393 page report on Osama Bin Laden and his al Qeada organization (from 1999)

[JJHH]

Below a link to an elaborate report compiled in 1999 by Sandia National Laboratories. Real interesting to read about Bin Laden in a pre/911 context.


This document provides an open-source examination of the threat posed by Osama Bin Laden, his al Qaeda organization, and allied terrorist organizations. It includes a summary of the relevant history, the lessons learned from the 1998 African embassy bombings and from the follow-on cruise-missile strikes, the threat of future attacks using weapons of mass destruction, and a set of observations, conclusions, and recommendations.

Available at:http://ragno.imag.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB253/sandia.pdf

[Laworkerbee]

Thank you for posting this.

[JJHH]

Osama Bin Laden

General observations:

A former ally: The moral is that our friends today may be our enemies tomorrow.

The Man:

..the threat is unlikely to die when Bin Laden does.

[Bitogno]

[QUOTE=Jelle H.;5056376]Osama Bin Laden

General observations:

A former ally: The moral is that our friends today may be our enemies tomorrow.


It is where you and a lot of people are wrong : Bin Laden has never been our friend. He was the enemy of our enemies. The say "the enemies of our enemies are our friends" is wrong. The enemies of our enemies are the enemies of our enemies period.

[malioni91]

WOW! Nice post. Thanks