Bill Clinton, Hours Before 9/11 Attacks: 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden

By DAN GOOD

Bill Clinton, Hours Before 9/11 Attacks: 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden (ABC News)

Hours before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, former U.S. President Bill Clinton told an audience in Australia about his missed chance to kill attack mastermind Osama bin Laden, according to audio released this week.

Clinton was speaking at a business meeting in Melbourne when the topic turned to terrorism.

“And I’m just saying, you know, if I were Osama bin Laden … He’s a very smart guy. I spent a lot of time thinking about him. And I nearly got him once,” Clinton said in the audio, which was recorded by former Liberal Party head Michael Kroger and aired by Sky News.

“I nearly got him. And I could have killed him, but I would have had 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.” 

 

Hours after Clinton spoke, a hijacked Boeing 767 slammed into the north tower of New York City’s World Trade Center. A second plane struck the south tower 18 minutes later. Other planes crashed in Washington, D.C. and western Pennsylvania. The attacks, organized by bin Laden, killed more than 3,000 people. 

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Airlines could face new protocols to curb Ebola

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Michael Jackson's Neverland home to be sold

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In Summary

• The Santa Barbara property will reportedly be put on the market by Colony Capital - who own a primary stake in the estate - after buying out the late singer's Sh2 billion ($23 million) mortgage to save it from foreclosure in 2008 - in order to recoup the debt they are owed on the house.
• Officials from Michael's estate said they are "saddened" by the news of the sale but insist they plan to keep the legacy of the 'Thriller' hitmaker - who died of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 - going strong at his other former home.

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Equity Bank rakes in Sh7.7bn profit for six months

Equity Bank chief executive James Mwangi during an investor briefing at the bank's offices in Nairobi on July 30, 2014. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA  NATION MEDIA GROUP

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• The bank’s loan book increased by 24 per cent to Sh187 billion, up from Sh151 billion last year.
• Customer deposits grew to Sh216 billion, up from Sh185 billion last year while the net interest income increased by six per cent to Sh14.02 billion.

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