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UNICO National Launches Campaign to Designate October as National Italian and Italian-American Heritage Month
September 9, 2010, 12:20 am CDT
After succeeding last year in having the State of New Jersey recognize October as Italian-American Heritage Month, UNICO National's Anti-Bias Committee has launched a petition-led campaign to designate October as National Italian and ...
ABCs of media bias
September 8, 2010, 5:23 am CDT
Talk about media bias. Yes, we all have bias, but the press has a special duty to check facts and report the entire truth. ABC news chastised Glenn Beck for holding the Restoring Honor rally on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have ...
This Week's Junkie On TOTN: Whither Lisa, Rahm & The Sept. 14 Primaries
September 8, 2010, 4:14 am CDT
The Sept. 14 primaries are the focus for this week's Political Junkie segment on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Plus: What will Lisa Murkowski and Rahm Emanuel do?
Hanks, Brooks share visions for governing North Coast
September 6, 2010, 7:37 pm CDT
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Two hopeful “citizen legislators” are challenging the region's incumbent state and federal representatives for a shot at putting to work their vision of how to govern the region.
Trial Venue, Media Coverage Latest Dispute in Fatal Crash
September 5, 2010, 2:03 am CDT
The latest battle in the case of an Evergreen teenager charged with two counts of deliberate homicide is over the location of her pending trial, a matter that is scheduled to be resolved on Sept. 15. Seventeen-year-old Justine Winter’s ...
Letters to the editor Sept. 1
September 4, 2010, 2:05 pm CDT
Last Thursday, Dennis Johnson wrote how founding father James Madison, the father of our Constitution, would be appalled at our current state of affairs. He faults unions, social programs, the bailouts, and the like, as something that would give ...
It's time for the Senate to vote on New START
September 9, 2010, 11:44 am CDT
The Senate should promptly vote to approve the new START treaty. United States Senate - Senate - United States - Government - Legislative Branch
Beck scoffs at 'lie' allegations
September 3, 2010, 6:42 am CDT
(CNN) -Glenn Beck is scoffing at recent attacks from MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and others after the Fox News host inaccurately told the crowd at his recent Washington, DC rally that he "held" George Washington's handwritten inaugural address. "I ...


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Nashiri joins al Qaeda

At some point, Nashiri joined al Qaeda. His cousin, Jihad Mohammad Ali al Makki, also known as Azzam, was a suicide bomber for the Nairobi attack. Nashiri traveled between Yemen and Afghanistan. In late 1998, Nashiri proposed mounting an attack against a U.S. vessel. Bin Ladin approved. He directed Nashiri to start the planning and send operatives to Yemen, and he later provided money.29

Nashiri reported directly to Bin Ladin, the only other person who, according to Nashiri, knew all the details of the operation. When Nashiri had difficulty finding U.S. naval vessels to attack along the western coast of Yemen, Bin Ladin reportedly instructed him to case the Port of Aden, on the southern coast, instead.30 The eventual result was an attempted attack on the USS The Sullivans in January 2000 and the successful attack, in October 2000, on the USS Cole.

Nashiri's success brought him instant status within al Qaeda. He later was recognized as the chief of al Qaeda operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula. While Nashiri continued to consult Bin Ladin on the planning of subsequent terrorist projects, he retained discretion in selecting operatives and devising attacks. In the two years between the Cole bombing and Nashiri's capture, he would supervise several more proposed operations for al Qaeda. The October 6, 2002, bombing of the French tanker Limburg in the Gulf of Aden also was Nashiri's handiwork. Although Bin Ladin urged Nashiri to continue plotting strikes against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, Nashiri maintains that he actually delayed one of these projects because of security concerns.31 Those concerns, it seems, were well placed, as Nashiri's November 2002 capture in the United Arab Emirates finally ended his career as a terrorist.

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