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In reply to the discussion: George W. Bush -- Hero! [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)4. Bush Knew.
James Hatfield wrote that Bush was afraid of bin Laden aerial attack at G-7 summit in Geneva in April 2001. Bush was too chicken to sleep in the anti-aircraft missile protected luxury hotel on land, so the little coward stayed offshore aboard a U.S. destroyer. Hatfield wrote all about it:
Why would Osama bin Laden want to kill Dubya, his former business partner?
By James Hatfield
Editor's note: In light of last week's horrific events and the Bush administration's reaction to them, we are reprising the following from the last column Jim Hatfield wrote for Online Journal prior to his tragic death on July 18:
July 3, 2001There may be fireworks in Genoa, Italy, this month, too.
A plot by Saudi master terrorist, Osama bin Laden, to assassinate Dubya during the July 20 economic summit of world leaders, was uncovered after dozens of suspected Islamic militants linked to bin Laden's international terror network were arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, and Milan, Italy, in April.
German intelligence services have stated that bin Laden is covertly financing neo-Nazi skinhead groups throughout Europe to launch another terrorist attack at a high-profile American targethis first since the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen last October.
According to counter-terrorism experts quoted in Germany's largest newspaper, the attack on Dubya might be a James Bond-like aerial strike in the form of remote-controlled airplanes packed with plastic explosives.
Why would Osama bi Laden want to kill, Dubya, his former business partner?
CONTINUED...
http://web.archive.org/web/20060906150015/http://www.onlinejournal.org/Special_Reports/Hatfield-R-091901/hatfield-r-091901.html
That was the last thing Hatfield, author of "Fortunate Son," wrote that got published in July, 2001, a few weeks before his suicide cough murder.
I'd download the copy off of the Wayback Machine. For some reason, I can no longer find it at Online Journal.
The amazing Amy Goodman still hosts an interview with the feller.
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bush* knew something was going to happen, just not when, and probably not exactly the what.
Raster
Sep 2014
#12
Before I retired I was in a carpool with some Rethugs and mentioned some of these details to them.
kairos12
Sep 2014
#43
what if you SHOWED them a copy of the August 6 memo "Bin Laden determined to strike in US"
napkinz
Sep 2014
#53
little-by-little and document release by document release the TRUTH will eventually come out...
Raster
Sep 2014
#81
Cheney may well have planned to use a terrorist attack, which they had been warned about . . .
another_liberal
Sep 2014
#14
have you heard the latest? talk of Condi Rice replacing Roger Goodell as NFL commissioner
napkinz
Sep 2014
#39
We should not be carrying forth his policies in Iraq. We should be prosecuting him.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#36
If I recall, he spent most of August 2001 vacation clearing brush and figuring out
kairos12
Sep 2014
#42
TPTB will not allow a Republican to be required to account, no matter: how inept or illegal,
indepat
Sep 2014
#45
I wouldn't know what to call it, though... Since you're back, I'll post something...
freshwest
Sep 2014
#64
Was expecting flames, nice to see your reply. I think you'll be heartened by the OP.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#67
ignored August 6 memo, lied us into war against Iraq, tanked the economy ... and they paid no price
napkinz
Sep 2014
#56
Protected and ongoing: Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War
woo me with science
Sep 2014
#69