Bill Clinton: ‘I nearly got’ Osama bin Laden

Washington (CNN) - Bill Clinton, just hours before planes crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, reportedly told an audience in Australia that he almost killed Osama bin Laden during his presidency.

Speaking to a group of businessmen in Australia on September 10, 2001, according to audio aired by SkyNews Australia on Wednesday, Clinton said that he "nearly got" the al Qaeda leader but didn't go through with a missile attack because of the collateral damage that would have come from it.

"He [Osama bin Laden] is a very smart guy, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about him – and I nearly got him once," Clinton said. "I nearly got him. And I could have killed him, but I would have to destroy a little town called Kandahar in Afghanistan and kill 300 innocent women and children, and then I would have been no better than him. And so I didn’t do it.”

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The tape, which was provided to SkyNews by Michael Kroger, a former head of the Liberal Party of Australia, aired on the networks show "Paul Murray Live."

According to Kroger, who appears on the show, the Clinton remarks came from a meeting the former president had with 30 businessmen and women at Crown Casino Complex in Melbourne.

"The event was taped with his knowledge," Kroger says on the show. "The tape has never been played. … Bill Clinton was answering a question from a member of the audience about terrorism, international terrorism and he made some extraordinary remarks which had hitherto remained in my vault."

A number of books and the 9/11 Commission Report have acknowledged that the Clinton administration considered a December 1998 strike on bin Laden but scrapped the plan over possible collateral damage.

Bin Laden would infamously go on to be the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks that killed 2,977 people. After going into hiding for years, bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011 by U.S. Special Forces during an early morning raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Extract : http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/31/bill-clinton-i-could-have-killed-osama-bin-laden/

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Name Sgr-Muzaffarabad road as Shahrah-e-Aziz: 11th August Foundation

Srinagar : Various political parties cutting across ideological lines have hailed the commencement of cross LoC trade between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, describing it a welcome development.

The truck service for trade across the LoC on the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad road was started on Tuesday.Welcoming the opening of trade route, the  11th August Foundation stressed the need for taking other confidence building measures that would pave way for final settlement of Kashmir issue.

APHC, clarified that neither peace could be restored in the subcontinent nor there would be any progress in the trade unless and until meaningful and result-oriented steps were taken to resolve Kashmir issue.

“Hurriyat hopes that Pakistan will take this development as confidence building measure and there is a need for taking several other confidence building measures that will pave way for final resolution of Kashmir issue,” said a spokesman of the Hurriyat in a statement today.

Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) acting chairman Moulana Muhamamd Abdullah Tari, while hailing the restoration of trade, described it a welcome step towards resolving 60 year old Kashmir dispute.

11th August Foundation  demanded that the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road should be named as Shahrah-e-Aziz ( Aziz Highway) as an honour to and acknowledgement of the sacrifices of Shaheed Sheikh Abdul Aziz, noted pro-movement leader who was martyred in police firing on August 11, while leading a peaceful protest demonstration demanding opening of cross LoC trade at Chahal in Uri.

Expressing happiness over the commencement of trade, the National Conference general secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmad said,”It has lent this day, October 21, a historical significance.” He said it would have a positive impact on the economy of the people on both sides and would pave way for resolution of political issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

Dr. Karan Singh equates Kashmir with Hong Kong ‘Asks India not to treat J&K at par with States’

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, Dr Karan Singh Thursday said that he has been distressed by fierce controversy that has broken out with regard to Article 370, flowing from an avoidable statement by the MoS in PMO’s office.

He said that the whole question is extremely sensitive and must be handled coolly and in a mature fashion. The sort of statements issued from both sides will only create further turmoil and tension in Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS that, “let it be recalled that my father Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession in October 1947 under unusual circumstances when a full scale war was raging due to the Pakistani based tribal invasion. It is true that the Instrument was the same as the document signed by all the other provincial states. However, whereas the other states later signed merger agreements, the relationship of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country was governed by a special set of circumstances, and hence given a special position. The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir which I signed into law in 1957, is still in force,” former Sadr-i-Riyasat Dr Karan Singh said.

ARTICLE 370 IS JUGULAR VEIN BETWEEN KASHMIR & INDIA. It is not good for the integrity of the country to speak about revisiting it.complacency ,conceit,or overconfident machoism can derail so precious & rare PEACE wagon.Let no words be spoken even on this inflammable issue. (Sheikh GULZAAR)

He said that, “certainly Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, but that does not necessarily mean that it has to be treated exactly on par with other states. Hong Kong is an integral part of China but has been given a special dispensation. There are in fact numerous examples around the world in which due to special circumstances, certain areas or regions have been given a special dispensation. Though all talk of secession is totally unacceptable and uncalled for, the steam-roller approach is also not appropriate,” Singh said.

He according to CNS further said 50 percent of the area of Jammu and Kashmir is under Pakistan control out of which Pakistan has leased a considerable portion of this land to China. He appealed to all concerned to kindly tone down the rhetoric and not let the Minister’s statement plunge the new government almost immediately into a complex and difficult situation.

“The whole question of Jammu and Kashmir has to be looked at in an integral fashion, including the international dimension, the constitutional position, the legal aspects as well as the political aspect,” he said. (CNS)