6/21/2001

On June 21, 2001, journalist Bakr Atyani was invited to interview Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. While bin Laden did not wish to be quoted, al Qaeda military chief “Muhammad Atef gave Atyani the news in the form of a stark warning. ‘The coming weeks will hold important surprises that will target American and Israeli interests in the world,’ he said. Atyani knew that this meant a coming attack. ‘I am 100 percent sure of this, and it was absolutely clear that they had brought me there to hear this message,’ he later said.”