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Nlighten1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 06:56 AM
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Did Sudan offer up Bin Laden to Clinton?
What is the story with that?
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Isome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:01 AM
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1. I just posted about this the other day...
No, they offered bin Laden to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia balked, and U.S. intel said they didn't have enough evidence to indict him on their own.

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Speed8098 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:06 AM
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2. More was made of this story
Than what is really true.

http://propagandamatrix.com/sudan_offered_to_arrest_bin_laden.html


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WASHINGTON The government of Sudan, using a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States, offered in the early spring of 1996 to arrest Osama bin Laden and place him in custody in Saudi Arabia, according to officials and former officials in all three countries.
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The Clinton administration struggled to find a way to accept the offer in secret contacts that stretched from a meeting at hotel in Arlington, Virginia, on March 3, 1996, to a fax that closed the door on the effort 10 weeks later.
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Unable to persuade the Saudis to accept Mr. bin Laden, and lacking a case to indict him in U.S. courts, the Clinton administration finally gave up on the capture.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:21 AM
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3. Of course, the right wing lying hate mongering radio machine
spun it differntly, that osama was offered to President Clinton "on a silver platter." Don't let silly things like the facts get in the way. Just like bush lied, our kids died. Right wing response - So what!
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:43 AM
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4. The real question they are distracting you from is...
why did George Bush let Bin Laden escape from Afghanistan? why has George Bush not captured the man he promised to get "dead or alive?" Why did George Bush cover up his failure by saying that bin Laden no longer mattered?

George Bush has failed in a spectacular fashion and somehow it's blamed on Clinton because he was not a psychic who could predict five years in advance the 9/11 attack (which we're not even sure was orchestrated by bin Laden because the Bush junta will not let an independent commission investigate). George Bush was given very specific intelligence about hijackings (Condi admitted) and yet did not beef up security. In fact, his cabinet members stopped flying commercial airlines and George went on vacation, too busy relaxing to take care of national security.

And that's the truth.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:49 AM
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5. You forget that bush was offered bin laden under precisely the SAME
conditions, on OCTOBER 3, 2001, AFTER 9.11.

Bush turned down the SAME DAMNED DEAL, so don't try to taint this shit with clinton. Bush is STILL a LIAR, a CHEAT and a THIEF. Nothing can change ANY of that. Bush is either RESPONSIBLE or IRRESPONSIBLE for the actions of 9.11. Pick one.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 08:06 AM
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7. Hey, where's the link for that info?
Not that I doubt you on that, but give us a link to somethin' so I can see for myself, please.
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onecitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-14-03 07:53 AM
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6. This question is raised here all the time........
I'd just say, don't beleive it for a minute. The cons spread this lie everytime they think they're in trouble. I used to have several links to the truth, but unfortunately, I have lost them. Someone else will probably come forth with those links I'm sure.
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