3/15/1995

When Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir interviewed Osama bin Laden in March 1995, “the al-Qaeda leader passionately condemned Saddam, saying, ‘The land of the Arab world, the land is like a mother and Saddam Hussein is fucking his mother.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 133