12/15/1998

“When asked in another interview [that aired on Al Jazeera in December 1998]…whether he was trying to acquire unconventional weapons, bin Laden repeated the Muslim-bomb argument: ‘Israel is stockpiling hundreds of nuclear warheads and atomic bombs. The Christian West controls a vast number of such weapons. Hence, we do not regard this as an accusation, but rather as our right.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Brian Michael Jenkins, Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?, Page 95