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| Ijaz: Clarke Blocked bin Laden Extradition |
| 2004-03-23 |
| EFL Clinton administration diplomatic troubleshooter Mansoor Ijaz charged Monday that one-time White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke blocked efforts to gather intelligence on al Qaeda and torpedoed a deal to have Osama bin Laden extradited from Afghanistan in the years before the 9/11 attacks. ...He said he also personally negotiated an deal "to get bin Laden out of Afghanistan in the spring and summer of 2000, using at Abu Dhabi Royal Family as a proxy to get him out on an extradition offer." But Ijaz told Fox: "In each case of things that were involved in the Clinton administration, Richard Clarke himself stepped in and blocked the efforts that were being made over and over and over again." The unofficial diplomat said that if Clarke hadn’t put up roadblocks to obtaining Sudanese intelligence, the bombing of two U.S. embassies in East Africa in 1998 might have been prevented. He called Clarke’s account denying offers of Sudanese cooperation "absolutely disingenuous; it comes very close to flat-out lying." |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #5 Ijaz was even more fired up on Laura Ingraham's show today. He kept talking about how outraged he is by Clarke's "flat out lies." |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-3-23 9:23:43 PM |
| #4 Waiting for the big networks and newspapers to lead with this story, and harp on it for a week at least. "60 Minutes" is sure to do a piece on it, right? Right? *crickets chirping* I'd better pull up a chair - it's going to be a long wait. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-23 5:48:31 PM |
| #3 Sounds like Clarke would be a perfect fit in a SKerry cabinet - back-to-back stereo waffling. I have the perfect venue - let's ask the French to make Kerry president of Crozet Island. He'd feel right at home. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-23 5:28:54 PM |
| #2 well, that sounds like Ijaz is telling the truth or Clarke will sue him for slander (even if he is a public figure). I don't think Clarke will be suing anytim soon, hmmmm? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-23 2:14:09 PM |
| #1 I work at a "large Government organization" and yesterday I saw a snippet of the Clarke interview on CNN. The guy next to me goes "What an Asshole!". I said, "Yeah, I think so too.". He replied "No, He really is an Asshole, I used to work for the SonovaBitch!". |
| Posted by: JackAssFestival 2004-3-23 2:13:49 PM |