After the fall of the Taliban, six videotapes were found in Afghanistan which feature al Qaeda theoretician Abu Mousab al Suri presenting before a class. One tape, dated August 2000, features a ‘List of Targets:’
” ‘1. Missionary Centers and Cultural Missions because they manufacture enemies [of Islam] and secularism.
2. Companies, mines, engineers and agents of foreign companies, representatives of the Aramco company [in Saudi Arabia] that steal Muslim oil.
3. All forms of diplomatic facilities and consulates.
4. All forms of military facilities, including the homes of families on bases.
5. All forms of foreign security, all Western teachers and doctors are actually in disguise and are spies.
6. All forms of tourism.’ ” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Peter Bergen, The Osama Bin Laden I Know, Page 245