At 11:34 AM 9/11/2001 -0400, Malarkey, Pat wrote:

>Calm, folks! Remember the last time anything close to this magnitude >happened? Oklahoma City? Everyone suspected the Arabs, but it turned out >to be an American who was responsible...

True, but ......

Bin Laden Warned of 'Unprecedented Attack' _____Osama Bin Laden_____ • In Bin Laden's Lair, Small Talk and a Warning (July 8, 2001) • Cause for Alarm (June 3, 2001) • Bin Laden Applauds Cole Attack(March 2, 2001) • Jet Purchase, Bin Laden Linked (Feb. 15, 2001) • Bin Laden's Network: Terror Conspiracy or Loose Alliance? List of Evacuations, Closures (Aug. 1, 1999) E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version Subscribe to The Post By Karen Matusic Reuters Tuesday, September 11, 2001; 11:15 AM LONDON, Sept 11—Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he and his followers would carry out an unprecedented attack on U.S. interests for its support of Israel, an Arab journalist with access to him said on Tuesday. Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi, an Arabic-language weekly news magazine, said Islamic fundamentalists led by bin Laden were "almost certainly" behind the attack of the World Trade Center in New York. "It is most likely the work of Islamic fundamentalists. Osama bin Laden warned three weeks ago that he would attack American interests in an unprecedented attack, a very big one," Atwan told Reuters. "Personally we received information that he planned very, very big attacks against American interests. We received several warnings like this. We did not take it so seriously, preferring to see what would happen before reporting it." Atwan has interviewed bin Laden and maintains close contacts with his followers.

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