Why was there a secret bank account in the first place?
March 14, 2015
...But later Kabul (click here) was forced to pay al-Qaeda $5 million in ransom to secure the release of one of its diplomats abducted by the terrorist group in neighboring Pakistan.
One fifth of the money was the funds given to the Afghan government by the CIA.
The report said Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, had at first been concerned about the cash, fearing that the CIA might have tainted it with poison, radiation or a tracking device.
He reportedly suggested that the money should be converted to another currency.
The newspaper said al-Qaeda used the cash to buy weapons and provide payments to families of al-Qaeda militants held in Afghanistan.
“God blessed us with a good amount of money this month,” Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, the al-Qaeda general manager, wrote to bin Laden in June 2010....
I simply love it. Bin Laden gave the CIA more credit than they deserve. Maybe there was some fairy dust to tell the CIA where bin Laden was living. Please tell me the CIA has special fairy dust. That would be a good thing.
I betcha this wasn't in Panetta's book, huh?
We still don't know where the cash flown into Iraq went either or why the Bush White House gave Halliburton exclusive non-bid contracts or asked for refunds for work it did that electrocuted our soldiers. I have yet to this day to understand if Halliburton is the enemy or simply a friendly with complete disregard for human life of any kind.
This news is just more of the same.
Then the Neocon war mongers in the House and Senate want to know why we aren't back in Iraq and why we are leaving Afghanistan. I would think it should be really, really obvious by now!
March 14, 2015
...But later Kabul (click here) was forced to pay al-Qaeda $5 million in ransom to secure the release of one of its diplomats abducted by the terrorist group in neighboring Pakistan.
One fifth of the money was the funds given to the Afghan government by the CIA.
The report said Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, had at first been concerned about the cash, fearing that the CIA might have tainted it with poison, radiation or a tracking device.
He reportedly suggested that the money should be converted to another currency.
The newspaper said al-Qaeda used the cash to buy weapons and provide payments to families of al-Qaeda militants held in Afghanistan.
“God blessed us with a good amount of money this month,” Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, the al-Qaeda general manager, wrote to bin Laden in June 2010....
I simply love it. Bin Laden gave the CIA more credit than they deserve. Maybe there was some fairy dust to tell the CIA where bin Laden was living. Please tell me the CIA has special fairy dust. That would be a good thing.
I betcha this wasn't in Panetta's book, huh?
We still don't know where the cash flown into Iraq went either or why the Bush White House gave Halliburton exclusive non-bid contracts or asked for refunds for work it did that electrocuted our soldiers. I have yet to this day to understand if Halliburton is the enemy or simply a friendly with complete disregard for human life of any kind.
This news is just more of the same.
Then the Neocon war mongers in the House and Senate want to know why we aren't back in Iraq and why we are leaving Afghanistan. I would think it should be really, really obvious by now!
