Osama bin Laden

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To kill Americans and their allies, both civil and military, is an individual duty of every Muslim who can, in any country where this is possible, until the Aqsa mosque and the Haram mosque are freed from their grip, and until their armies, shattered and broken-winged, depart from all the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any of the lands of Islam, incapable of threatening any Muslim.

Osama bin Laden

Statement of the World Islamic Front

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Topic

Islamic extremism

Author

Osama bin Laden

Language

Arabic

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bin Laden, Osama. "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders: Initial "Fatwa" Statement." Al Quds Al Arabi, 23 Feb. 1998.

We calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower. We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all... Due to my experience in this field. I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for.

Osama bin Laden

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Topic

September 11th

Speaker

Osama bin Laden

Language

Arabic

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bin Laden, Osama. Quoted in "Text: Bin Laden Discusses Attacks on Tape." Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2001. Originally stated to a group of supporters. Nov. 2001, possibly in Qandahar, Afghanistan.