In an October 1998 Panorama documentary series airing on BBC Television titled ‘Osama bin Laden,’ Sudanese leader Hassan al-Turabi said: ” ‘They [Islamic militants] have developed Osama bin Laden as a champion, as a symbol of Islam for all young people, in the whole Muslim world… Even if they [the United States] reach him and they kill him, they will generate thousands of bin Ladens, thousands of them.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Simon Reeve, The New Jackals, Page 213