8/23/1996

“…in his [August 23, 1996] ‘Declaration of War’ bin Laden lists 10 or 12 world hot spots where Muslims have recently died (including Bosnia, Chechnya, and Lebanon) and attributes all of these deaths to a conspiracy led by the United States, even though Americans actually played no role in pulling the trigger.”

 – Foreign Affairs, The U.S. vs. al Qaeda, Page 75