OSAMA AND THE U.A.E.

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9-11 COMMISSION REPORT

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According to reporting from the tribals, Bin Ladin regularly went from his adjacent camp to the larger camp where he visited the Emiratis; the tribals expected him to be at the hunting camp for such a visit at least until midmorning on February 11.[155]
According to CIA and Defense officials, policymakers were concerned about the danger that a strike would kill an Emirati prince...
From 1999 through early 2001, the United States, and President Clinton personally pressed the UAE, one of the Taliban’s only travel and financial outlets to the outside world, to break off its ties and enforce sanctions, especially those relating to flights to and from Afghanistan. [165] These efforts achieved little before 9/11.