President George W. Bush was said to be an ally of Osama Bin Laden. He became Osama Bin Laden’s shield and protector by refusing an offer by the Taliban to give Bin Laden to America.
Here is the story by The Independent...
After a week of debilitating strikes at targets across Afghanistan, the Taliban repeated an offer to hand over Osama bin Laden, only to be rejected by President Bush.
The offer yesterday from Haji Abdul Kabir, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, to surrender Mr bin Laden if America would halt its bombing and provide evidence against the Saudi-born dissident was not new but it suggested the Taliban are increasingly weary of the air strikes, which have crippled much of their military and communications assets.
The move came as the Taliban granted foreign journalists unprecedented access to the interior for the first time.
Reporters were escorted to the village of Karam in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban said up to 200 civilians were killed in an American bombardment last Wednesday” Read the full story here.
It is believed Bush protected Osama because he realized that Osama was more profitable to The Republicans alive rather that dead, for their Election in 2004. If Osama Bin Laden was allowed to live, he would be the threat that keeps on giving…even if he was never seen again. Just the “threat” of him being able to attack us again would be enough for the Republicans to instill fear in the Republican base and thereby win the 2004 Elections. This did come to pass. Was this the “Architect’s” plan?
Of course we know Bush again protected Osama Bin Laden by letting him escape in Tora Bora (Source: Washington Post). It would not surprise me if Halliburton or one of the other Contractors who made Billions in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, built that Compound in Abbottabad for Osama and his Family.
Thank Goodness we have a real President now, who acts more than he talks…actions speak louder than words. Just one look at all the things President Obama did last week, before taking down Bin Laden and you will see a truly great man…and an equally Great President, who can walk and chew gum …and string words together to make coherent sentences, all at the same time. Congratulations Mr. President, you made the World Proud!!
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People…just read the sited articles for chrissakes!!! Can you not handle a simple click on a link?? Here…let me help the click disabled:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62618-2002Apr16
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/17/afghanistan.terrorism11
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/bush-rejects-taliban-offer-to-surrender-bin-laden-631436.html
Perhaps this will make it easier.
That’s right, Bush saved Usama Bin Laden and then Bush flew the planes into the twin towers with a remote control, then men in white suits are going to take you away.
You believe in God too…right? Aroplate?
I’m sure the Bush Sr. was the one who gave the okay to let OBL’s family go. He understood the protocols necessary when your son f-cks up from his own personal experience.
Yeah, Bush didn’t agree because of the 3rd party thing that would have sent OBL to a court where he would have been judged favorably. But he also didn’t seek a compromise to either choose the location himself or to have OBL put in front of a UN tribunal. He just unilaterally said no.
Here is a link that shows the Bin Ladens were flown out , it is at the bottom of the page..
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/saudi.html
Here is a link that shows the the were flown out , it is at the bottom of the page..
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/saudi.html
This one is the original story.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/09/Tampabay/TIA_now_verifies_flig.shtml
Bush needs to be brought up on charges as an accessory to murder and aiding and abetting a known criminal.
I’ve been saying for years that Bush could have found him if he wanted. He could have just asked his father. The two elders were business partners.
Hell, the Bin Laden group BOUGHT W.’S FAILED OIL BUSINESS.
TWICE!!!
George H.W. Bush had a meeting with Bin Laden’s father the morning of 9/11 and they were the only people allowed to fly out of the US on 9/12.
Tell me he didn’t know where he was. I call bullshit. Bush played us for years and we let him.
if we really wanted Osama we would have got him back than, the fact that the taliban wanted to hand him over but bush refused on the premise of handing him over to a third party. Clearly points out the fact that Bush wanted the war on terror. Fact cannot be denied its not conspiracy if its facts. case in point: IRAQ
Well, I know there are a bunch of you that don’t want to hear and ‘conspiracy theories,’ but by now there’s sufficient hard evidence as well as tons of circumstantial, unable-to-explain-away occurrences that pretty much nail it down.
Bush (actually the cabal) was a co-instigator of 9/11. He let BL’s parents leave when NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE ALLOWED IN THE SKIES. That’s what WE do with enemies of the state. First-class plane fare home…
The Bushes were friends of the family, The ‘war’ he started (read: illegal pre-emptive invasion of a sovereign nation) cost thousands of lives and has guaranteed a continued military requirement for decades. All to make his billionaire buddies even richer.
George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove et al should be jailed, waterboarded on YouTube and then publicly executed (beheading would be appropriate, and if you need a sword-wielder, I can make time.) This would show the Muslim world the the U.S. was not responsible for the ‘reprisals’ (For what- they didn’t DO anything but sit on the oil…) Rather this was the sole invention of the Bush criminal cabal, with the cooperation of the radical Muslim Koran-thumpers..
You are right; nobody wants to hear conspiracy theories because they’re silly.
“He let BL’s parents leave when NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE ALLOWED IN THE SKIES.” Where’s the source for this?
It’s at the bottom of the page…
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/conspiracytheories/saudi.html
Snopes? Looks like a disinformation site to me. Of course the Bush administration covered up lots of stuff. Do you think they tell the truth? LOL
Snopes has been a well-respected fact-checking site for more than a decade. They are always careful to source their info, which is more than can be said of you. If it’s fact as you claim, prove it by referencing a credible source.
