“According to an eyewitness in the al Qaeda camp at the time, an Australian convert to Islam, Osama had told his closest advisers and [Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad] Omar in August 2001 that an attack on America was imminent, but many of his aides objected to the idea as too dangerous. Osama decided to go forward anyway.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Bruce Riedel, Deadly Embrace, Page 79