In a videotape released by Al Jazeera on October 7, 2001, “Osama gloated that America ‘has been filled with horror north to south, and east to west, and thanks be to God that what America is tasting now is the copy of what we have tasted.’ ‘Every Muslim must rise to defend his religion,’ he said. ‘The winds of faith are blowing to remove evil from the Peninsula of Mohammed,’ meaning his native land, Saudi Arabia. He warned Americans, ‘I swear to God that America will not live in peace before peace reigns in Palestine and before the army of infidels departs the land of Mohammed.’ ”
– Jonathan Randal, Osama, Pages 29-30