In a video released by Al Jazeera on April 15, 2002, Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman “Al-Zawahiri claimed: ‘Those 19 hijackers who went out and worked and sacrificed their lives for God, God granted their conquest that we enjoy today. The great victory that was achieved was because of God’s help and not because of our efficiency or power.’ “
– Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 229