Osama bin Laden came within minutes of killing Bill Clinton

[IndianaGreen]

Osama bin Laden came within minutes of killing Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton came within minutes of being assassinated in the Philippines by terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden, a new book has revealed.

By Tom Leonard in New York
Published: 7:00PM GMT 22 Dec 2009

The US leader was saved shortly before his car was due to drive over a bridge in Manila where a bomb had been planted.

The foiled attack came during Mr Clinton's visit to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the city in 1996.

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Commentators in the US questioned why the Clinton administration would keep quiet about the assassination attempt when it later needed to justify missile attacks on al-Qaeda training bases.

It could also have ramifications for the widely-held assumption that the Bush regime could not have anticipated the September 11 terror attacks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/philippines/6867331/Osama-bin-Laden-came-within-minutes-of-killing-Bill-Clinton.html

[DesertFlower]

1. holy shit. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Thank goodness it didn't happen! nt

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[LastNaturalist]

4. That is frightening stuff.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. I really hope they aren't making this shit up

Like that complete bullshit fictional story about Saddam trying to whack Poppy Bush.

Seems very odd that this story would surface now, right when they're trying to manufacture a justification for staying in Afghanistan. Chasing a dead man isn't a valid reason, so chasing a dead man who tried to kill a President really wouldn't be either, because it doesn't change the fact that Osama Bin Dead for a while now.

[dipsydoodle]

6. The statement implies

that al-Qaeda is an actual organisation and there are doubts as to whether or so that is the case.