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In reply to the discussion: $130,000 from Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar’s checking account to the (9-11) hijackers [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)118. Bush warned about bin Laden and hid aboard destroyer at Genoa G-8 Summit in JULY 2001
James Hatfield wrote that W Bush was so afraid of bin Laden aerial attack, he refused to stay in a hotel on land and slept aboard a U.S. missile destroyer in the harbor.
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?
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http://web.archive.org/web/20060906150015/http://www.onlinejournal.org/Special_Reports/Hatfield-R-091901/hatfield-r-091901.html
FTR: Hatfield, also author of the MSM-maligned "Fortunate Son" unauthorized bio of George w Bush, died a few days after this was published. "SUICIDE."
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$130,000 from Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar’s checking account to the (9-11) hijackers [View all]
Botany
Apr 2016
OP
Read Suskind's book, The Price of Loyalty on Paul O'Neill's memories of the Bush adminisration.
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#56
I seem to remember him meeting brother George after he got off his long 9/11 flight.
gordianot
Apr 2016
#7
Yes some of us are, but I haven't found many Clinton supporters that will discuss issues.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#94
when you see any one of these people on the street call them treasonous bastards
lastone
Apr 2016
#16
tell me about it... and one of our biggest warmongers is on her way to becoming our nominee
Fast Walker 52
Apr 2016
#113
Criminals, each one! Hague for all those war criminals! Hague for the murderers!
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#66
On the morning of 9-11 Dick Cheney was helping to run simulated war games that had ...
Botany
Apr 2016
#37
Bush warned about bin Laden and hid aboard destroyer at Genoa G-8 Summit in JULY 2001
Octafish
Apr 2016
#118
Well, w said in public that he had quit looking for bin Laden in 2005 which is the same time ...
Botany
Apr 2016
#28
it's like how they kept slamming the door on DEA offices in Panama and Tegucigalpa
MisterP
Apr 2016
#60
What the hell is wrong with our government? This stuff needs to be revealed and addressed!
EndElectoral
Apr 2016
#32
Read Ron Suskind's book based on the memoires of Paul O'Neill, Bush's Treasury Secretary,
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#52
President Bush 'shared cigars' and assisted the escape of 9-11 pilots funders. Did he know pilots
Sunlei
Apr 2016
#39
August 6, 2001: President Bush Tells CIA Regarding Bin Laden Warning, ‘You’ve Covered Your Ass, Now
saturnsring
Apr 2016
#84
Bush's Number One Job Was Covering Up After The Attack They Let Happen On Purpose
scottie55
Apr 2016
#40
Doing whatever they could to KEEP OIL ALIVE (even if the rest of us die from it). nt
valerief
Apr 2016
#42
George W Bush was not elected. He was appointed by the US Supreme Court.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#67
Bandar Bush smoking Havanas on the Truman Balcony two nights after 9/11 with W.
Zen Democrat
Apr 2016
#61
this has botherd and bothered me since i heard about this and gb buried the information
allan01
Apr 2016
#72
Think of how different America would be if Al Gore had been president then
IronLionZion
Apr 2016
#73
Good God, He's like a child. The people who killed JFK must be appalled at the rank amateurism.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#102
At this point you just have to shake your head at those who believe the official conspiracy theory
brett_jv
Apr 2016
#104
GWB got away with it thanks to the -R by his name ... and how credulous our stupid populace is....
JohnyCanuck
Apr 2016
#107
House of Clinton, House of Saud: 911 - Bill Clinton goes back to 1989 with Bandar
Zira
Apr 2016
#105
Russ Baker: 9/11, the Saudis and those 28 Pages — a WhoWhatWhy Backgrounder
JohnyCanuck
Apr 2016
#108
Huh. Nice to see that info out there in NY Post. I didn't realize Bandar was a funder
lostnfound
Apr 2016
#109