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23. Your question prompted me to look for it

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:52 PM

Sep 2014

I am certain I had read pretty much all there was to know about Bin Laden at the time, my memory on when I first heard the term "al Qaeda" is a bit hazy, although I think it was mentioned. It was definitely not a household name, though ...

Here is one of the first reports in the Guardian about the embassy bombings which vaguely mentioned Jihadis OR Bin Laden as suspects

http://www.theguardian.com/world/1998/aug/08/kenya.garyyounge

but this one is explicitly mentioning "al Qaeda" a bit later when suspects were arrested:

Posted: August 29, 1998

... Mohammed Sadeek Odeh, 33, was captured by Pakistani authorities the day of the blast coming off a flight from Nairobi, Kenya, to Karachi. The tipoff: His passport photo did not match his face.

He is the second bombing suspect in two days to be whisked from Nairobi to New York, where a grand jury is building a case against them and bin Laden. Other suspects and informants in Nairobi could be flown here too, authorities said.

Odeh and the earlier suspect, Mohammed Rashed Daoud Al-'Owhali, have told investigators the embassy bombings were carried out by al Qaeda, an international terrorist group organized by bin Laden.

http://articles.philly.com/1998-08-29/news/25724092_1_mohammed-sadeek-odeh-kenya-bombing-embassy-bombings

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Did you take Al Qaeda / bin Laden seriously before 9/11? [View all] Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 OP

What does it say in the full 9/11 report about warnings? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #1

Neither before nor after n/t reorg Sep 2014 #2

It started with USS Cole Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #3

And the embassy bombing in Tanzania Throd Sep 2014 #7

+1 BKH70041 Sep 2014 #4

Neither the Bush administration or the media CJCRANE Sep 2014 #5

And if the media, etc... had said they were a threat.... BKH70041 Sep 2014 #13

In fact they could have stopped it CJCRANE Sep 2014 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author BKH70041 Sep 2014 #25

You have the audacity to question the age of other posters? OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #40

AFAIK Alex Jones was talking about Bin Laden in the summer of 2001. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #41

Were you sentient in 1998? OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #42

I'm aware of the history of Al Qaeda, CJCRANE Sep 2014 #44

The Bush Administration? OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #46

How did you rate the threat of Al Qaeda CJCRANE Sep 2014 #49

This has gone far afield. OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #50

My point is that one can be aware of CJCRANE Sep 2014 #54

What makes you think there was "almost no mention" in the media? OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #55

2004 was after 9/11. Where are the examples from the summer of 2001? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #60

Bill Cohen, testifying in 2004, OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE Sep 2014 #64

that you cannot be more specific is quite telling reorg Sep 2014 #66

You're ignoring an obvious factor in your presumption. OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #67

following recent discussions and reports, the turn of phrase reorg Sep 2014 #69

If it's important for you to presume intent, go right ahead. OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #72

I'd never heard of them before. Hatchling Sep 2014 #6

I'd never heard of them either. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #27

I don't think I'd heard of them treestar Sep 2014 #37

Yes I did, So did the Clinton administration and President Gore. Autumn Sep 2014 #8

So, I did not know much about Al Qaeda before 9/11. Xyzse Sep 2014 #9

I thought they were the Crimson Jihad ileus Sep 2014 #10

After 9/11 why take the 17+ Intel agencie$ seriously? leftstreet Sep 2014 #11

+10000000 PeteSelman Sep 2014 #74

Had anyone heard the names Al Qaeda and Osama Hari Seldon Sep 2014 #12

Yes. I had. Throd Sep 2014 #14

Not Time Magazine Hari Seldon Sep 2014 #15

PBS did jakeXT Sep 2014 #17

Your question prompted me to look for it reorg Sep 2014 #23

I had read about him in the July 1998 readers digest. NutmegYankee Sep 2014 #22

It was a fairly common discussion right here on DU before 9/11. ieoeja Sep 2014 #24

Interesting choice of username. You're aware that Al Quaeda translates as "The Foundation"? Electric Monk Sep 2014 #31

Yes. They were both out there Renew Deal Sep 2014 #52

The embassy bombings were a huge deal and in turn geek tragedy Sep 2014 #18

Yup....I was in high school at the time and even I remember those bombings Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #21

I remember the bombings but don't remember hearing Al Quaeda or Osama Bin Laden mentioned Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #29

They claimed 'credit' right away IIRC nt geek tragedy Sep 2014 #32

Did you find CJCRANE Sep 2014 #19

I had not been paying attention. jwirr Sep 2014 #20

How about those from this site? BKH70041 Sep 2014 #26

Why would some terrorists reorg Sep 2014 #34

Because of what it would indicate. BKH70041 Sep 2014 #36

Did you take the color-coded terror alerts CJCRANE Sep 2014 #39

Those who have the ability to look into the archives at this site could check back and see BKH70041 Sep 2014 #45

I mention the color-coded terror alerts because they were a running joke on DU CJCRANE Sep 2014 #47

No i didn't take them seriously but after they attacked NYC I take them and the fact hrmjustin Sep 2014 #28

Not my job. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #30

It's interesting that "did not wish to select any of the options provided." is currently winning. nt Electric Monk Sep 2014 #33

No movie required Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #35

Oh yeah right after I saw the classified documents, the daily briefings and SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #38

Yes, thanks to the Cole and embassy bombings in the 90s cemaphonic Sep 2014 #43

I took them as a threat in the 90s beginning with the embassy bombings, and then the Cole Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #48

Now that you mention it... OilemFirchen Sep 2014 #56

Yes, "Wag the Dog" came out in 97 and the Republicans accused Clinton Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #58

Yes. They claimed to want to finish the job at WTC and I believed them. Renew Deal Sep 2014 #51

Yes Go Vols Sep 2014 #53

you mean the 19 Saudis with boxcutters? NightWatcher Sep 2014 #57

Don't remember exactly when I was first aware of Al Qaeda dhol82 Sep 2014 #59

I agree with this. DanTex Sep 2014 #82

No. LWolf Sep 2014 #61

Yes, and I knew that Bush was ignoring the threat. Posting on a right wing dominated sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #62

First two words out of my mouth that fateful day was Bin Laden madokie Sep 2014 #65

I know where you're trying to go with this whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #68

Some of us read the "Terror 2000" report and just knew Bush was gonna fuck it up. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #70

The Terror 2000 report published in 1994? reorg Sep 2014 #73

No...the update. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #79

Where is the poll answer" Who the hell is Who?" librechik Sep 2014 #71

I wasn't old enough to Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #75

Until "September the Eleventh" 2001, Osama bin Missing was rustydog Sep 2014 #76

JFK was going to end the CIA, Why? Harry Truman regretted the NSA, Why? orpupilofnature57 Sep 2014 #77

Yep, and he was first on my mind when the towers were hit. RandySF Sep 2014 #78

1972. Munich Olympics attack on the Israeli Olympic team. FrodosPet Sep 2014 #80

You forgot customerserviceguy Sep 2014 #81