In an interview with Islamist newspaper Ummat on September 28, 2001, Osama bin Laden said: ” ‘Terror is the most dreaded weapon in the modern age and the Western media is mercilessly using it against their own people. …You can understand what the performance in war [will be] of the nation which suffers from fear and helplessness.’ “
– Michael Scheuer, Osama Bin Laden, Page 134