2001 memo to Rice contradicts statements about Clinton, Pakistan

[Scoot420fla]

A memo received by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shortly after becoming National Security Advisor in 2001 directly contradicts statements she made to reporters yesterday, RAW STORY has learned.

"We were not left a comprehensive strategy to fight al Qaeda," Rice told a reporter for the New York Post on Monday. "Big pieces were missing," Rice added, "like an approach to Pakistan that might work, because without Pakistan you weren't going to get Afghanistan."

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However, RAW STORY has found that just five days after President George W. Bush was sworn into office, a memo from counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke to Rice included the 2000 document, "Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al-Qida: Status and Prospects." This document devotes over 2 of its 13 pages of material to specifically addressing strategies for securing Pakistan's cooperation in airstrikes against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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"Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al-Qida: Status and Prospects." can be found at http://www.rawstory.com/images/clarkeatt.pdf

Story at http://digg.com/politics/2001_memo_to_Rice_contradicts_statements_about_Clinton_Pakistan

[Erika]

1. Condi needs to acknowledge her failure to address the issues

as Bush does. People might forgive them if they were human enough to admit they screwed up.

[peace13]

2. There will be no apologies from this crowd

as much as we would like it. Peace, Kim

[Wilber_Stool]

3. 13 fucking pages.

I could read 13 pages taking a leak.