Excuse me, but it is a fact that the only air traffic allowed immediately after 9/11 were commercial flights with Saudi Nationals aboard being evacuated from the USA. One flight included Osama Bin Ladin’s mother. We should have taken her into “protective custody”.
close enough to the truth as to not be a “lie” but an incorrect statement of fact
according to snopes [last para relevant]:
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/flights.asp
The last two sentences in the Snopes analysis didn’t make a lot of sense. I guess I’m missing something. It states that most of the passengers weren’t interviewed, then it states that 22 of 26 WERE interviewed. Which is it? More likely, I’m missing something, but still…..
Let me rephrase: the last paragraph in this webpage doesn’t make sense to me.
The relevant part is pretty self explanatory: “The Bin Ladin flight and other flights we examined were screened in accordance with policies set by FBI headquarters and coordinated through working-level interagency processes. Although most of the passengers were not interviewed, 22 of the 26 people on the Bin Ladin flight were interviewed by the FBI.” In other words, most people on the other flights were not interviewed, but 22 people on the Bin Laden flight were.
Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.
The author only went back to 2004. Don’t forget that the only civilian plane allowed to fly right after 9/11 was the one that carried several bin Ladin family members out of the country on Bush’s orders.
That’s a lie. Facts: Check them.
You believe everything that’s written?
Shame on you for doing the very thing this and other sites deride the far right for doing: selective quoting and reporting. If one were to actually read the entire 2001 article, we’d see there was a bit more to the offer than just handing over OBL to the US. In fact, the Taliban said they would hand over OBL to a 3rd party (and considering that only Saudi Arabia and Pakistan recognized the Taliban…) for a trial there. Bush rejected those terms and wanted him handed over directly to the US.
Report the whole story or you’re no better than Fox News, MSNBC, Rush, Beck, etc.
To quote YOU “Bush rejected those terms”. Osama would have been turned over if Bush had not rejected the terms. Let me repeat that for you; Bush REJECTED those terms.
If he hadn’t Osama would have been turned over a long time ago. By rejecting the terms Bush saved him.
This concludes another episode of “Teaching People Common Sense”.
Rather than veiled insults, why don’t you re-read what I wrote. A 3rd party, which likely would have been Saudi Arabia or Pakistan since they were the only 2 countries that recognized the Taliban. What do you honestly think either one of those two countries would have done w/ OBL? From everything we see so far, Pakistan was likely harboring him. And Osama was a Saudi national where a movement similar to the Taliban previously set up the royalty.
So sure, Osama would have been “handed over” but this is shoddy “journalism” (and flimsy at best) when Addicting Info leaves out that very key point. The article reads as if the Taliban were ready to hand OBL over on a silver platter to the US which is NOT the case.
so the logical thing is to REJECT an offer that would have precluded an invasion followed by a decade of occupation and internecine warfare?
instead of keeping US actions transparent and world opinion on our side?
but then how would we have justified the UBL bogeyman being behind US justification of expansion of empire into Iraq.
not even an attempt to negotiate neutral 3d pty adjudication such as the HAGUE.
be a bit more cynical when it comes to US actions– not conspiratorial, just take off the rosey glasses that Merkin “patriotism” seems to require.
think forward for just one second. What would have happened if UBL was sent to Pakistan for “trial”? I mean really, what would have happened. Do you honestly believe that Pakistan would try and then execute him? Like they did of the gentleman who shared Pakistani nuclear secrets w/ North Korea…oh wait they just put him under house arrest and he was still able to communicate just fine with the outside world.
I’m pragmatic enough to realize that Bush likely made the right decision there not because I liked or voted for Bush (voted against him both times) but because the likely outcome would be UBL would become a “guest” of whatever nation he was shipped off to and eventually become untouchable by the US.
No, UBL didn’t justify anything in Iraq. That’s a separate issue altogether. That was junior getting revenge for daddy plus the desire for more oil. but to say that the US rejected UBL’s handover without giving the details/terms of the handover is dishonest. That’s been my point from moment one. This “article” is selective quotes for the sake of drama and I don’t give a damn if Fox News or any other site does the same thing. It doesn’t make it right.
Please don’t stoop to the GOP’s level by stretching stories.
There’s a source cited in this article. The GOP doesn’t cite sources.
I totally agree with Matthew. Bush and the Republicans OBVIOUSLY did not want Bin Laden. They needed him to win elections. Karl Rove saw this as a fantastic opportunity to spread fear and get his boy re-elected. Bush never cared about getting justice for America just strategies to win elections and continue to rape and rob our country.
They don’t have to cite sources, the voices in Glen Beck’s head appear on the chalk board in odd circle patterns, and that’s enough for most Tea Baggers/Birthers.
idk… i think the bush administration made some horrible decisions in this arena … but im not gonna go the conspiracy route (which is implied here, at the least) like the radical right wingers are doing with so many things concerning obama,,, i know its tempting, but to me, that’s not the thing to do here. i’d rather just promote what obama did do (catch osama unlike his 2 predecessors) than go down this road
I hear ya. We don’t need to go all “birther” on this story. There would need to be vaild proof and vaild sourcing – which I highly doubt if it did exist we would ever see it. I know flash back to Mr. Cheney’s walk in closet sized shredder along with the secret energy minutes going down the tube.
There’s a source IN the article.
What conspiracy route? There’s a source cited in this article.
You that believe this crap, must not have much knowledge of our country’s history. Bin Laden’s history with his extremeism started back in the 1980′s. Basically what you are doing is gossiping and attempting to theorize out of boredom? Our country arms other countries just as they have done with Libya recently supposedly because we feel bad for the underdog then some crazy comes along and uses our weapons on us. Please support your theories with statements of proof.