According to author Rohan Gunaratna’s interview with an Al Qaeda member in November 2001: “Al Qaeda believes that until US troops are ejected from Saudi Arabia, Muslim society will be ‘living a life of sin.’ As one fighter put it, ‘Until the US troops are removed from all lands of the Muslims, no Muslim is absolved from sin except the mujahidin.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 88