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Old January 16th, 2011 #52
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Originally Posted by bob hayne View Post
You said it, story from where by whom..

sources please
I don't know who originally said it. It seems to be Richard Clarke, Bush's counter terrorism adviser.

Couple of sources.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in608264.shtml

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Shortly before the attacks, the Bush administration was debating how to force bin Laden out. At a Sept. 10, 2001, meeting of second-tier Cabinet officials, officials settled on a three-phase strategy. The first step called for dispatching an envoy to talk to the Taliban. If this failed, diplomatic pressure would be applied and covert funding and support for anti-Taliban fighters would be increased.

If both failed, "the deputies agreed that the United States would seek to overthrow the Taliban regime through more direct action," the report said. Deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley said the strategy had a three-year timeframe.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4585010/...news-security/
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In the report, which was released at the outset of Tuesday’s hearing, the commission said the plan that senior Bush officials agreed upon on Sept. 10, 2001, featured three phases aimed at forcing the Taliban to expel bin Laden:
Doesn't necessarily mean it's true, of course, but that's where the perforations in the tin foil come in - just to let a little bit through.
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