovertible Evidence" that Saudi Gov't Supported Hijackers; CIA and FBI Face Scathing Critique

Report findings include: FBI informant housed two of the hijackers; no link existed between Iraq and Al Qaeda; possible Saudi agent directly helped two hijackes; U.S. knew Al Qaeda was considering flying planes into buildings. We speak to former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman, reporter Robert Fisk and Stephen Push whose wife died on Sept. 11.
Jul 25, 2003 | Story
"George Bush has Indeed Succeeded in Granting Osama Bin Laden a Wish Beyond his Wildest Dreams…He's Turned the U.S. into the Most Feared and Disliked and, in Many Quarters, Hated Country in the World.

Renowned author, linguistics professor and one of the leading dissident voices in the U.S., Noam Chomsky speaks at the University of the District of Columbia.
Jun 02, 2003 | Story
"The Iron Triangle: The Secret History of the Carlyle Group"

Author Dan Briody connects the dots between the Bush family, the Saudi Royal family, Osama Bin Laden’s family and Donald Rumsfeld’s inner circle
May 02, 2003 | Story
Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth

Newsweek magazine reported this week that two men interviewed by the magazine gave plausible accounts of having seen Osama bin Laden alive last winter, one as late as mid-February. One, who is described as a former Taliban official said bin Laden escaped Afghanistan on horseback last December under U.S. fire. This is just the latest in dozens of reports on the man George W Bush once vowed he would bring to justice "dead or alive." Since...
Aug 14, 2002 | Story
Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth About Bush, Oil and Washington's Secret Negotiations with Thetaliban

At Democracy Now! we have often called the Bush administration the Oiligarchy. Vice-President Dick Cheney of course was the president of Halliburton, a company that provides services for the oil industry. For nearly a decade,National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice worked with Chevron, while secretaries of commerce and energy, Donald Evans and Spencer Abraham, worked for another oil giant. Many of the US officials now working on the administration’s...
Feb 25, 2002 | Story
Reporters On the Front Lines: As <I>Wall Street Journal</I> Correspondent Daniel Pearlremains Missing in Pakistan, Journalist Robert Fisk Makes a Plea to Osama Bin Laden to Release Hisfriend

CBS News is reporting that the first attempt to rescue journalist Daniel Pearl from his captors has ended indisappointment. After zeroing in on prime kidnapping suspect, Sheik Omar Saeed, Pakistani police reportedly calledhim on Wednesday and attempted to negotiate. They told him that they had arrested members of his family and thatthey would release his loved ones if he would give up Pearl. Well, Saeed appeared to agree to these conditions,promising...
Feb 08, 2002 | Story
As Senators Descend On Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, An Update On Humanitarian Aid and Human Rights Abuses

As the US state department says it will no longer speculate about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, civilians continue to be the casualties of war, whether by bombs, or starvation.
Jan 11, 2002 | Story
Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth About Bush, Oil and Washington's Secret Negotiations with Thetaliban

At Democracy Now! we have often called the Bush administration the Oiligarchy. Vice-President Dick Cheney of coursewas the president of Halliburton, a company that provides services for the oil industry. For nearly a decade,National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice worked with Chevron, while secretaries of commerce and energy, DonaldEvans and Spencer Abraham, worked for another oil giant. Many of the US officials now working on the administration’sAfghanistan...
Jan 10, 2002 | Story
The Carlyle Group: The Most Powerful Company You've Never Heard of

We turn now to a story about one of the most powerful companies you’ve never heard of. The company is called TheCarlyle Group and in the wake of the events of September 11th, its power and influence have become significantlystronger. The company operates within the so-called iron-triangle of industry, government and the military. Its listof former and current advisers and associates includes a vast array of some of the most powerful men...
Jan 04, 2002 | Story
Pentagon Downplays Number of Military Deaths and Injuries in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s rulers said today they were negotiating the surrender of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar as American paratroopers flew into the country to search for remnants of Osama bin Laden’s networks. And as the Bush administration increases US troop presence in Afghanistan, it maintains that less than 10 American soldiers have died inside the country. But a recent report from the Institute for War and Peace Reporting alleges...
Jan 03, 2002 | Story

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9/11 Report: "Incontrovertible Evidence" that Saudi Gov't Supported Hijackers; CIA and FBI Face Scathing Critique

"George Bush has Indeed Succeeded in Granting Osama Bin Laden a Wish Beyond his Wildest Dreams…He's Turned the U.S. into the Most Feared and Disliked and, in Many Quarters, Hated Country in the World.

"The Iron Triangle: The Secret History of the Carlyle Group"

Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth

Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth About Bush, Oil and Washington's Secret Negotiations with Thetaliban

Reporters On the Front Lines: As <I>Wall Street Journal</I> Correspondent Daniel Pearlremains Missing in Pakistan, Journalist Robert Fisk Makes a Plea to Osama Bin Laden to Release Hisfriend

As Senators Descend On Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, An Update On Humanitarian Aid and Human Rights Abuses

Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth About Bush, Oil and Washington's Secret Negotiations with Thetaliban

The Carlyle Group: The Most Powerful Company You've Never Heard of

Pentagon Downplays Number of Military Deaths and Injuries in Afghanistan

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